²⁷The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the palace, which was called the Praetorium. All the rest of the soldiers gathered around him. ²⁸They took off his clothes and put a purple robe on him. ²⁹Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they fell on their knees in front of him and made fun of him. “We honor you, king of the Jews!” they said. ³⁰They spit on him. They hit him on the head with the stick again and again.

³¹After they had made fun of him, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to nail him to a cross.

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross

³²On their way out of the city, they met a man from Cyrene. His name was Simon. They forced him to carry the cross.

³³They came to a place called Golgotha. The word Golgotha means The Place of the Skull. ³⁴There they mixed wine with bitter spices and gave it to Jesus to drink. After tasting it, he refused to drink it.

³⁵When they had nailed him to the cross, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ³⁶They sat down and kept watch over him there.

³⁷Above his head they placed the written charge against him. It read, This Is Jesus, The King of the Jews.

³⁸Two robbers were crucified with him. One was on his right and one was on his left.

³⁹Those who passed by shouted at Jesus and made fun of him. They shook their heads ⁴⁰and said, “So you are going to destroy the temple and build it again in three days? Then save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

⁴¹In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders made fun of him. ⁴²“He saved others,” they said. “But he can’t save himself! He’s the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross! Then we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him. He’s the one who said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

⁴⁴In the same way the robbers who were being crucified with Jesus also made fun of him.

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Matthew 27:29: and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”