16. Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort.
17. And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.
18. And they began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews."
19. And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him.
20. And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and they clothed him in his own garments. And they led him away, so that they might crucify him.
21. And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.
22. And they led him through to the place called Golgotha, which means, 'the Place of Calvary.'
23. And they gave him wine with myrrh to drink. But he did not accept it.
24. And while crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots over them, to see who would take what.
25. Now it was the third hour. And they crucified him.
26. And the title of his case was written as: THE KING OF THE JEWS.