30. Then they spat on him. They took the stick from him and beat him on the head with it.
31. When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.
32. On the way they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
33. They came to a place named Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull”.
34. There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it.
35. The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes.
36. Then they sat down to guard him.