25. The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and our children!”
26. Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified.
27. Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered round him.
28. They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him.
29. Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right-hand; then they knelt before him and mocked him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said.
30. They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head.
31. When they had finished mocking him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
32. As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
33. They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, “The Place of the Skull”.
34. There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it.
35. They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.
36. After that they sat there and watched him.
37. Above his head they put the written notice of the accusation against him: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”