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Matthew 27
³⁰ And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
³¹ When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
³² Along the way, they came across a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.
³³ And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
³⁴ The soldiers gave him wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
³⁵ After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.
³⁶ Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there.
³⁷ A sign was fastened above Jesus’ head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
³⁸ Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
³⁹ The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.
⁴⁰ “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”