16 ^tAnd the soldiers led him away inside ^uthe palace (that is, ^vthe governor’s headquarters),¹ and they called together the whole ^wbattalion.² 17 And they clothed him in ^xa purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, ^y“Hail, King of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and ^zspitting on him and ^akneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had ^bmocked him, they stripped him of ^xthe purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^cled him out to crucify him.

21 ^dAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 ^eAnd they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).