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^(C1)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(C2)the ^(F1)Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^(F2)(C3)cohort to Him.

And they stripped Him and ^(C1)put a red ^(F1)cloak on Him.

^(C1)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a ^(F1)reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "^(C2)Hail, King of the Jews!"

And ^(C1)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head.

^(C1)And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

^(C1)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(C2)Cyrene named Simon, ^(F1)whom they compelled to carry His ^(F2)cross.

^(C1)And when they came to a place called ^(C2)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

^(C1)they gave Him ^(C2)wine mixed with ^(F1)bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

And when they had crucified Him, ^(C1)they divided His garments among themselves by casting ^(F1)lots.

And sitting down, they began to ^(C1)keep watch over Him there.

And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^(F1)which read, "^(C1)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

At that time two ^(F1)rebels ^(*)were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

And those passing by were ^(F1)speaking abusively to Him, ^(C1)shaking their heads,

and saying, "^(C1)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(C2)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

"^(C1)He saved others; ^(F1)He cannot save Himself! ^(C2)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

"^(C1)HE HAS TRUSTED IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE ^(F1)TAKES PLEASURE IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

^(C1)And the ^(F1)rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

^(C1)Now from the ^(F1)sixth hour darkness ^(F2)fell upon all the land until the ^(F3)ninth hour.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "^(C1)ELI, ELI, LEMA SABAKTANEI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

And ^(C1)immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

But the rest of them said, "^(F1)Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him^(F2)."

And Jesus ^(C1)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit.