22 The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull”.
23 There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.
24 They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes.
25 It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross.
26 On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is the King of the Jews.”
27-28 The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.
29 People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days.