31 When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross.
32 On the way they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
33 They came to a place named Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull”.
34 There they gave Jesus some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain. But when Jesus tasted what it was, he refused to drink it.
35 The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes.
36 Then they sat down to guard him.
37 Above his head they put a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”