16 So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.
17 And they put a purple cloak on him, and after weaving a crown of thorns they placed it on him.
18 And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
19 And they repeatedly struck him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down and did obeisance to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.
21 And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.
22 And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”).