³¹ After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.^(A)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

³² As they were going out,^(C) they met a man from Cyrene,^(D) named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.^{(E) 33} They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).^{(F) 34} There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall;^(G) but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.

²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out^(A) to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

²¹ A certain man from Cyrene,^(C) Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus,^(D) was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.^{(E) 22} They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³ Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh,^(F) but he did not take it.

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(A)

²⁶ As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(B) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^{(C) 27} A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed^(D) for him. ²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.^{(E) 29} For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’^{(F) 30} Then

³¹ For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”^(H)

³² Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.^(I)

¹⁶ Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.^(A)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.