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17 He was carrying the cross on which they would kill him. He went out to the place called ‘The Place of the Skull’.[a] This place is called ‘Golgotha’ in the Jewish language.[b]

18 When they arrived there, the soldiers fixed Jesus to the cross. They put two other men on crosses near to him. They were on each side of him and Jesus was between them.

19 Pilate wrote a notice. Then the soldiers put it on the cross. It said: ‘Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews’.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:17 The place was called that because they killed people there.
  2. 19:17 Golgotha is the place where Jesus died. The word means Skull Hill. The place is also called Calvary.