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22 The soldiers took Jesus to a place that is called Golgotha. (Golgotha means ‘the place of a skull’.)[a]

23 They tried to give Jesus some wine to drink. They had mixed some medicine called myrrh into the wine. But Jesus would not drink it. 24 Then the soldiers fixed Jesus onto the cross. They took his clothes for themselves. They played a game to decide which soldier would receive each of his clothes.

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  1. 15:22 The skull is the bone inside the head. Golgotha was the place where the Roman soldiers killed robbers.