14 It was the day of Preparation(A) of the Passover; it was about noon.(B)

“Here is your king,”(C) Pilate said to the Jews.

15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

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

The Crucifixion of Jesus(E)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying his own cross,(F) he went out to the place of the Skull(G) (which in Aramaic(H) is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others(I)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

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