17. and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put [it] on him,
18. and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'
19. And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,
20. and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.
21. And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross,
22. and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;'