027:027 Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him. 027:028 Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak. 027:029 They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, "Long live the King of the Jews!" 027:030 Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it. 027:031 At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion. 027:032 Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross, 027:033 and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means `Skull-ground.' 027:034 Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it. 027:035 After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot, 027:036 and sat down there on guard. 027:037 Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 027:038 At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left. 027:039 And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him 027:040 and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross." 027:041 In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him. 027:042 "He saved others," they said, "himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. 027:043 His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, `I am God's Son.'" 027:044 Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him. 027:045 Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land; 027:046 but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" 027:047 "The man is calling for Elijah," said some of the bystanders. 027:048 One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink; 027:049 while the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him." 027:050 But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit. 027:051 Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;