They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”