Bible Verses About Soldiers: Crucified Jesus

Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,

Thus when they had mocked him, they tooke the robe from him, and put his owne rayment on him, and led him away to crucifie him.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.

And when they came vnto the place called Golgotha, (that is to say, the place of dead mens skulles)

They gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drinke.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lottes, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, They deuided my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did cast lottes.

And they sate, and watched him there.

They set vp also ouer his head his cause written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEVVES.

Then the souldiers led him away into the hall, which is the common hall, and called together the whole band,

And clad him with purple, and platted a crowne of thornes, and put it about his head,

And began to salute him, saying, Haile, King of the Iewes.

And they smote him on the head with a reede, and spat vpon him, and bowed the knees, and did him reuerence.

And whe they had mocked him, they tooke the purple off him, and put his owne clothes on him, and led him out to crucifie him.

And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (which came out of the countrey, and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.

And they brought him to a place named Golgotha, which is by interpretation, the place of dead mens skulles.

And they gaue him to drinke wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots for them, what euery man should haue.

Then the souldiers, when they had crucified Iesus, tooke his garments (and made foure partes, to euery souldier a part) and his coat: and the coat was without seame wouen from the toppe throughout.

Therefore they sayde one to another, Let vs not deuide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. This was that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which sayth, They parted my garments among them, and on my coate did cast lots. So the souldiers did these things in deede.