The Crucifixion and the Cup

When they came to a place called Golgotha, and why is it called the place of the skull? It's probably because many people died there. And we actually read that when he tasted it, he wouldn't drink it. So Jesus doesn't accept that comfort That's meant that they're giving him out of common courtesy. When they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casking lots. Then they sat down and they kept watch over him there. Over his head, they put the charge against him, which read, this is Jesus, the king of the Jews. Romans would have spoken of Jesus as king of theJews. The Jews themselves would have