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Lesson text: Mark 15:16-32 Having yielded to the pressure of the crowd, Pilate turns Jesus over to his soldiers for crucifixion. The soldiers proceed to mock Jesus, placing a purple robe on Him and “honoring” Him with a crown of thorns. Jesus is then led out toward the place of execution, a hill called Golgotha. He falls beneath the weight of the crossbeam He is forced to carry, so the soldiers draft a man named Simon to carry it for…