Golgotha. The Place of the Skull. Offered him wine mixed with myrrh. He wouldn’t drink it.
A soldier on the crucifixion detail
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Four of us. Orders.
Roman soldier. I was one of the four on duty at Golgotha that Friday. It was a job.
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He said: Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they’re doing. We were the ones doing it.
Split his clothes four ways, one share each. The tunic’s one piece, woven top to bottom, no seam. Nobody wanted to tear it, so we threw dice for it.
Orders to get the bodies down before their Sabbath. Broke the other two men’s legs. When we got to him, he was already dead, so we didn’t. One of us put a spear in his side. Blood and water came out.