9 Steps of a Roman Emperor’s Coronation:

1. Praetorian guard gathers in the courtyard
2. Emperor garbed with purple robe, crown, and sceptor
3. Processional of the new Caesar
4. The sacrifice follows Caesar
5. Arrive on Capitoline Hill
6. The sacrifice is killed, Caesar passes judgment on prisoners
7. Caesar ascends the temple steps
8. Caesar proclaimed Lord, people sing “Hail Caesar, Lord and God”
9. Everyone waits for a sign

Mark 1:1
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 15:16
16 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

Mark 15:17-18
17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Matthew 27:28-29
28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Mark 15:19-20
19 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

Mark 15:21
21 And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

Mark 15:22-23
22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
23 And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Mark 15:24
24 And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

Mark 15:26-27
26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

Mark 15:29-32
29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

Mark 15:33-37
33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

Matthew 27:51-53
51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Mark 15:38
38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Mark 15:39
39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”