45 Bible Verses about The Cross

There they crucified Him and two others with Him, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle.

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.

Carrying His own cross, He went out to what is called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging Him on a tree.

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that, having died to sins,
we might live for righteousness;
you have been healed by His wounds.

Then two criminals were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.

and said, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize—not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect.

There was a garden in the place where He was crucified. A new tomb was in the garden; no one had yet been placed in it.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Pilate also had a sign lettered and put on the cross. The inscription was:

JESUS THE NAZARENE

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus’ cross. He was Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

One day He and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself
by making peace
through the blood of His cross—
whether things on earth or things in heaven.

When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing there, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” Then bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

On that day, when evening had come, He told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Skull Place),

As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.