Matthew 27:32-44 - Jesus Is Crucified

Matthew 27:32-44

32 As they went out they met a Cyrenian called Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross. 33 When they came to a place called Golgotha (meaning the place of a skull), 34 they gave him a drink of wine mixed with bitters; but when he tasted it he would not drink it. 35 Then they crucified him, distributed his clothes among them by drawing lots, 36 and sat down there to keep watch over him. 37 They also put over his head his charge in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Two robbers were also crucified with him at that time, one on the right hand and one on the left. 39 Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision 40 and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!" 41 So, too, the high priests made fun of him with the scribes and the elders of the people. 42 "He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him! 43 His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!" 44 The robbers who were crucified with him also denounced him in the same way.

Mark 15:21-32

21 They forced Simon a Cyrenian who was passing on his way from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus) to carry his cross, 22 and they led him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). 23 They offered him wine flavoured with myrrh, but he would not take it. 24 Then they crucified him and distributed his clothes among themselves, drawing lots for them to decide each man's share. 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The inscription bearing his charge was: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

27 They also crucified two robbers along with him, one at his right and one at his left. 28 -- 29 Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! 30 Come down from the cross and save yourself!" 31 So, too, the high priests made fun of him to themselves with the scribes; "he saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! 32 Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

Luke 23:26-43

26 As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus. 27 He was followed by a large multitude of the people and also of women who beat their breasts and lamented him; 28 but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children! 29 For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!' 30 Then will people say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' 31 For if this is what they do when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry?"

32 Two criminals were also led out with him to be executed, 33 and when they came to the place called The Skull they crucified him there along with the criminals, one at his right and one at his left. 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

35 The people stood and looked on, and even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!" 36 The soldiers made fun of him too by coming up and handing him vinegar, 37 saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."

38 (For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

39 One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

40 But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he. 41 And we suffer justly; we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But he has done no harm." 42 And he added, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come to reign."

43 "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

John 19:17-27

17 and he went away, carrying the cross by himself, to the spot called the 'place of the skull' ??the Hebrew name is Golgotha; 18 there they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had written an inscription to be put on the cross; what he wrote was, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 Now many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus had been crucified was close to the city; besides, the inscription was in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. 21 So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS."

22 Pilate replied, "What I have written, I have written."

23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece, 24 they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

25 Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. 26 So when Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son!" 27 Then he said to the disciple, "And, there is your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.