Matthew 27:32-44 - Jesus Is Crucified

³² And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to carry his cross. ³³ And having come to a place called Golgotha, that is, Place of a Skull, ³⁴ they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. ³⁵ And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they watched him there. ³⁷ And they set up over his head the charge against him in writing: "This is Jesus the king of the Jews."

³⁸ Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left. ³⁹ And they who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it up in three days, save thyself, if thou art the Son of God, and come down from the cross. ⁴¹ So also the chief priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴² He saved others, cannot he save himself? He is the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ He trusteth in God; let him now deliver him, if he desireth him; for he said, I am the Son of God. ⁴⁴ The robbers also, who were crucified with him, reviled him in the same manner.

²¹ And they compel one Simon a Cyrenaean, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ²² And they bring him to the place Golgotha; which is, when interpreted, Place of a Skull. ²³ And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucify him, and divide his garments, casting lots for them, what each should take. ²⁵ And it was the third hour when they crucified him. ²⁶ And on the cross the inscription of the charge against him was written: "The king of the Jews."

²⁷ And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. ²⁸ (...) ²⁹ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it up in three days, ³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹ In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes, making sport among themselves, said, He saved others, cannot he save himself? ³² Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him were reviling him.

²⁶ And when they had led him away, they laid hold on one Simon a Cyrenaean, coming out of the country, and laid on him the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. ²⁷ And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who were bewailing and lamenting him. ²⁸ But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep for yourselves, and for your children. ²⁹ For lo! the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave nourishment. ³⁰ Then will they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. ³¹ For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?

³² And two others, who were malefactors, were led with him to be put to death. ³³ And when they had come to the place which is called the Skull, they there crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, and the other on the left. ³⁴ And Jesus said, Father, forgive them! for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting lots.

³⁵ And the people stood looking on; and the rulers sneered, saying, Others he saved; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, the chosen one. ³⁶ And the soldiers also came up to him and made sport of him, offering him vinegar, ³⁷ and saying, If thou art the king of the Jews, save thyself.

³⁸ There was also an inscription over him: "This is the king of the Jews."

³⁹ And one of the crucified malefactors railed at him, saying, Art thou not the Christ? save thyself and us.

⁴⁰ But the other answering said, rebuking him, Dost not thou fear God, since thou art in the same condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done nothing amiss. ⁴² And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.

⁴³ And he said to him, Truly do I say to thee, Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

¹⁷ and bearing his own cross, he went forth into the place called Place of a Skull; in Hebrew, Golgotha; ¹⁸ where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. ¹⁹ And Pilate wrote an inscription also, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

²⁰ This inscription therefore was read by many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Write not, The king of the Jews; but that he said, I am king of the Jews.

²² Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.

²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. ²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. That the scripture might be fulfilled: "They parted my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots." These things the soldiers did.

²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. ²⁶ Jesus therefore, when he saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son! ²⁷ Then he saith to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.