Matthew 27:32-44 - Jesus Is Crucified
32 They then found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to go with them to carry the stake. 33 Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, was to be his final destination. 34 They gave him vinegar (bitter wine) to drink mixed with poison (a drug) (gall). When he tasted it he would not drink. (Psalm 69:21) 35 When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots. 36 Then they sat and watched him. 37 A sign was placed above his head with an accusation written: This is Jesus the King of the Jews.
38 Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right hand and one on the left. 39 People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads 40 and said, You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake. 41 In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. 42 They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God. 44 The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
21 Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus was passing by on the road. They compelled (forced) him to go with them, that he might carry his stake. 22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha. This means the place of a skull. 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he did not take it. 24 After impaling him, they divided his garments among themselves, casting lots for them. 25 It was the third hour. They impaled him. 26 The superscription of his accusation was written on a board above his head, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 They impaled two robbers with him, one on his right hand, and one on his left. 28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, He was numbered with transgressors. 29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the stake! 31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocked among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others. He cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down from the stake that we may see and believe him. Those who were impaled with him also mocked him.
26 They led him away. Simon of Cyrene was traveling from the country. They seized him and forced him to carry the stake for Jesus. 27 A great crowd of people followed. Many women cried and grieved over him. 28 Jesus turned to them and said: Daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 The days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren those without children and the breasts that never nursed. 30 Then they will say to the mountains fall on us and to the hills cover us. 31 If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 Two criminals were to be put to death with him. 33 They came to the place called the skull. They impaled him and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 34 [Jesus said: Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do.](This verse not found in older manuscripts.) They cast lots and divided his garments among themselves.
35 The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him, saying: He saved others let him save himself if this is his chosen, the Christ of God. 36 The soldiers mocked him and offered him vinegar, 37 saying: If you are the King of the Jews save yourself.
38 There was a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly to him saying: Are you the Christ? Save yourself and us.
40 The other rebuked him saying: Do you not respect God, seeing you are also condemned? 41 We are indeed justly condemned for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong. 42 He said: Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.
43 He replied: Today I tell you this. You will be with me in paradise.
17 They took Jesus bearing his own stake to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 They impaled him there. Two others were impaled and Jesus stake was placed in the middle. 19 Pilate wrote a title and put it on the stake. There it was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title was read by many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was impaled was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. 21 The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, 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 After they impaled Jesus the soldiers took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier. The coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said to one another, Let us not tear the coat. So they cast lots for it. That fulfilled the scripture that said: They parted my garments among them, and they cast lots for my covering.
25 His mother stood by the stake of Jesus, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, Woman, look, your son! 27 Then he said to the disciple, Look, your mother! That hour forward the disciple took her to his home.