Matthew 27:32-44 - Jesus Is Crucified
32 As they were on their way out, they came upon a man from Cyrene of the name of Simon; and they compelled him to go with them to carry the cross. 33 On reaching a place named Golgotha (a place named from its likeness to a skull), 34 they gave him some wine to drink which had been mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down, and kept watch over him there. 37 Above his head they fixed the accusation against him written out--'THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.'
38 At the same time two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right, the other on the left. 39 The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads as they said: 40 "You who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,' save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!" 41 In the same way the Chief Priests, with the Teaches of the Law and Councillors, said in mockery: 42 "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 43 He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'" 44 Even the robbers, who were crucified with him, reviled him in the same way.
21 And they led Jesus out to crucify him; and they compelled a passer-by, Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them to carry his cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place which was known as Golgotha- -a name which means 'Place of a Skull.' 23 There they offered him drugged wine; but Jesus refused it. 24 Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take. 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The words of the charge against him, written up over his head, ran thus--'THE KING OF THE JEWS.'
27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on the right, and the other on the left. 28 OMITTED TEXT 29 The passers-by railed at him, shaking their heads, as they said: "Ah! you who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days, 30 'come down from the cross and save yourself!" 31 In the same way the Chief Priests, with the Teachers of the Law, said to one another in mockery: 32 "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.
26 And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus. 27 There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28 So Jesus turned and said to them: "Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said--'Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!' 30 At that time people will begin to say to the mountains 'Fall on us,' and to the hills 'Cover us.' 31 If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
32 There were two others also, criminals, led out to be executed with Jesus. 33 When they had reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left. 34 [Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
35 Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer: "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God's Christ, his Chosen One." 36 The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine, 37 And saying as they did so: "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."
38 Above him were the words--'THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.'
39 One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us," he said.
40 But the other rebuked him. "Have not you," he said, "any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence? 41 And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong. 42 Jesus," he went on, "do not forget me when you have come to your Kingdom."
43 And Jesus answered: "I tell you, this very day you shall be with me in Paradise."
17 And he went out, carrying his cross himself, to the place which is named from a scull, or, in Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and two others with him--one on each side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate also had these words written and put up over the cross--'JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.'
20 These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. 21 The Jewish Chief Priests said to Pilate: "Do not write 'The King of the Jews', but write what the man said--'I am the King of the Jews.'"
22 But Pilate answered: "What I have written, I have written."
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares--a share for each soldier--and they took the coat also. The coat had no seam, being woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 So they said to one another: "Do not let us tear it, but let us cast lots for it, to see who shall have it." This was in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'They shared my clothes among them, And over my clothing they cast lots.' That was what the soldiers did.
25 Meanwhile near the cross of Jesus were standing his mother and his mother's sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary of Magdala. 26 When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing near, he said to his mother: "There is your son." 27 Then he said to that disciple: "There is your mother." And from that very hour the disciple took her to live in his house.