16 Bible Verses about Crucifixion, Of Christ
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where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.
and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha--
When they reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.
Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."
The Captain, seeing what had happened, gave glory to God, saying, "Beyond question this man was innocent."
Accordingly the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and also of the other who had been crucified with Jesus. Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs.
And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.
So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."