45 Bible Verses about The Cross

There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.

For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,

Therefore the soldiers did these things.But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

They *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.

As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”

Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.