45 Bible Verses about The Cross

where they crucified him, and with him two others, {one on each side}, and Jesus in the middle.

For many live, of whom I spoke about to you many times, but now speak about even weeping, [as] the enemies of the cross of Christ,

Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus.

For the message about 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 {follow} me {cannot be} my disciple.

save yourself [by] coming down from the cross!"

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

But [as] for me, may it never be [that I] boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the [place] called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic),

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed [by] hanging [him] on a tree.

And [as they] were going out, they found a man of Cyrene {named} Simon. They forced this man to carry his cross.

this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed [by] nailing to [a cross] through the hand of lawless men.

But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children!

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

he humbled himself [by] becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross.

who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.

Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on [his] right and one on [his] left.

having destroyed the certificate of indebtedness in ordinances against us, which was hostile to us, and removed it out of the way [by] nailing it to the cross.

and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

For indeed, he was crucified because of weakness, but he lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him because of the power of God toward you.

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

Now [there] was a garden at the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet buried.

And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"

And Pilate also wrote a notice and placed [it] on the cross, and it was written: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

Now it happened that on one of the days both he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they set sail,

and through him to reconcile all [things] to himself, [by] making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

So Jesus, seeing [his] mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to [his] mother, "Woman, behold your son!"

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

[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law [by] becoming a curse for us, because it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who hangs on a tree,"

And [when] the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed," and bowing [his] head, he gave up [his] spirit.

By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God sent his one and only Son into the world in order that we may live through him.

And on that day, [when it] was evening, he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side."

As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Now those {who belong to Christ} have crucified the flesh together with its feelings and its desires.

And [when they] came to a place called Golgotha (which {means Place of a Skull}),

And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain [man] of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, [and] placed the cross on him, to carry [it] behind Jesus.