45 Bible Verses about The Cross
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For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.
Near Jesus' cross were standing His mother and her sister Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
For the message of the cross is nonsense to those who are in the process of being destroyed, but it is the power of God to those who are in the process of being saved.
Whoever does not persevere in carrying his own cross and thus following after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.
And when the captain who stood facing him saw that He expired in this way, he said, "This man was surely God's Son!"
But may it never be mine to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world!
and He went out carrying the cross by Himself to a spot called The Place of the Skull, or in Hebrew, Golgotha.
The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life after you had hanged Him on a cross and killed Him.
As they were going out of the city, they found a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
this very Jesus, I say, after He was betrayed, in accordance with the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you had wicked men kill by nailing Him to a cross;
But Jesus turned to the women and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop weeping for me, but continue to weep for yourselves and for your children.
So He said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very day you will be in paradise with me."
Because He was recognized as a man, in reality as well as in outward form, He finally humiliated Himself in obedience so as to die, even to die on a cross.
He bore our sins in His own body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to uprightness. By His wounds you have been healed,
At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right and one at His left.
canceled the note that stood against us, with its requirements, and has put it out of our way by nailing it to the cross.
Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.
For though He was crucified in weakness, yet by the power of God He goes on living. We too, indeed, show weakness through our union with Him, yet by the power of God we too shall be alive toward you through fellowship with Him.
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news -- but not by means of wisdom and rhetoric, so that the cross of Christ may not be emptied of its power.
There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Then he went on to say, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom!"
Pilate had a placard written and had it put over the cross: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
They forced a certain passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry His cross -- Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
One day He got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.
and that through Him He might reconcile to Himself all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through the blood He shed On His cross.
So Jesus, on seeing His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, "There is your son."
but one of the soldiers thrust a lance into His side and blood and water at once flowed out.
They drew lots to divide His clothes among them.
Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --
At twelve o'clock darkness covered the whole land and lasted until three in the afternoon.
As soon as Jesus took the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" Then He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
This is the way God's love for us has been shown, namely, God has sent His only Son into the world that we through Him might have life.
That same day when it was evening, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other Side."
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And those who belong to Jesus the Christ have crucified the lower nature with its passions and evil cravings.
When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,
Now as they led Him away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry as he walked behind Jesus.
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Matthew 16:24-26Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.