^21 (A)And they *compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^(B)Rufus), to carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

^22 (C)Then they *brought Him to the place ^(D)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ²³ And they tried to give Him ^(E)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. ²⁴ And they *crucified Him, and *^(F)divided up His garments among themselves, casting ^[a]lots for them to decide ^[b]what each man would take.

^32 (A)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(B)Cyrene named Simon, ^[a]whom they compelled to carry His ^[b]cross.

The Crucifixion

^33 (C)And when they came to a place called ^(D)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ^34 (E)they gave Him ^(F)wine mixed with ^[c]bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

Simon Carries the Cross

^26 (A)And when they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of ^(B)Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

²⁷ Now following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were ^[a](C)mourning and grieving for Him. ²⁸ But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, days are coming when they will say, ‘^(D)Blessed are those who cannot bear, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have not nursed.’ ³⁰ Then they will begin to ^(E)say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For if they do these things ^[b]when the tree is green, what will happen ^[c]when it is dry?”

^17 (A)They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ^[a](B)carrying His own cross, to the place called ^(C)the Place of a Skull, which ^(D)in ^[b]Hebrew is called, Golgotha.

²⁵ Now it was the ^[a](A)third hour ^[b]when they crucified Him. ²⁶ The inscription of the charge against Him ^[c]read, “^(B)THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷ And they *crucified two ^[d]rebels with Him, one on His right and one on His left.^{[e] 29} Those passing by were ^[f]hurling abuse at Him, ^(C)shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^(D)destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” ³¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “^(E)He saved others; ^[g]He cannot save Himself! ³² Let this Christ, ^(F)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” ^(G)Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, ^(A)they divided His garments among themselves by casting ^[a]lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they began to ^(B)keep watch over Him there. ³⁷ And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^[b]which read, “^(C)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

³⁸ At that time two ^[c]rebels *were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were ^[d]speaking abusively to Him, ^(D)shaking their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, “^(E)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(F)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, ⁴² “^(G)He saved others; ^[e]He cannot save Himself! ^(H)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. ^43 (I)He has trusted in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[f]takes pleasure in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (J)And the ^[g]rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

^32 (A)Now two others, who were criminals, were also being led away to be put to death with Him.

The Crucifixion

^33 (B)And when they came to the place called ^[a]The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. ³⁴ [^[b]But Jesus was saying, “^(C)Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] ^(D)And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves. ³⁵ And the people stood by, watching. And even the ^(E)rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; ^(F)let Him save Himself if this is the ^[c]Christ of God, His Chosen One.” ³⁶ The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, ^(G)offering Him sour wine, ³⁷ and saying, “^(H)If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!” ³⁸ Now there was also an inscription above Him, “^(I)THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

^39 (J)One of the criminals who were hanged there was ^[d]hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the ^[e]Christ? ^(K)Save Yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other responded, and rebuking him, said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving ^[f]what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” ⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in ^(L)Paradise.”

¹⁸ There they crucified Him, and with Him ^(A)two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. ¹⁹ Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “^(B)JESUS THE NAZARENE, ^(C)THE KING OF THE JEWS.” ²⁰ Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^(D)in ^[a]Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘^(E)The King of the Jews’; rather, write that He said, ‘I am ^(F)King of the Jews.’” ²² Pilate answered, “^(G)What I have written, I have written.”

²³ Then ^(H)the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made ^(I)four parts: a part to each soldier, and the ^[b]tunic also; but the tunic was seamless, woven ^[c]in one piece. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “^(J)Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be.” ^(K)This happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “They ^(L)divided My garments among themselves, and they cast ^[d]lots for My clothing.” Therefore the soldiers did these things.

^25 (M)Now beside the cross of Jesus stood ^(N)His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ^(O)Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ So when Jesus saw His mother, and ^(P)the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “^(Q)Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into ^(R)his own household.

^33 (A)When the ^[a](B)sixth hour came, darkness ^[b]fell over the whole land until the ^[c](C)ninth hour. ³⁴ At the ^[d](D)ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “^(E)Eloi, Eloi, lema sabaktanei?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ³⁵ And when some of the bystanders heard Him, they began saying, “Look! He is calling for Elijah!” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “^[e]Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.” ^37 (F)But Jesus let out a loud cry, and ^[f]died. ^38 (G)And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ^39 (H)And when the centurion, who was standing ^[g]right in front of Him, saw that He ^[h]died in this way, he said, “Truly this man was ^[i]the Son of God!”

^40 (I)Now there were also some women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of ^[j]James ^(J)the ^[k]Less and Joses, and ^(K)Salome. ⁴¹ When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and ^(L)serve Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.