^33 (A)And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,

The King on a Cross^(A)

^17 (B)And He, bearing His cross, ^(C)went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, ¹⁸ where they crucified Him, and ^(D)two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. ^19 (E)Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

^22 (A)And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ^23 (B)Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it. ²⁴ And when they crucified Him, ^(C)they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.

²⁵ Now ^(D)it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. ²⁶ And ^(E)the inscription of His ^[a]accusation was written above:

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

^27 (F)With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left. ^28 [b]So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ^(G)“And He was numbered with the transgressors.”

²⁹ And ^(H)those who passed by blasphemed Him, ^(I)wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! ^(J)You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

³¹ Likewise the chief priests also, ^(K)mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, “He saved ^(L)others; Himself He cannot save. ³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and ^[c]believe.”

Even ^(M)those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, ^(A)“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

^23 (A)Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. ²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:

Therefore the soldiers did these things.

Jesus Dies on the Cross^(A)

^44 (B)Now it ^[a]was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

²⁷ And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. ²⁸ But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ^29 (A)For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’ ³⁰ Then they will begin ^(B)‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’ ^31 (C)For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?”

^32 (D)There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. ³³ And ^(E)when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. ^34 [a]Then Jesus said, “Father, ^(F)forgive them, for ^(G)they do not know what they do.”

And ^(H)they divided His garments and cast lots. ³⁵ And ^(I)the people stood looking on. But even the ^(J)rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

³⁶ The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him ^(K)sour wine, ³⁷ and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself.”

^38 (L)And an inscription also was ^[b]written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.