Mat 27:32-44, Mar 15:21-32, Joh 19:17-27 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Crucified As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus’ cross.

Matthew 27:32-44

32 Jesus Is Crucified Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-27As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus’ ^{▼▼Lit. his} cross.Num 15:35; 1Kings 21:13; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26; Acts 7:58; Heb 13:12 33 When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means “Skull Place”),Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17 34 they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.Ps 69:21; Matt 27:48

35 After they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.Ps 22:18; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 36 Then they sat down there and continued guarding him.Matt 27:54 37 Above his head they placed the charge against him. It read, “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19

38 At that time two bandits ^{▼▼Or revolutionaries} were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.Isa 53:12; Mark 15:27; Luke 23:32-33; John 19:18 39 Those who passed by kept insulting ^{▼▼Or blaspheming} him, shaking their heads,Ps 22:7; 109:25; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:35 40 and saying, “You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days—save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”Matt 26:61, 63; John 2:19

41 In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying, 42 “He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him ^{▼▼Other mss. read If he is the king of Israel, let him} come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God ^{▼▼Lit. him} rescue him now if he cares for him. After all, he said, ‘I am the Son of God,’”Ps 22:8 44 Even the bandits ^{▼▼Or revolutionaries} who were crucified with him kept insulting him in the same way.Mark 15:32; Luke 23:39

Mark 15:21-32

21 Jesus Is Crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:17-27They forced a certain passer-by who was coming in from the country to carry Jesus’ ^{▼▼Lit. his} cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.Matt 27:32; Luke 23:26 22 They took Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.Matt 27:33; Luke 23:33; John 19:17 23 They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.Matt 27:34

24 Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.Ps 22:18; Luke 23:34; John 19:23 25 It was nine in the morning ^{▼▼Lit. the third hour} when they crucified him.Matt 27:45; Luke 23:44; John 19:14 26 The written notice of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”Matt 27:37; John 19:19 27 They crucified two bandits ^{▼▼Or revolutionaries} with him, one on his right and the other on his left. ^{▼▼Other mss. read on his left. ²⁸Then the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was counted with criminals.”}Isa 53:12; Matt 27:38; Luke 22:37 29 Those who passed by kept insulting ^{▼▼Or blaspheming} him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three daysPs 22:7; Mark 14:58; John 2:19— 30 save yourself and come down from the cross!”

31 In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, “He saved others but can't save himself! 32 Let the Christ, ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see it and believe.” Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.Matt 27:44; Luke 23:39

John 19:17-27

17 Jesus Is Crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43Carrying the cross all by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.Num 15:36; Matt 27:31, 33; Mark 15:21-22; Luke 23:26, 33; Heb 13:12 18 There they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side of him with Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus from Nazareth, ^{▼▼Nazareth. 19:19 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the name} the King of the Jews.”Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38 20 Many Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

21 Then the Jewish high priests told Pilate, “Don't write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this fellow said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

22 Pilate replied, “What I have written I have written.”

23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier, and took his cloak ^{▼▼Lit. and his tunic} as well. The cloak was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down.Matt 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34 24 So they said to each other, “Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture that says,Ps 22:18

“They divided my clothes among themselves,

and for my clothing they threw dice.” ^{▼▼Ps 22:18}

So that is what the soldiers did.

25 Meanwhile, standing near Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.Matt 27:55; Mark 15:40; Luke 23:49; 24:18 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he kept loving standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”John 2:4; 13:23; 20:2 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.John 1:11; 16:32