Matthew 27:32-44

32Jesus 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
33When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means “Skull Place”),Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17 34they 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

35After they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.Ps 22:18; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:24 36Then they sat down there and continued guarding him.Matt 27:54 37Above 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

38At 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
39Those who passed by kept insulting
Or blaspheming
him, shaking their heads,Ps 22:7; 109:25; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:35
40and 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

41In 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.
43He 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
44Even 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

21Jesus 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
22They took Jesus
Lit. him
to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.Matt 27:33; Luke 23:33; John 19:17
23They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.Matt 27:34

24Then 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 25It was nine in the morning
Lit. the third hour
when they crucified him.Matt 27:45; Luke 23:44; John 19:14
26The written notice of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”Matt 27:37; John 19:19 27They 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
29Those 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
30save yourself and come down from the cross!”

31In 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! 32Let 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

Luke 23:26-43

26Jesus Is Crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; John 19:17-27As they led him away, they took hold of Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.Matt 27:32; Mark 15:21; John 19:17 27A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Women
Lit. Daughters
of Jerusalem, stop crying for me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.
29For the days are surely coming when people
Lit. they
will say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’Matt 24:19; Luke 21:23
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!’
Hos 10:8
Isa 2:19; Hos 10:8; Rev 6:16; 9:6
31For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”Prov 11:31; Jer 25:29; Ezek 20:47; 21:3-4; 1Pet 4:17

32Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with him.Isa 53:12; Matt 27:38 33When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.Matt 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17-18 34Jesus kept saying, “Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.”
Other mss. lack Jesus kept saying, “Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.”
Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.Matt 5:44; 27:35; Mark 15:24; John 19:23; Acts 3:17; 7:60; 1Cor 4:12

35Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the leaders were mocking him and saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Christ
I.e. the Messiah
of God, whom he has chosen!”Ps 22:17; Zech 12:10; Matt 27:39; Mark 15:29

36The soldiers also made fun of him, coming up and offering him sour wine 37and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!” 38There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:
Other mss. lack written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew
“This is the King of the Jews.”Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; John 19:19

39Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting
Or blaspheming
him, saying, “You are the Christ,
I.e. the Messiah
aren't you? Save yourself and us!”Matt 27:44; Mark 15:32

40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty? 41We have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42Then he went on to say, “Jesus, remember me when you come into
Other mss. read in
your kingdom!”

43Jesus
Lit. He
said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

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