Mat 27:32-50, Luk 23:26-46, Joh 19:17-30 | ESV | STEP | , As they went out , they found a man of Cyrene , Simon by name . They compelled this man to carry his cross .

32 ^a, ^bAs they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to ^ccarry his cross. 33 ^dAnd when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 ^ethey offered him wine to drink, mixed with ^fgall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, ^gthey divided his garments among them by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down and ^hkept watch over him there. 37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, ⁱthe King of the Jews.” 38 Then two ^jrobbers were crucified with him, ^kone on the right and one on the left. 39 And ^lthose who passed by ^mderided him, ⁿwagging their heads 40 and saying, ^o“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! ^pIf you are ^qthe Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 ^r“He saved others; ^she cannot save himself. ^tHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 ^uHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 ^vAnd the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

45 Now from the sixth hour ^{▼▼That is, noon} there was darkness over all the land ^{▼▼Or earth} until the ninth hour. ^{▼▼That is, 3 p.m.} 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus ^zcried out with a loud voice, saying, ^aa“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” 48 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with ^absour wine, and put it on a reed and ^acgave it to him to drink. 49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” 50 And Jesus ^adcried out again with a loud voice and ^aeyielded up his spirit.

Luke 23:26-46

The Crucifixion

26 ^afAnd as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^agmourning and lamenting for him. 28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, ^ahthe days are coming when they will say, ^ai‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 ^ajThen they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For ^akif they do these things when ^althe wood is green, what will happen ^amwhen it is dry?”

32 ^anTwo others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. 33 ^aoAnd when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^apone on his right and one on his left. 34 And Jesus said, “Father, ^aqforgive them, ^arfor they know not what they do.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the sentence And Jesus . . . what they do} And they cast lots ^atto divide his garments. 35 And ^authe people stood by, watching, ^avbut ^awthe rulers ^axscoffed at him, saying, ^ay“He saved others; ^azlet him save himself, ^baif he is ^bbthe Christ of God, ^bchis Chosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^bdoffering him sour wine 37 and saying, ^be“If you are ^bfthe King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 ^bgThere was also an inscription over him, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew} “This is ^bithe King of the Jews.”

39 ^bjOne of the criminals who were hanged ^bkrailed at him, ^{▼▼Or blasphemed him} saying, “Are you not ^bmthe Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me ^bnwhen you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^boparadise.”

The Death of Jesus

44 ^bpIt was now about the sixth hour, ^{▼▼That is, noon} and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, ^{▼▼That is, 3 p.m.} 45 while the sun’s light failed. And ^bsthe curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Then Jesus, ^btcalling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^buinto your hands I ^bvcommit my spirit!” And having said this ^bwhe breathed his last.

John 19:17-30

17 and ^bxhe went out, ^bybearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 ^bzThere they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate ^caalso wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” 20 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for ^cbthe place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” 22 Pilate answered, ^cc“What I have written I have written.”

23 ^cdWhen the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. ^{▼▼Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin} But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, 24 so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” ^cfThis was to fulfill the Scripture which says,

^cg“They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.”
So the soldiers did these things, 25 ^chbut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and ^cithe disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ^cj“Woman, behold, your son!” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to ^ckhis own home.

The Death of Jesus

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now ^clfinished, said ( ^cmto fulfill the Scripture), ^cn“I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, ^coso they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ^cp“It is finished,” and he bowed his head and ^cqgave up his spirit.