30 Then athey spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.
31 And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, aand led Him away to be crucified.
The King on a Cross
32aNow as they came out, bthey found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.
33aAnd when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,
34athey gave Him1 sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
35aThen they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots,1 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: b“They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”
37 And they aput up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38aThen two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
39 And athose who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
40 and saying, a“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! bIf You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
41 Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the1 scribes and elders, said,
42 “He asaved others; Himself He cannot save.1 If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe2 Him.
43aHe trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
44aEven the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
45aNow from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
46 And about the ninth hour aJesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, b“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!”
48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, afilled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
49 The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
50 And Jesus acried out again with a loud voice, and byielded up His spirit.
51 Then, behold, athe veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54aSo when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, b“Truly this was the Son of God!”
55 And many women awho followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
56aamong whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and1 Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
57 Now awhen evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
A man of Cyrene - him they compelled to bear his cross - In John, John 19:16, John 19:17, we are told Christ himself bore the cross, and this, it is likely, he did for a part of the way; but, being exhausted with the scourging and other cruel usage which he had received, he was found incapable of bearing it alone; therefore they obliged Simon, not, I think, to bear it entirely, but to assist Christ, by bearing a part of it. It was a constant practice among the Romans, to oblige criminal to bear their cross to the place of execution: insomuch that Plutarch makes use of it as an illustration of the misery of vice. "Every kind of wickedness produces its own particular torment, just as every malefactor, when he is brought forth to execution, carries his own cross." See Lardner' s Credib. vol. i. p. 160.
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