The Crucifixion
26 1And 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.
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And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were
2mourning and lamenting for him.
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But turning to them Jesus said,
"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For behold, 3the days are coming when they will say, 4'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'
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5Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
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For 6if they do these things when 7the wood is green, what will happen 8when it is dry?"
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9Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
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10And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals,
11one on his right and one on his left.
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And Jesus said,
"Father, 12forgive them, 13for they know not what they do." And they cast lots
14to divide his garments.
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And
15the people stood by, watching,
16but
17the rulers
18scoffed at him, saying,
19"He saved others;
20let him save himself,
21if he is
22the Christ of God,
23his Chosen One!"
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The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and
24offering him sour wine
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and saying,
25"If you are
26the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
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27There was also an inscription over him,"This is
28the King of the Jews.
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29One of the criminals who were hanged
30railed at him, saying, "Are you not
31the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
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But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."
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And he said, "Jesus, remember me
32when you come into your kingdom."
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And he said to him,
"Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in 33Paradise."
The Death of Jesus
44 34It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
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while the sun's light failed. And
35the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
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Then Jesus,
36calling out with a loud voice, said,
"Father, 37into your hands I 38commit my spirit!" And having said this
39he breathed his last.
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Now
40when the centurion saw what had taken place,
41he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"
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And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home
42beating their breasts.
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And all
43his acquaintances and
44the women who had followed him from Galilee
45stood at a distance watching these things.
Jesus Is Buried
50 46Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
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who had not consented to their decision and action; and he
47was looking for the kingdom of God.
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This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and
48laid him in a tomb cut in stone,
49where no one had ever yet been laid.
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It was the day of
50Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.
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51The women
52who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
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Then they returned and
53prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested
54according to the commandment.