The Crucifixion
21 1And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
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2And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
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And they offered him wine mixed with
3myrrh, but he did not take it.
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And they crucified him and
4divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
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And
5it was the third hour when they crucified him.
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And the inscription of the charge against him read,
6"The King of the Jews."
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And with him they crucified two
7robbers,
8one on his right and one on his left.
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And
9those who passed by derided him,
10wagging their heads and saying,
11"Aha!
12You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
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So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying,
13"He saved others;
14he cannot save himself.
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Let
15the Christ,
16the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may
17see and believe."
18Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
The Death of Jesus
33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.