¹⁶ Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.^(A)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. ¹⁷ Carrying his own cross,^(C) he went out to the place of the Skull^(D) (which in Aramaic^(E) is called Golgotha). ¹⁸ There they crucified him, and with him two others^(F)—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

¹⁹ Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,^(G) the king of the jews.^{(H) 20} Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(I) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. ²¹ The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”^(J)

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³ When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

²⁴ “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled^(K) that said,

So this is what the soldiers did.

²⁵ Near the cross^(M) of Jesus stood his mother,^(N) his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.^{(O) 26} When Jesus saw his mother^(P) there, and the disciple whom he loved^(Q) standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,^[b] here is your son,” ²⁷ and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

³¹ After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.^(A)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

³² As they were going out,^(C) they met a man from Cyrene,^(D) named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.^{(E) 33} They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).^{(F) 34} There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall;^(G) but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. ³⁵ When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^{(H) 36} And sitting down, they kept watch^(I) over him there. ³⁷ Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.

⁵⁵ Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.^{(A) 56} Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,^[a] and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.^(B)

²⁰ And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out^(A) to crucify him.

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(B)

²¹ A certain man from Cyrene,^(C) Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus,^(D) was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.^{(E) 22} They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³ Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh,^(F) but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots^(G) to see what each would get.

²⁵ It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews.^(H)

⁴⁰ Some women were watching from a distance.^(A) Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,^[a] and Salome.^{(B) 41} In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.^(C)

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(A)

²⁶ As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(B) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^{(C) 27} A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed^(D) for him. ²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.^{(E) 29} For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’^{(F) 30} Then

³¹ For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”^(H)

³² Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.^{(I) 33} When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. ³⁴ Jesus said, “Father,^(J) forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[b](K) And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^(L)

⁴⁹ But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,^(A) stood at a distance,^(B) watching these things.