^32 (A)As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon; this man they pressed into service to carry his cross.

The Crucifixion. ^33 (B)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull), ^34 (C)they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.^[a] But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. ^35 (D)After they had crucified him, they divided his garments^[b] by casting lots; ³⁶ then they sat down and kept watch over him there. ³⁷ And they placed over his head the written charge^[c] against him: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

The Way of the Cross. ²¹ They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian,^[a] who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.^(A)

The Crucifixion. ^22 (B)They brought him to the place of Golgotha (which is translated Place of the Skull). ²³ They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, but he did not take it. ^24 [b](C)Then they crucified him and divided his garments by casting lots for them to see what each should take. ²⁵ It was nine o’clock in the morning^[c] when they crucified him. ^26 [d]The inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

^26 (A)As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. ^28 (B)Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, ²⁹ for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.’ ³⁰ At that time people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall upon us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’^{(C) 31} for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?” ³² Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed.

The Crucifixion.^{(D) 33} When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left.^{(E) 34} [Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”]^[a] They divided his garments by casting lots.^{(F) 35} The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said,^(G) “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God.”^(H)