The Crucifixion. ^33 (A)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull), ^34 (B)they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.^[a] But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. ^35 (C)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. ³⁸ Two revolutionaries^[d] were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left. ^39 [e](D)Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads ^40 (E)and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself, if you are the Son of God, [and] come down from the cross!” ⁴¹ Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said, ⁴² “He saved others; he cannot save himself. So he is the king of Israel!^[f] Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ^43 [g](F)He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he wants him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ⁴⁴ The revolutionaries who were crucified with him also kept abusing him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus. ^45 [h](G)From noon onward,^(H) darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. ^46 (I)And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”^[i] which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ^47 [j]Some of the bystanders who heard it said, “This one is calling for Elijah.” ^48 (J)Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge; he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the rest said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him.” ^50 [k]But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. ^51 (K)And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.^[l] The earth quaked, rocks were split,

³² Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed.

The Crucifixion.^{(A) 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.^{(B) 34} [Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”]^[a] They divided his garments by casting lots.^{(C) 35} The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said,^(D) “He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God.”^{(E) 36} Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine^{(F) 37} they called out, “If you are King of the Jews, save yourself.” ³⁸ Above him there was an inscription that read, “This is the King of the Jews.”

^39 [b]Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.” ⁴⁰ The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, “Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? ⁴¹ And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal.”^{(G) 42} Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”^{(H) 43} He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”^(I)

The Death of Jesus.^{(J) 44 [c]}It was now about noon^(K) and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon ⁴⁵ because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.^{(L) 46} Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”; and when he had said this he breathed his last.^(M)

^17 (A)and carrying the cross himself^[a] he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. ¹⁸ There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. ^19 [b]Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, “Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ Now many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”^{(B) 22} Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

^23 [c]When the soldiers had crucified Jesus,^(C) they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier.^(D) They also took his tunic, but the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top down. ²⁴ So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be,” in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled [that says]:

This is what the soldiers did. ^25 [d](E)Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother^[e] and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”^{(F) 27} Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

^28 (G)After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled,^[f] Jesus said, “I thirst.”^{(H) 29} There was a vessel filled with common wine.^[g] So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. ^30 [h]When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.”^(I) And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.