The Crucifixion

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich <FI>are<Fi> his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor <FI>is<Fi> deceit in his mouth.

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'

and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

And for me, let it not be--to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world;

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left. — read the full passage →

and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

and again another Writing saith, `They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'

For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, `A bone of him shall not be broken;'

and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, `Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear <FI>it<Fi> behind Jesus. — read the full passage →

And they impress a certain one passing by--Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus--that he may bear his cross,

The soldiers, therefore, when they did crucify Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, also the coat, and the coat was seamless, from the top woven throughout,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;

Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross; — read the full passage →

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it, — read the full passage →

and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;' — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him--this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put <FI>it<Fi> around a hyssop stalk, did put <FI>it<Fi> to his mouth; — read the full passage →

After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;'

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear <FI>it<Fi> behind Jesus.

And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,

And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)

and his eyes <FI>are<Fi> as a flame of fire, and upon his head <FI>are<Fi> many diadems--having a name written that no one hath known, except himself, — read the full passage →

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?

cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed--Christ,

but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called <FI>Place<Fi> of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.'

Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered <FI>him<Fi> up that he may be crucified;

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples, — read the full passage →

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

`I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was <FI>one<Fi> coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God, — read the full passage →

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

also we--we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness,

For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, <FI>so<Fi> also we shall be of the rising again; — read the full passage →

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

`For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said--A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

and Peter having seen, answered unto the people, `Men, Israelites! why wonder ye at this? or on us why look ye so earnestly, as if by our own power or piety we have made him to walk? — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

the other disciples, therefore, said to him, `We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, `If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.'

the other disciples, therefore, said to him, `We have seen the Lord;' and he said to them, `If I may not see in his hands the mark of the nails, and may put my finger to the mark of the nails, and may put my hand to his side, I will not believe.' — read the full passage →

The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put <FI>it<Fi> on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;'

where they crucified him, and with him two others, on this side, and on that side, and Jesus in the midst.

Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge <FI>him<Fi> , — read the full passage →

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him; — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.' — read the full passage →

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take;

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, — read the full passage →

and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip--shake the head,

`A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee--unto him ye hearken;

he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee, — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;