The Crucifixion

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And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear Jesus’s cross. And when they came unto the place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, They gave Jesus vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink it. And they crucified Jesus, and parted His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched Jesus there; And set up over His head His accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then were there two thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled Jesus, wagging their heads, And saying, You who would have destroyed the temple, and build it in three days, save Yourself if You are the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking Jesus, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others, yet Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. He trusted in God; let God deliver Him now if He will have Him: for He had said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, who were crucified with Jesus, cast the same in their teeth. Matthew 27 vs 32-44