Luke 23:26-34
As the chief priests led Jesus away to be crucified, they laid hold of Simon the Cyrenain. Simon, (the father of Alexander and Rufus - Mark 15:21), was coming out of the country. They laid the cross on him, so that he could carry it behind Jesus.
A great company of people and women followed Jesus. The women bewailed and lamented him.
Jesus (turned to the women): Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children, the days are coming, when they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts which never gave suck. Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us, because if they do these things in a green tree, what will be done in the dry?
Two others, both criminals, were also led with Jesus to be put to death.
When they arrived at the place, which is called Calvary (the place of the skull, which
is called in the Hebrew Golgotha - John 19:17), they crucified him there. They crucified the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left (and Jesus in the middle - John 19:18). And it was 9 AM - MARK 15:22). (And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was numbered with the transgressors. - Mark 15:28)
They gave him wine mingled with myrrh to drink: but he did not accept it. - Mark 15:23)
Jesus: Father, forgive them; because they don’t know what they are doing.
John 19:19-24
Pilate wrote a title and put it (over Jesus - Luke 23:38) on the cross.
The writing was, (THIS IS - Matthew 27:37) JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. (And the superscription was written in letters of Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Luke 23:28)
Then many of the Jews read this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city:
The chief priests of the Jews (to Pilate): Do not write “The King of the Jews;” but that “He said, I am King of the Jews.”
Pilate: What I have written, I have written.
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and made four parts, a part for each soldier, and also his coat:
The coat had no seam; it was woven from the top to the bottom.
The soldiers (among themselves): The coat has no seam; therefore, Let’s not tear it, instead let’s cast lots for it to determine whose it will be.
This fulfilled the scripture, which says, They parted my garments among them, and
for my robe they cast lots. - Psalm 22:18
Therefore, the soldiers did these things. (And sitting down they watched him there. - Matthew 27:36)
Mark 15:29-31
Those who passed by railed on him, shaking their heads.
Those who passed by: Ah, you who destroyed the temple, and built it in three days, save yourself. And (if you are the Son of God, - Matthew 27:40) come down from the cross.
(And the people stood watching. Luke 23:35)
Likewise the chief priests also mocked.
The chief priests [among themselves with the scribes (and elders - Matthew 27:41)]: He saved others, but he cannot save himself. (Let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God, Luke 23:35, the King of Israel - Matthew 27:42) Let Christ the King of Israel descend from the cross now, that we may see and believe. (He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. Matthew 27:43)
John 19:25-27
His mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene stood by the cross of Jesus.
Therefore, Jesus saw his mother and also the disciple John, whom he loved, standing by.
Jesus (to his mother): Woman, behold your son!
Jesus (to John his disciple): Behold your mother!
And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.
Luke 23:36-37, 39-43
The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar.
The soldiers: If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.
One of the criminals hanging on a cross railed on him.
First criminal: If you are Christ, save yourself and us.
The second criminal rebuked him.
The second criminal (to the first) : Don’t you fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? And we are indeed justly condemned; because we receive the punishment due for our crimes: but this man has done nothing wrong.
The second criminal (to Jesus): Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus (to the second criminal): Truly, today you will be with me in paradise.
Matthew 27:45-49
From 12pm there was darkness over all the land until the 3 o’clock hour.
About the 3 o’clock hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Jesus: Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
That is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Some of them that stood there (when they heard that): This man calleth for Elias.
Straightway one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
The rest: Let it be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.
John 19:28-30
After this, Jesus knew that all things were now accomplished,
Jesus (that the scripture might be fulfilled): I thirst.
A vessel full of vinegar was set there. They filled a sponge with vinegar, put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Jesus (when he had received the vinegar): It is finished.
Luke 23:46
Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Jesus: Father, I commend my spirit into your hands.
Having said this, Jesus (bowed his head, and - John 19:30) gave up the ghost.
Matthew 27:51-53
The veil of the temple was tore in two from the top to the bottom;
and the earth quaked,
and the rocks tore;
And the graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints who were buried there rose.
They came out of the graves after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
Matthew 27:54
When the centurion (who stood over against him) and those who were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly.
The centurion standing closest to Jesus and those who were with him: This was the Son of God.
Luke 23:48-49
All the people that came together to that sight, seeing the things which were done, struck their breasts, and returned.
All his acquaintances and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, seeing these things.
Mark 15:40-41
Among the women were Mary Magdalene, (and the mother of Zebedee’s children - Matthew 27:56) and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
John 19:31-37
Because it was the preparation and the bodies shouldn’t remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (because that sabbath day was an high day,) the Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.
The soldiers came and broke the legs of the first criminal, and then of the other who was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they did not brake his legs. Instead one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. The soldier who saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knows that he told the truth, that you might believe.
These things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. Psalm 34:20
And another scripture says, They will look on him whom they pierced. Zechariah 12:10
