^22 (A)And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ^23 (B)Then they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it. ²⁴ And when they crucified Him, ^(C)they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.

²⁵ Now ^(D)it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. ²⁶ And ^(E)the inscription of His ^[a]accusation was written above:

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

^27 (F)With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left. ^28 [b]So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, ^(G)“And He was numbered with the transgressors.”

²⁹ And ^(H)those who passed by blasphemed Him, ^(I)wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! ^(J)You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself, and come down from the cross!”

³¹ Likewise the chief priests also, ^(K)mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, “He saved ^(L)others; Himself He cannot save. ³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and ^[c]believe.”

Even ^(M)those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³³ And ^(A)when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. ^34 [a]Then Jesus said, “Father, ^(B)forgive them, for ^(C)they do not know what they do.”

And ^(D)they divided His garments and cast lots. ³⁵ And ^(E)the people stood looking on. But even the ^(F)rulers with them sneered, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God.”

³⁶ The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him ^(G)sour wine, ³⁷ and saying, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself.”

^38 (H)And an inscription also was ^[b]written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

^39 (I)Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, ^[c]“If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”

⁴⁰ But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done ^(J)nothing wrong.” ⁴² Then he said ^[d]to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

⁴³ And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in ^(K)Paradise.”

The King on a Cross^(A)

^17 (B)And He, bearing His cross, ^(C)went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,