The Cross

They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted,

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

It was the third hour when they crucified him.

The superscription of his accusation was written over him:

With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

The Scripture was fulfilled which says,

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying,

save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said,

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.

When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

which is, being interpreted,

Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said,

One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying,

Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said,