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Jesus Is Killed on a Cross
21There was a man from Cyrene walking into the city. The man was Simon, the father
of Alexander and Rufus. Simon was walking into the city from the fields. The soldiers
forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus. 22They led Jesus to the place called
Golgotha. (Golgotha means "The Place of the Skull.") 23At Golgotha the soldiers
tried to give Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with myrrh.* But Jesus refused
to drink it. 24The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then the soldiers divided Jesus'
clothes among themselves. They gambled with dice to decide which clothes each soldier
would get. 25It was nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed Jesus to the cross.
26There was a sign with the charge against Jesus written on it. The sign said: "THE
KING OF THE JEWS." 27They also put two robbers on crosses beside Jesus. They put
one robber beside Jesus on the right, and they put the other robber beside Jesus
on the left. 28* 29People walked by and said bad things to Jesus. They shook their
heads and said, "You said you could destroy the temple* and build it again in three
days. 30So save yourself! Come down from that cross!" 31The leading priests and
the teachers of the law were also there. They teased Jesus the same as the other
people did. They said to themselves, "He saved other people. But he can't save
himself. 32If he is really the Christ,* the king of Israel (the Jews), then he should
[save himself by] coming down from the cross now. We will see this, and then we
will believe in him." The robbers that were being killed on the crosses beside Jesus
also said bad things to him.
Jesus Dies
33At noon the whole country became dark. This darkness continued until three o'clock.
34At three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani."
This means, "My God, my God, why have you left me alone?"* 35Some of the people
standing there heard this. The people said, "Listen! He is calling Elijah."* 36One
man there ran and got a sponge. The man filled the sponge with vinegar and tied
the sponge to a stick. Then he used the stick to give the sponge to Jesus to drink
from it. The man said, "We should wait now and see if Elijah will come to take him
down from the cross." 37Then Jesus cried with a loud voice and died. 38When Jesus
died, the curtain* in the temple* was torn into two pieces. The tear started at
the top and tore all the way to the bottom. 39The army officer* that was standing
there before the cross saw what happened when Jesus died. The officer said, "This
man really was the Son of God!" 40Some women were standing away from the cross,
watching. Some of these women were Mary from the town of Magdala, Salome, and Mary
the mother of James and Joses. (James was her youngest son.) 41These were the women
that followed Jesus in Galilee and cared for him. Many other women were also there.
These women had come with Jesus to Jerusalem.
Jesus Is Buried
42This day was called Preparation day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.*
) It was becoming dark. 43A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to
go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body. Joseph was an important member of the Jewish
council. He was one of the people that wanted the kingdom of God to come. 44Pilate
was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead. Pilate called the army officer*
that guarded Jesus. Pilate asked the officer if Jesus was already dead. 45The officer
told Pilate that Jesus was dead. So Pilate told Joseph he could have the body. 46Joseph
bought some linen cloth. Joseph took the body [from the cross] and wrapped the body
in the linen. Then Joseph put the body in a tomb (grave) that was dug in a wall
of rock. Then Joseph closed the tomb by rolling a very large stone to cover the
entrance. 47Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses saw the place where Jesus
was put.
Footnotes: myrrh Myrrh was mixed with wine, and this was used as a drug to help
a person feel less pain. Verse 28 Some Greek copies add verse 28: "And the Scripture
happened that says, 'They put him with criminals.'" temple The special building
in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. Christ The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one
of God. "My God ... alone" Quote from Ps. 22:1. "He is calling Elijah" The word
for "My God" (Eloi in Aramaic or Eli in Hebrew) sounded to the people like the name
of Elijah, a famous man that spoke for God about 850 B.C. curtain A curtain divided
the "most holy place" from the other part of the temple. army officer A centurion,
a Roman army officer who had authority over 100 soldiers. Sabbath day The seventh
day of the Jewish week. It was a special religious day for the Jews.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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