Today we have the crucifixion and death of Jesus.

Mark 15:22-41

Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross (Matthew 27.31-44; Luke 23.27-43; John 19.17-27)

 22The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.” [a] 23There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.
    24They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. 25It was about nine o’clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross. 26On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is the King of the Jews.” 27-28The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left. [b]

    29People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you’re the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days. 30Save yourself and come down from the cross!”

    31The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said to each other, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. 32If he is the Messiah, the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross! Then we will see and believe.” The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.

   

The Death of Jesus (Matthew 27.45-56; Luke 23.44-49; John 19.28-30)

 33About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o’clock. 34Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” [c] which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
    35Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, “He is calling for Elijah.” [d] 36One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let’s wait and see if Elijah will come [e] and take him down!” 37Jesus shouted and then died.

    38At once the curtain in the temple [f] tore in two from top to bottom.

    39A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

    40-41Some women were looking on from a distance. They had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.

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