Crucifixion of Jesus

The crucifixion of Jesus is recorded in all four Gospels. This page lists verses on Jesus predicting his death, the crucifixion accounts, his words from the cross, prophecies, and his death as spoken of in the letters.

Jesus predicts his death

• Mark 8:31
  And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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• Matthew 20:18-19
  ¹⁸Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, ¹⁹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
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• John 12:32-33
  ³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. ³³This he said, signifying what death he should die.
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The crucifixion accounts

• Matthew 27:33-37
  ³³And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ³⁴They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. ³⁵And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. ³⁶And sitting down they watched him there; ³⁷And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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• Mark 15:24-27
  ²⁴And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. ²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. ²⁶And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁷And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
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• Luke 23:33-34
  ³³And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. ³⁴Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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• John 19:17-18
  ¹⁷And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: ¹⁸Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
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Words from the cross

• Matthew 27:46
  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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• Luke 23:43
  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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• John 19:26-27
  ²⁶When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! ²⁷Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
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• John 19:30
  When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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• Luke 23:46
  And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
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Foretold by the prophets

• Isaiah 53:5
  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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• Psalm 22:16-18
  ¹⁶For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. ¹⁷I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. ¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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• Zechariah 12:10
  And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
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Christ died for us

• Romans 5:8
  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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• 1 Corinthians 15:3
  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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• 1 Peter 2:24
  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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• 1 Corinthians 1:18
  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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See also

• Atonement
• Resurrection of Jesus
• Salvation
• Jesus Christ

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.