22. They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha. (Golgotha means the Place of the Skull.)
23. At Golgotha the soldiers tried to give Jesus wine to drink. This wine was mixed with myrrh. But he refused to drink it.
24. The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then they divided his clothes among themselves. They threw lots to decide which clothes each soldier would get.
25. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they nailed Jesus to the cross.
26. There was a sign with the charge against Jesus written on it. The sign read: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
27. They also put two robbers on crosses beside Jesus, one on the right, and the other on the left.
28. [And the Scripture came true that says, “They put him with criminals.”]
29. People walked by and insulted Jesus. They shook their heads, saying, “You said you could destroy the Temple and build it again in three days.
30. So save yourself! Come down from that cross!”
31. The leading priests and the teachers of the law were also there. They made fun of Jesus just as the other people did. They said among themselves, “He saved other people, but he can’t save himself.
32. If he is really the Christ, the king of Israel, then let him come down from the cross now. We will see this, and then we will believe in him.” The robbers who were being killed on the crosses beside Jesus also insulted him.
33. At noon the whole country became dark. This darkness lasted for three hours.
34. At three o’clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani.” This means, “My God, my God, why have you left me alone?”
35. Some of the people standing there heard this. They said, “Listen! He is calling Elijah.”
36. One man there ran and got a sponge. He filled the sponge with vinegar and tied it 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.”
37. Then Jesus cried in a loud voice and died.