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The Book of Jesus Chapter Nineteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
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The Crucifixion
Jesus and His Mother
Jesus is Mocked
The Repentant Thief
The Death of Jesus
Jesus is Pierced
The Burial
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The Crucifixion
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Chapter Nineteen
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NARRATOR.
Carrying his own stake, he went out of the city to a place, called the place of the skull, or as it was called in Hebrew, Golgotha. Now
as they were on their way out and leading him away they compelled a passerby, named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and
Rufus, who was coming in from the country and enlisted him to carry his stake. They put the stake on his shoulder and made him
carry it behind Jesus. And a large crowd of people followed him and of women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus
turned and said to them:
JESUS.
Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. Look, the days are coming when the
people will say; 'Happy are those who are barren and the womb's that have never borne, the breasts that have never given succor.'
Then they will say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!', to the hills, 'Cover us!' For if men do these things to a green tree, what will happen
to a withered (and dry) one.
NARRATOR.
Now with him they were also leading two other criminals to be executed. When they reached the place called Calvary, the place of the
Skull, they gave him wine to drink mixed with a narcotic, which when he tasted it, refused to drink. Then they crucified him there
with the two other criminals, one on his right and the other on his left, with Jesus in the middle. And the scripture was fulfilled which
said: 'He was counted among the criminals'. And Jesus spoke saying: JESUS. Father, forgive them, because they don't know what
they're doing.
NARRATOR.
When the soldiers had finished crucifying him they took and divided his clothing into four parts, one for each soldier and cast lots to
decide what each should take. His tunic however was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another:
SOLDIERS.
Let's not tear it, instead let's cast lots to decide who's to have it.
NARRATOR.
In this way the words of David, the prophet, in Psalm 22:18 was fulfilled: "They divided my clothing among them and cast lots for my
tunic." It was the third hour when they crucified him. Pilate wrote a notice and had it affixed to the pole above his head. The charge
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