Matthew 27:20-22, 26, 32, 35, 37, 46, 50, 54

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed. “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they answered. “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify him!”

Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Above his head they placed the written charge against him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

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