Matthew 27:32

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The Crucifixion As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.

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  • Mark 15:21 : 21 The Crucifixion The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country(he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).
  • Luke 23:26 : 26 The Crucifixion As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.
  • Acts 2:10 : 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome,
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
  • Acts 11:20 : 20 But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.
  • Heb 13:11-12 : 11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. 12 Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.
  • Acts 7:58 : 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • John 19:17 : 17 and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called“The Place of the Skull”(called in Aramaic Golgotha).
  • Lev 4:3 : 3 For the Priest“‘If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the LORD for a sin offering.
  • Lev 4:12 : 12 all the rest of the bull– he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile.
  • Lev 4:21 : 21 He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull– it is the sin offering of the assembly.
  • Num 15:35-36 : 35 Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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  • Luke 23:26-27
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    26The Crucifixion As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.

    27A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

  • Mark 15:20-22
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    20When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

    21The Crucifixion The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country(he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

    22They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha(which is translated,“Place of the Skull”).

  • Matt 27:33
    81%

    33They came to a place called Golgotha(which means“Place of the Skull”)

  • Matt 27:28-31
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    28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

    29and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:“Hail, king of the Jews!”

    30They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

    31When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

  • John 19:16-18
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    79%

    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,

    17and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called“The Place of the Skull”(called in Aramaic Golgotha).

    18There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.

  • Luke 23:32-34
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    32Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

    33So when they came to the place that is called“The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

    34[But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

  • Matt 27:35-40
    6 verses
    74%

    35When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.

    36Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

    37Above his head they put the charge against him, which read:“This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

    38Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

    39Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

    40and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”

  • Matt 27:26
    73%

    26Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

  • Mark 15:13
    72%

    13They shouted back,“Crucify him!”

  • Mark 15:32
    72%

    32Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Mark 15:27
    72%

    27And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left.

  • Mark 15:29-30
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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

    30save yourself and come down from the cross!”

  • Mark 15:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

    25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

  • Acts 21:35
    71%

    35When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,

  • Acts 13:29
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    29When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

  • Mark 1:36
    71%

    36Simon and his companions searched for him.

  • Matt 27:2
    71%

    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Mark 8:34
    70%

    34Following Jesus Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Luke 23:21
    70%

    21But they kept on shouting,“Crucify, crucify him!”

  • Luke 14:27
    70%

    27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 15:17
    70%

    17They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    70%

    22Pilate said to them,“Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?” They all said,“Crucify him!”

    23He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

  • John 19:5
    70%

    5So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,“Look, here is the man!”

  • Matt 20:19
    70%

    19and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised.”

  • Matt 16:24
    69%

    24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Luke 9:23
    69%

    23A Call to Discipleship Then he said to them all,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

  • Luke 19:36
    69%

    36As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.

  • John 18:40
    69%

    40Then they shouted back,“Not this man, but Barabbas!”(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

  • Matt 27:44
    69%

    44The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

  • Matt 27:16
    69%

    16At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

  • Luke 18:33
    69%

    33They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again.”