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Thursday, 23rd May 2024 --- 15 Bashans 1740


Matthew 27 : 27 - 45

Chapter 27

27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him.
28And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
29When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
30Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.
31And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.
32Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.
33And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,
34they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
35Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots."
36Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
37And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
39And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
40and saying, "You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."
41Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said,
42"He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.
43He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, "I am the Son of God."'
44Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
45Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.


Mark 15 : 26 - 33

Chapter 15

26And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.
28So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with the transgressors."
29And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
30save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"
31Likewise the chief priests also, mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, "He saved others; Himself He cannot save.
32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
33Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.


Luke 23 : 26 - 44

Chapter 23

26Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.
27And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
28But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, "Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!'
30Then they will begin "to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"'
31For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?"
32There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death.
33And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
34Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.
35And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God."
36The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,
37and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself."
38And an inscription also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us."
40But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong."
42Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom."
43And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
44Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.


John 19 : 13 - 27

Chapter 19

13When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
15But they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
16Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.
17And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
18where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
19Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
21Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, "The King of the Jews,' but, "He said, "I am the King of the Jews.'
22Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
24They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
25Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
27Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.





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