²²They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). ²³They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn’t take it. ²⁴Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get. ²⁵It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶There was a written notice of the accusation against him. It read, “The king of the Jews.”

²⁷They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.^a

²⁹Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, “What a joke! You were going to tear down God’s temple and build it again in three days. ³⁰Come down from the cross, and save yourself!” ³¹The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. ³²Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.

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Footnotes

a 15:27 Some manuscripts and translations add verse 28: “And what the Scriptures said came true: ‘He was counted with criminals.’ ”