Good Friday Mark 15:21-41

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21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

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22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

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23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

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24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

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25And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

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26And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

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

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29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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30save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

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31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.

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32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

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33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

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35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

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36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying,

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“Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

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37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

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38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

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39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

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40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene,

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and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

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41When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.