015:021 One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross. 015:022 So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.' 015:023 Here they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He refused it. 015:024 Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take. 015:025 It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified Him. 015:026 Over His head was the notice in writing of the charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 015:027 And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left. 015:028 [] 015:029 And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days, 015:030 come down from the cross and save yourself." 015:031 In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save! 015:032 This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him. 015:033 At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon. 015:034 But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" 015:035 Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!" 015:036 Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down." 015:037 But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit. 015:038 And the curtain in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom. 015:039 And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son." 015:040 There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome-- 015:041 all of whom in the Galilaean days had habitually been with Him and cared for Him, as well as many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him. 015:042 Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--