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Cross The wooden instrument of death upon which Jesus was nailed to die (crucified). It is generally regarded as two pieces of wood joined together in the shape of a lower case letter "t." "Cross" is sometimes used to refer to the death of Jesus. The cross has become the central emblem of Christianity.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 27:32-50; John 19:16-30; 1 Corinthians 1:18,23; 15:1-4; Galatians 6:14
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
62 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Matthew 10:38 (KJV)
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew 16:24 (KJV)
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 27:32 (KJV)
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Matthew 27:33 (KJV)
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
Matthew 27:34 (KJV)
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Matthew 27:35 (KJV)
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Matthew 27:36 (KJV)
And sitting down they watched him there;
Matthew 27:37 (KJV)
And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Matthew 27:38 (KJV)
Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
Matthew 27:39 (KJV)
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Matthew 27:40 (KJV)
And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew 27:41 (KJV)
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
Matthew 27:42 (KJV)
He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Matthew 27:43 (KJV)
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matthew 27:44 (KJV)
The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
Matthew 27:45 (KJV)
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Matthew 27:46 (KJV)
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:47 (KJV)
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Matthew 27:48 (KJV)
And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Matthew 27:49 (KJV)
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27:50 (KJV)
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Mark 8:34 (KJV)
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:21 (KJV)
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 15:21 (KJV)
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Luke 9:23 (KJV)
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 14:27 (KJV)
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Luke 23:26 (KJV)
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
John 19:16 (KJV)
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
John 19:17 (KJV)
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
John 19:18 (KJV)
Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
John 19:19 (KJV)
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
John 19:20 (KJV)
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
John 19:21 (KJV)
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
John 19:22 (KJV)
Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
John 19:23 (KJV)
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John 19:24 (KJV)
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
John 19:25 (KJV)
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:26 (KJV)
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
John 19:27 (KJV)
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
John 19:28 (KJV)
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.