Jesus Is Mocked

^27 (A)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(B)the ^[a]Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^[b](C)cohort around Him. ²⁸ They stripped Him and ^(D)put a scarlet robe on Him. ^29 (E)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a ^[c]reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “^(F)Hail, King of the Jews!” ^30 (G)They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. ^31 (H)After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

^32 (I)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(J)Cyrene named Simon, ^[d]whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

The Crucifixion

^33 (K)And when they came to a place called ^(L)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, ^34 (M)they gave Him ^(N)wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, ^(O)they divided up His garments among themselves by casting ^[e]lots. ³⁶ And sitting down, they began to ^(P)keep watch over Him there. ³⁷ And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^[f]which read, “^(Q)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

³⁸ At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And those passing by were ^[g]hurling abuse at Him, ^(R)wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, “^(S)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(T)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, ⁴² “^(U)He saved others; ^[h]He cannot save Himself. ^(V)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. ^43 (W)He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He ^[i]delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (X)The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.

The Seventh Seal—the Trumpets

8 When the Lamb broke the ^(A)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ² And I saw ^(B)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^(C)trumpets were given to them.

^3 (D)Another angel came and stood at the ^(E)altar, holding a ^(F)golden censer; and much ^(G)incense was given to him, so that he might ^[a]add it to the ^(H)prayers of all the ^[b]saints on the ^(I)golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴ And ^(J)the smoke of the incense, ^[c]with the prayers of the ^[d]saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand. ⁵ Then the angel ^[e]took the censer and ^(K)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(L)threw it to the earth; and there followed ^(M)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^(N)earthquake.

^6 (O)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷ The first sounded, and there came ^(P)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and ^(Q)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(R)a third of the ^(S)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(T)grass was burned up.

⁸ The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(U)mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^(V)a third of the ^(W)sea became blood, ⁹ and ^(X)a third of the creatures which were in the sea ^[f]and had life, died; and a third of the ^(Y)ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel sounded, and a great star ^(Z)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^(AA)third of the rivers and on the ^(AB)springs of waters. ¹¹ The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^(AC)third of the waters became ^(AD)wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(AE)third of the ^(AF)sun and a third of the ^(AG)moon and a ^(AH)third of the ^(AI)stars were struck, so that a ^(AJ)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(AK)third of it, and the night in the same way.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard ^[g]an eagle flying in ^(AL)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^(AM)Woe, woe, woe to ^(AN)those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(AO)three angels who are about to sound!”