Noun stauros (cross) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


Matthew

10: 38and whoever does not take up the cross (stauros) and follow me is not worthy of me.
16: 24Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross (stauros) and follow me.
27: 32As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross (stauros).
27: 40and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross (stauros)."
27: 42"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down from the cross (stauros) now, and we will believe in him.

Mark

8: 34He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross (stauros) and follow me.
15: 21They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross (stauros); it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
15: 30save yourself, and come down from the cross (stauros)!"
15: 32Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down from the cross (stauros) now, so that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also taunted him.

Luke

9: 23Then he said to them all, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross (stauros) daily and follow me.
14: 27Whoever does not carry the cross (stauros) and follow me cannot be my disciple.
23: 26As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross (stauros) on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus.

John

19: 17and carrying the cross (stauros) by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
19: 19Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross (stauros). It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
19: 25And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross (stauros) of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
19: 31Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross (stauros) during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed.