The word in Scripture

Cross in the Bible

The word cross appears 28 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The cross was an instrument of shame and death that God turned into the place of salvation. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What cross means in the Bible

The cross was an instrument of shame and death that God turned into the place of salvation.

Where the word cross appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word cross appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.”Matthew 10:38

“And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.”Matthew 27:32

“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”Luke 14:27

“And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:”John 19:17

“And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.”Galatians 5:11

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”Galatians 6:14

“And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:”Ephesians 2:16

“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”Philippians 2:8