I will suggest that the Crucifixion story is an elaborate construct and lead in, to the resolving a ancient heated Jewish sectarian controversy over the construction and ordering of the Biblical calendar and the ascertaining of the 'proper' date of Passover, Feast of Unleavened, and the annual beginning date and day of the Fifty day count to The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost).
If you are well informed on these matters, you will be aware that 'Christianity' and Judaism hold two quite divergent views on how the count to 'The Feast of Weeks' (Pentecost) is calculated, and upon which day of the month and of the week it must begin.
The 'clue' or trick to understanding the entire matter lies in deriving and recognizing a consistent objective and Standard method of locating the first day of the first month (Exodus 12:2), and the beginning of the first hour of that first day of the first month. And from that point the sequence of hours, days, days of the week cycle, throughout that 'First month', and from the beginning of the beginning hour to the end of the ending hour of the fifty day count of Pentecost'.
The NT references to 'the third hour', the sixth hour', 'the ninth hour' are not random, these are precise place markers in the sequence of hours of the entire period calculable from the first hour of the year.
Talk, and tossing out verses only serves to support sectarian claims and dogmas that confuse the matter.
One needs to literally map it out day by day and hour by hour, 'watch' by 'watch', from the beginning of The First Month (sometimes to the precision of noting that it was the beginning, middle or ending of a particular hour when an alleged NT event took place.)
There is so much that you can learn in undertaking this exercise. Things that I could tell you, (and generate heated arguments and denials) but you can only learn and internalize the FACTS by doing the actual work yourself. Then comparing your results with the 'traditions' that Judaism and Christianity teach (usually quite vaguely.)
Do this, as I did over thirty years ago and you will know for certain what is wrong or being misrepresented in each religious 'tradition'.
Of course then either religion will despise you for not following their 'traditions' and 'interpretations'.
But as the story's protagonist said; "The truth will set you free". Your time, your chance to investigate this matter for yourself,... or not, your choice alone.
I can lead you to the water, and can point out that it is there, but I cannot force anyone to drink thereof.