1 T he whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

2 T hey began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

3 P ilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”

4 P ilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

5 B ut they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

6 B ut when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

7 W hen he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

8 N ow when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

9 H e questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.

10 T he chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

11 H erod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

12 H erod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

13 P ilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

14 a nd said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

15 N either has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

16 I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

17 N ow he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

18 B ut they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—

19 o ne who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

20 T hen Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

21 b ut they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”

22 H e said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

23 B ut they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

24 P ilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

25 H e released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

26 W hen they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

28 B ut Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29 F or behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

30 T hen they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’

31 F or if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”

32 T here were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.

33 W hen they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

34 J esus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

35 T he people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”

36 T he soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,

37 a nd saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”

38 A n inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

39 O ne of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”

40 B ut the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?

41 A nd we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 H e said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”

43 J esus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

44 I t was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

45 T he sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

46 J esus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

47 W hen the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

48 A ll the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.

49 A ll his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

50 B ehold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

51 ( he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

52 t his man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

53 H e took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

54 I t was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

55 T he women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

56 T hey returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.