• Jesus before Pilate

  • 1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders, scribes, and the entire Council immediately held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate.
  • 2 Pilate questioned Him: “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.”
  • 3 And the chief priests started accusing Him of many things.
  • 4 But Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You offer nothing in answer? See how many charges they are bringing against You!”
  • 5 But Jesus said nothing further in answer, so Pilate was amazed.
  • 6 Now at the Passover Feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.
  • 7 And the one named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt.
  • 8 And the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.
  • 9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
  • 10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
  • 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
  • 12 And responding again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
  • 13 They shouted back, “Crucify Him!”
  • 14 But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”
  • 15 Intent on satisfying the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

  • Jesus Is Mocked

  • 16 Now the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort.
  • 17 And they *dressed Him in purple, and after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
  • 18 and they began saluting Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
  • 19 And they repeatedly beat His head with a reed and spit on Him, and kneeling, they bowed down before Him.
  • 20 And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple cloak off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.
  • 21 And they *compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross.

  • The Crucifixion

  • 22 Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
  • 23 And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.
  • 24 And they *crucified Him, and *divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man would take.
  • 25 Now it was the third hour when they crucified Him.
  • 26 The inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
  • 27 And they *crucified two rebels with Him, one on His right and one on His left.
  • 29 Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
  • 30 save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”
  • 31 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself!
  • 32 Let this Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.
  • 33 When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
  • 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabaktanei?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
  • 35 And when some of the bystanders heard Him, they began saying, “Look! He is calling for Elijah!”
  • 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
  • 37 But Jesus let out a loud cry, and died.
  • 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
  • 39 And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw that He died in this way, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
  • 40 Now there were also some women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.
  • 41 When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and serve Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

  • Jesus Is Buried

  • 42 When evening had already come, since it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
  • 43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself also waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
  • 44 Now Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.
  • 45 And after learning this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
  • 46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been cut out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
  • 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was laid.