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Jesus Delivered to Pilate

^1 (a)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(b)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^(c)they bound Jesus and ^(d)led him away and ^(e)delivered him over to ^(f)Pilate. ^2 (g)And Pilate asked him, ^(h)"Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, ⁽ⁱ⁾"You have said so." ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(j)"Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." ⁵ But Jesus ^(k)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^6 (l)Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷ And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(m)committed murder ⁽ⁿ⁾in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸ And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹ And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" ¹⁰ For he perceived that ^(o)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹² And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with ^(p)the man you call the King of the Jews?" ¹³ And they cried out again, "Crucify him." ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, "Why? ^(q)What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(r)scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (s)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(t)the palace (that is, ^(u)the governor's headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole ^(v)battalion.^{[c] 17} And they clothed him in ^(w)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(x)"Hail, King of the Jews!" ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(y)spitting on him and ^(z)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(aa)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(ab)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(ac)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (ad)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (ae)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(af)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(ag)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(ah)it was the third hour^[d] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(ai)"The King of the Jews." ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(aj)robbers, ^(ak)one on his right and one on his left.^{[e] 29} And ^(al)those who passed by derided him, ^(am)wagging their heads and saying, ^(an)"Aha! ^(ao)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!" ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(ap)"He saved others; ^(aq)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(ar)the Christ, ^(as)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(at)see and believe." ^(au)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[f] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[g] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(av)cried with a loud voice, ^(aw)"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(ax)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(ay)and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." ³⁷ And Jesus ^(az)uttered a loud cry and ^(ba)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(bb)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (bc)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[h] breathed his last, he said, ^(bd)"Truly this man was the Son^[i] of God!"

⁴⁰ There were also ^(be)women looking on ^(bf)from a distance, among whom were ^(bg)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(bh)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(bi)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(bj)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (bk)And when evening had come, since it was ^(bl)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(bm)a respected member of the council, who ^(bn)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[j] And summoning ^(bo)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(bp)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[k] bought ^(bq)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(br)laid him in a tomb ^(bs)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(bt)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (bu)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

^1 (a)And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^(b)held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^(c)they bound Jesus and ^(d)led him away and ^(e)delivered him over to ^(f)Pilate. ^2 (g)And Pilate asked him, ^(h)"Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, ⁽ⁱ⁾"You have said so." ³ And the chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ And Pilate again asked him, ^(j)"Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." ⁵ But Jesus ^(k)made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^6 (l)Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. ⁷ And among the rebels in prison, who had ^(m)committed murder ⁽ⁿ⁾in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. ⁸ And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. ⁹ And he answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" ¹⁰ For he perceived that ^(o)it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. ¹² And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with ^(p)the man you call the King of the Jews?" ¹³ And they cried out again, "Crucify him." ¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, "Why? ^(q)What evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." ¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(r)scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (s)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(t)the palace (that is, ^(u)the governor's headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole ^(v)battalion.^{[c] 17} And they clothed him in ^(w)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(x)"Hail, King of the Jews!" ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(y)spitting on him and ^(z)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(aa)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(ab)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(ac)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (ad)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (ae)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(af)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(ag)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(ah)it was the third hour^[d] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(ai)"The King of the Jews." ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(aj)robbers, ^(ak)one on his right and one on his left.^{[e] 29} And ^(al)those who passed by derided him, ^(am)wagging their heads and saying, ^(an)"Aha! ^(ao)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!" ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(ap)"He saved others; ^(aq)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(ar)the Christ, ^(as)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(at)see and believe." ^(au)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[f] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[g] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(av)cried with a loud voice, ^(aw)"Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(ax)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(ay)and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." ³⁷ And Jesus ^(az)uttered a loud cry and ^(ba)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(bb)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (bc)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[h] breathed his last, he said, ^(bd)"Truly this man was the Son^[i] of God!"

⁴⁰ There were also ^(be)women looking on ^(bf)from a distance, among whom were ^(bg)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(bh)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(bi)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(bj)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (bk)And when evening had come, since it was ^(bl)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(bm)a respected member of the council, who ^(bn)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[j] And summoning ^(bo)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(bp)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[k] bought ^(bq)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(br)laid him in a tomb ^(bs)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(bt)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (bu)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.