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Jesus before Pilate

^1 (C1)Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders, scribes, and the entire ^(F1)(C2)Council immediately held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate.^2 (C1)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 ^(F1)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 ^(C1)said nothing further in answer, so Pilate was amazed.

^6 (C1)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 ^(C1)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 ^(F1)back, "Crucify Him!"¹⁴ But Pilate said to them, "Why, what ^(F1)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 ^(C1)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (C1)Now the soldiers took Him away into ^(C2)the ^(F1)palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they ^(*)called together the whole Roman ^(F2)(C3)cohort.¹⁷ And they ^(*)dressed Him in ^(F1)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 ^(F1)reed and spit on Him, and kneeling, they bowed down before Him.²⁰ And after they had mocked Him, they took the ^(F1)purple cloak off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they ^(*)led Him out to crucify Him.

^21 (C1)And they ^(*)compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^(C2)Rufus), to carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

^22 (C1)Then they ^(*)brought Him to the place ^(C2)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.²³ And they tried to give Him ^(C1)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.²⁴ And they ^(*)crucified Him, and ^(*)(C1)divided up His garments among themselves, casting ^(F1)lots for them to decide ^(F2)what each man would take.²⁵ Now it was the ^(F1)(C1)third hour ^(F2)when they crucified Him.²⁶ The inscription of the charge against Him ^(F1)read, "^(C1)THE KING OF THE JEWS."

²⁷ And they ^(*)crucified two ^(F1)rebels with Him, one on His right and one on His left.^">(F2)29 Those passing by were ^(F1)hurling abuse at Him, ^(C1)shaking their heads and saying, "Ha! You who are going to ^(C2)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, "^(C1)He saved others; ^(F1)He cannot save Himself!³² "Let this Christ, ^(C1)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!" ^(C2)Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

^33 (C1)When the ^(F1)(C2)sixth hour came, darkness ^(F2)fell over the whole land until the ^(F3)(C2)ninth hour.³⁴ At the ^(F1)(C1)ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "^(C2)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, "^(F1)Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down."^37 (C1)But Jesus let out a loud cry, and ^(F1)died.^38 (C1)And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.^39 (C1)And when the centurion, who was standing ^(F1)right in front of Him, saw that He ^(F2)died in this way, he said, "Truly this Man was ^(F3)the Son of God!"

^40 (C1)Now there were also some women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of ^(F1)James ^(C2)the ^(F2)Less and Joses, and ^(C3)Salome.⁴¹ When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and ^(C1)serve Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (C1)When evening had already come, since it was ^(C2)the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea came, a ^(C1)prominent member of the Council, who was himself also ^(C2)waiting for the kingdom of God; and he ^(C3)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 ^(C1)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 (C1)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was laid.