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Judas' Remorse

^1 (C1)Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;² and they bound Him and led Him away, and ^(C1)handed Him over to ^(C2)Pilate the governor.

³ Then when ^(C1)Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned ^(C2)the thirty ^(F1)pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,⁴ saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? ^(C1)You shall see to it yourself!"⁵ And he threw the pieces of silver into ^(C1)the temple sanctuary and left; and ^(C2)he went away and hanged himself.⁶ The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood."⁷ And they conferred together and ^(F1)with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.^8 (C1)For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.⁹ Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "^(C1)AND ^(F1)THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;^10 (C1)AND ^(F1)THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, JUST AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME."

Jesus before Pilate

^11 (C1)Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, "So You are the ^(C2)King of the Jews?" And Jesus said to him, "^(C3)It is as you say."¹² And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^(C1)He did not offer any answer.¹³ Then Pilate ^(*)said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?"¹⁴ And still ^(C1)He did not answer him in regard to even a single ^(F1)charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.

^15 (C1)Now at the Passover Feast the governor was accustomed to release for the ^(F1)people any one prisoner whom they wanted.¹⁶ And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.¹⁷ So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus ^(C1)who is called Christ?"¹⁸ For he knew that it was because of envy that ^(F1)they had handed Him over.

¹⁹ And ^(C1)while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "See that you have nothing to do with that ^(C2)righteous Man; for ^(F1)last night I suffered greatly ^(C3)in a dream because of Him."²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ^(C1)ask for Barabbas, and to put Jesus to death.²¹ And the governor ^(F1)said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas."²² Pilate ^(*)said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus ^(C1)who is called Christ?" They all ^(*)said, "^(F1)Crucify Him!"²³ But he said, "Why, what evil has He done?" Yet they kept shouting all the more, saying, "^(F1)Crucify Him!"

²⁴ Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that ^(C1)a riot was starting, he took water and ^(C2)washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of ^(C3)this Man's blood; ^(C4)you yourselves shall see."²⁵ And all the people replied, "^(C1)His blood shall be on us and on our children!"²⁶ Then he released Barabbas ^(F1)for them; but after having Jesus ^(C1)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^27 (C1)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into ^(C2)the ^(F1)Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman ^(F2)(C3)cohort to Him.²⁸ And they stripped Him and ^(C1)put a red ^(F1)cloak on Him.^29 (C1)And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a ^(F1)reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "^(C2)Hail, King of the Jews!"³⁰ And ^(C1)they spit on Him, and took the reed and beat Him on the head.^31 (C1)And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

^32 (C1)As they were coming out, they found a man of ^(C2)Cyrene named Simon, ^(F1)whom they compelled to carry His ^(F2)cross.

The Crucifixion

^33 (C1)And when they came to a place called ^(C2)Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,^34 (C1)they gave Him ^(C2)wine mixed with ^(F1)bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, ^(C1)they divided His garments among themselves by casting ^(F1)lots.³⁶ And sitting down, they began to ^(C1)keep watch over Him there.³⁷ And above His head they put up the charge against Him ^(F1)which read, "^(C1)THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

³⁸ At that time two ^(F1)rebels ^(*)were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.³⁹ And those passing by were ^(F1)speaking abusively to Him, ^(C1)shaking their heads,⁴⁰ and saying, "^(C1)You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! ^(C2)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,⁴² "^(C1)He saved others; ^(F1)He cannot save Himself! ^(C2)He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.⁴³ "^(C1)HE HAS TRUSTED IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE ^(F1)TAKES PLEASURE IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"^44 (C1)And the ^(F1)rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

^45 (C1)Now from the ^(F1)sixth hour darkness ^(F2)fell upon all the land until the ^(F3)ninth hour.⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "^(C1)ELI, ELI, LEMA SABAKTANEI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"⁴⁷ And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling for Elijah."⁴⁸ And ^(C1)immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.⁴⁹ But the rest of them said, "^(F1)Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him^(F2)."⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(C1)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit.^51 (C1)And behold, ^(C2)the ^(F1)veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(C3)the earth shook and the rocks were split.⁵² Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^(F1)saints who had ^(C1)fallen asleep were raised;⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(C1)the holy city and appeared to many.^54 (C1)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(C2)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(C3)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, "Truly this was ^(F1)(C4)the Son of God!"

^55 (C1)And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ^(C2)caring for Him.⁵⁶ Among them were ^(C1)Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ^(C2)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

^57 (C1)Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(C1)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.⁶¹ And ^(C1)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶² Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(C1)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,⁶³ and they said, "Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, '^(C1)After three days I am rising.'⁶⁴ "Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "You have a ^(C1)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how."⁶⁶ And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(C1)the guard, ^(C2)sealing ^(C3)the stone.