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Jesus Before Pilate
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.
Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.
Jesus’ Trial before Pilate
Then the entire council took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor.
Then the entire council took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor.
And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
They began to state their case: “This man has been leading our people astray by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king.”
And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”
So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.”
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”
But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes — all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”
Jesus Before Herod
When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
“Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked.
And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.
When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod’s jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.
When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.
Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.
So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
Then Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Finally, they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him.
and he announced his verdict. “You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent.
Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty.
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas” —
But they all cried out together, “Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas” —
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder.
(Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus,
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”
But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
A third time he said to them, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”
For the third time he demanded, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. So I will have him flogged, and then I will release him.”
But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he turned Jesus over to them to do as they wished.
The Crucifixion
And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.
A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”
The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself — and us, too, while you’re at it!”
But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?
And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”
We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”
And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
The Death of Jesus
By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
while the sun’s light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.
Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last.
Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!”
And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.
And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.
But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.
Jesus Is Buried
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
The Burial of Jesus
Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,
who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.
but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.
This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.
The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.