aEarly in the morning
the chief
priests
with the elders
and scribes
and the whole
1 bCouncil
, immediately
held
a consultation
; and binding
Jesus
, they led
Him away
and delivered
Him to Pilate
.
aPilate questioned
Him, "Are You the King
of the Jews
?" And He *answered
him, "It is as you say
."
The chief priests
began to accuse
Him 1harshly
.
Then Pilate
questioned
Him again
, saying
, "Do You not answer
? See
how
many
charges
they bring
against
You!"
But Jesus amade
no
further
answer
; so
Pilate
was amazed
.
aNow at the feast
he used to release
for them any one
prisoner
whom
they requested
.
The man named Barabbas
had been
imprisoned
with the insurrectionists
who
had committed
murder
in the insurrection
.
The crowd went
up and began
asking
him to do as he had been accustomed to do
for them.
Pilate answered
them, saying
, "Do you want
me to release
for you the King
of the Jews
?"
For he was aware that the chief
priests
had handed
Him over because
of envy
.
But the chief priests
stirred
up the crowd
ato ask him to release
Barabbas
for them instead
.
Answering again
, Pilate
said
to them, "Then
what
shall I do
with Him whom
you call
the King
of the Jews
?"
They shouted 1back
, "Crucify
Him!"
But Pilate said
to them, "Why
, what
evil
has He done
?" But they shouted
all
the more
, "Crucify
Him!"
Wishing to satisfy
the crowd
, Pilate
released
Barabbas
for them, and after having Jesus
ascourged
, he handed
Him over to be crucified
.
aThe soldiers took
Him away
into bthe 1palace
(that is, the Praetorium
), and they *called
together
the whole
Roman 2 ccohort
.
They *dressed Him up in purple
, and after twisting
a crown
of thorns
, they put
it on Him;
and they began to acclaim
Him, "Hail
, King
of the Jews
!"
They kept beating His head
with a 1reed
, and spitting
on Him, and kneeling
and bowing
before
Him.
After they had mocked
Him, they took
the purple
robe
off
Him and put
His own garments
on Him. And they *led
Him out to crucify
Him.
aThey *pressed into service
a passer-by
coming
from the country
, Simon
of Cyrene
(the father
of Alexander
and bRufus
), to bear
His cross
.
aThen they *brought
Him to the place
bGolgotha
, which
is translated
, Place
of a Skull
.
They tried to give Him awine
mixed
with myrrh
; but He did not take
it.
And they *crucified Him, and * adivided
up His garments
among
themselves, casting
1lots
for them to decide 2what
each
man
should take
.
It was the 1 athird hour
2when
they crucified
Him.
The inscription of the charge
against
Him 1read
, " aTHE KING
OF THE JEWS
."
They *crucified two
robbers
with Him, one
on His right
and one
on His left
.
[ 1And the Scripture was fulfilled
which says
, "And He was numbered
with transgressors
."]
Those passing
by were 1hurling
abuse
at Him, awagging
their heads
, and saying
, "Ha
! You who are going to bdestroy
the temple
and rebuild
it in three
days
,
save Yourself
, and come
down
from the cross
!"
In the same way
the chief
priests
also
, along with the scribes
, were mocking
Him among
themselves
and saying
, " aHe saved
others
; 1He cannot
save
Himself
.
"Let this Christ, athe King
of Israel
, now
come
down
from the cross
, so
that we may see
and believe
!" bThose
who were crucified
with Him were also
insulting
Him.
aWhen the 1 bsixth hour
came
, darkness
2fell
over
the whole
land
until
the 3 bninth
hour
.
At the aninth hour
Jesus
cried
out with a loud
voice
, " bELOI
, ELOI
, LAMA
SABACHTHANI
?" which
is translated
, "MY GOD
, MY GOD
, WHY
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN
ME?"
When some of the bystanders
heard
it, they began saying
, "Behold
, He is calling
for Elijah
."
Someone ran
and filled
a sponge
with sour
wine
, put
it on a reed
, and gave
Him a drink
, saying
, " 1Let
us see
whether
Elijah
will come
to take
Him down
."
aAnd Jesus uttered
a loud
cry
, and breathed
His last
.
aAnd the veil of the temple
was torn
in two
from top
to bottom
.
aWhen the centurion, who was standing
1right
in front
of Him, saw
2the way
He breathed
His last
, he said
, "Truly
this
man
was 3the Son
of God
!"
aThere were also some women
looking
on from a distance
, among
whom
were Mary
Magdalene
, and Mary
the mother
of 1James
bthe 2Less
and Joses
, and cSalome
.
When He was in Galilee
, they used to follow
Him and 1 aminister
to Him; and there were many
other
women
who came
up with Him to Jerusalem
.
aWhen evening had already
come
, because
it was bthe preparation
day
, that is, the day
before
the Sabbath
,
Joseph of Arimathea
came
, a aprominent
member
of the Council
, who
himself
was bwaiting
for the kingdom
of God
; and he cgathered
up courage
and went
in before
Pilate
, and asked
for the body
of Jesus
.
Pilate wondered
if
He was dead
by this
time
, and summoning
the centurion
, he questioned
him as to whether
He was already
dead
.
And ascertaining this from athe centurion
, he granted
the body
to Joseph
.
Joseph bought a linen
cloth
, took
Him down
, wrapped
Him in the linen
cloth
and laid
Him in a tomb
which
had been
hewn
out in the rock
; and he rolled
a stone
against
the entrance
of the tomb
.
aMary Magdalene
and Mary
the mother of Joses
were looking
on to see where
He was laid
.