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Judas Hangs Himself
Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.
Judas Hangs Himself
Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
“I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.”
“What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
“What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”
After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.
And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced,
and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”
Jesus’ Trial before Pilate
Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him.
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
Jesus Faces Pilate
Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”
Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.”
But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
“Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.
Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”
But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.
But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd — anyone they wanted.
Taking the Place of Barabbas
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished.
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished.
As the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning, he asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you — Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
(He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.
Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.”
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
So the governor asked again, “Which of these two do you want me to release to you?”
The crowd shouted back, “Barabbas!”
The crowd shouted back, “Barabbas!”
The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
They said, “Barabbas!”
Pilate responded, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?”
But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”
But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”
And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children.”
So Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified.
They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
Then they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.
When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.
The King on a Cross
Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.
Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross.
And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull,
The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there.
Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
A sign was fastened above Jesus’ head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him:
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
“Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.
“He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!
He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
The Death of Jesus
At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!”
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”
Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit.
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart,
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,
and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance.
And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar,
Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
The Burial of Jesus
As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus,
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him.
This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth.
When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and watching.
Pilate Sets a Guard
On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’
saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’
So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”
Pilate replied, “Take guards and secure it the best you can.”
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.”