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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.
Jesus Before Pilate
And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate.
And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate.
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 they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art *thou* the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.
Then they became insistent. “But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes — all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”
But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.
“Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked.
But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the man were a Galilaean;
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.
Jesus Before Herod
and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.
and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.
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.
And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
and he questioned him in many words, but *he* answered him nothing.
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused him violently.
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 with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate.
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
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.
said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning away the people [to rebellion], and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to the things of which ye accuse him;
Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty.
nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done by him.
Having chastised him therefore, I will release him.
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us;
(Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison.
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them].
But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify 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.”
And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him.
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices [and those of the chief priests] prevailed.
So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place.
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.
And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.
The Crucifixion
And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross upon him to bear it behind Jesus.
And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross upon him to bear it behind Jesus.
A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him.
But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;
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.’
for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed [are] the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck.
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us:
for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?
Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.
Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be put to death.
And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots.
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.”
And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar,
They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
and saying, If *thou* be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
A sign was fastened above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
And there was also an inscription [written] over him in Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: 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!”
Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.
But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost *thou* too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?
We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”
and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense of what we have done; but this [man] has done nothing amiss.
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
And he said to Jesus, Remember me, [Lord,] when thou comest in thy kingdom.
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, To-day shalt thou 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.
The Death of Jesus
And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.
And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.
Now the centurion, seeing what took place, glorified God, saying, In very deed this man was just.
And all the crowds who had come together to that sight, having seen the things that took place, returned, beating [their] breasts.
But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.
And all those who knew him stood afar off, the women also who had followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.
The Burial of Jesus
Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,
The Burial of Jesus
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just
And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just
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] had not assented to their counsel and deed), of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also waited, [himself also,] for the kingdom of God
He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
-- he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus;
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.
and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid.
And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on.
As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.
And women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed, saw the sepulchre and how his body was placed.
Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.
And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.