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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 arose, and led him unto Pilate.
And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto 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 found this fellow perverting the 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 asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault 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!”
And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
“Oh, is he a Galilean?” Pilate asked.
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether 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 as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
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 was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
Then he questioned with 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 scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
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 men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
And Pilate, when he had 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 unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof 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.
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
(Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
But they cried, saying, Crucify him, 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 unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
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 unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
The Crucifixion
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for 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, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and 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 derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and 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 a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, 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!”
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be 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 not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 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 was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth 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 was rent in the midst.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.
And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, 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, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:
And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was 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.
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
This man went unto Pilate, and 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 he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.