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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.
Then the whole assembly rose and led him off 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 subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, 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.”
So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”
Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against 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, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
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 he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in 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.
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort.
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer.
He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing 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.
Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
That day Herod and Pilate became friends — before this they had been enemies.
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
Pilate called together the chief priests, 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.
and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.
Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty.
Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death.
Therefore, I will punish him and then release him.”
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, “Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!”
But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
(Barabbas was in prison for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government, and for murder.)
(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.
Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again.
But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
But they kept shouting, “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.”
For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”
But the mob shouted louder and louder, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
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.
He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
But Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; 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 the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.
Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals — one on his right, the other on his left.
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 people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine.
The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar
They called out to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
and said, “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.”
There was a written notice above him, which read: 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!”
One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die?
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence?
We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.”
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
And Jesus replied, “I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell 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.
The Death of Jesus
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle.
for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.
But Jesus’ friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.
But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching 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
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
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.
who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.
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.
Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid.
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.