The Crucifixion of Jesus^(A)

²⁶ As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(B) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^{(C) 27} A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed^(D) for him. ²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.^{(E) 29} 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!’^{(F) 30} Then

³¹ For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”^(H)

³² Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.^{(I) 33} 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. ³⁴ Jesus said, “Father,^(J) forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[b](K) And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^(L)

³⁵ The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.^(M) They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”^(N)

³⁶ The soldiers also came up and mocked him.^(O) They offered him wine vinegar^{(P) 37} and said, “If you are the king of the Jews,^(Q) save yourself.”

³⁸ There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.^(R)

³⁹ One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”^(S)

⁴⁰ But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹ We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”^(T)

⁴² Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[c]”^(U)

⁴³ Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(V)

The Death of Jesus^(W)

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^{(X) 45} for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(Y) was torn in two.^{(Z) 46} Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(AA) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[d](AB) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(AC)

⁴⁷ The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^(AD) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸ When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts^(AE) and went away. ⁴⁹ But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,^(AF) stood at a distance,^(AG) watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus^(AH)

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹ 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.^{(AI) 52} Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³ 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. ⁵⁴ It was Preparation Day,^(AJ) and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵ The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee^(AK) followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶ Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.^(AL) But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.^(AM)

Jesus Has Risen^(AN)

24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared^(AO) and went to the tomb. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.^{(AP) 4} While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning^(AQ) stood beside them. ⁵ In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:^{(AR) 7} ‘The Son of Man^(AS) must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”^{(AT) 8} Then they remembered his words.^(AU)

⁹ When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. ¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them^(AV) who told this to the apostles.^{(AW) 11} But they did not believe^(AX) the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. ¹² Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves,^(AY) and he went away,^(AZ) wondering to himself what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³ Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles^[e] from Jerusalem.^{(BA) 14} They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. ¹⁵ As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;^{(BB) 16} but they were kept from recognizing him.^(BC)

¹⁷ He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas,^(BD) asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

¹⁹ “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,”^(BE) they replied. “He was a prophet,^(BF) powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. ²⁰ The chief priests and our rulers^(BG) handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; ²¹ but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel.^(BH) And what is more, it is the third day^(BI) since all this took place. ²² In addition, some of our women amazed us.^(BJ) They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”^(BK)

²⁵ He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”^{(BL) 27} And beginning with Moses^(BM) and all the Prophets,^(BN) he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.^(BO)

²⁸ As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. ²⁹ But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

³⁰ When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it^(BP) and began to give it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him,^(BQ) and he disappeared from their sight. ³² They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us^(BR) while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures^(BS) to us?”

³³ They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together ³⁴ and saying, “It is true! The Lord^(BT) has risen and has appeared to Simon.”^{(BU) 35} Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.^(BV)

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

³⁶ While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”^(BW)

³⁷ They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.^{(BX) 38} He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? ³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see;^(BY) a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

⁴⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. ⁴¹ And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ⁴² They gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate it in their presence.^(BZ)

⁴⁴ He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:^(CA) Everything must be fulfilled^(CB) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,^(CC) the Prophets^(CD) and the Psalms.”^(CE)

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer^(CF) and rise from the dead on the third day,^{(CG) 47} and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name^(CH) to all nations,^(CI) beginning at Jerusalem.^{(CJ) 48} You are witnesses^(CK) of these things. ⁴⁹ I am going to send you what my Father has promised;^(CL) but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension of Jesus

⁵⁰ When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany,^(CM) he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.^{(CN) 52} Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. ⁵³ And they stayed continually at the temple,^(CO) praising God.