Jesus Before Pilate

15 ^(A)And early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole ^(B)Sanhedrin, immediately held council; and binding Jesus, led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. ^2 (C)And Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and *said, “You yourself say it.” ³ And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. ⁴ Then Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “You answer nothing? See how many accusations they bring against You!” ⁵ But Jesus ^(D)made no further answer; so Pilate marveled.

^6 (E)Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. ⁷ And the man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. ⁸ And the crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. ⁹ And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰ For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him over because of envy. ¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ^(F)to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. ¹² And answering again, Pilate was saying to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³ And they shouted again, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁴ But Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What evil did He do?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁵ And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ^(G)scourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (H)So the soldiers took Him away into ^(I)the ^[a]palace (that is, the ^[b]Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman ^[c](J)cohort. ¹⁷ And they *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they *put it on Him; ¹⁸ and they began to greet Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they kept beating His head with a ^[d]reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him. ²⁰ And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.

^21 (K)And they *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^(L)Rufus), to ^[e]carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

^22 (M)Then they *brought Him to the place ^(N)Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ²³ And they tried to give Him ^(O)wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. ²⁴ And they *crucified Him, and *^(P)divided up His garments among themselves, casting ^[f]lots for them to decide who should take what. ²⁵ Now it was the ^[g](Q)third hour, and they crucified Him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against Him ^[h]read, “^(R)THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷ And they *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. ^28 [i][And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] ²⁹ And those passing by were blaspheming Him, ^(S)shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^(T)destroy the ^[j]sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” ³¹ In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “^(U)He saved others; ^[k]He cannot save Himself. ³² Let this ^[l]Christ, ^(V)the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” ^(W)Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

^33 (X)And when the ^[m](Y)sixth hour came, darkness ^[n]fell over the whole land until the ^[o](Z)ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ^(AA)ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “^(AB)Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ³⁵ And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He is calling for Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “^[p]Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” ^37 (AC)And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, breathed His last. ^38 (AD)And the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. ^39 (AE)And when the centurion, who was standing ^[q]right in front of Him, saw ^[r]the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

^40 (AF)And there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James ^(AG)the ^[s]Less and Joses, and ^(AH)Salome, ⁴¹ who, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and ^[t](AI)serving Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (AJ)And when evening had already come, because it was ^[u](AK)Preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea came, a ^(AL)prominent ^[v]Council member, who himself was ^(AM)waiting for the kingdom of God; and he ^(AN)gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ And Pilate wondered if He had died by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He already died. ⁴⁵ And ascertaining this from ^(AO)the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And when Joseph had bought a linen cloth and took Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (AP)And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He had been laid.