²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus,^(A) yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets^(B) that are read every Sabbath. ²⁸ Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.^{(C) 29} When they had carried out all that was written about him,^(D) they took him down from the cross^(E) and laid him in a tomb.^(F)