²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their leaders did not know Him. They did not understand the words from the early preachers. These words were read to them every Day of Rest. But they did the very thing the early preachers had said they would do by handing Him over to die. ²⁸ They could find no reason that He should die, but they asked Pilate to have Him killed. ²⁹ When everything was done that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a grave.