Luke 22:47-23:56

New American Standard Bible

Jesus Betrayed by Judas

^47 (A)While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. ⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” ⁴⁹ When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the ^(B)sword?” ⁵⁰ And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹ But Jesus responded and said, “^[a]Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him. ⁵² And Jesus said to the chief priests and ^(C)officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs ^(D)as you would against a man inciting a revolt? ⁵³ While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but ^[b]this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

Jesus’ Arrest

^54 (E)Now they arrested Him and led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but ^(F)Peter was following at a distance. ^55 (G)After they kindled a fire in the middle of ^(H)the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. ⁵⁶ And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, and staring at him, said, “This man was with Him as well.” ⁵⁷ But he denied it, saying, “I do not know Him, woman!” ⁵⁸ And a little later, ^(I)another person saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” ⁵⁹ And after about an hour had passed, some other man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, ^(J)for he, too, is a Galilean.” ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about!” And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹ And then ^(K)the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “^(L)Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

^63 (M)The men who were holding ^[c]Jesus in custody began mocking Him and beating Him, ⁶⁴ and they blindfolded Him and repeatedly asked Him, saying, “^(N)Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?” ⁶⁵ And they were saying many other things against Him, ^(O)blaspheming.

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

^66 (P)When it was day, ^(Q)the ^[d]Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their ^(R)council chamber, saying, ⁶⁷ “^(S)If You are the ^[e]Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe; ⁶⁸ and if I ask a question, you will not answer. ^69 (T)But from now on ^(U)the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” ⁷⁰ And they all said, “So You are ^(V)the Son of God?” And He said to them, “^(W)You say correctly that I am.” ⁷¹ And then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth!”

Jesus before Pilate

23 Then the entire assembly of them set out and ^(X)brought Him before Pilate. ^2 (Y)And they began to bring charges against Him, saying, “We found this man ^(Z)misleading our nation and ^(AA)forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is ^[f]Christ, a King.” ³ Now Pilate asked Him, saying, “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “^(AB)It is as you say.” ⁴ But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “^(AC)I find no grounds for charges in the case of this man.” ⁵ But they kept on insisting, saying, “He is stirring up the people, teaching all over Judea, ^(AD)starting from Galilee, as far as this place!”

⁶ Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. ⁷ And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to ^(AE)Herod, ^[g]since he also was in Jerusalem ^[h]at this time.

Jesus before Herod

⁸ Now Herod was overjoyed when he saw Jesus; for ^(AF)he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some ^[i]sign performed by Him. ⁹ And he questioned Him ^[j]at some length; but ^(AG)He offered him no answer at all. ¹⁰ Now the chief priests and the scribes stood there, vehemently charging Him. ¹¹ And Herod, together with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, ^(AH)dressing Him in a brightly shining robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. ¹² And so ^(AI)Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for previously, they had been enemies toward each other.

Pilate Seeks Jesus’ Release

¹³ Now Pilate summoned to himself the chief priests, the ^[k](AJ)rulers, and the people, ¹⁴ and he said to them, “You brought this man to me on the ground that ^(AK)he is inciting the people to revolt; and behold, after examining Him before you, I ^(AL)have found no basis at all in the case of this man for the charges which you are bringing against Him. ¹⁵ No, nor has ^(AM)Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him. ¹⁶ Therefore I will ^[l](AN)punish Him and release Him.” ¹⁷ [^[m]Now he was obligated to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

¹⁸ But they cried out all together, saying, “^(AO)Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas!” ¹⁹ (He was one who had been thrown into prison for a revolt that took place in the city, and for murder.) ²⁰ But Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, ²¹ but they kept on crying out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!” ²² And he said to them a third time, “Why, what has this man done wrong? I have found ^[n]in His case no grounds for a sentence of death; therefore I will ^[o](AP)punish Him and release Him.” ²³ But they were insistent, with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. ²⁴ And so Pilate decided to have their demand carried out. ²⁵ And he released the man for whom they were asking, who had been thrown into prison for a revolt and murder; but he handed Jesus over to their will.

Simon Carries the Cross

^26 (AQ)And when they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of ^(AR)Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

²⁷ Now following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were ^[p](AS)mourning and grieving for Him. ²⁸ But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, days are coming when they will say, ‘^(AT)Blessed are those who cannot bear, and the wombs that have not given birth, and the breasts that have not nursed.’ ³⁰ Then they will begin to ^(AU)say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For if they do these things ^[q]when the tree is green, what will happen ^[r]when it is dry?”

^32 (AV)Now two others, who were criminals, were also being led away to be put to death with Him.

The Crucifixion

^33 (AW)And when they came to the place called ^[s]The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. ³⁴ [^[t]But Jesus was saying, “^(AX)Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”] ^(AY)And they cast lots, dividing His garments among themselves. ³⁵ And the people stood by, watching. And even the ^(AZ)rulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; ^(BA)let Him save Himself if this is the ^[u]Christ of God, His Chosen One.” ³⁶ The soldiers also ridiculed Him, coming up to Him, ^(BB)offering Him sour wine, ³⁷ and saying, “^(BC)If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!” ³⁸ Now there was also an inscription above Him, “^(BD)THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

^39 (BE)One of the criminals who were hanged there was ^[v]hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the ^[w]Christ? ^(BF)Save Yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other responded, and rebuking him, said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving ^[x]what we deserve for our crimes; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” ⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in ^(BG)Paradise.”

^44 (BH)It was now about ^[y](BI)the sixth hour, and darkness came over the entire land until ^[z]the ninth hour, ^45 [aa]because the sun stopped shining; and ^(BJ)the veil of the temple was torn ^[ab]in two. ⁴⁶ And Jesus, ^(BK)crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^(BL)into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” And having said this, He ^[ac]died. ^47 (BM)Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began ^(BN)praising God, saying, “This man was in fact ^[ad]innocent.” ⁴⁸ And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, after watching what had happened, began to return home, ^[ae](BO)beating their chests. ^49 (BP)And all His acquaintances and ^(BQ)the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

Jesus Is Buried

^50 (BR)And a man named Joseph, who was a ^(BS)member of the Council, a good and righteous man ⁵¹ (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was ^(BT)waiting for the kingdom of God— ⁵² this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. ⁵⁴ It was a ^[af](BU)preparation day, and a Sabbath was about to ^[ag]begin. ⁵⁵ Now ^(BV)the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was laid. ⁵⁶ And then they returned and ^(BW)prepared spices and perfumes.

And ^(BX)on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.