23 Then the whole assembly of them got up and conducted [Jesus] before Pilate.

² And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this ^[a]Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King!

³ So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [^[b]It is just as] you say. [I Am.]

⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priests and the throngs, I find no guilt or crime in this Man.

⁵ But they were urgent and emphatic, saying, He stirs up and excites the people, teaching throughout all Judea—from Galilee, where He began, even to this place.

⁶ Upon hearing this, Pilate asked whether the Man was a Galilean.

⁷ And when he found out [certainly] that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod [a higher authority], who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

⁸ Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had eagerly desired to see Him for a long time because of what he had heard concerning Him, and he was hoping to witness some sign (some striking evidence or spectacular performance) done by Him.

⁹ So he asked Him many questions, but He made no reply.^(A)

¹⁰ Meanwhile, the chief priests and the scribes stood by, continuing vehemently and violently to accuse Him.

¹¹ And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him; then, dressing Him up in bright and gorgeous apparel, he sent Him back to Pilate.^(B)

¹² And that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other—[though] they had been at enmity before this.

¹³ Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴ And said to them, You brought this Man before me as One Who was perverting and misleading and ^[c]turning away and corrupting the people; and behold, after examining Him before you, I have not found any offense (crime or guilt) in this Man in regard to your accusations against Him;

¹⁵ No, nor indeed did Herod, for he sent Him back to us; behold, He has done nothing deserving of death.

¹⁶ I will therefore chastise Him and ^[d]deliver Him amended (reformed, taught His lesson) and release Him.

^17 [e]For it was necessary for him to release to them one prisoner at the Feast.

¹⁸ But they all together raised a deep cry [from the depths of their throats], saying, Away with this Man! Release to us Barabbas!

¹⁹ He was a man who had been thrown into prison for raising a riot in the city, and for murder.

²⁰ Once more Pilate called to them, wishing to release Jesus;

²¹ But they kept shouting out, Crucify, crucify Him!

²² A third time he said to them, Why? What wrong has He done? I have found [no offense or crime or guilt] in Him nothing deserving of death; I will therefore chastise Him [^[f]in order to teach Him better] and release Him.

²³ But they were insistent and urgent, demanding with loud cries that He should be crucified. And their voices prevailed (accomplished their purpose).

²⁴ And Pilate gave sentence, that what they asked should be done.

²⁵ So he released the man who had been thrown into prison for riot and murder, for whom they continued to ask, but Jesus he delivered up to be done with as they willed.

²⁶ And as they led Him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross and made him carry it behind Jesus.

²⁷ And there accompanied [Jesus] a great multitude of the people, [including] women who bewailed and lamented Him.

²⁸ But Jesus, turning toward them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

²⁹ For behold, the days are coming during which they will say, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and ^[g]to be envied) are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have never nursed [babies]!

³⁰ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover (conceal, hide) us!

³¹ For if they do these things when the timber is green, what will happen when it is dry?

³² Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be executed with Him.^(C)

³³ And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

³⁴ And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them.^(D)

³⁵ Now the people stood by [^[h]calmly and leisurely] watching; but the rulers scoffed and sneered (^[i]turned up their noses) at Him, saying, He rescued others [^[j]from death]; let Him now rescue Himself, if He is the Christ (the Messiah) of God, His Chosen One!

³⁶ The soldiers also ridiculed and made sport of Him, coming up and offering Him vinegar (a sour wine mixed with water)^(E)

³⁷ And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save (rescue) Yourself [^[k]from death].

³⁸ For there was also an inscription above Him ^[l]in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: This is the King of the Jews.

³⁹ One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [^[m]from death]!

⁴⁰ But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering the same penalty?

⁴¹ And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing ^[n]strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable].

⁴² Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come ^[o]in Your kingly glory!

⁴³ And He answered him, Truly I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.

⁴⁴ It was now about the sixth hour (midday), and darkness enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour (about three o’clock in the afternoon),

⁴⁵ While the sun’s light faded or ^[p]was darkened; and the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two.^(F)

⁴⁶ And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit! And with these words, He expired.^(G)

⁴⁷ Now the centurion, having seen what had taken place, ^[q]recognized God and thanked and praised Him, and said, Indeed, without question, this Man was upright (just and innocent)!

⁴⁸ And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts.

⁴⁹ And all the acquaintances of [Jesus] and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood at a distance and watched these things.

⁵⁰ Now notice, there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council (the Sanhedrin), and a good (upright, ^[r]advantageous) man, and righteous (in right standing with God and man),

⁵¹ Who had not agreed with or assented to the purpose and action of the others; and he was expecting and waiting for the kingdom of God.

⁵² This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

⁵³ Then he took it down and ^[s]rolled it up in a linen cloth ^[t]for swathing dead bodies and laid Him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.

⁵⁴ It was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning (approaching).

⁵⁵ The women who had come with [Jesus] from Galilee followed closely and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.

⁵⁶ Then they went back and made ready spices and ointments (perfumes). On the Sabbath day they rested in accordance with the commandment.^(H)

24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had made ready.

² And they found the stone rolled back from the tomb,

³ But when they went inside, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

⁴ And while they were perplexed and wondering what to do about this, behold, two men in dazzling raiment suddenly stood beside them.

⁵ And as [the women] were frightened and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among [those who are] dead?

⁶ He is not here, but has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee

⁷ That the Son of Man must be given over into the hands of sinful men (men ^[a]whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God) and be crucified and on the third day rise [^[b]from death].^(A)

⁸ And they remembered His words.

⁹ And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things [taken together] to the eleven apostles and to all the rest.

¹⁰ Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who reported these things to the apostles.

¹¹ But these reports seemed to the men an idle tale (^[c]madness, ^[d]feigned things, ^[e]nonsense), and they did not believe the women.

¹² But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; and stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths alone by themselves, and he went away, wondering about and marveling at what had happened.

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7 When King David dwelt in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

² The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

³ And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.

⁴ That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

⁵ Go and tell My servant David, Thus says the Lord: Shall you build Me a house in which to dwell?

⁶ For I have not dwelt in a house since I brought the Israelites out of Egypt to this day, but have moved about with a tent for My dwelling.

⁷ In all the places where I have moved with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to be shepherd of My people Israel, asking, Why do you not build Me a house of cedar?

⁸ So now say this to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over My people Israel.

⁹ And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like [that] of the great men of the earth.

¹⁰ And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and be moved no more. And wicked men shall afflict them no more, as formerly

¹¹ And as from the time that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord declares to you that He will make for you a house:

¹² And when your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up after you your offspring who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.

¹³ He shall build a house for My ^[a]Name [and My Presence], and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

¹⁴ I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

¹⁵ But My mercy and loving-kindness shall not depart from him, as I took [them] from Saul, whom I took away from before you.

¹⁶ And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever.

¹⁷ In accordance with all these words and all this vision Nathan spoke to David.

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

¹⁹ Then as if this were a little thing in Your eyes, O Lord God, You have spoken also of Your servant’s house in the far distant future. And this is the law for man, O Lord God!

²⁰ What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God.

²¹ Because of Your promise and as Your own heart dictates, You have done all these astounding things to make Your servant know and understand.

²² Therefore You are great, O Lord God; for none is like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all [You have made] our ears to hear.

²³ What [other] one nation on earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be a people for Himself and to make for Himself a name? You have done great and terrible things for Yourself and for Your land, before Your people, whom You redeemed and delivered for Yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.

²⁴ And You have established for Yourself Your people Israel to be Your people forever, and You, Lord, became their God.

²⁵ Now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word You have given as to Your servant and his house; and do as You have said,

²⁶ And Your name [and presence] shall be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of Your servant David will be made firm before You.

²⁷ For You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant: I will build you a house. So Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸ And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.

²⁹ Therefore now let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let [his] house be blessed forever.

8 After this David smote the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg-ammah out of the hands of the Philistines.

² He defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

³ David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river [Euphrates].

⁴ David took from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except he reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

⁵ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 of them.

⁶ David put garrisons in Syrian Damascus, and the Syrians became [his] servants and brought tribute. The Lord preserved and gave victory to David wherever he went.

⁷ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

⁸ And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David exacted an immense amount of bronze.

⁹ When Toi king of Hamath heard about David’s defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer,

¹⁰ [He] sent Joram his son to King David to salute and congratulate him about his battle and defeat of Hadadezer. For Hadadezer had had wars with Toi. Joram brought vessels of silver, gold, and bronze.

¹¹ These King David dedicated to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations he subdued:

¹² From Syria, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³ David won renown. When he returned he slew 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹⁴ He put garrisons throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became his servants. And the Lord preserved and gave victory to [him] wherever he went.

¹⁵ So David reigned over all Israel, and executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

¹⁶ Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

¹⁷ Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;

¹⁸ Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king’s bodyguards]; and David’s sons were chief [confidential] assistants to the king.