Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^36 (A)Then Jesus went with them ^(B)to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ And taking with him ^(C)Peter and ^(D)the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, ^(E)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and ^(F)watch^[a] with me.” ³⁹ And going a little farther he fell on his face ^(G)and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let ^(H)this cup pass from me; ^(I)nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” ⁴⁰ And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? ^41 (J)Watch and ^(K)pray that you ^(L)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, ^(M)your will be done.” ⁴³ And again he came and found them sleeping, for ^(N)their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for ^(O)the third time, saying the same words again. ⁴⁵ Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on.^[b] See, ^(P)the hour is at hand, and ^(Q)the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^47 (R)While he was still speaking, ^(S)Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.” ⁴⁹ And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, ^(T)Rabbi!” And he kissed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, ^(U)“Friend, ^(V)do what you came to do.”^[c] Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him. ⁵¹ And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his ^(W)sword and struck the servant^[d] of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁵² Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For ^(X)all who take the sword will perish by the sword. ^53 (Y)Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me ^(Z)more than twelve ^(AA)legions of angels? ^54 (AB)But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” ⁵⁵ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day ^(AC)I sat in the temple ^(AD)teaching, and you did not seize me. ⁵⁶ But ^(AE)all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” ^(AF)Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council

^57 (AG)Then ^(AH)those who had seized Jesus led him to ^(AI)Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered. ⁵⁸ And ^(AJ)Peter was following him at a distance, as far as ^(AK)the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with ^(AL)the guards to see the end. ⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council^{[e] (AM)}were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰ but they found none, ^(AN)though many false witnesses came forward. At last ^(AO)two came forward ⁶¹ and said, “This man said, ^(AP)‘I am able to ^(AQ)destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’” ⁶² And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”^{[f] 63 (AR)}But Jesus remained silent. ^(AS)And the high priest said to him, ^(AT)“I adjure you by ^(AU)the living God, ^(AV)tell us if you are ^(AW)the Christ, ^(AX)the Son of God.” ⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, ^(AY)“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on ^(AZ)you will see the Son of Man ^(BA)seated at the right hand of Power and ^(BB)coming on the clouds of heaven.” ⁶⁵ Then the high priest ^(BC)tore his robes and said, ^(BD)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶ What is your judgment?” They answered, ^(BE)“He deserves death.” ⁶⁷ Then ^(BF)they spit in his face ^(BG)and ^(BH)struck him. And some slapped him, ⁶⁸ saying, “Prophesy to us, you ^(BI)Christ! Who is it that struck you?”

Peter Denies Jesus

^69 (BJ)Now Peter was sitting outside ^(BK)in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” ⁷¹ And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus ^(BL)of Nazareth.” ⁷² And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” ⁷³ After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for ^(BM)your accent betrays you.” ⁷⁴ Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, ^(BN)“Before the rooster crows, you will ^(BO)deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

27 ^(BP)When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people ^(BQ)took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. ² And they bound him and ^(BR)led him away and ^(BS)delivered him over to ^(BT)Pilate the governor.

Judas Hangs Himself

³ Then when ^(BU)Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus^[g] was condemned, ^(BV)he changed his mind and brought back ^(BW)the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, ⁴ saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? ^(BX)See to it yourself.” ⁵ And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, ^(BY)he departed, and he went and hanged himself. ⁶ But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into ^(BZ)the treasury, since it is blood money.” ⁷ So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. ⁸ Therefore ^(CA)that field has been called the Field of Blood ^(CB)to this day. ^9 (CC)Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, ^(CD)“And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰ and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus Before Pilate

^11 (CE)Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you ^(CF)the King of the Jews?” Jesus said, ^(CG)“You have said so.” ^12 (CH)But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him, ^(CI)“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?” ¹⁴ But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

^15 (CJ)Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶ And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷ So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or ^(CK)Jesus who is called Christ?” ¹⁸ For he knew that it was out ^(CL)of envy that they had delivered him up. ¹⁹ Besides, while he was sitting on ^(CM)the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with ^(CN)that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today ^(CO)in a dream.” ²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ^(CP)ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹ The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²² Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” ^(CQ)They all said, “Let him be crucified!” ²³ And he said, “Why? ^(CR)What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that ^(CS)a riot was beginning, he took water and ^(CT)washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of ^(CU)this man's blood;^{[h] (CV)}see to it yourselves.” ²⁵ And all the people answered, ^(CW)“His blood be on us and ^(CX)on our children!” ²⁶ Then he released for them Barabbas, and having ^(CY)scourged^[i] Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^27 (CZ)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^(DA)governor's headquarters,^[j] and they gathered the whole ^(DB)battalion^[k] before him. ²⁸ And they stripped him and put ^(DC)a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹ and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they ^(DD)mocked him, saying, “Hail, ^(DE)King of the Jews!” ³⁰ And ^(DF)they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹ And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and ^(DG)led him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^32 (DH)(DI)As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to ^(DJ)carry his cross. ^33 (DK)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), ^34 (DL)they offered him wine to drink, mixed with ^(DM)gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. ³⁵ And when they had crucified him, ^(DN)they divided his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat down and ^(DO)kept watch over him there. ³⁷ And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, ^(DP)the King of the Jews.” ³⁸ Then two ^(DQ)robbers were crucified with him, ^(DR)one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And ^(DS)those who passed by ^(DT)derided him, ^(DU)wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, ^(DV)“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! ^(DW)If you are ^(DX)the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ^42 (DY)“He saved others; ^(DZ)he cannot save himself. ^(EA)He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ^43 (EB)He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (EC)And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour^[l] there was darkness over all the land^[m] until the ninth hour.^{[n] 46} And about the ninth hour Jesus ^(ED)cried out with a loud voice, saying, ^(EE)“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁴⁷ And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸ And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with ^(EF)sour wine, and put it on a reed and ^(EG)gave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” ⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(EH)cried out again with a loud voice and ^(EI)yielded up his spirit.

⁵¹ And behold, ^(EJ)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ^(EK)the earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵² The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of ^(EL)the saints ^(EM)who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into ^(EN)the holy city and appeared to many. ^54 (EO)When the centurion and those who were with him, ^(EP)keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ^(EQ)“Truly this was the Son^[o] of God!”

⁵⁵ There were also ^(ER)many women there, looking on ^(ES)from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ^(ET)ministering to him, ⁵⁶ among whom were ^(EU)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and ^(EV)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

^57 (EW)When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰ and ^(EX)laid it in his own new tomb, ^(EY)which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ^(EZ)a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ Mary Magdalene and ^(FA)the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.