¹The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate .

²They began to accuse him , saying , “We found this man perverting the nation , forbidding paying taxes to Caesar , and saying that he himself is Christ , a king .”

³Pilate asked him , “Are you the King of the Jews ?”

He answered him , “ So you say .”

⁴Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes , “I find no basis for a charge against this man .”

⁵But they insisted, saying , “He stirs up the people , teaching throughout all Judea , beginning from Galilee even to this place .”

⁶But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean .

⁷When he found out that he was in Herod ’s jurisdiction , he sent him to Herod , who was also in Jerusalem during those days .

⁸Now when Herod saw Jesus , he was exceedingly glad , for he had wanted to see him for a long time , because he had heard many things about him . He hoped to see some miracle done by him .

⁹He questioned him with many words , but he gave no answers.

¹⁰The chief priests and the scribes stood , vehemently accusing him .

¹¹Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him . Dressing him in luxurious clothing , they sent him back to Pilate .

¹²Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day , for before that they were enemies with each other .

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

¹⁴and said to them , “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people , and behold , having examined him before you , I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him .

¹⁵Neither has Herod , for I sent you to him , and see , nothing worthy of death has been done by him .

¹⁶I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

¹⁷Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.[#23:17 NU omits verse 17.]

¹⁸But they all cried out together , saying , “Away with this man ! Release to us Barabbas!”—

¹⁹one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city , and for murder .

²⁰Then Pilate spoke to them again , wanting to release Jesus ,

²¹but they shouted , saying , “Crucify ! Crucify him !”

²²He said to them the third time , “Why ? What evil has this man done ? I have found no capital crime in him . I will therefore chastise him and release him .”

²³But they were urgent with loud voices , asking that he might be crucified . Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed .

²⁴Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done .

²⁵He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder , for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will .

²⁶When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene , coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus .

²⁷A great multitude of the people followed him , including women who also mourned and lamented him .

²⁸But Jesus , turning to them , said , “ Daughters of Jerusalem , don’ t weep for me , but weep for yourselves and for your children .

²⁹For behold , the days are coming in which they will say , ‘ Blessed are the barren , the wombs that never bore , and the breasts that never nursed .’

³⁰Then they will begin to tell the mountains , ‘ Fall on us !’ and tell the hills , ‘ Cover us .’[#Hosea 10:8]

³¹For if they do these things in the green tree , what will be done in the dry ?”

³²There were also others , two criminals , led with him to be put to death.

³³When they came to the place that is called “The Skull ”, they crucified him there with the criminals , one on the right and the other on the left.

³⁴Jesus said , “ Father , forgive them , for they don’ t know what they are doing .”

Dividing his garments amongst them , they cast lots .

³⁵The people stood watching . The rulers with them also scoffed at him , saying , “He saved others . Let him save himself , if this is the Christ of God , his chosen one !”

³⁶The soldiers also mocked him , coming to him and offering him vinegar ,

³⁷and saying , “If you are the King of the Jews , save yourself !”

³⁸An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS .”

³⁹One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him , saying , “If you are the Christ , save yourself and us !”

⁴⁰But the other answered , and rebuking him said , “Don’t you even fear God , seeing you are under the same condemnation ?

⁴¹And we indeed justly , for we receive the due reward for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong.”

⁴²He said to Jesus , “Lord , remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”

⁴³Jesus said to him , “Assuredly I tell you , today you will be with me in Paradise .”

⁴⁴It was now about the sixth hour , and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour .[#23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.; #23:44 3:00 p.m.]

⁴⁵The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two .

⁴⁶Jesus , crying with a loud voice , said , “ Father , into your hands I commit my spirit !” Having said this , he breathed his last .

⁴⁷When the centurion saw what was done , he glorified God , saying , “Certainly this was a righteous man .”

⁴⁸All the multitudes that came together to see this , when they saw the things that were done , returned home beating their chests .

⁴⁹All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance , watching these things .

⁵⁰Behold , there was a man named Joseph , who was a member of the council , a good and righteous man

⁵¹(he had not consented to their counsel and deed ), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews , who was also waiting for God ’s Kingdom.

⁵²This man went to Pilate , and asked for Jesus ’ body .

⁵³He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth , and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone , where no one had ever been laid .

⁵⁴It was the day of the Preparation , and the Sabbath was drawing near.

⁵⁵The women who had come with him out of Galilee followed after , and saw the tomb and how his body was laid .

⁵⁶They returned and prepared spices and ointments . On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment .