| 23:1: The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. |
| 23:2: They 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." |
| 23:3: Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say." |
| 23:4: Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man." |
| 23:5: But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place." |
| 23:6: But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean. |
| 23:7: When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days. |
| 23:8: Now 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. |
| 23:9: He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers. |
| 23:10: The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. |
| 23:11: Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. |
| 23:12: Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other. |
| 23:13: Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, |
| 23:14: and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. |
| 23:15: Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. |
| 23:16: I will therefore chastise him and release him." |
| 23:17: Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast. |
| 23:18: But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" -- |
| 23:19: one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder. |
| 23:20: Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, |
| 23:21: but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" |
| 23:22: He 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." |
| 23:23: But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed. |
| 23:24: Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done. |
| 23:25: He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will. |
| 23:26: When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus. |
| 23:27: A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. |
| 23:28: But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. |
| 23:29: For 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.' |
| 23:30: Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.' |
| 23:31: For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?" |
| 23:32: There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death. |
| 23:33: When 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. |
| 23:34: Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. |
| 23:35: The 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!" |
| 23:36: The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, |
| 23:37: and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" |
| 23:38: An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." |
| 23:39: One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!" |
| 23:40: But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? |
| 23:41: And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." |
| 23:42: He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom." |
| 23:43: Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." |
| 23:44: It was now about the sixth hour{Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.}, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM} |
| 23:45: The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. |
| 23:46: Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last. |
| 23:47: When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man." |
| 23:48: All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts. |
| 23:49: All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. |
| 23:50: Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man |
| 23:51: (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God: |
| 23:52: this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. |
| 23:53: He 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. |
| 23:54: It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. |
| 23:55: The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. |
| 23:56: They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. |
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