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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge, much to the governor’s amazement. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.” |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22“What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!” |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His right hand and the other on His left. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him. |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44In the same way, even the robbers who were crucified with Him berated Him. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He is calling Elijah.” |
| 48[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 48One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink. |
| 49[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 49But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.” |
| 50[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 50When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. |
| 51[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. |
| 52[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. |
| 53[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 53After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people. |
| 54[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.” |
| 55[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 55And many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to Him. |
| 56[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons. |
| 57[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 57When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus. |
| 58[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 58He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. |
| 59[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 59So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, |
| 60[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. |
| 61[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. |
| 62[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate. |
| 63[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ |
| 64[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 64So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.” |
| 65[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 65“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” |
| 66[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 66So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard. |
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