| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Very early in the morning the leading priests, the elders, and the teachers of religious law—the entire high council —met to discuss their next step. They bound Jesus, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “You have said it.” |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?” |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But Jesus said nothing, much to Pilate’s surprise. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner—anyone the people requested. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.) |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13They shouted back, “Crucify him!” |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!” |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15So to pacify the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He ordered Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip, then turned him over to the Roman soldiers to be crucified. The Soldiers Mock Jesus |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!” |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified. The Crucifixion |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21A passerby named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was coming in from the countryside just then, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.) |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”). |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.” |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28 |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!” |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him. The Death of Jesus |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!” |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!” |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph ), and Salome. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there. The Burial of Jesus |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached, |
| 43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Joseph of Arimathea took a risk and went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. (Joseph was an honored member of the high council, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.) |
| 44[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 44Pilate couldn’t believe that Jesus was already dead, so he called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet. |
| 45[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 45The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body. |
| 46[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 46Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance. |
| 47[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid. |
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