Jesus Before Pilate
11 1Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you
2the King of the Jews? ” Jesus said,
3“You have said so. ”
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4But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.
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Then Pilate said to him,
5“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you? ”
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But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.
The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
15 6Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.
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And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.
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So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or
7Jesus who is called Christ? ”
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For he knew that it was out
8of envy that they had delivered him up.
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Besides, while he was sitting on
9the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with
10that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today
11in a dream. ”
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Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to
12ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
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The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you? ” And they said, “Barabbas. ”
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Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? ”
13They all said, “Let him be crucified! ”
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And he said, “Why,
14what 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
15a riot was beginning, he took water and
16washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of
17this man’s blood;
18see to it yourselves. ”
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And all the people answered,
19“His blood be on us and
20on our children! ”
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Then he released for them Barabbas, and having
21scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
Jesus Is Mocked
27 22Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
23governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole
24battalion before him.
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And they stripped him and put
25a scarlet robe on him,
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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
26mocked him, saying, “Hail,
27King of the Jews! ”
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And
28they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and
29led him away to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
32 30 31As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to
32carry his cross.
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33And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),
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34they offered him wine to drink, mixed with
35gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.
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And when they had crucified him,
36they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
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Then they sat down and
37kept watch over him there.
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And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus,
38the King of the Jews. ”
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Then two
39robbers were crucified with him,
40one on the right and one on the left.
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And
41those who passed by
42derided him,
43wagging their heads
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and saying,
44“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself!
45If you are
46the Son of God, come down from the cross. ”
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So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,
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47“He saved others;
48he cannot save himself.
49He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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50He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God. ’”
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51And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.
The Death of Jesus
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
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And about the ninth hour Jesus
52cried out with a loud voice, saying,
53“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? ”that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? ”
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And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah. ”
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And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with
54sour wine, and put it on a reed and
55gave it to him to drink.
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But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him. ”
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And Jesus
56cried out again with a loud voice and
57yielded up his spirit.
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And behold,
58the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And
59the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
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The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of
60the saints
61who had fallen asleep were raised,
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and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into
62the holy city and appeared to many.
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63When the centurion and those who were with him,
64keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said,
65“Truly this was the Son of God! ”
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There were also
66many women there, looking on
67from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee,
68ministering to him,
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among whom were
69Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and
70the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Jesus Is Buried
57 71When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
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He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
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And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud
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and
72laid it in his own new tomb,
73which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled
74a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
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Mary Magdalene and
75the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.