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1 Very early in the morning, the leading priests, the older leaders, the teachers of the law, and all the Jewish council decided what to do with Jesus. They tied him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate, the governor.
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Very 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 Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Those are your words."
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Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
3 The leading priests accused Jesus of many things.
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Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes,
4 So Pilate asked Jesus another question, "You can see that they are accusing you of many things. Aren't you going to answer?"
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and Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer them? What about all these charges they are bringing against you?”
5 But Jesus still said nothing, so Pilate was very surprised.
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But Jesus said nothing, much to Pilate’s surprise.
6 Every year at the time of the Passover the governor would free one prisoner whom the people chose.
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Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner—anyone the people requested.
7 At that time, there was a man named Barabbas in prison who was a rebel and had committed murder during a riot.
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One of the prisoners at that time was Barabbas, a revolutionary who had committed murder in an uprising.
8 The crowd came to Pilate and began to ask him to free a prisoner as he always did.
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The crowd went to Pilate and asked him to release a prisoner as usual.
9 So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?"
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“Would you like me to release to you this ‘King of the Jews’?” Pilate asked.
10 Pilate knew that the leading priests had turned Jesus in to him because they were jealous.
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(For he realized by now that the leading priests had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
11 But the leading priests had persuaded the people to ask Pilate to free Barabbas, not Jesus.
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But at this point the leading priests stirred up the crowd to demand the release of Barabbas instead of Jesus.
12 Then Pilate asked the crowd again, "So what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?"
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Pilate asked them, “Then what should I do with this man you call the king of the Jews?”
13 They shouted, "Crucify him!"
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They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
14 Pilate asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
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“Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
15 Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he freed Barabbas for them. After having Jesus beaten with whips, he handed Jesus over to the soldiers to be crucified.
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So 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.
16 The soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace (called the Praetorium) and called all the other soldiers together.
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The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the governor’s headquarters (called the Praetorium) and called out the entire regiment.
17 They put a purple robe on Jesus and used thorny branches to make a crown for his head.
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They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
18 They began to call out to him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
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Then they saluted him and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
19 The soldiers beat Jesus on the head many times with a stick. They spit on him and made fun of him by bowing on their knees and worshiping him.
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And they struck him on the head with a reed stick, spit on him, and dropped to their knees in mock worship.
20 After they finished, the soldiers took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him out of the palace to be crucified.
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When 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.
21 A man named Simon from Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was coming from the fields to the city. The soldiers forced Simon to carry the cross for Jesus.
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A 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 They led Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull.
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And they brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
23 The soldiers tried to give Jesus wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he refused.
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They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.
24 The soldiers crucified Jesus and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing lots to decide what each soldier would get.
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Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece.
25 It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified Jesus.
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It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 There was a sign with this charge against Jesus written on it: the king of the jews.
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A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.”
27 They also put two robbers on crosses beside Jesus, one on the right, and the other on the left.
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Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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29 People walked by and insulted Jesus and shook their heads, saying, "You said you could destroy the Temple and build it again in three days.
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The 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 So save yourself! Come down from that cross!"
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Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 The leading priests and the teachers of the law were also making fun of Jesus. They said to each other, "He saved other people, but he can't save himself.
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The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself!
32 If he is really the Christ, the king of Israel, let him come down now from the cross. When we see this, we will believe in him." The robbers who were being crucified beside Jesus also insulted him.
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Let 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.
33 At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours.
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At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
34 At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani." This means, "My God, my God, why have you rejected me?"
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Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
35 When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He is calling Elijah."
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Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
36 Someone there ran and got a sponge, filled it with vinegar, tied it to a stick, and gave it to Jesus to drink. He said, "We want to see if Elijah will come to take him down from the cross."
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One 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 Then Jesus cried in a loud voice and died.
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Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last.
38 The curtain in the Templen was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom.
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And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 When the army officer who was standing in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died, he said, "This man really was the Son of God!"
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When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
40 Some women were standing at a distance from the cross, watching; among them were Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph. (James was her youngest son.)
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Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph ), and Salome.
41 These women had followed Jesus in Galilee and helped him. Many other women were also there who had come with Jesus to Jerusalem.
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They 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.
42 This was Preparation Day. (That means the day before the Sabbath day.) That evening,
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This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. As evening approached,
43 Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus' body. Joseph, an important member of the Jewish council, was one of the people who was waiting for the kingdom of God to come.
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Joseph 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 Pilate was amazed that Jesus would have already died, so he called the army officer who had guarded Jesus and asked him if Jesus had already died.
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Pilate couldn’t believe that Jesus was already dead, so he called for the Roman officer and asked if he had died yet.
45 The officer told Pilate that he was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.
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The officer confirmed that Jesus was dead, so Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.
46 Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down from the cross, and wrapped it in the linen. He put the body in a tomb that was cut out of a wall of rock. Then he rolled a very large stone to block the entrance of the tomb.
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Joseph 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 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw the place where Jesus was laid.
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Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.
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