Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus and carried Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
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Early in the morning the chief priests immediately came to a decision with the leaders and the scribes. The whole Jewish council decided to tie Jesus up, lead him away, and hand him over to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked Him, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" And answering He said unto him, "Thou sayest it."
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Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, I am," Jesus answered him.
3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.
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The chief priests were accusing him of many things.
4 And Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee."
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So Pilate asked him again, "Don't you have any answer? Look how many accusations they're bringing against you!"
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.
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But Jesus no longer answered anything, so Pilate was surprised.
6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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At every Passover festival, Pilate would free one prisoner whom the people asked for.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and who had committed murder in the insurrection.
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There was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was with some rebels who had committed murder during a riot.
8 And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire Pilate to do as he had ever done unto them.
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The crowd asked Pilate to do for them what he always did.
9 But Pilate answered them, saying, "Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?"
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Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to free the king of the Jews for you?"
10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him out of envy.
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Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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The chief priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would free Barabbas for them instead.
12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, "What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?"
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So Pilate again asked them, "Then what should I do with the king of the Jews?"
13 And they cried out again, "Crucify him!"
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"Crucify him!" they shouted back.
14 Then Pilate said unto them, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
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Pilate said to them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
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Pilate wanted to satisfy the people, so he freed Barabbas for them. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole detachment.
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The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace and called together the whole troop.
17 And they clothed Him with purple, and they platted a crown of thorns and put it about His head,
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They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head.
18 and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
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Then they began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"
19 And they smote Him on the head with a reed and spat upon Him and, bowing their knees, worshiped Him.
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They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.
20 And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
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After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
21 And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross.
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A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming [into Jerusalem] from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
22 And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha (which is, being interpreted, The Place of a Skull).
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They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").
23 And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it not.
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They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.
24 And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take.
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Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.
25 And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.
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It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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There was a written notice of the accusation against him. It read, "The king of the Jews."
27 And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.
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They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, "And He was numbered with the transgressors."
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29 And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,
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Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, "What a joke! You were going to tear down God's temple and build it again in three days.
30 save thyself and come down from the cross!"
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Come down from the cross, and save yourself!"
31 Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, "He saved others; himself he cannot save!
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The chief priests and the scribes made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself.
32 Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
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Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
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At three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
35 And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he calleth Elijah."
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When some of the people standing there heard him say that, they said, "Listen! He's calling Elijah."
36 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, "Let him alone. Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."
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Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink. The man said, "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down."
37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
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Then Jesus cried out in a loud voice and died.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
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The curtain in the temple was split in two from top to bottom.
39 And when the centurion who stood opposite Him saw that He so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, "Truly, this Man was the Son of God!"
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When the officer who stood facing Jesus saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, "Certainly, this man was the Son of God!"
40 There were also women looking on afar off, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome
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Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of young James and Joseph), and Salome.
41 (who also, when He was in Galilee, had followed Him and ministered unto Him), and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.
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They had followed him and supported him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there too.
42 And now when the evening had come, because it was the Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
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It was Friday evening, before the day of worship,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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when Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and was an important member of the Jewish council. He, too, was waiting for the kingdom of God. Joseph boldly went to Pilate's quarters to ask for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead.
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Pilate wondered if Jesus had already died. So he summoned the officer to ask him if Jesus was, in fact, dead.
45 And when he learned it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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When the officer had assured him that Jesus was dead, Pilate let Joseph have the corpse.
46 And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher.
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Joseph had purchased some linen cloth. He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in the cloth. Then he laid the body in a tomb, which had been cut out of rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.
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Mary from Magdala and Mary (the mother of Joses) watched where Jesus was laid.
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