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1 Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
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Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people reached the decision to have Jesus put to death.
2 Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.
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They bound him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate the governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.
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When Judas, who betrayed Jesus, saw that Jesus was condemned to die, he felt deep regret. He returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, and
4 “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
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said, "I did wrong because I betrayed an innocent man." But they said, "What is that to us? That's your problem."
5 Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
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Judas threw the silver pieces into the temple and left. Then he went and hanged himself.
6 The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”
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The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, "According to the Law it's not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone's life, it's unclean."
7 After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.
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So they decided to use it to buy the potter's field where strangers could be buried.
8 That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
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That's why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.
9 This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says, “They took the thirty pieces of silver— the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,
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This fulfilled the words of Jeremiah the prophet: And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price for the one whose price had been set by some of the Israelites,
10 and purchased the potter’s field, as the LORD directed. ”
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and I gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.
11 Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him. Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
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Jesus was brought before the governor. The governor said, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "That's what you say."
12 But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.
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But he didn't answer when the chief priests and elders accused him.
13 “Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.
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Then Pilate said, "Don't you hear the testimony they bring against you?"
14 But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.
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But he didn't answer, not even a single word. So the governor was greatly amazed.
15 Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.
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It was customary during the festival for the governor to release to the crowd one prisoner, whomever they might choose.
16 This year there was a notorious prisoner, a man named Barabbas.
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At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.
17 As the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning, he asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”
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When the crowd had come together, Pilate asked them, "Whom would you like me to release to you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?"
18 (He knew very well that the religious leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy.)
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He knew that the leaders of the people had handed him over because of jealousy.
19 Just then, as Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Leave that innocent man alone. I suffered through a terrible nightmare about him last night.”
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While he was serving as judge, his wife sent this message to him, "Leave that righteous man alone. I've suffered much today in a dream because of him."
20 Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.
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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.
21 So the governor asked again, “Which of these two do you want me to release to you?” The crowd shouted back, “Barabbas!”
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The governor said, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" "Barabbas," they replied.
22 Pilate responded, “Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!”
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Pilate said, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"
23 “Why?” Pilate demanded. “What crime has he committed?” But the mob roared even louder, “Crucify him!”
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But he said, "Why? What wrong has he done?" They shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
24 Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”
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Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere and that a riot was starting. So he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I'm innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It's your problem."
25 And all the people yelled back, “We will take responsibility for his death—we and our children!”
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All the people replied, "Let his blood be on us and on our children."
26 So 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.
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Then he released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus whipped, then handed him over to be crucified.
27 Some of the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into their headquarters and called out the entire regiment.
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The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's house, and they gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.
28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
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They stripped him and put a red military coat on him.
29 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
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They twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they bowed down in front of him and mocked him, saying, "Hey! King of the Jews!"
30 And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
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After they spit on him, they took the stick and struck his head again and again.
31 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
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When they finished mocking him, they stripped him of the military coat and put his own clothes back on him. They led him away to crucify him.
32 Along the way, they came across a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross.
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As they were going out, they found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to carry his cross.
33 And they went out to a place called Golgotha (which means “Place of the Skull”).
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When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place,
34 The soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with bitter gall, but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink it.
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they gave Jesus wine mixed with vinegar to drink. But after tasting it, he didn't want to drink it.
35 After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.
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After they crucified him, they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots.
36 Then they sat around and kept guard as he hung there.
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They sat there, guarding him.
37 A sign was fastened above Jesus’ head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
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They placed above his head the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."
38 Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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They crucified with him two outlaws, one on his right side and one on his left.
39 The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery.
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Those who were walking by insulted Jesus, shaking their heads
40 “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”
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and saying, "So you were going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, were you? Save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."
41 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.
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In the same way, the chief priests, along with the legal experts and the elders, were making fun of him, saying,
42 “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!
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"He saved others, but he can't save himself. He's the king of Israel, so let him come down from the cross now. Then we'll believe in him.
43 He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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He trusts in God, so let God deliver him now if he wants to. He said, ‘I'm God's Son.'"
44 Even the revolutionaries who were crucified with him ridiculed him in the same way.
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The outlaws who were crucified with him insulted him in the same way.
45 At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock.
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From noon until three in the afternoon the whole earth was dark.
46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
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At about three Jesus cried out with a loud shout, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani," which means, "My God, my God, why have you left me?"
47 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah.
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After hearing him, some standing there said, "He's calling Elijah."
48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
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One of them ran over, took a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a pole. He offered it to Jesus to drink.
49 But the rest said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
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But the rest of them said, "Let's see if Elijah will come and save him."
50 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit.
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Again Jesus cried out with a loud shout. Then he died.
51 At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart,
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Look, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split,
52 and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
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and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised.
53 They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
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After Jesus' resurrection they came out of their graves and went into the holy city where they appeared to many people.
54 The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!”
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When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what had just happened, they were filled with awe and said, "This was certainly God's Son."
55 And many women who had come from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance.
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Many women were watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to serve him.
56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee.
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Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.
57 As evening approached, Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea who had become a follower of Jesus,
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That evening a man named Joseph came. He was a rich man from Arimathea who had become a disciple of Jesus.
58 went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him.
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He came to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission to take it.
59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth.
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Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
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and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had carved out of the rock. After he rolled a large stone at the door of the tomb, he went away.
61 Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting across from the tomb and watching.
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Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting in front of the tomb.
62 The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.
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The next day, which was the day after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate.
63 They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’
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They said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will arise.'
64 So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”
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Therefore, order the grave to be sealed until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people, ‘He's been raised from the dead.' This last deception will be worse than the first."
65 Pilate replied, “Take guards and secure it the best you can.”
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Pilate replied, "You have soldiers for guard duty. Go and make it as secure as you know how."
66 So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.
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Then they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.