Jesus Delivered to Pilate

¹wWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people xtook counsel against Jesus to put him to death. ²And they bound him and yled him away and zdelivered him over to aPilate the governor.

Judas Hangs Himself

³Then when bJudas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus1 was condemned, che changed his mind and brought back dthe thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, ⁴saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? eSee to it yourself.” ⁵And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, fhe departed, and he went and hanged himself. ⁶But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into gthe treasury, since it is blood money.” ⁷So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers. ⁸Therefore hthat field has been called the Field of Blood ito this day. ⁹jThen was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, k“And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, ¹⁰and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.”

Jesus Before Pilate

¹¹lNow Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you mthe King of the Jews?” Jesus said, n“You have said so.” ¹²oBut when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. ¹³Then Pilate said to him, p“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?” ¹⁴But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

¹⁵qNow at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. ¹⁶And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you: Barabbas, or rJesus who is called Christ?” ¹⁸For he knew that it was out sof envy that they had delivered him up. ¹⁹Besides, while he was sitting on tthe judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with uthat righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today vin a dream.” ²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to wask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²²Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” xThey all said, “Let him be crucified!” ²³And he said, “Why? yWhat evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

²⁴So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that za riot was beginning, he took water and awashed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of bthis man's blood;2 csee to it yourselves.” ²⁵And all the people answered, d“His blood be on us and eon our children!” ²⁶Then he released for them Barabbas, and having fscourged3 Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

²⁷gThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the hgovernor's headquarters,4 and they gathered the whole ibattalion5 before him. ²⁸And they stripped him and put ja scarlet robe on him, ²⁹and 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 kmocked him, saying, “Hail, lKing of the Jews!” ³⁰And mthey spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and nled him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

³²opAs they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to ocarry his cross. ³³qAnd when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), ³⁴rthey offered him wine to drink, mixed with sgall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. ³⁵And when they had crucified him, tthey divided his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶Then they sat down and ukept watch over him there. ³⁷And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, vthe King of the Jews.” ³⁸Then two wrobbers were crucified with him, xone on the right and one on the left. ³⁹And ythose who passed by zderided him, awagging their heads ⁴⁰and saying, b“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! cIf you are dthe Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ⁴²e“He saved others; fhe cannot save himself. gHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ⁴³hHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ⁴⁴iAnd the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour6 there was darkness over all the land7 until the ninth hour.8 ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus jcried out with a loud voice, saying, k“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁴⁷And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with lsour wine, and put it on a reed and mgave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” ⁵⁰And Jesus ncried out again with a loud voice and oyielded up his spirit.

⁵¹And behold, pthe curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And qthe earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of rthe saints swho had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into tthe holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴uWhen the centurion and those who were with him, vkeeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, w“Truly this was the Son9 of God!”

⁵⁵There were also xmany women there, looking on yfrom a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, zministering to him, ⁵⁶among whom were zMary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and athe mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷bWhen it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰and claid it in his own new tomb, dwhich he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ea great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹Mary Magdalene and fthe other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶²The next day, that is, after the day of gPreparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate ⁶³and said, “Sir, we remember how hthat impostor said, while he was still alive, i‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, jlest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have ka guard10 of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” ⁶⁶So they went and made the tomb secure by lsealing the stone and setting a guard.