¹⁵ Now at the Feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free for the people any one prisoner whom they chose.

¹⁶ And at that time they had a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas.

¹⁷ So when they had assembled for this purpose, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to set free for you, Barabbas, or Jesus Who is called Christ?

¹⁸ For he knew that it was because of envy that they had handed Him over to him.

¹⁹ Also, while he was seated on the judgment bench, his wife sent him a message, saying, Have nothing to do with that just and upright Man, for I have had a painful experience today in a dream because of Him.

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders prevailed on the people to ask for Barabbas, and put Jesus to death.

²¹ Again the governor said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release for you? And they said, Barabbas!

²² Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus Who is called Christ?

²³ They all replied, Let Him be crucified! And he said, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted all the louder, Let Him be crucified!

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather that a riot was about to break out, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, I am not guilty of nor responsible for this ^[a]righteous Man’s blood; see to it yourselves.^(A)

²⁵ And all the people answered, Let His blood be on us and on our children!^(B)

²⁶ So he set free for them Barabbas; and he [had] Jesus whipped, and delivered Him up to be crucified.

²⁷ Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the palace, and they gathered the whole battalion about Him.

²⁸ And they stripped off His clothes and put a scarlet robe (^[b]garment of dignity and office worn by Roman officers of rank) upon Him,

²⁹ And, weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed (staff) in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they made sport of Him, saying, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews!

³⁰ And they spat on Him, and took the reed (staff) and struck Him on the head.

³¹ And when they finished making sport of Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own garments on Him and led Him away to be crucified.

³² As they were marching forth, they came upon a man of Cyrene named Simon; this man they forced to carry the cross of Jesus.

³³ And when they came to a place called Golgotha [Latin: Calvary], which means The Place of a Skull,

³⁴ They offered Him wine mingled with gall to drink; but when He tasted it, He refused to drink it.

³⁵ And when they had crucified Him, they divided and distributed His garments [among them] by casting lots ^[c]so that the prophet’s saying was fulfilled, They parted My garments among them and over My apparel they cast lots.^(C)

³⁶ Then they sat down there and kept watch over Him.

³⁷ And over His head they put the accusation against Him (^[d]the cause of His death), which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

³⁸ At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁹ And those who passed by spoke reproachfully and abusively and jeered at Him, wagging their heads,^(D)

⁴⁰ And they said, You Who would tear down the ^[e]sanctuary of the temple and rebuild it in three days, rescue Yourself ^[f]from death. If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹ In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, made sport of Him, saying,

⁴² He rescued others ^[g]from death; Himself He cannot rescue ^[h]from death. He is the King of Israel? Let Him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in and ^[i]acknowledge and cleave to Him.

⁴³ He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now if He cares for Him and will have Him, for He said, I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴ And the robbers who were crucified with Him also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way.

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (three o’clock).

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour (three o’clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?—that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me ^[j]helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need]?^(E)

⁴⁷ And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, This Man is calling for Elijah!

⁴⁸ And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge, soaked it with vinegar (a sour wine), and put it on a reed (staff), and was ^[k]about to give it to Him to drink.^(F)

⁴⁹ But the others said, Wait! Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him ^[l]from death.

⁵⁰ And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit.

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⁶ Now at the Feast he [was accustomed to] set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

⁷ And among the rioters in the prison who had committed murder in the insurrection there was a man named Barabbas.

⁸ And the throng came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

⁹ And he replied to them, Do you wish me to set free for you the King of the Jews?

¹⁰ For he was aware that it was [^[a]because they were prompted] by envy that the chief priests had delivered Him up.

¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release for them Barabbas instead.

¹² And again Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with the Man Whom you call the King of the Jews?

¹³ And they shouted back again, Crucify Him!

¹⁴ But Pilate said to them, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted with all their might all the more, Crucify Him [^[b]at once]!

¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus whipped, he handed [Him] over to be crucified.^(A)

¹⁶ Then the soldiers led Him away to the courtyard inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and they called the entire detachment of soldiers together.

¹⁷ And they dressed Him in [a] purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him.

¹⁸ And they began to salute Him, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews!

¹⁹ And they struck His head with a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and spat on Him and kept bowing their knees in homage to Him.^(B)

²⁰ And when they had [finished] making sport of Him, they took the purple [robe] off of Him and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out [of the city] to crucify Him.

²¹ And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the field (country), to carry His cross.

²² And they led Him to Golgotha [in Latin: Calvary], meaning The Place of a Skull.

²³ And they [attempted to] give Him wine mingled with myrrh, but He would not take it.

²⁴ And they crucified Him; and they divided His garments and distributed them among themselves, throwing lots for them to decide who should take what.^(C)

²⁵ And it was the third hour (about nine o’clock in the morning) when they crucified Him.^(D)

²⁶ And the inscription of the accusation against Him was written above, The King of the Jews.

²⁷ And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on [His] right hand and one on His left.

^28 [c]And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, He was counted among the transgressors.^(E)

²⁹ And those who passed by kept reviling Him and reproaching Him abusively in harsh and insolent language, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You Who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

³⁰ Now rescue ^[d]Yourself [^[e]from death], coming down from the cross!

³¹ So also the chief priests, with the scribes, made sport of Him to one another, saying, He rescued others [^[f]from death]; Himself He is unable to rescue.^(F)

³² Let the Christ (the Messiah), the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see [it] and trust in and rely on Him and adhere to Him! Those who were crucified with Him also reviled and reproached Him [speaking abusively, harshly, and insolently].

³³ And when the sixth hour (about midday) had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (about three o’clock).

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?—which means, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me [^[g]deserting Me and leaving Me helpless and abandoned]?^(G)

³⁵ And some of those standing by, [and] hearing it, said, See! He is calling Elijah!

³⁶ And one man ran, and, filling a sponge with vinegar (a ^[h]mixture of sour wine and water), put it on a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, Hold off! Let us see whether Elijah [does] come to take Him down.^(H)

³⁷ And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed out His life.

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¹³ Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴ And said to them, You brought this Man before me as One Who was perverting and misleading and ^[a]turning away and corrupting the people; and behold, after examining Him before you, I have not found any offense (crime or guilt) in this Man in regard to your accusations against Him;

¹⁵ No, nor indeed did Herod, for he sent Him back to us; behold, He has done nothing deserving of death.

¹⁶ I will therefore chastise Him and ^[b]deliver Him amended (reformed, taught His lesson) and release Him.

^17 [c]For it was necessary for him to release to them one prisoner at the Feast.

¹⁸ But they all together raised a deep cry [from the depths of their throats], saying, Away with this Man! Release to us Barabbas!

¹⁹ He was a man who had been thrown into prison for raising a riot in the city, and for murder.

²⁰ Once more Pilate called to them, wishing to release Jesus;

²¹ But they kept shouting out, Crucify, crucify Him!

²² A third time he said to them, Why? What wrong has He done? I have found [no offense or crime or guilt] in Him nothing deserving of death; I will therefore chastise Him [^[d]in order to teach Him better] and release Him.

²³ But they were insistent and urgent, demanding with loud cries that He should be crucified. And their voices prevailed (accomplished their purpose).

²⁴ And Pilate gave sentence, that what they asked should be done.

²⁵ So he released the man who had been thrown into prison for riot and murder, for whom they continued to ask, but Jesus he delivered up to be done with as they willed.

²⁶ And as they led Him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross and made him carry it behind Jesus.

²⁷ And there accompanied [Jesus] a great multitude of the people, [including] women who bewailed and lamented Him.

²⁸ But Jesus, turning toward them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

²⁹ For behold, the days are coming during which they will say, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and ^[e]to be envied) are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have never nursed [babies]!

³⁰ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover (conceal, hide) us!

³¹ For if they do these things when the timber is green, what will happen when it is dry?

³² Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be executed with Him.^(A)

³³ And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

³⁴ And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them.^(B)

³⁵ Now the people stood by [^[f]calmly and leisurely] watching; but the rulers scoffed and sneered (^[g]turned up their noses) at Him, saying, He rescued others [^[h]from death]; let Him now rescue Himself, if He is the Christ (the Messiah) of God, His Chosen One!

³⁶ The soldiers also ridiculed and made sport of Him, coming up and offering Him vinegar (a sour wine mixed with water)^(C)

³⁷ And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save (rescue) Yourself [^[i]from death].

³⁸ For there was also an inscription above Him ^[j]in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: This is the King of the Jews.

³⁹ One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [^[k]from death]!

⁴⁰ But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering the same penalty?

⁴¹ And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing ^[l]strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable].

⁴² Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come ^[m]in Your kingly glory!

⁴³ And He answered him, Truly I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.

⁴⁴ It was now about the sixth hour (midday), and darkness enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour (about three o’clock in the afternoon),

⁴⁵ While the sun’s light faded or ^[n]was darkened; and the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two.^(D)

⁴⁶ And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit! And with these words, He expired.^(E)

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19 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him.

² And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him.

³ And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.^(A)

⁴ Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him.

⁵ So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the ^[a]Man!

⁶ When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him.

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.

⁸ So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before.

⁹ He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.

¹⁰ So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You?

¹¹ Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.

¹² Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]!

¹³ Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]—in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

¹⁴ Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o’clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King!

¹⁵ But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!

¹⁶ Then he delivered Him over to them to be crucified.

¹⁷ And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull—in Hebrew it is called Golgotha.

¹⁸ There they crucified Him, and with Him two others—one on either side and Jesus between them.^(B)

¹⁹ And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.

²⁰ And many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, [and] in Greek.

²¹ Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews.

²² Pilate replied, What I have written, I have written.

²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, one share for each soldier, and also the tunic (the long shirtlike undergarment). But the tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.

²⁴ So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots to decide whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture, They parted My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things.^(C)

²⁵ But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶ So Jesus, seeing His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [^[b]Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son!

²⁷ Then He said to the disciple, See, [here is] your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own [keeping, own home].

²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst.^(D)

²⁹ A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.

³⁰ When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

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