Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate^(A)

27 When morning came, ^(B)all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Jesus Faces Pilate^(A)

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor. ^(B)And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

Jesus said to him, ^(C)“It is as you say.” ¹² And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, ^(D)He answered nothing.

¹³ Then Pilate said to Him, ^(E)“Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?” ¹⁴ But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

Taking the Place of Barabbas^(F)

^15 (G)Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. ¹⁶ And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called ^[a]Barabbas. ¹⁷ Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” ¹⁸ For he knew that they had handed Him over because of ^(H)envy.

¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

^20 (I)But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹ The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”

They said, ^(J)“Barabbas!”

²² Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”

They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”

²³ Then the governor said, ^(K)“Why, what evil has He done?”

But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a ^[b]tumult was rising, he ^(L)took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this ^[c]just Person. You see to it.”

²⁵ And all the people answered and said, ^(M)“His blood be on us and on our children.”

²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them; and when ^(N)he had ^[d]scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

The Soldiers Mock Jesus^(O)

^27 (P)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^[e]Praetorium and gathered the whole ^[f]garrison around Him. ²⁸ And they ^(Q)stripped Him and ^(R)put a scarlet robe on Him. ^29 (S)When they had ^[g]twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ³⁰ Then ^(T)they spat on Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head. ³¹ And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, ^(U)and led Him away to be crucified.

The King on a Cross^(V)

^32 (W)Now as they came out, ^(X)they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. Him they compelled to bear His cross. ^33 (Y)And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, ^34 (Z)they gave Him ^[h]sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.

^35 (AA)Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, ^[i]that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet:

^36 (AC)Sitting down, they kept watch over Him there. ³⁷ And they ^(AD)put up over His head the accusation written against Him:

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

^38 (AE)Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.

³⁹ And ^(AF)those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, ^(AG)“You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! ^(AH)If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

⁴¹ Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the ^[j]scribes and elders, said, ⁴² “He ^(AI)saved others; Himself He cannot save. ^[k]If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe ^[l]Him. ^43 (AJ)He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

^44 (AK)Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.

Jesus Dies on the Cross^(AL)

^45 (AM)Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. ⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour ^(AN)Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, ^(AO)“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

⁴⁷ Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This Man is calling for Elijah!” ⁴⁸ Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, ^(AP)filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.

⁴⁹ The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to save Him.”

⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(AQ)cried out again with a loud voice, and ^(AR)yielded up His spirit.

⁵¹ Then, behold, ^(AS)the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, ⁵² and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³ and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

^54 (AT)So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ^(AU)“Truly this was the Son of God!”

⁵⁵ And many women ^(AV)who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, ^56 (AW)among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and ^[m]Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb^(AX)

⁵⁷ Now ^(AY)when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. ⁵⁹ When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰ and ^(AZ)laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting ^[n]opposite the tomb.

Pilate Sets a Guard

⁶² On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, ⁶³ saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ^(BA)‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come ^[o]by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure, ^(BB)sealing the stone and setting the guard.