1 Immediately, ain the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and bdelivered Him to Pilate.
2aThen Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” He answered and said to him, “It is as you say.”
3 And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He aanswered nothing.
4aThen Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things1 they testify against You!”
5aBut Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.
Taking the Place of Barabbas
6 Now aat the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they requested.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, whowas chained with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the rebellion.
8 Then the multitude,1 crying aloud, began to ask himtodo just as he had always done for them.
9 But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
10 For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
11 But athe chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
12 Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do withHim whom you call the aKing of the Jews?”
14 Then Pilate said to them, “Why, awhat evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify Him!”
15aSo Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be bcrucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
16aThen the soldiers led Him away into the hall called1 Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison.
17 And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head,
18 and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19 Then they astruck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him.
20 And when they had amocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
The King on a Cross
21aThen they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross.
22aAnd they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
23aThen they gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.
24 And when they crucified Him, athey divided His garments, casting lots for them todetermine what every man should take.
25 Now ait was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
26 And athe inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27aWith Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.
281So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, a“And He was numbered with the transgressors.”
29 And athose who passed by blasphemed Him, bwagging their heads and saying, “Aha! cYou who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
31 Likewise the chief priests also, amocking among themselves with the scribes, said, “He saved bothers; Himself He cannot save.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and1 believe.” Even athose who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
Jesus Dies on the Cross
33 Now awhen the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, a“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!”
36 Then asomeone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and boffered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.”
37aAnd Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.
38 Then athe veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
39 So awhen the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that1 He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
40aThere were also women looking on bfrom afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome,
41 who also afollowed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb
42aNow when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who awas himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time.
45 So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46aThen he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary themother of Joses observed where He was laid.
In the morning (prw). The ratification meeting after day. See on Matthew 26:1-5 for details.
Held a consultation (sumboulion poihsantev). So text of Westcott and Hort (Vulgate consilium facientes), though they give etoimasantev in the margin. The late and rare word sumboulion is like the Latin consilium. If etoimasantev is the correct text, the idea would be rather to prepare a concerted plan of action (Gould). But their action was illegal on the night before and they felt the need of this ratification after dawn which is described in Luke 22:66-71, who does not give the illegal night trial.
Bound Jesus (dhsantev ton Ihsoun). He was bound on his arrest (John 18:12) when brought before Annas who sent him on bound to Caiaphas (John 18:24) and now he is bound again as he is sent to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Matthew 27:2). It is implied that he was unbound while before Annas and then before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin.
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