23:1 And the whole number of them arose, and led Jesus to Pilate.
23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found his fellow upsetting the people, and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that he is Christ, a king.
23:3 And Pilate questioned him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? He answered him and said, It is as you say.
23:4 Then Pilate said to the high priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
23:5 But they were all the more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout Judea, beginning at Galilee, and even to this place.
23:6 When Pilate heard mention of Galilee, he asked whether the man was from Galilee.
23:7 And as soon as he knew he was of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also at Jerusalem in those days.
23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad. He had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him, and trusted to see some miracle done by him.
23:9 Then he questioned him concerning many things, but Jesus answered him not one word.
23:10 The high priests and scribes stood forth and accused him vehemently.
23:11 And Herod with his men of war derided him and mocked him, and arrayed him in white, and sent him again to Pilate.
23:12 And that same day, Pilate and Herod were brought together as friends. For before, they were at variance.
23:13 And Pilate called together the high priests, the rulers, and the people,
23:14 and said to them, You have brought this man to me as one who incited uprising among the people. But I have examined him before you, and have found no fault in this man concerning those things that you accuse him of.
23:15 No, nor did Herod; for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death was determined against him.
23:16 I will therefore chastise him and let him go.
23:17 (For custom constrained Pilate to release one prisoner to them at that feast.)
23:18 And all the people cried out at once, saying, Away with him, and release Barabbas to us!
23:19 (who for insurrection made in the city and for murder had been cast into prison).
23:20 Pilate spoke again to them, wanting to let Jesus go free.
23:21 But they shouted, saying, Crucify him! Crucify him!
23:22 He said to them the third time, What evil has he done? I find no cause of death in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.
23:23 But they called with loud voices for him to be crucified. And the voice of the people and of the high priests prevailed,
23:24 and Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required,
23:25 and released to them the one who for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they desired, and delivered Jesus to do with him what they would.
23:26 And as they led him away, they caught one Simon of Cyrene coming out of the field, and on him they laid the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.
23:28 But Jesus turned back to them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
23:29 For behold, the days will come when men will say, Happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the paps that never gave suck.
23:30 Then will they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us!
23:31 For if they do this to a green tree, what shall be done to the dry?
23:32 And there were two evil-doers led with him to be slain.
23:33 And when they came to the place that is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the evil-doers also, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided up his garments and cast lots for them.
23:35 And the people stood and looked on. And the leaders mocked him with them, saying, He helped other men; let him help himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God.
23:36 The soldiers also mocked him, and came and gave him vinegar,
23:37 and said, If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.
23:38 And a superscription was written over him in Greek, in Latin, and Hebrew: this is the king of the jews.
23:39 And one of the evil-doers who hung there railed on him, saying, If you are the Christ, save yourself and us.
23:40 But the other answered and rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, seeing that you are under the same sentence?
23:41 We are rightly punished, for we receive according to our deeds, but this man has done nothing amiss.
23:42 And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
23:43 And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, today you shall be with me in Paradise.
23:44 And it was about the sixth hour. And there came a darkness over all the land until the ninth hour,
23:45 and the sun was darkened. And the veil of the temple did tear, right through the middle.
23:46 And Jesus cried with a great voice and said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. And when he had thus spoken, he gave up the spirit.
23:47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, Surely this was a just man.
23:48 And all the people who came together to that sight, beholding the things that were done, smote their breasts and returned home.
23:49 And all those who knew him, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood afar off beholding these things.
23:50 And there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council, and he was a good man and just.
23:51 He had not consented to their counsel and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was also waiting for the kingdom of God.
23:52 He went to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus,
23:53 and took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn out in stone, in which no man had ever before been laid.
23:54 And that day was the day of preparation; and the Sabbath drew on.
23:55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed after, and saw the sepulchre and how his body was laid.
23:56 And they returned and prepared spices and oyntments, but rested on the Sabbath day according to the commandment.
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