15:1 Right at daybreak, the ruling kohanim held a meeting to consult with the elders and Torah scholars and the whole Sanhedrin. They tied up Yeshua, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
15:2 Pilate interrogated Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Yeshua answers him, “As you say.”
15:3 The ruling kohanim began to accuse Him of many things.
15:4 Again, Pilate asked Him, “Aren’t you going to answer? Look how many charges they’re bringing against You!”
15:5 But Yeshua did not answer, so Pilate was amazed.
15:6 Now during the feast, he used to release to them one prisoner, anyone they were asking for.
15:7 Now a man named Bar-Abba had been in jail with the rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.
15:8 The crowd came up and began to request what he was accustomed to do for them.
15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”
15:10 For he knew that out of envy the ruling kohanim had handed Him over.
15:11 But the ruling kohanim stirred up the crowd, so he would release Bar-Abba to them instead.
15:12 Then answering again, Pilate said to them, “So what do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”
15:14 Pilate responded, “Why? What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Execute Him!”
15:15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Bar-Abba for them. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
15:16 The soldiers took Him away, into the palace, the governor’s mansion called the Praetorium. And they call together the cohort of soldiers.
15:17 They dress Him up in purple. After braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.
15:18 And they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
15:19 Over and over, they kept hitting Him on the head with a staff and spitting on Him; and kneeling down, they worshiped Him.
15:20 When they finished mocking Him, they stripped the purple off Him and put His own clothes back on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
15:21 Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was coming in from the countryside. The soldiers force this passerby to carry Yeshua’s cross-beam.
15:22 They bring Yeshua to the place called Golgotha (which is translated, Place of a Skull).
15:23 They were offering Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He didn’t take it.
15:24 Then they crucify Him and divide up His clothing among themselves, casting lots for them to see who should take what.
15:25 Now it was the third hour when they nailed Him on the stake.
15:26 And the inscription of the charge against Him was written above: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
15:27 And with Him they execute two outlaws, one on His right and one on His left.
15:29 Those passing by were jeering at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days,
15:30 save Yourself by coming down from the stake!”
15:31 Likewise the ruling kohanim, along with the Torah scholars, were also mocking Him among themselves. “He saved others,” they were saying, “but He can’t save Himself?
15:32 Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the stake, so we may see and believe!” Even those executed with Him were ridiculing Him.
15:33 When the sixth hour had come, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
15:34 At the ninth hour Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?”
15:35 When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He’s calling for Elijah.”
15:36 Then someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a stick and was offering it to Yeshua to drink, saying, “Wait, let’s see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
15:37 But letting out a loud cry, Yeshua breathed His last.
15:38 Then the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom.
15:39 When the centurion, who was standing in front of Him, saw the way Yeshua breathed His last, he said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”
15:40 There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Miriam from Magdala, Miriam the mother of Jacob the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
15:41 They would follow Him and serve Him when He was in the Galilee. Many other women who had gone up together with Him to Jerusalem were there also.
15:42 Now evening had already come. Since it was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before Shabbat,
15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Yeshua’s body.
15:44 Pilate was surprised that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether Yeshua had been dead for long.
15:45 When Pilate learned this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
15:46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
15:47 Miriam from Magdala and Miriam the mother of Joses were watching where Yeshua’s body was placed.
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