Dual Panel1And the whole assembly of them rose up [and] brought him before Pilate.
2And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!
3And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so].
4So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man.
5But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here.
6Now [when] Pilate heard [this], he asked if the man was a Galilean.
7And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.
8And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.
9So he questioned him _at considerable length_, but he answered nothing to him.
10And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.
11And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
12And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, _for they had previously been enemies of one another_.
13So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people
14[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which _you are making_ against him.
15But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death _has been done_ by him.
16Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."
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18But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!
19(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder).
20And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,
21but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!
22So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation _deserving death_ in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."
23But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries [that] he be crucified. And their cries prevailed.
24And Pilate decided [that] their demand should be granted.
25And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.
26And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain [man] of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, [and] placed the cross on him, to carry [it] behind Jesus.
27And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.
28But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children!
29For behold, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!’
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
31For if they do these [things] _when the wood is green_, what will happen _when it is dry_?"
32And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.
33And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.
34[ [ But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.
35And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!
36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour wine
37and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!
38And there was also an inscription over him, "This [is] the king of the Jews.
39And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself—and us!
40But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?
41And we indeed justly, for we are receiving _what we deserve_ [for] what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!
42And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!
43And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
44And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour
45[because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.
46And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.
47Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!
48And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.
49And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.
50And behold, a man _named_ Joseph, who was a member of the council and a good and righteous man
51(this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, _a Judean town_, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.
52This man approached Pilate [and] asked for the body of Jesus.
53And he took [it] down [and] wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.
54And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
55And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.
56And they returned [and] prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.