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23 : 1 Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.
23 : 2 And they began to accuse him, saying,We found this manmisleading our nation andforbidding us to give tribute toCaesar, and saying that he himself is Christ,a king.
23 : 3 And Pilate asked him,Are you the King of the Jews?And he answered him,You have said so.
23 : 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds,I find no guilt in this man.
23 : 5 But they were urgent, saying,He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea,from Galilee even to this place.
23 : 6 When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
23 : 7 And when he learned that he belonged toHerod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.
23 : 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad,for he had long desired to see him,because he had heard about him, and he was hopingto see some sign done by him.
23 : 9 So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.
23 : 10 The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.
23 : 11 And Herod with his soldierstreated him with contempt andmocked him. Then,arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
23 : 12 AndHerod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
23 : 13 Pilate then called together the chief priests andthe rulers and the people,
23 : 14 and said to them,You brought me this manas one who was misleading the people. Andafter examining him before you, behold, Idid not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him.
23 : 15 Neither did Herod, forhe sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.
23 : 16 I will therefore punish and release him.
23 : 18 But they all cried out together,Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas&emdash;
23 : 19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city andfor murder.
23 : 20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus,
23 : 21 but they kept shouting,Crucify, crucify him!
23 : 22 A third time he said to them,Why,what evil has he done?I have found in him no guilt deserving death.I will therefore punish and release him.
23 : 23 But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
23 : 24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
23 : 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prisonfor insurrection and murder, for whom they asked,but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
23 : 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.
23 : 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who weremourning and lamenting for him.
23 : 28 But turning to them Jesus said,Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
23 : 29 For behold,the days are coming when they will say,Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!
23 : 30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains,Fall on us,and to the hills,Cover us.
23 : 31 Forif they do these things whenthe wood is green, what will happenwhen it is dry?
23 : 32 Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
23 : 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals,one on his right and one on his left.
23 : 34 And Jesus said,Father,forgive them,for they know not what they do.And they cast lotsto divide his garments.
23 : 35 Andthe people stood by, watching,butthe rulersscoffed at him, saying,He saved others;let him save himself,if he isthe Christ of God,his Chosen One!
23 : 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up andoffering him sour wine
23 : 37 and saying,If you arethe King of the Jews, save yourself!
23 : 38 There was also an inscription over him,This isthe King of the Jews.
23 : 39 One of the criminals who were hangedrailed at him,saying,Are you notthe Christ? Save yourself and us!
23 : 40 But the other rebuked him, saying,Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
23 : 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.
23 : 42 And he said,Jesus, remember mewhen you come into your kingdom.
23 : 43 And he said to him,Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me inParadise.
23 : 44 It was now about the sixth hour,and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
23 : 45 while the sun's light failed. Andthe curtain of the temple was torn in two.
23 : 46 Then Jesus,calling out with a loud voice, said,Father,into your hands Icommit my spirit!And having said thishe breathed his last.
23 : 47 Nowwhen the centurion saw what had taken place,he praised God, saying,Certainly this man was innocent!
23 : 48 And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned homebeating their breasts.
23 : 49 And allhis acquaintances andthe women who had followed him from Galileestood at a distance watching these things.
23 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
23 : 51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and hewas looking for the kingdom of God.
23 : 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
23 : 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud andlaid him in a tomb cut in stone,where no one had ever yet been laid.
23 : 54 It was the day ofPreparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.
23 : 55 The womenwho had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
23 : 56 Then they returned andprepared spices and ointments.On the Sabbath they restedaccording to the commandment.