The Good News According to Luke
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The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
verso 2
They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
verso 3
Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
verso 4
Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
verso 5
But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
verso 6
But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
verso 7
When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.
verso 8
Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
verso 9
He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
verso 10
The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
verso 11
Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
verso 12
Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
verso 13
Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
verso 14
and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
verso 15
Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
verso 16
I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
verso 17
Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
verso 18
But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—
verso 19
one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
verso 20
Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
verso 21
but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”
verso 22
He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
verso 23
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
verso 24
Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
verso 25
He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.
verso 26
When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus.
verso 27
A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
verso 28
But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
verso 29
For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’
verso 30
Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’
verso 31
For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”
verso 32
There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
verso 33
When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
verso 34
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
verso 35
The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”
verso 36
The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
verso 37
and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
verso 38
An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
verso 39
One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”
verso 40
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
verso 41
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
verso 42
He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
verso 43
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
verso 44
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
verso 45
The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
verso 46
Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
verso 47
When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
verso 48
All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
verso 49
All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.
verso 50
Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
verso 51
(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom.
verso 52
This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
verso 53
He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
verso 54
It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
verso 55
The women who had come with him out of Galilee followed after, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
verso 56
They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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