Luke Chapter 23 Back Next{23:1} The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
{23:2} 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."
{23:3} Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the
Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
{23:4} Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
{23:5} But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all
Judea, beginning from
Galilee even to this place."
{23:6} But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a
Galilean.
{23:7} When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in
Jerusalem during those days.
{23:8} 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.
{23:9} He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.
{23:10} The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
{23:11} Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him.
Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
{23:12} Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.
{23:13} Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
{23:14} and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
{23:15} Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of
death has been done by him.
{23:16} I will therefore chastise him and release him."
{23:17} Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the
feast.
{23:18} But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us
Barabbas!"--
{23:19} one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
{23:20} Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
{23:21} but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
{23:22} 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."
{23:23} But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
{23:24} Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
{23:25} 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.
{23:26} When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of
Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the
cross, to carry it after Jesus.
{23:27} A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.
{23:28} But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
{23:29} 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.'
{23:30} Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the
hills, 'Cover us.'[
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{23:31} For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"
{23:32} There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
{23:33} 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.
{23:34} Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
{23:35} 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!"
{23:36} The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
{23:37} and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
{23:38} An inscription was also written over him in letters of
Greek, Latin, and
Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
{23:39} One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"
{23:40} But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
{23:41} And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
{23:42} He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."
{23:43} Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
{23:44} It was now about
the sixth hour, and
darkness came over the whole land until
the ninth hour.
{23:45} The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
{23:46} Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.
{23:47} When the
centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
{23:48} All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
{23:49} All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
{23:50} Behold, a man named
Joseph, who was a member of the
council, a good and righteous man
{23:51} (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from
Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the
Kingdom of God:
{23:52} this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
{23:53} 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.
{23:54} It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.
{23:55} The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.
{23:56} They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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