Jesus before Pilate
- And having immediately formed a council at dawn, the chief priests with the elders, and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin bound Jesus, carried Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
- And Pilate questioned Him: “Are you the King of the Jews?” And answering him, He says: “You said it.”
- And the chief priests were accusing Him of many things.
- And Pilate was questioning Him again, saying: “You don’t answer anything? Look at how many things they’re accusing you of.”
- But Jesus no longer answered anything, so then Pilate began to marvel.
- Now at the festival, he would usually release one prisoner to them whom they were requesting.
- And there was one man named Barabbas who was *bound with his fellow rebels, who had committed murder in the rebellion.
- And having risen, the crowd began to ask him to do just as he usually was doing for them.
- But Pilate answered them saying: “Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?”
- For he was recognizing that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
- But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so he might release Barabbas to them instead.
- And answering again, Pilate was saying to them: “Then what should I do to the One whom you call the King of the Jews?”
- And again they cried out: “Crucify Him!”
- But Pilate was saying to them: “For what evil that He did?” But they cried out “Crucify Him!” abundantly more.
- And Pilate – resolving to do what was acceptable to the crowd – released Barabbas to them. And having flogged Jesus, he handed Him over so He would be crucified.
Jesus is mocked and crucified
- Now, the soldiers led Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and assemble the whole cohort.
- And they clothe Him in purple, and having braided a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.
- And they began to greet Him: “Hail King of the Jews!”
- And they were hitting His head with a reed and were spitting on Him; and bending the knees, they were bowing down to Him.
- And when they had mocked Him, they stripped the purple robe off of Him and clothed Him in His [own] clothes. And they lead Him out so they might crucify Him.
- And they compel a man coming from the country and passing by – Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus – so that he would carry His cross.
- And they bring Him to Golgotha, the place which is translated: “Place of a Skull.”
- And they were offering Him wine *mixed with myrrh, but He didn’t take it.
- And after crucifying Him, they also distribute His clothes, casting a lot for them to see who should take what.
- Now it was the third hour and they crucified Him.
- And there was a *written inscription of the charge against Him: “The King of the Jews”
- And they crucify two robbers with Him, one on His right hand and one on His left.
- [And the scripture was fulfilled, the one saying: “And He was counted with the lawless.”]
- And the men passing by were slandering Him, shaking their heads, and saying: “Aha! You’re the man destroying the temple and rebuilding it in three days.
- Having descended from the cross, save yourself.”
- In a similar way also, the chief priests with the scribes are mocking Him to one another and were saying: “He saved others; He isn’t able to save Himself.
- “The Anointed, the King of Israel! Let Him come down from the cross now so we might see and believe.” And the men who were *crucified with Him were insulting Him.
The death of Jesus
- And it having become the sixth hour, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- And at the ninth hour, Jesus called out in a loud voice: “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”, which is translated: “My God, My God, why did you abandon Me?”
- And having heard this, some of the men *standing nearby were saying: “Behold, He calls for Elijah.”
- And having run up, and filled a sponge with vinegar, and wrapped it around a reed, one of them was giving Him a drink, saying: “Leave Him alone; we’ll see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
- But having uttered a loud cry, Jesus breathed His last.
- And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
- And having seen that He breathed His last this way, the centurion *standing opposite Him said: “Truly this man was God’s Son.”
- Now, there were also women watching from afar, among whom were also Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Little and Joseph, and Salome.
- (Women who were following Him and were serving Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women came up with Him to Jerusalem.)
The burial of Jesus
- And it already having become evening, since it was the Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
- having come, Joseph of Arimathea – a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God – boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
- But Pilate wondered if He already *died. And having summoned the centurion, he asked him if He already died.
- And having learned the answer from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
- And having bought a fine linen cloth and taken Him down, he wrapped Him in the fine linen cloth and put Him in a tomb which was *cut out of a rock. And he rolled a stone onto the door of the tomb.
- Now, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching where He was *laid.