Luke 23
1 Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate.
Then the whole company rose up and brought him to Pilate,
2 And they began to accuse him, ‘This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is “Christ, a king.”’
and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."
3 ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked him. ‘It is true,’ replied Jesus.
Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am."
4 But Pilate, turning to the chief priests and the people, said, ‘I do not see anything to find fault with in this man.’
And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."
5 But they insisted, ‘He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here.’
But they repeatedly insisted, "He is stirring up the people throughout all Judea with his teaching which started from Galilee."
6 Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;
When Pilate heard the word "Galilee" he asked if the man were a Galilean,
7 and, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.
and when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days.
8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.
Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.
9 So he questioned him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.
So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.
10 Meanwhile the chief priests and the teachers of the Law stood by and vehemently accused him.
Meanwhile the high priests and Scribes were standing around, and continually making accusations to him against him.
11 And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.
Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.
12 And Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, for before that there had been ill-will between them.
Herod and Pilate became friends again from that very day; for before they had been at enmity between themselves.
13 So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,
So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14 and said to them, ‘You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him;
and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.
15 nor did Herod either; for he has sent him back to us. And, as a fact, he has not done anything deserving death;
Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.
16 so I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
I will therefore, after flogging him, release him."
"Now he had to release to them at the feast one prisoner."
18 But they began to shout as one man, ‘Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.’
Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."
19 (Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)
(This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)
20 Pilate, however, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again;
Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus;
21 but they kept calling out, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’
but they continued to shout out and say, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
22 ‘Why, what harm has this man done?’ Pilate said to them for the third time. ‘I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."
23 But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamour gained the day.
But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day.
24 Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.
25 He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.
He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.
26 And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus.
And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.
27 There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.
He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him.
28 So Jesus turned and said to them, ‘Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
But Jesus turned to and said. "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;
29 A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said – “Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!”
"but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.’
30 At that time people will begin to say to the mountains “Fall on us,” and to the hills “Cover us.”
"Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
31 If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?’
"For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"
32 There were two others also, criminals, led out to be executed with Jesus.
And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also.
33 When they had reached the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left.
When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left.
34 Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.’ His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,
35 Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer, ‘He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God’s Christ, his chosen one.’
and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"
36 The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine,
Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine,
37 and saying as they did so, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’
saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."
38 Above him were the words – “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. ‘Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us,’ he said.
And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."
40 But the other rebuked him. ‘Haven’t you,’ he said, ‘any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?
But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?
41 And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong.
"We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."
42 Jesus,’ he went on, ‘do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.’
Then he added, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."
43 And Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.’
"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise."
44 It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,
It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
45 the sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.
And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple.
46 Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ And with these words he expired.
Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.
47 The Roman centurion, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming, ‘This must have been a good man!’
When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"
48 All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating their breasts.
And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.
49 All the friends of Jesus had been standing at a distance, with the women who accompanied him from Galilee, watching all this.
But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on.
50 Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good man and a righteous,
51 (This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Arimathea, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.
he who came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and who was on the watch for the kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the designs and deed of the council.
52 He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;
This man went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus.
53 and, when he had taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet, and laid him in a tomb cut out of stone, in which no one had yet been buried.
Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.
54 It was the Preparation day, and just before the Sabbath began.
And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand.
55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,
Then the women who had accompanied him out of Galilee followed after, and noted the tomb, and how his body was placed.
56 and then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment.
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.
