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1 Then the whole group of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
3 Then Pilate questioned him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” But he answered him and said, “You say so.”
4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no fault in this man.”
5 But they were insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, and beginning from Galilee, even to here.”
6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
7 And when he discovered that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.
9 Then he questioned him in many words, but he answered him nothing.
10 Now the chief priests and the scribes stood, violently accusing him.
11 Then both Herod and his soldiers insulted him and mocked him. Dressing him in elegant clothes, they sent him back to Pilate.
12 Now both Herod and Pilate became friends with each other on that day, for previously there had been hostility between them.
13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14 and said to them, “You brought to me this man as perverting the people; and see, having questioned him before you, I find no fault in this man concerning what you are accusing him.
15 But neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing that is worthy of death has been done by him.
16 I will therefore punish him and release him.”
17 [ Now Pilate was obligated to release to the Jews one prisoner at the feast.]
18 But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, but release to us Barabbas!”
19 (He was put into prison for a certain rebellion that happened in the city, and for murder.)
20 Then Pilate again addressed them, desiring to release Jesus.
21 But they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify him.”
22 Then he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found no fault deserving death in him. Therefore after punishing him, I will release him.”
23 But they were insistent with loud voices, demanding for him to be crucified, and their voices prevailed.
24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.
25 But he released the one whom they asked for, who had been put in prison for rioting and murder. But he handed over Jesus to their will.
26 And as they led him away, they seized a certain Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, putting the cross on him, to carry behind Jesus.
27 Now a great crowd of the people, and of women who grieved and mourned for him, were following him.
28 But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 For see, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that did not bear, and the breasts that did not nurse.’
30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
31 For if they do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32 Now two other criminals, were also being led away with him to be put to death.
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.
34 [ Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”] Then, dividing up his garments, they cast lots.
35 And the people stood by, watching. Now the rulers also were mocking him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the chosen one.”
36 Then the soldiers also ridiculed him, coming up and offering him vinegar,
37 and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.”
38 Now there was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 Then one of the criminals who was hanging there insulted him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us.”
40 But answering, the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same condemnation?
41 And we rightly, for we are receiving things worthy of what we did. But this man did nothing wrong.”
42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
43 So he said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
44 Now it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
45 The sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
46 Then crying out with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” Now having said this, he breathed his last.
47 Now when the centurion saw what happened, he began glorifing God, saying, “Surely this man was righteous.”
48 And all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle, seeing the things that had happened, returned, beating their breasts.
49 But all those who knew him, and the women who followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, who was a council member, a good and righteous man.
51 (He did not agree with the council and their action.) He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.
52 He approached Pilate, asking for the body of Jesus.
53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb that was cut in the rock, in which no one had yet been laid.
54 Now it was the Day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 And the women who had come out of Galilee with him had followed, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
56 Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. Then on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
The Gospel of Luke