1THEN the whole assemblage arose and led him to Pilate. 2They began accusing him, saying, "We have found this man corrupting our nation and opposing the payment of tribute to Caesar and saying that he himself is Christ a king." 3Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "I am." 4Pilate said to the high priests and the crowd, "I find nothing criminal in this man." 5But they were violent in saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching through the whole of Judaea. Starting in Galilee, he is now here." 6Pilate, on hearing of Galilee, asked if the man was a Galilaean, 7and when he learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who was himself also in Jerusalem during those days. 8Herod on seeing Jesus was much pleased because for a long time he had been anxious to see him on account of hearing about him, and he was hoping to see some miracle done by him. 9He questioned him with many words; but Jesus gave him no answer. 10The high priests and the scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 11Herod along with his soldiers treated him with contempt and after making sport of him and putting a gorgeous robe on him, sent him back to Pilate. 12So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that day. Previously they had been at enmity. 13Pilate called together the high priests and the rulers and the people 14and said to them, "You have brought before me this man as one who misguides the people, and yet I, in examining him before you, have found in this man not one criminal thing of all that you charge against him. 15No more has Herod; for he has sent him back to us. See, nothing deserving of death has been done by him. 16So I will scourge him and release him." 17TEXT OMITTED 18But the whole crowd cried out together, "Put him out of the way and free Barabbas for us!" 19Barabbas, on account of a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder, had been thrown into prison. 20Again Pilate spoke to them, wishing to release Jesus. 21But they shouted, "Crucify him, crucify him!" 22For the third time he said to them, "What wrong has he done? I have found nothing criminal in him. I will therefore scourge him and let him go." 23But they insisted with loud voices asking to have him crucified, and their voices prevailed. 24So Pilate gave sentence that what they asked should be done. 25He freed the man who for riot and murder had been thrown into prison \'97 the man they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will. 26As they led him away, they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenian coming from the country, and laid on him the cross to bear behind Jesus. 27There followed him a great crowd of people and of women who were beating their breasts and bewailing him. 28Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed a babe!' 30Then they will begin and say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Hide us!' 31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry?" 32There were also two others, criminals, led with him to be put to death. 33When they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." They divided his clothes by casting lots. 35The people stood looking on. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen." 36The soldiers made sport of him, coming up and offering him sour wine 37and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" 38There was a writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS 39One of the criminals who were crucified insulted him, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us." 40But the other rebuked him and said, "Have you no fear of God, since you are under the same sentence? 41And we are here justly, for we are receiving our due for our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong." 42Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly to-day you will be with me in Paradise." 44It was now about noon, and darkness came over all the land until three, 45the sun being eclipsed. And the curtain in the Temple was torn in the middle. 46Then Jesus said in a loud voice, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit." After saying this, he breathed his last. 47When the Centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, "Certainly this was an upright man!" 48And all the crowds that had stood by looking on the scene, after seeing what happened, turned away beating their breasts. 49All his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee were standing at a distance looking on. 50There was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man 51who had not participated in their plan and action. He was of Arimathaea, a city of the Judaeans, and was looking for the kingdom of God. 52This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53He took it down and wrapped it in fine linen and laid him in a tomb cut in the rock where no one was yet lying. 54It was the day of Preparation and the Sabbath was about to begin. 55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed along and saw the tomb and how his body was laid, 56and they went back and prepared perfumes and ointments. On the Sabbath they abstained from work according to the commandment.