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Luke 23, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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Then the whole
assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. |
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And they began to
accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation. He
opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king.”
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So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king
of the Jews?” “Yes, it is as you say,”
Jesus replied. |
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Then Pilate
announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge
against this man.”
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But they insisted,
“He stirs up the people all over Judeaby his teaching. He started in
Galilee and has come all the way here.”
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On hearing this,
Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. |
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When he learned that
Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in
Jerusalem at that time.
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When Herod saw
Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting
to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform
some miracle.
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He plied him with
many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. |
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The chief priests
and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.
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Then Herod and his
soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they
sent him back to Pilate.
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That day Herod and
Pilate became friends–before this they had been enemies.
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Pilate called
together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, |
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and said to them,
“You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I
have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges
against him.
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Neither has Herod,
for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve
death.
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Therefore, I will
punish him and then release him.” |
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With one voice they
cried out, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
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(Barabbas had been
thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
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Wanting to release
Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. |
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But they kept
shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” |
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For the third time
he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in
him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished
and then release him.”
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But with loud shouts
they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.
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So Pilate decided to
grant their demand. |
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He released the man
who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they
asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.
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As they led him
away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country,
and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
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A large number of
people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
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Jesus turned and
said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not
weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.
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For the time will come when you will say,
‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts
that never nursed!’
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Then they will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on
us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
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For if men do these things when the tree is
green, what will happen when it is dry?”
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Two other men, both
criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.
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When they came to
the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the
criminals–one on his right, the other on his left.
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Jesus said, “Father,
forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided
up his clothes by casting lots.
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The people stood
watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others;
let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
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The soldiers also
came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar
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and said, “If you
are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” |
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There was a written
notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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One of the criminals
who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself
and us!”
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But the other
criminal rebuked him. “Don't you fear God,” he said, “since you are under
the same sentence?
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We are punished
justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done
nothing wrong.”
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Then he said,
“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
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Jesus answered him,
“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me
in paradise.”
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It was now about the
sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
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for the sun stopped
shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
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Jesus called out
with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I
commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
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The centurion,
seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a righteous
man.”
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When all the people
who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their
breasts and went away.
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But all those who
knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a
distance, watching these things.
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Now there was a man
named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,
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who had not
consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of
Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.
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Going to Pilate, he
asked for Jesus’
body. |
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Then he took it
down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one
in which no one had yet been laid.
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It was Preparation
Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. |
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The women who had
come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his
body was laid in it.
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Then they went home
and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in
obedience to the commandment.
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