LO - Luke - 23

23:1  And the assembly broke up, and conducted Jesus to Pilate:

23:2  and they accused him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, calling himself Messiah the King.

23:3  Then Pilate, asking him, said, You are the King of the Jews? He answered, You say right.

23:4  Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitude, I find nothing criminal in this man.

23:5  But they became more vehement, adding, He raised sedition among the people, by the doctrine which he spread through all Judea, from Galilee, where he began, to this place.

23:6  When Pilate heard them mention Galilee, he asked, whether the man were a Galilean.

23:7  And finding that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also then at Jerusalem.

23:8  And Herod was very glad to see Jesus: it was what he had long desired; having heard much of him, and hoping to see him perform some miracle.

23:9  He, therefore, asked him many questions, but Jesus returned him no answer.

23:10  Yet the chief priests and the scribes, who were present, accused him with eagerness.

23:11  But Herod and his military train despised him: and having, in derision, arrayed him in a splendid robe, remanded him to Pilate.

23:12  On that day, Pilate and Herod became friends; for, before, they had been at enmity.

23:13  Pilate, having convened the chief priests, the magistrates and the people,

23:14  said to them, You have brought this man before me, as one who excites the people to revolt; yet, having examined him in your presence, I have not found him guilt of any of those crimes of which you accuse him.

23:15  Neither has Herod; for I referred you to him. Be assured, then, that he has done nothing to deserve death.

23:16  I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

23:17  For it was necessary that he should release one to them at the festival.

23:18  Then all cried out together, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas.

23:19  Now Barabbas had been imprisoned for raising sedition in the city, and for murder.

23:20  Pilate, willing to release Jesus, again, expostulated.

23:21  But they cried, saying, Crucify! crucify him!

23:22  A third time he repeated, Why? What evil has this man done? I do not find him guilty of any capital crime; I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

23:23  But they persisted, demanding, with much clamor, that he might be crucified. At last, their clamors, and those of the chief priests, prevailed:

23:24  and Pilate pronounced sentence, that it should be as they desired.

23:25  Accordingly, he released a man who had been imprisoned for sedition and murder; whom they required; and gave up Jesus to their will.

23:26  As they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him, that he might bear it after Jesus.

23:27  And a great multitude followed him, amongst whom were many women, who lamented and bewailed him.

23:28  But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children:

23:29  for the days are coming, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, the wombs which never bare, and the breasts which never gave suck!

23:30  Then they shall cry to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us:

23:31  for if it fare thus with the green tree, how shall it fare with the dry?

23:32  And two malefactors were also led with him to execution.

23:33  When they came to the place called Calvary, they there nailed him to a cross, and the malefactors also; one at his right hand, the other at his left.

23:34  And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they parted his garments by lot.

23:35  While the people stood gazing, even their rulers joined them in ridiculing him, and saying, This man saved others; let him save himself, if he be the Messiah, the elect of God.

23:36  The soldiers likewise mocked him, coming and offering him vinegar,

23:37  and saying, If you be the King of the Jews, save yourself.

23:38  There was also an inscription over his head in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

23:39  Now, one of the malefactors who suffered with him, reviled him, saying, If you be the Messiah, save yourself and us.

23:40  The other, rebuking him, answered, Have you no fear of God, you who are undergoing the same punishment?

23:41  And we, indeed, justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss.

23:42  And he said to Jesus, Remember me, Lord, when thou comest to thy kingdom.

23:43  Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, To-day you shall be with me in paradise.

23:44  And, about the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land, which lasted till the ninth.

23:45  The sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.

23:46  And Jesus said with a loud voice, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having thus said, he expired.

23:47  Then, the centurion, observing what had happened, gave glory to God; saying, Assuredly, this was a righteous man.

23:48  Nay, all the people who were present at this spectacle, and saw what had passed, returned, beating their breasts.

23:49  And all his acquaintance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, standing at a distance, beheld these things.

23:50  Now, there was a senator, named Joseph, a good and just man,

23:51  from Arimathea, a city of Judea, who had not concurred in the resolutions and proceedings of the rest; and who himself, also expected the Reign of God.

23:52  This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

23:53  And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb cut in stone, in which no man had ever been deposited.

23:54  Now that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath approached.

23:55  And the women, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, followed Joseph, and observed the tomb, and how the body was laid.

23:56  When they returned, they provided spices and ointments, and then rested the Sabbath, according to the commandment.