NHEBJE - Luke - 23

23:1  The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

23:2  They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king."

23:3  Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

23:4  Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

23:5  But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

23:6  But when Pilate heard it, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

23:7  When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

23:8  Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard concerning him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

23:9  He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.

23:10  The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

23:11  Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.

23:12  Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

23:13  Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

23:14  and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

23:15  Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

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

23:18  But they all shouted out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"-

23:19  one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

23:20  Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

23:21  but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

23:22  He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

23:23  But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

23:24  Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

23:25  He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

23:26  When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and placed on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

23:27  A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

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

23:29  For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

23:30  Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'

23:31  For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"

23:32  There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.

23:33  When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

23:34  Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

23:35  The people stood watching. The rulers also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!"

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

23:37  and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

23:38  An inscription was also written above him: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

23:39  One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

23:40  But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?

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

23:42  And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."

23:43  And he said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

23:44  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

23:45  The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

23:46  Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.

23:47  When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."

23:48  All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.

23:49  All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

23:50  Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

23:51  (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Judeans, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:

23:52  this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

23:53  He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been placed.

23:54  It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

23:55  The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was placed.

23:56  They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.