Luke 23
1Jesus Is Taken to Pilate Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14; Mark 15:1-5; John 18:28-38Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.Matt 27:2; Mark 15:1; John 18:28 2They began to accuse him, “We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Christ, ▼▼I.e. the Messiah
a king.”Matt 17:27; 22:21; Mark 12:17; John 19:12; Acts 17:7 3Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”He answered him, “You say so.”Matt 27:11; 1Tim 6:13 4Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, “I do not find anything blameworthy in this man.”1Pet 2:22 5But they kept insisting, “He is stirring up the people by teaching all over Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.” 6Jesus Is Sent to HerodWhen Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. 7When he learned with certainty that Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.Luke 3:1 8Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.Matt 14:1; Mark 6:14; Luke 9:9 9So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
gave him no answer at all. 10Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued to accuse him vehemently. 11Even ▼▼Other mss. lack Even
Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. Then he put a magnificent robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.Isa 53:3 12So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.Acts 4:27 13Jesus Is Sentenced to Death Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-19:16Then Pilate called the high priests, the other ▼▼The Gk. lacks other
leaders, and the people togetherMatt 27:23; Mark 15:14; John 18:38; 19:4 14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him “Not Guilty” of the charges you make against him.Luke 23:1-2, 4 15Nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16So I will punish him and let him go.”Matt 27:26; John 19:1 17Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival. ▼▼Other mss. lack verse 17
Matt 27:15; Mark 15:6; John 18:39 18But they all shouted out together, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!”Acts 3:14 19(This was a man who had been put in prison for a revolt that had taken place in the city and for murder.) 20But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again, 21but they continued to shout, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” 22Then he spoke to them a third time: “What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go.” 23But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail. 24Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:16 25So he released the man who had been put in prison for revolt and murder—the man they continued to demand—but he let them have their way with Jesus. ▼▼Lit. he turned Jesus over to their will
26Jesus Is Crucified Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32; John 19:17-27As they led him away, they took hold of Simon, a man from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.Matt 27:32; Mark 15:21; John 19:17 27A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28But Jesus turned to them and said, “Women ▼▼Lit. Daughters
of Jerusalem, stop crying for me, but cry for yourselves and for your children. 29For the days are surely coming when people ▼▼Lit. they
will say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’Matt 24:19; Luke 21:23 30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!’ ▼▼Hos 10:8
Isa 2:19; Hos 10:8; Rev 6:16; 9:6 31For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”Prov 11:31; Jer 25:29; Ezek 20:47; 21:3-4; 1Pet 4:17 32Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with him.Isa 53:12; Matt 27:38 33When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.Matt 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17-18 34Jesus kept saying, “Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.” ▼▼Other mss. lack Jesus kept saying, “Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing.”
Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.Matt 5:44; 27:35; Mark 15:24; John 19:23; Acts 3:17; 7:60; 1Cor 4:12 35Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the leaders were mocking him and saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Christ ▼▼I.e. the Messiah
of God, whom he has chosen!”Ps 22:17; Zech 12:10; Matt 27:39; Mark 15:29 36The soldiers also made fun of him, coming up and offering him sour wine 37and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!” 38There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: ▼▼Other mss. lack written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew
“This is the King of the Jews.”Matt 27:37; Mark 15:26; John 19:19 39Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting ▼▼Or blaspheming
him, saying, “You are the Christ, ▼▼I.e. the Messiah
aren't you? Save yourself and us!”Matt 27:44; Mark 15:32 40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty? 41We have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42Then he went on to say, “Jesus, remember me when you come into ▼▼Other mss. read in
your kingdom!” 43Jesus ▼▼Lit. He
said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” 44Jesus Dies on the Cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; John 19:28-30It was already about noon, ▼▼Lit. the sixth hour
and darkness came over the whole land ▼▼Or earth
until three in the afternoon ▼▼Lit. the ninth hour
Matt 27:45; Mark 15:33 45because the sun had stopped shining. And the curtain ▼▼This curtain separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
in the sanctuary was torn in two.Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38 46Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” ▼▼Ps 31:5
After he said this, he breathed his last.Ps 31:5; Matt 27:50; Mark 15:37; John 19:30; 1Pet 2:23 47When the centurion ▼▼A Roman centurion commanded about 100 men.
saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, “This man certainly was righteous!”Matt 27:54; Mark 15:39 48When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their breasts and turned back. 49But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.Ps 38:11; Matt 27:55; Mark 15:40; John 19:25 50Jesus Is Buried Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; John 19:38-42Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man—Matt 27:57; Mark 15:42; John 19:38 51he had not voted for their plan and action—from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.Mark 15:43; Luke 2:25, 38 52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb cut in the rock, in which no one had yet been laid.Matt 27:59; Mark 15:46 54It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.Matt 27:62 55So the women who had come with Jesus ▼▼Lit. him
from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.Mark 15:47; Luke 8:2 56Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.Exod 20:10; Mark 16:1
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