Luk 23:13-38 | ESV | STEP | Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people ,

13 Pilate then called together the chief priests and ^athe rulers and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man ^bas one who was misleading the people. And ^cafter examining him before you, behold, I ^ddid not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15 Neither did Herod, for ^ehe sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. 16 ^fI will therefore punish and release him.” ^{▼▼Here, or after verse 19, some manuscripts add verse 17: Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the festival}

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

18 ^hBut they all cried out together, ⁱ“Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”— 19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and ^jfor murder. 20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why, ^kWhat evil has he done? ^lI have found in him no guilt deserving death. ^mI will therefore punish and release him.” 23 But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison ⁿfor insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, ^obut he delivered Jesus over to their will.

The Crucifixion

26 ^pAnd as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^qmourning and lamenting for him. 28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, ^rthe days are coming when they will say, ^s‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 ^tThen they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31 For ^uif they do these things when ^vthe wood is green, what will happen ^wwhen it is dry?”

32 ^xTwo others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. 33 ^yAnd when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^zone on his right and one on his left. 34 And Jesus said, “Father, ^aaforgive them, ^abfor they know not what they do.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit the sentence And Jesus . . . what they do} And they cast lots ^adto divide his garments. 35 And ^aethe people stood by, watching, ^afbut ^agthe rulers ^ahscoffed at him, saying, ^ai“He saved others; ^ajlet him save himself, ^akif he is ^althe Christ of God, ^amhis Chosen One!” 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^anoffering him sour wine 37 and saying, ^ao“If you are ^apthe King of the Jews, save yourself!” 38 ^aqThere was also an inscription over him, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew} “This is ^asthe King of the Jews.”