Luke 23
23Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.G2532G537G4128G846G450G71G846G1909G40912And 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."G1161G756G2723G846G3004G2147G5126G1294G1484G2532G2967G1325G5411G2541G3004G1438G1511G5547G9353So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied.G1161G4091G1905G846G3004G1488G4771G935G2453G1161G611G846G5346G4771G30044Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."G1161G2036G4091G4314G749G2532G3793G2147G3762G158G1722G5129G4445But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here."G1161G2001G3004G3754G383G2992G1321G2596G3650G2449G756G575G1056G2193G56026On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.G1161G4091G191G1056G1905G1487G444G2076G10577When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.G2532G1921G3754G2076G1537G2264G1849G375G846G4314G2264G5607G846G2532G5607G1722G2414G1722G5025G22508When 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.G1161G2264G1492G2424G3029G5463G1063G2258G2309G1492G846G1537G2425G1223G191G4183G4012G846G2532G1679G1492G5100G4592G1096G5259G8469He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.G1161G1905G846G1722G2425G3056G1161G846G611G846G376210The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him.G1161G749G2532G1122G2476G2159G2723G84611Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.G1161G2264G4862G846G4753G1848G846G1848G2532G1702G4016G846G2986G2066G375G846G375G409112That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies.G1161G3739G1722G846G2250G4091G2532G2264G1096G5384G3326G5037G240G1063G4391G5607G1722G2189G4314G143813Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,G1161G4091G4779G749G2532G758G2532G299214and 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.G2036G4314G846G4374G5129G444G3427G5613G654G2992G2532G2400G1473G350G1799G5216G2147G3762G158G1722G5126G444G3739G2596G2723G84615Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death.G235G3761G2264G1063G375G5209G4314G846G2532G2400G3762G514G2288G2076G4238G84616Therefore, I will punish him and then release him."G3811G3767G3811G846G63017Now he was obliged to release one man to them at the Feast.G1161G318G2192G630G1520G846G2596G185918With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!"G1161G349G3826G3004G142G5126G1161G630G2254G91219(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)G3748G2258G1223G5100G4714G1096G1722G4172G2532G5408G906G1519G543820Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again.G4091G3767G2309G630G2424G4377G3825G437721But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"G1161G2019G3004G4717G4717G84622For 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."G1161G2036G4314G846G5154G1063G5101G2556G4160G3778G4160G2147G3762G158G2288G1722G846G3811G3767G3811G846G63023But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed.G1161G1945G3173G5456G154G846G4717G2532G5456G846G2532G749G272924So Pilate decided to grant their demand.G1161G4091G1948G1096G846G15525He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.G1161G630G846G1223G4714G2532G5408G906G1519G5438G3739G154G1161G3860G2424G846G230726As 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.G2532G5613G520G846G520G1949G5100G4613G2956G2064G575G68G2007G846G2007G4716G5342G3693G242427A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.G1161G190G846G4183G4128G2992G2532G1135G3739G2532G2875G2532G2354G84628Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.G1161G2424G4762G4314G846G2036G2364G2419G2799G3361G1909G1691G4133G2799G1909G1438G2532G1909G5216G504329For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'G3754G2400G2250G2064G1722G3739G2046G3107G4723G2532G2836G3739G3756G1080G2532G3149G3739G3756G233730Then "'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" 'G5119G756G3004G3735G4098G1909G2248G2532G1015G2572G224831For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"G3754G1487G4160G5023G1722G5200G3586G5101G1096G1722G358432Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.G1161G2532G1417G2087G2557G71G4862G846G33733When 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.G2532G3753G565G1909G5117G3588G2564G2898G1563G4717G846G2532G2557G3739G3303G1537G1188G1161G3739G1537G71034Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.G1161G3004G2424G3962G863G846G1063G1492G3756G5101G4160G1161G1266G846G2440G906G281935The 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."G2532G2992G2476G2334G1161G758G2532G4862G846G1592G3004G4982G243G4982G1438G1487G3778G2076G5547G1588G231636The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegarG1161G4757G2532G1702G846G4334G2532G4374G846G369037and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."G2532G3004G1487G4771G1488G935G2453G4982G457238There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.G1161G1923G2532G2258G1125G1909G846G1121G1673G2532G4513G2532G1444G3778G2076G935G245339One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"G1161G1520G2557G2910G987G846G3004G1487G4771G1488G5547G4982G4572G2532G224840But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence?G1161G2087G611G2008G846G3004G5399G3761G4771G5399G2316G3754G1488G1722G846G291741We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."G2532G2249G3303G1346G1063G618G514G3739G4238G1161G3778G4238G3762G82442Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."G2532G3004G2424G2962G3415G3450G3752G2064G1722G4675G93243Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."G2532G2424G2036G846G281G3004G4671G4594G2071G3326G1700G1722G385744It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,G1161G2258G5616G1623G5610G2532G1096G4655G1909G3650G1093G2193G1766G561045for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.G2532G2246G4654G2532G2665G3485G4977G331946Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.G2532G2424G5455G3173G5456G2036G3962G1519G4675G5495G3908G3450G4151G2532G2036G5023G160647The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man."G1161G1543G1492G1096G1392G2316G3004G3689G3778G2258G1342G44448When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away.G2532G3956G3793G4836G1909G5026G2335G2334G1096G5180G1438G4738G529049But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.G1161G3956G846G1110G2532G1135G4870G846G575G1056G2476G3113G3708G502350Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man,G2532G2400G435G3686G2501G1010G5225G18G435G2532G134251who 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.G3778G4784G3756G4784G2258G1012G2532G4234G846G575G707G4172G2453G2532G3739G2532G846G4327G932G231652Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body.G3778G4334G4091G154G4983G242453Then 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.G2532G2507G846G2507G1794G846G4616G2532G5087G846G1722G3418G2991G3757G3756G3764G3762G2258G274954It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.G2532G2250G2258G3904G2532G4521G202055The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.G1161G1135G2532G3748G2258G4905G846G1537G1056G2628G2300G3419G2532G5613G846G4983G508756Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.G5290G1161G2090G759G2532G3464G2532G2270G3303G4521G2596G1785
Columbus, OH
