15As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.G2532G2112G1909G4404G749G4160G4824G3326G4245G2532G1122G2532G3650G4892G1210G2424G667G2532G3860G40912Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You say so."G2532G4091G1905G846G1488G4771G935G2453G1161G611G2036G846G4771G30043The high priests kept accusing him of many things.G2532G749G2723G846G4183G1161G846G611G37624So Pilate asked him again, "Don't you have any answer? Look how many accusations they're bringing against you!"G1161G4091G1905G846G3825G3004G611G3756G3762G2396G4214G2649G46755But since Jesus no longer answered, Pilate was astonished.G1161G2424G3765G611G3762G5620G4091G22966At every festival Pilate would release any one prisoner whom the people requested.G1161G2596G1859G630G846G1520G1198G3746G1547Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.G1161G2258G3004G912G1210G3326G4955G3748G4160G5408G1722G47148So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate do for them what he always did.G2532G3793G310G756G154G2531G104G4160G8469Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"G1161G4091G611G846G3004G2309G630G5213G935G245310because he knew that the high priests had handed him over due to jealousy.8G1063G1097G3754G749G3860G846G1223G535511But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Barabbas for them instead.G1161G749G383G3793G2443G3123G630G912G84612So Pilate asked them again, "Then what should I do with the man you call 'the King of the Jews'?"G1161G4091G611G2036G3825G846G5101G2309G3767G4160G3739G3004G935G245313They shouted back, "Crucify him!"G1161G2896G3825G4717G84614Pilate asked them, "Why? What has he done wrong?"But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"G1161G4091G3004G846G1063G5101G2556G4160G1161G2896G4056G4717G84615So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.G1161G4091G1014G2425G4160G3793G630G912G846G2532G3860G2424G5417G2443G471716The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters) and called out the whole guard.G1161G4757G520G846G520G2080G833G3603G4232G2532G4779G3650G468617They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, and placed it on his head.G2532G1746G846G4209G2532G4120G4735G174G4060G84618They began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"G2532G756G782G846G5463G935G245319They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, kneeling in front of him, and worshiping him.G2532G5180G846G2776G2563G2532G1716G846G2532G5087G1119G4352G84620When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.G2532G3753G1702G846G1562G4209G846G2532G1746G2398G2440G1746G846G2532G1806G846G1806G2443G4717G84621They forced a certain passer-by named Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who happened to be coming in from the country, to carry Jesus' cross.G2532G29G5100G4613G2956G3855G2064G575G68G3962G223G2532G4504G2443G142G846G471622They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.G2532G5342G846G1909G5117G1115G3739G2076G3177G5117G289823They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he wouldn't accept it.G2532G1325G846G4095G3631G4669G1161G2983G375624Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.G2532G4717G846G1266G846G2440G906G2819G1909G846G5101G5101G14225It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.G1161G2258G5154G5610G2532G4717G84626The written notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."G2532G1923G846G156G2258G1924G935G245327They crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and the other on his left.G2532G4862G846G4717G1417G3027G1520G1537G1188G2532G1520G1537G846G217628...G2532G1124G4137G3588G3004G2532G3049G3326G45929Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days -G2532G3899G987G846G2795G846G2776G2532G3004G3758G2647G3485G2532G3618G1722G5140G225030save yourself and come down from the cross!"G4982G4572G2532G2597G575G471631In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others but can't save himself!G1161G3668G2532G749G1702G3004G4314G240G3326G1122G4982G243G1438G3756G1410G498232Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.G2597G5547G935G2474G2597G3568G575G4716G2443G1492G2532G4100G2532G4957G846G3679G84633At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.G1161G1096G1623G5610G1096G1096G4655G1909G3650G1093G2193G1766G561034At three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"G2532G1766G5610G2424G994G3173G5456G3004G1682G1682G2982G4518G3739G2076G3177G3450G2316G3450G2316G5101G1519G1459G316535When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "Listen! He's calling for Elijah!"G2532G5100G3936G191G3004G2400G5455G224336So someone ran and soaked a sponge in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink, saying, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down!"G1161G1520G5143G2532G1072G4699G1072G3690G5037G4060G2563G4222G846G4222G3004G863G1492G1487G2243G2064G2507G846G250737Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.G1161G2424G863G3173G5456G160638The curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.G2532G2665G3485G4977G1519G1417G575G509G2193G273639When the centurion who stood facing Jesus saw how he had cried out and breathed his last, he said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"G1161G2760G3588G3936G1537G1727G846G1492G3754G3779G2896G1606G2036G230G3778G444G2258G5207G231640Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.G1161G2258G2532G1135G2334G3113G575G2532G1722G3739G2258G3137G3094G2532G3137G3384G2385G3398G2532G2500G2532G453941They used to accompany him and care for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him were there, too.G3739G2532G3753G2258G1722G1056G190G846G2532G1247G846G2532G4183G243G3588G4872G846G1519G241442It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,G2532G2235G3798G1096G1893G2258G3904G3603G2076G431543Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.G2501G575G707G2158G1010G3739G2532G846G4327G2258G932G2316G2064G1525G5111G4314G4091G2532G154G4983G242444Pilate was amazed to hear that Jesus had already died, so he summoned the centurion to ask him if he was in fact dead.G1161G4091G2296G1487G2348G2235G2348G2532G4341G2760G1905G846G1487G599G3819G59945When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he let Joseph have the corpse.G2532G1097G575G2760G1433G4983G250146Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.G2532G59G4616G2532G2507G1750G846G4616G2532G2698G846G1722G3419G3739G2258G2998G1537G4073G2532G4351G3037G1909G2374G341947Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where the body had been laid.G1161G3137G3094G2532G3137G2500G2334G4226G5087