Luk 23:1 Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

Luk 23:2 They 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, a king."

Luk 23:3 Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so."

Luk 23:4 Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

Luk 23:5 But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people by teaching all over Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place."

Luk 23:6 When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

Luk 23:7 When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

Luk 23:8 Now 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.

Luk 23:9 So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

Luk 23:10 Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued to accuse him vehemently.

Luk 23:11 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.

Luk 23:12 So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.

Luk 23:13 Then Pilate called the high priests, the other leaders, and the people together

Luk 23:14 and 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.

Luk 23:15 Nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death.

Luk 23:16 So I will punish him and let him go."

Luk 23:17 Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.

Luk 23:18 But they all shouted out together, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!"

Luk 23:19 (This was a man who had been put in prison for a revolt that had taken place in the city and for murder.)

Luk 23:20 But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,

Luk 23:21 but they continued to shout, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"

Luk 23:22 Then 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."

Luk 23:23 But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Luk 23:24 Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.

Luk 23:25 So 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.

Luk 23:26 As 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.

Luk 23:27 A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept beating their breasts and wailing for him.

Luk 23:28 But Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop crying for me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.

Luk 23:29 For the days are surely coming when people will say, 'How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

Luk 23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!', and to the hills, 'Cover us up!'

Luk 23:31 For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

Luk 23:32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with him.

Luk 23:33 When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

Luk 23:34 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.

Luk 23:35 Meanwhile, 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 of God, whom he has chosen!"

Luk 23:36 The soldiers also made fun of him, coming up and offering him sour wine

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

Luk 23:38 There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "This is the King of the Jews."

Luk 23:39 Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, saying, "You are the Christ, aren't you? Save yourself and us!"

Luk 23:40 But the other one rebuked him, saying, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

Luk 23:41 We have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."

Luk 23:42 Then he went on to say, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"

Luk 23:43 Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

Luk 23:44 It was already about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon

Luk 23:45 because the sun had stopped shining. And the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.

Luk 23:46 Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit." After he said this, he breathed his last.

Luk 23:47 When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "This man certainly was righteous!"

Luk 23:48 When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their breasts and turned back.

Luk 23:49 But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.

Luk 23:50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man-

Luk 23:51 he had not voted for their plan and action-from the Jewish town of Arimathea; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Luk 23:52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Luk 23:53 Then 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.

Luk 23:54 It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.

Luk 23:55 So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

Luk 23:56 Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.