1 Levantando-se toda a assembleia, levaram Jesus a Pilatos. 2 E ali passaram a acusá-lo, dizendo: Encontramos este homem pervertendo a nossa nação, vedando pagar tributo a César e afirmando ser ele o Cristo, o Rei. 3 Então, lhe perguntou Pilatos: És tu o rei dos judeus? Respondeu Jesus: Tu o dizes. 4 Disse Pilatos aos principais sacerdotes e às multidões: Não vejo neste homem crime algum. 5 Insistiam, porém, cada vez mais, dizendo: Ele alvoroça o povo, ensinando por toda a Judeia, desde a Galileia, onde começou, até aqui. 6 Tendo Pilatos ouvido isto, perguntou se aquele homem era galileu. 7 Ao saber que era da jurisdição de Herodes, estando este, naqueles dias, em Jerusalém, lho remeteu.

8 Herodes, vendo a Jesus, sobremaneira se alegrou, pois havia muito queria vê-lo, por ter ouvido falar a seu respeito; esperava também vê-lo fazer algum sinal. 9 E de muitos modos o interrogava; Jesus, porém, nada lhe respondia. 10 Os principais sacerdotes e os escribas ali presentes o acusavam com grande veemência. 11 Mas Herodes, juntamente com os da sua guarda, tratou-o com desprezo, e, escarnecendo dele, fê-lo vestir-se de um manto aparatoso, e o devolveu a Pilatos. 12 Naquele mesmo dia, Herodes e Pilatos se reconciliaram, pois, antes, viviam inimizados um com o outro.

13 Então, reunindo Pilatos os principais sacerdotes, as autoridades e o povo, 14 disse-lhes: Apresentastes-me este homem como agitador do povo; mas, tendo-o interrogado na vossa presença, nada verifiquei contra ele dos crimes de que o acusais. 15 Nem tampouco Herodes, pois no-lo tornou a enviar. É, pois, claro que nada contra ele se verificou digno de morte. 16 Portanto, após castigá-lo, soltá-lo-ei. 17 [E era-lhe forçoso soltar-lhes um detento por ocasião da festa.] 18 Toda a multidão, porém, gritava: Fora com este! Solta-nos Barrabás! 19 Barrabás estava no cárcere por causa de uma sedição na cidade e também por homicídio. 20 Desejando Pilatos soltar a Jesus, insistiu ainda. 21 Eles, porém, mais gritavam: Crucifica-o! Crucifica-o! 22 Então, pela terceira vez, lhes perguntou: Que mal fez este? De fato, nada achei contra ele para condená-lo à morte; portanto, depois de o castigar, soltá-lo-ei. 23 Mas eles instavam com grandes gritos, pedindo que fosse crucificado. E o seu clamor prevaleceu. 24 Então, Pilatos decidiu atender-lhes o pedido. 25 Soltou aquele que estava encarcerado por causa da sedição e do homicídio, a quem eles pediam; e, quanto a Jesus, entregou-o à vontade deles.

26 E, como o conduzissem, constrangendo um cireneu, chamado Simão, que vinha do campo, puseram-lhe a cruz sobre os ombros, para que a levasse após Jesus.

27 Seguia-o numerosa multidão de povo, e também mulheres que batiam no peito e o lamentavam. 28 Porém Jesus, voltando-se para elas, disse: Filhas de Jerusalém, não choreis por mim; chorai, antes, por vós mesmas e por vossos filhos! 29 Porque dias virão em que se dirá: Bem-aventuradas as estéreis, que não geraram, nem amamentaram. 30 Nesses dias, dirão aos montes: Caí sobre nós! E aos outeiros: Cobri-nos! 31 Porque, se em lenho verde fazem isto, que será no lenho seco?

32 E também eram levados outros dois, que eram malfeitores, para serem executados com ele.

33 Quando chegaram ao lugar chamado Calvário, ali o crucificaram, bem como aos malfeitores, um à direita, outro à esquerda. 34 Contudo, Jesus dizia: Pai, perdoa-lhes, porque não sabem o que fazem. Então, repartindo as vestes dele, lançaram sortes. 35 O povo estava ali e a tudo observava. Também as autoridades zombavam e diziam: Salvou os outros; a si mesmo se salve, se é, de fato, o Cristo de Deus, o escolhido. 36 Igualmente os soldados o escarneciam e, aproximando-se, trouxeram-lhe vinagre, dizendo: 37 Se tu és o rei dos judeus, salva-te a ti mesmo. 38 Também sobre ele estava esta epígrafe [em letras gregas, romanas e hebraicas]: Este é o Rei dos Judeus.

39 Um dos malfeitores crucificados blasfemava contra ele, dizendo: Não és tu o Cristo? Salva-te a ti mesmo e a nós também. 40 Respondendo-lhe, porém, o outro, repreendeu-o, dizendo: Nem ao menos temes a Deus, estando sob igual sentença? 41 Nós, na verdade, com justiça, porque recebemos o castigo que os nossos atos merecem; mas este nenhum mal fez. 42 E acrescentou: Jesus, lembra-te de mim quando vieres no teu reino. 43 Jesus lhe respondeu: Em verdade te digo que hoje estarás comigo no paraíso.

44 Já era quase a hora sexta, e, escurecendo-se o sol, houve trevas sobre toda a terra até à hora nona. 45 E rasgou-se pelo meio o véu do santuário. 46 Então, Jesus clamou em alta voz: Pai, nas tuas mãos entrego o meu espírito! E, dito isto, expirou. 47 Vendo o centurião o que tinha acontecido, deu glória a Deus, dizendo: Verdadeiramente, este homem era justo. 48 E todas as multidões reunidas para este espetáculo, vendo o que havia acontecido, retiraram-se a lamentar, batendo nos peitos. 49 Entretanto, todos os conhecidos de Jesus e as mulheres que o tinham seguido desde a Galileia permaneceram a contemplar de longe estas coisas.

50 E eis que certo homem, chamado José, membro do Sinédrio, homem bom e justo 51 (que não tinha concordado com o desígnio e ação dos outros), natural de Arimateia, cidade dos judeus, e que esperava o reino de Deus, 52 tendo procurado a Pilatos, pediu-lhe o corpo de Jesus, 53 e, tirando-o do madeiro, envolveu-o num lençol de linho, e o depositou num túmulo aberto em rocha, onde ainda ninguém havia sido sepultado. 54 Era o dia da preparação, e começava o sábado. 55 As mulheres que tinham vindo da Galileia com Jesus, seguindo, viram o túmulo e como o corpo fora ali depositado. 56 Então, se retiraram para preparar aromas e bálsamos.

E, no sábado, descansaram, segundo o mandamento.

1 Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.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."3 Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"He answered him,"You say so."4 Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."5 But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people by teaching all over Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place."6 When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.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.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.9 So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.10 Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued to accuse him vehemently.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.12 So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.13 Then Pilate called the high priests, the other leaders, and the people together14 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.15 Nor does Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death.16 So I will punish him and let him go."17 Now he was obligated to release someone for them at the festival.18 But they all shouted out together, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!"19 (This was a man who had been put in prison for a revolt that had taken place in the city and for murder.)20 But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,21 but they continued to shout, "Crucify him! Crucify him!"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."23 But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.24 Then Pilate pronounced his sentence that their demand should be carried out.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.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.27 A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept beating their breasts and wailing for him.28 But Jesus turned to them and said,"Womenof Jerusalem, stop crying for me, but cry for yourselves and for your children.29 For the days are surely coming when peoplewill say, ‘How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!’31 For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with him.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.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.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!"36 The soldiers also made fun of him, coming up and offering him sour wine37 and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"38 There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "This is the King of the Jews."39 Now one of the criminals hanging there kept insulting him, saying, "You are the Christ, aren't you? Save yourself and us!"40 But the other one rebuked him, saying, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?41 We have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."42 Then he went on to say, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"43 Jesus said to him,"Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."44 It was already about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon45 because the sun had stopped shining. And the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.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.47 When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "This man certainly was righteous!"48 When all the crowds who had come together for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they beat their breasts and turned back.49 But all his acquaintances, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, were standing at a distance watching these things.50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man—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.52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.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.54 It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.55 So the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.56 Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.