1 It was morning. The chief priests and those in authority conspired to put Jesus to death.2 They tied his hands with cords and led him to the ruler, Pilate.3 Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority.4 He said: »I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.«5 He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.6 The chief priests took the silver. They said: »It is not right to put it in the Temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.«7 They decided to use the silver to buy the potter’s field. This would be a place to bury strangers.8 This is the reason the field was named »Field of Blood.«9 Then Jeremiah’s prophecy was fulfilled: »They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price he was valued by the children of Israel.10 »Then they paid for the potter’s field, just as God directed.«11 Jesus stood before the governor. He asked him: »Are you the King of the Jews?« Jesus said to him: »It is as you say.«12 When the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.13 Pilate said to him: »Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?«14 Jesus did not answer. Not even a word! The governor was greatly surprised.15 It was a custom for the governor to set one prisoner free at the time of the feast. The people were to help choose that prisoner.16 At that time they held an important prisoner named Barabbas.17 When they assembled, Pilate asked: »What is your choice? Barabbas or Jesus, the one called the Christ?«18 He knew it was because of envy they gave him up.19 While he was seated in judgment his wife sent a message to him. She said, »Do not judge that righteous man. I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.«20 The chief priests and elders got the people to request Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.21 The governor responded to them. He asked: »Which of the two do you want me to set free?« They shouted: »Barabbas!«22 Pilate said to them: »What am I to do with Jesus, the one called Christ?« They all said: »Put him to death. Impale him!«23 »What evil has he done?« Pilate asked. But they shouted: »Impale him!«24 Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in front of the people. He said: »The blood of this man is not on my hands. You are responsible.«25 The people answered: »Let his blood be on us, and on our children.«26 He set Barabbas free. He had Jesus whipped. Then he commanded that he be put to death on the stake.27 Then the palace guard took Jesus into the open square and gathered their squad together.28 They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe.29 They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They placed a rod in his right hand. Then they bowed down on their knees before him. They mocked him, saying: »Long life to the King of the Jews.«30 They spat on him and hit him on the head with the rod.31 After they mocked him, they took off the robe. He was dressed in his garments and he was led away to be impaled.32 They then found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced him to go with them to carry the stake.33 Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, was to be his final destination.34 They gave him vinegar bitter wine to drink mixed with poison a druggall. When he tasted it he would not drink. (Psalm 69:21)35 When they impaled him, they divided his garments among themselves by casting lots.36 Then they sat and watched him.37 A sign was placed above his head with an accusation written: »This is Jesus the King of the Jews.«38 Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right hand and one on the left.39 People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads40 and said, »You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.«41 In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him.42 They said: »He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.«43 He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: »I am the Son of God.«44 The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, »Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?« Which translated means: »My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?«47 After hearing it some said this man calls Elijah.48 Suddenly, one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.49 The rest said: »Let it be, and see whether Elijah comes to save him.«50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.51 The veil curtain of the temple was ripped in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks split.52 The tombs were split open and many dead bodies were tossed upright on the ground.53 They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.Manuscript text unclear. Many people saw them.54 The centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake. Filled with much fear of the things that were done, they proclaimed: »Truly, this was the Son of God!«55 The women who followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to him watched from a distance.56 Included among the women were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.57 A disciple of Jesus named Joseph, a rich man from Arimathea,58 went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate commanded that it be given to him.59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.60 He laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone in front of the door of the tomb, and departed.61 Mary Magdalene was near the tomb. The other Mary was also there.62 It was morning, the day after Preparation. The chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.63 They said: »Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’«64 »Command the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise his disciples could come and steal him away. They could say to the people. ‘He is risen from the dead.’ The last deception will be worse than the first.«65 Pilate said to them: »You have a guard; make it as secure as you can.«66 So they made the tomb secure. They sealed the stone and placed a guard there.

1 Ora, chegada a manhã, todos os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo entraram em conselho contra Jesus, para o matarem;2 e, maniatando-o, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos, o governador.3 Então Judas, aquele que o traíra, vendo que Jesus fora condenado, devolveu, compungido, as trinta moedas de prata aos anciãos, dizendo:4 Pequei, traindo o sangue inocente. Responderam eles: Que nos importa? Seja isto lá contigo.5 E tendo ele atirado para dentro do santuário as moedas de prata, retirou-se, e foi enforcar-se.6 Os principais sacerdotes, pois, tomaram as moedas de prata, e disseram: Não é lícito metê-las no cofre das ofertas, porque é preço de sangue.7 E, tendo deliberado em conselho, compraram com elas o campo do oleiro, para servir de cemitério para os estrangeiros.8 Por isso tem sido chamado aquele campo, até o dia de hoje, Campo de Sangue.9 Cumpriu-se, então, o que foi dito pelo profeta Jeremias: Tomaram as trinta moedas de prata, preço do que foi avaliado, a quem certos filhos de Israel avaliaram,10 e deram-nas pelo campo do oleiro, assim como me ordenou o Senhor.11 Jesus, pois, ficou em pé diante do governador; e este lhe perguntou: És tu o rei dos judeus? Respondeu-lhe Jesus: É como dizes.12 Mas ao ser acusado pelos principais sacerdotes e pelos anciãos, nada respondeu.13 Perguntou-lhe então Pilatos: Não ouves quantas coisas testificam contra ti?14 E Jesus não lhe respondeu a uma pergunta sequer; de modo que o governador muito se admirava.15 Ora, por ocasião da festa costumava o governador soltar um preso, escolhendo o povo aquele que quisesse.16 Nesse tempo tinham um preso notório, chamado Barrabás.17 Portanto, estando o povo reunido, perguntou-lhe Pilatos: Qual quereis que vos solte? Barrabás, ou Jesus, chamado o Cristo?18 Pois sabia que por inveja o haviam entregado.19 E estando ele assentado no tribunal, sua mulher mandou dizer-lhe: Não te envolvas na questão desse justo, porque muito sofri hoje em sonho por causa dele.20 Mas os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos persuadiram as multidões a que pedissem Barrabás e fizessem morrer Jesus.21 O governador, pois, perguntou-lhes: Qual dos dois quereis que eu vos solte? E disseram: Barrabás.22 Tornou-lhes Pilatos: Que farei então de Jesus, que se chama Cristo? Disseram todos: Seja crucificado.23 Pilatos, porém, disse: Pois que mal fez ele? Mas eles clamavam ainda mais: Seja crucificado.24 Ao ver Pilatos que nada conseguia, mas pelo contrário que o tumulto aumentava, mandando trazer água, lavou as mãos diante da multidão, dizendo: Sou inocente do sangue deste homem; seja isso lá convosco.25 E todo o povo respondeu: O seu sangue caia sobre nós e sobre nossos filhos.27 Nisso os soldados do governador levaram Jesus ao pretório, e reuniram em torno dele toda a corte.28 E, despindo-o, vestiram-lhe um manto escarlate;29 e tecendo uma coroa de espinhos, puseram-lha na cabeça, e na mão direita uma cana, e ajoelhando-se diante dele, o escarneciam, dizendo: Salve, rei dos judeus!30 E, cuspindo nele, tiraram-lhe a cana, e davam-lhe com ela na cabeça.31 Depois de o terem escarnecido, despiram-lhe o manto, puseram-lhe as suas vestes, e levaram-no para ser crucificado.32 Ao saírem, encontraram um homem cireneu, chamado Simão, a quem obrigaram a levar a cruz de Jesus.33 Quando chegaram ao lugar chamado Gólgota, que quer dizer, lugar da Caveira,34 deram-lhe a beber vinho misturado com fel; mas ele, provando-o, não quis beber.35 Então, depois de o crucificarem, repartiram as vestes dele, lançando sortes, {para que se cumprisse o que foi dito pelo profeta: Repartiram entre si as minhas vestes, e sobre a minha túnica deitaram sortes.}36 E, sentados, ali o guardavam.37 Puseram-lhe por cima da cabeça a sua acusação escrita: ESTE É JESUS, O REI DOS JUDEUS.38 Então foram crucificados com ele dois salteadores, um à direita, e outro à esquerda.39 E os que iam passando blasfemavam dele, meneando a cabeça40 e dizendo: Tu, que destróis o santuário e em três dias o reedificas, salva-te a ti mesmo; se és Filho de Deus, desce da cruz.41 De igual modo também os principais sacerdotes, com os escribas e anciãos, escarnecendo, diziam:42 A outros salvou; a si mesmo não pode salvar. Rei de Israel é ele; desça agora da cruz, e creremos nele;43 confiou em Deus, livre-o ele agora, se lhe quer bem; porque disse: Sou Filho de Deus.44 O mesmo lhe lançaram em rosto também os salteadores que com ele foram crucificados.45 E, desde a hora sexta, houve trevas sobre toda a terra, até a hora nona.46 Cerca da hora nona, bradou Jesus em alta voz, dizendo: Eli, Eli, lamá sabactani; isto é, Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste?47 Alguns dos que ali estavam, ouvindo isso, diziam: Ele chama por Elias.48 E logo correu um deles, tomou uma esponja, ensopou-a em vinagre e, pondo-a numa cana, dava-lhe de beber.49 Os outros, porém, disseram: Deixa, vejamos se Elias vem salvá-lo.50 De novo bradou Jesus com grande voz, e entregou o espírito.51 E eis que o véu do santuário se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo; a terra tremeu, as pedras se fenderam,52 os sepulcros se abriram, e muitos corpos de santos que tinham dormido foram ressuscitados;53 e, saindo dos sepulcros, depois da ressurreição dele, entraram na cidade santa, e apareceram a muitos.54 ora, o centurião e os que com ele guardavam Jesus, vendo o terremoto e as coisas que aconteciam, tiveram grande temor, e disseram: Verdadeiramente este era filho de Deus.55 Também estavam ali, olhando de longe, muitas mulheres que tinham seguido Jesus desde a Galiléia para o ouvir;56 entre as quais se achavam Maria Madalena, Maria, mãe de Tiago e de José, e a mãe dos filhos de Zebedeu.57 Ao cair da tarde, veio um homem rico de Arimatéia, chamado José, que também era discípulo de Jesus.58 Esse foi a Pilatos e pediu o corpo de Jesus. Então Pilatos mandou que lhe fosse entregue.59 E José, tomando o corpo, envolveu-o num pano limpo, de linho,60 e depositou-o no seu sepulcro novo, que havia aberto em rocha; e, rodando uma grande pedra para a porta do sepulcro, retirou-se.61 Mas achavam-se ali Maria Madalena e a outra Maria, sentadas defronte do sepulcro.62 No dia seguinte, isto é, o dia depois da preparação, reuniram-se os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus perante Pilatos,63 e disseram: Senhor, lembramo-nos de que aquele embusteiro, quando ainda vivo, afirmou: Depois de três dias ressurgirei.64 Manda, pois, que o sepulcro seja guardado com segurança até o terceiro dia; para não suceder que, vindo os discípulos, o furtem e digam ao povo: Ressurgiu dos mortos; e assim o último embuste será pior do que o primeiro.65 Disse-lhes Pilatos: Tendes uma guarda; ide, tornai-o seguro, como entendeis.66 Foram, pois, e tornaram seguro o sepulcro, selando a pedra, e deixando ali a guarda.