1 Pela manhã todos os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo entraram em conselho contra Jesus, para o entregarem à morte;2 e tendo-o maniatado, levaram-no e entregaram ao governador Pilatos.3 Então Judas, que o traiu, vendo que Jesus fora condenado, tocado de remorso, tornou a levar as trinta moedas de prata aos principais sacerdotes e aos anciãos,4 e disse: Pequei, traindo sangue inocente. Mas eles responderam: Que nos importa? isso é lá contigo.5 Judas, depois de arremessar as moedas de prata no santuário, retirou-se e foi enforcar-se.6 Os principais sacerdotes, tomando as moedas, disseram: Não é lícito deitá-las no tesouro sagrado, porque é preço de sangue.7 Depois de deliberarem em conselho, compraram com elas o Campo do Oleiro, a fim de servir de cemitério para os forasteiros.8 Por isso aquele campo tem sido chamado até o dia de hoje Campo de sangue.9 Assim se cumpriu o que foi dito pelo profeta Jeremias: E tomaram as trinta moedas de prata, preço daquele que foi avaliado, a quem alguns dos filhos de Israel apreçaram;10 e deram-nas pelo Campo do Oleiro, assim como me ordenou o Senhor.11 Jesus estava em pé perante o governador; e este assim o interrogou: És tu o Rei dos Judeus? Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Tu o dizes.12 Mas enquanto os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos o acusavam, ele nada disse.13 Então lhe perguntou Pilatos: Não ouves quantas acusações te fazem?14 Jesus não respondeu sequer uma palavra, de modo que Pilatos muito se maravilhou.15 Por ocasião da festa costumava o governador dar liberdade a um preso, à vontade do povo.16 Naquela ocasião tinham eles um preso famoso, chamado Barrabás.17 Estando, pois, o povo reunido, perguntou-lhe Pilatos: Qual dos dois quereis que eu vos solte, Barrabás, ou Jesus chamado Cristo?18 Pois sabia que por inveja lho tinham entregado.19 Estava Pilatos sentado no tribunal, quando sua esposa mandou dizer-lhe: Não te envolvas na questão deste justo; porque hoje em sonhos muito padeci por causa dele.20 Os principais sacerdotes e os anciãos persuadiram à multidão que escolhesse a Barrabás e fizesse morrer a Jesus.21 O governador perguntou: Qual dos dois quereis que eu vos solte? Responderam eles: Barrabás.22 Replicou-lhes Pilatos: Que hei de fazer, então, de Jesus, a quem chamam Cristo? Bradaram todos: Seja crucificado!23 Pilatos continuou: Pois que mal fez ele? Mas eles clamavam cada vez mais: Seja crucificado!24 Vendo Pilatos que nada conseguia, e que ao contrário o tumulto aumentava, mandando vir água, lavou as mãos diante da multidão e declarou: Sou inocente deste sangue, isso é lá convosco.25 Todo o povo disse: O sangue dele caia sobre nós e sobre nossos filhos.26 Então Pilatos soltou a Barrabás; e mandando açoitar a Jesus, entregou-o para ser crucificado.27 Depois os soldados do governador, conduzindo Jesus ao Pretório, reuniram em torno dele toda a corte.28 Despindo-o, vestiram-lhe um manto carmesim.29 Em seguida tecendo uma coroa de espinhos, puseram-lha na cabeça, e uma cana na mão direita; e ajoelhando-se diante dele, escarneciam-no, dizendo: Salve, Rei dos Judeus!30 E cuspindo nele, tomaram a cana, e davam-lhe com ela na cabeça.31 Depois de o terem escarnecido, tiraram-lhe o manto, vestiram-lhe as vestes e levaram-no para ser crucificado.32 Ao saírem, encontraram um homem cirineu, chamado Simão, a quem obrigaram a levar a cruz de Jesus.33 Chegados a um lugar chamado Gólgota, que quer dizer, Lugar da Caveira,34 deram-lhe a beber vinho com fel; e ele, tendo-o provado, não o quis beber.35 Depois de o crucificarem, repartiram entre si as vestes dele, deitando sortes;36 e sentados, ali o guardavam.37 Puseram-lhe sobre a cabeça a sua acusação escrita: ESTE É JESUS O REI DOS JUDEUS.38 Então foram crucificados com ele dois salteadores, um à sua direita e outro à sua esquerda.39 Os que iam passando, blasfemavam dele, meneando a cabeça,40 e dizendo: Ó 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 Do mesmo modo os principais sacerdotes com os escribas e anciãos, escarnecendo, diziam:42 Ele salvou aos outros, a si mesmo não se pode salvar; Rei de Israel é ele! desça agora da cruz, e creremos nele.43 Confia em Deus; Deus que o livre agora, se lhe quer bem; pois disse: Sou Filho de Deus.44 Também os salteadores que foram crucificados com ele, dirigiram-lhe os mesmos impropérios.45 Desde a hora sexta até a hora nona houve trevas sobre toda a terra.46 Cerca da hora nona deu Jesus um alto brado: Eli, Eli, lamá sabactâni? que quer dizer, Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste?47 Alguns daqueles que estavam presentes, ouvindo isto, disseram: Ele chama por Elias.48 No mesmo instante um deles correu, tomou uma esponja, ensopou-a em vinagre e, pondo-a numa cana, deu-lhe de beber.49 Mas os outros disseram: Deixa, vejamos se Elias vem salvá-lo.50 De novo dando Jesus um alto brado, expirou.51 O véu do santuário rasgou-se em duas partes de alto a baixo, tremeu a terra, fenderam-se as rochas,52 abriram-se os túmulos e muitos corpos de santos, já falecidos, foram ressuscitados;53 e saindo dos túmulos depois da ressurreição de Jesus, entraram na cidade santa e apareceram a muitos.54 O centurião e os que com ele guardavam a Jesus, vendo o terremoto e o que se passara, tiveram muito medo e disseram: Verdadeiramente este era Filho de Deus.55 Estavam ali muitas mulheres, observando de longe, as quais desde a Galiléia tinham seguido a Jesus para o servir;56 entre elas se achavam Maria Madalena, Maria, mãe de Tiago e de José, e a mulher de Zebedeu.57 À tarde veio um homem rico de Arimatéia, chamado José, que era também discípulo de Jesus;58 ele foi a Pilatos e pediu o corpo de Jesus. Então Pilatos mandou que lho entregassem.59 José levou o corpo, envolveu-o em pano limpo de linho60 e depositou-o no seu túmulo novo, que fizera abrir na rocha; e pondo uma grande pedra à entrada do túmulo, retirou-se.61 Achavam-se ali Maria Madalena e a outra Maria, sentadas em frente do sepulcro.62 No outro dia, que era o seguinte a Parasceve, reunidos os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus, dirigiram-se a Pilatos63 e disseram-lhe: Senhor, lembramo-nos de que aquele embusteiro, ainda em vida, afirmou: Depois de três dias ressuscitarei.64 Ordena, pois, que se faça seguro o sepulcro até o terceiro dia, para não suceder que, vindo os discípulos, o furtem e depois digam ao povo que ele ressuscitou dos mortos; e será o último embuste pior que o primeiro.65 Disse-lhes Pilatos: Aí tendes uma guarda; ide segurá-lo, como entendeis.66 Partiram eles e tornaram seguro o sepulcro, selando a pedra e deixando ali a guarda.

1 When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.2 They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the thirty pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."But they said, "What do we care? See to that yourself."5 Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary and went outside. Then he went away and hanged himself.6 The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, because it is blood money."7 So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter's Field as a burial ground for foreigners.8 That is why that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.9 Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, "They took the thirty pieces of silver,the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelites,10 and they gave them for the potter's field,as the Lord commanded me."11 Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"Jesus said,"You say so."12 While Jesus was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?"14 But Jesus did not reply at all, so that the governor was very surprised.15 At every festival the governor had a custom of releasing to the crowd any prisoner whom they wanted.16 At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.17 So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to release for you—Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ?"18 For he knew that they had handed him over because of jealousy.19 While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message. It said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I have suffered terribly because of a dream about him."20 But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.21 So the governor said to them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?"They said, "Barabbas!"22 Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Christ?"They all said, "Let him be crucified!"23 He asked, "What has he done wrong?"But they kept shouting louder and louder, "Let him be crucified!"24 Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was about to break out instead. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You must see to that yourselves."25 All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and our children!"26 Then he released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the imperial headquarters and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him.28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.29 Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"30 Then they spit on him and took the stick and hit him repeatedly on his head.31 When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.32 As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus’ cross.33 When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Skull Place"),34 they offered him a drink of wine mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.35 After they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.36 Then they sat down there and continued guarding him.37 Above his head they placed the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."38 At that time two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.39 Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads,40 and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days—save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"41 In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,42 "He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he cares for him. After all, he said,‘I am the Son of God,’"44 Even the bandits who were crucified with him kept insulting him in the same way.45 Now from noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.46 About three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice,"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?", which means,"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"47 When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."48 So one of the men at once ran off, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.49 But the others kept saying, "Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come and save him."50 Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice again and gave up his spirit.51 Suddenly the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split open,52 the tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.53 After his resurrection, they came out of their tombs and went into the Holy City and appeared to many people.54 When the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things that were taking place, they were terrified and said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"55 Now many women were also there, watching from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus from Galilee and had ministered to him.56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.57 When evening came, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be handed over.59 So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.60 Then he placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. After rolling a large stone across the door of the tomb, he went away.61 But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained there, sitting in front of the tomb.62 The next day (which is after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate63 and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive,‘After three days I will be raised.’64 Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ Then the last deception would be worse than the first one."65 Pilate told them, "You have a military guard. Go and make the tomb as secure as you know how."66 So they went and secured the tomb by putting a seal on the stone in the presence of the guards.