1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered, "So you say."

3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him. 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. 8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"

But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 17 They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. 20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross. 22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him: "THE KING OF THE JEWS." 27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left. 28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with transgressors."

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can’t save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.

33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. 45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

1 Logo pela manhã, os principais sacerdotes entraram em conselho com os anciãos, os escribas e todo o Sinédrio; e, amarrando Jesus, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos. 2 Pilatos perguntou:

— Você é o rei dos judeus?

Jesus respondeu:

— O senhor está dizendo isso.

3 E os principais sacerdotes o acusavam de muitas coisas. 4 Então Pilatos tornou a perguntar:

— Você não vai responder nada? Veja quantas acusações fazem contra você!

5 Jesus, porém, não disse mais nada, a ponto de Pilatos muito se admirar.

6 Ora, por ocasião da festa, era costume soltar ao povo um dos presos, aquele que eles pedissem. 7 Havia um, chamado Barrabás, preso com rebeldes, os quais em um tumulto haviam cometido homicídio. 8 Vindo a multidão, começou a pedir que Pilatos lhes fizesse como de costume. 9 E Pilatos lhes respondeu, dizendo:

— Vocês querem que eu lhes solte o rei dos judeus?

10 Pois ele bem percebia que era por inveja que os principais sacerdotes lhe haviam entregado Jesus. 11 Mas os principais sacerdotes incitaram a multidão no sentido de que lhes soltasse, de preferência, Barrabás. 12 E Pilatos lhes perguntou:

— O que, então, vocês querem que eu faça com este a quem vocês chamam de rei dos judeus?

13 Eles gritaram:

— Crucifique-o!

14 Mas Pilatos lhes disse:

— Que mal fez ele?

Porém eles gritavam cada vez mais:

— Crucifique-o!

15 Então Pilatos, querendo contentar a multidão, lhes soltou Barrabás. E, depois de mandar açoitar Jesus, entregou-o para ser crucificado.

16 Então os soldados levaram Jesus para dentro do palácio, que é o Pretório, e reuniram toda a tropa. 17 Vestiram Jesus com um manto púrpura e, tecendo uma coroa de espinhos, a puseram na cabeça dele. 18 E o saudavam, dizendo:

— Salve, rei dos judeus!

19 Batiam na cabeça dele com um caniço, cuspiam nele e, pondo-se de joelhos, o adoravam. 20 Depois de terem zombado dele, tiraram-lhe o manto púrpura e o vestiram com as suas próprias roupas. Então conduziram Jesus para fora a fim de o crucificarem.

21 E obrigaram Simão Cireneu, que passava, vindo do campo, pai de Alexandre e de Rufo, a carregar a cruz de Jesus.

22 E levaram Jesus para o Gólgota, que quer dizer "Lugar da Caveira". 23 Quiseram dar-lhe para beber vinho misturado com mirra, mas Jesus não aceitou. 24 Então o crucificaram e repartiram entre si as roupas dele, tirando a sorte, para ver o que cada um levaria. 25 Eram nove horas da manhã quando o crucificaram. 26 E a inscrição com a acusação contra ele dizia: "O Rei dos Judeus". 27 Com ele crucificaram dois ladrões, um à sua direita e outro à sua esquerda. 28 [E cumpriu-se a Escritura que diz: "Com malfeitores foi contado." ]

29 Os que iam passando blasfemavam contra ele, balançando a cabeça e dizendo:

— Ah! Você que destrói o santuário e em três dias o reedifica! 30 Salve a si mesmo, descendo da cruz!

31 De igual modo, os principais sacerdotes com os escribas, zombando, diziam entre si:

— Salvou os outros, a si mesmo não pode salvar. 32 Que o Cristo, o rei de Israel, desça agora da cruz para que vejamos e creiamos.

Também os que com ele foram crucificados o insultavam.

33 Chegado o meio-dia, houve trevas sobre toda a terra até as três horas da tarde. 34 E às três horas, Jesus clamou em alta voz:

— Eloí, Eloí, lemá sabactani? — Isso quer dizer: "Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste?"

35 E alguns dos que estavam ali, ouvindo isto, diziam:

— Vejam! Ele chama por Elias!

36 E um deles correu para embeber uma esponja em vinagre e, colocando-a na ponta de um caniço, deu-lhe de beber, dizendo:

— Esperem! Vejamos se Elias vem tirá-lo!

37 Mas Jesus, dando um forte grito, expirou. 38 E o véu do santuário se rasgou em duas partes, de alto a baixo. 39 O centurião que estava em frente de Jesus, vendo que assim havia expirado, disse:

— Verdadeiramente este homem era o Filho de Deus.

40 Estavam também ali algumas mulheres, observando de longe. Entre elas estavam Maria Madalena, Maria, mãe de Tiago, o Menor, e de José, e ainda Salomé. 41 Quando Jesus estava na Galileia, essas mulheres o acompanhavam e serviam. E, além destas, havia muitas outras que tinham ido com ele para Jerusalém.

42 Ao cair da tarde, por ser o dia da preparação, isto é, a véspera do sábado, 43 José de Arimateia, ilustre membro do Sinédrio, que também esperava o Reino de Deus, dirigiu-se ousadamente a Pilatos e pediu o corpo de Jesus. 44 Mas Pilatos admirou-se de que ele já tivesse morrido. E, tendo chamado o centurião, perguntou-lhe se havia muito que Jesus tinha morrido. 45 Após certificar-se, pela informação do comandante, cedeu o corpo a José. 46 Este, baixando o corpo da cruz, envolveu-o num lençol que tinha comprado e o depositou num túmulo que tinha sido aberto numa rocha; e rolou uma pedra para a entrada do túmulo. 47 Maria Madalena e Maria, mãe de José, observaram onde ele foi posto.