Luke 23:13–34

¹³Pilate then called together the chief priests and ^uthe rulers and the people, ¹⁴and said to them, “You brought me this man ^vas one who was misleading the people. And ^wafter examining him before you, behold, I ^xdid not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. ¹⁵Neither did Herod, for ^yhe sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. ^16zI will therefore punish and release him.”¹

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

^18aBut they all cried out together, ^b“Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas”— ¹⁹a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and ^cfor murder. ²⁰Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, ²¹but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” ²²A third time he said to them, “Why? ^dWhat evil has he done? ^eI have found in him no guilt deserving death. ^fI will therefore punish and release him.” ²³But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. ²⁴So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. ²⁵He released the man who had been thrown into prison ^gfor insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, ^hbut he delivered Jesus over to their will.

The Crucifixion

²⁶ⁱAnd as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^jmourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹For behold, ^kthe days are coming when they will say, ^l‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ^30mThen they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹For ⁿif they do these things when ^othe wood is green, what will happen ^owhen it is dry?”

^32pTwo others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ^33qAnd when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^pone on his right and one on his left. ³⁴And Jesus said, “Father, ^rforgive them, ^sfor they know not what they do.”² And they cast lots ^tto divide his garments.