¹³So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people ¹⁴and^* said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, when I^* examined him^* before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which you are making^c against him. ¹⁵But neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death has been done^d by him. ¹⁶Therefore I will punish him and^* release him.”^* ^e ¹⁸But they all cried out in unison, saying, “Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!” ¹⁹(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder). ²⁰And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them^*^f again, ²¹but they kept crying out, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!” ²²So he said to them a third time, “Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation deserving death^g in him. Therefore I will punish him and^* release him.”^* ²³But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he be crucified. And their cries prevailed. ²⁴And Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. ²⁵And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.

Jesus Is Crucified

²⁶And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain man of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and^* placed the cross on him, to carry it^* behind Jesus. ²⁷And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting 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, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and the breasts that did not nurse!’ ³⁰Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ³¹For if they do these things when the wood is green,^h what will happen when it is dry?”ⁱ

³²And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. ³³And when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on his right and the other on his left. ³⁴⟦But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”⟧^j And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

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Luke 23:26: And 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.

Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the participle in the previous verse (“called together”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“examined”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
cLiterally “you are accusing”
dLiterally “is having been done”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“punish”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
eMany of the most important Greek manuscripts lack v. 17, “Now he was obligated to release for them at the feast one person.”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fSome manuscripts explicitly state “them”
gLiterally “of death”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“punish”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
hLiterally “in the green wood”
iLiterally “in the dry”
jMany important manuscripts lack v. 34a, “But Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ ”