Luke 23:13–34

Pilate Tries Christ Again

Matt. 27:15–26; Mark 15:6–15; John 18:39–19:16

^13pThen Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, ¹⁴said to them, ^q“You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, ^rhaving examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him; ¹⁵no, neither did Herod, for ⁴I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him. ^16sI will therefore chastise Him and release Him” ^17t(for ⁵it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).

¹⁸And ^uthey all cried out at once, saying, “Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas”—¹⁹who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.

²⁰Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them. ²¹But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”

²²Then he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go.”

²³But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men ⁶and of the chief priests prevailed. ²⁴So ^vPilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested. ^25wAnd he released ⁷to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

Christ is Crucified

Matt. 27:31–56; Mark 15:20–41; John 19:16–30

^26xNow as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.

²⁷And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him. ²⁸But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ^29yFor indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’ ³⁰Then they will begin ^z‘to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’ ^31aFor if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?”

^32bThere were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. ³³And ^cwhen they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. ³⁴⁸Then Jesus said, “Father, ^dforgive them, for ^ethey do not know what they do.”

And ^fthey divided His garments and cast lots.