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 Luk 23:1 |
Then the entire council took Jesus over to Pilate, the Roman governor. |
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Luk 23:2 |
They began at once to state their case: "This man has been leading our people to ruin by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king." |
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Luk 23:3 |
So Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Yes, it is as you say." |
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Luk 23:4 |
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find nothing wrong with this man!" |
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Luk 23:5 |
Then they became desperate. "But he is causing riots everywhere he goes, all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!" |
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Luk 23:6 |
"Oh, is he a Galilean?" Pilate asked. |
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Luk 23:7 |
When they answered that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time. |
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Luk 23:8 |
Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle. |
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Luk 23:9 |
He asked Jesus question after question, but Jesus refused to answer. |
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Luk 23:10 |
Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations. |
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Luk 23:11 |
Now Herod and his soldiers began mocking and ridiculing Jesus. Then they put a royal robe on him and sent him back to Pilate. |
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Luk 23:12 |
Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day. |
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Luk 23:13 |
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people, |
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Luk 23:14 |
and he announced his verdict. "You brought this man to me, accusing him of leading a revolt. I have examined him thoroughly on this point in your presence and find him innocent. |
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Luk 23:15 |
Herod came to the same conclusion and sent him back to us. Nothing this man has done calls for the death penalty. |
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Luk 23:16 |
So I will have him flogged, but then I will release him." [fn] |
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Luk 23:17 |
Omitted from the NLT. See the  button or the footnotes for additional information.
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Luk 23:18 |
Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice they shouted, "Kill him, and release Barabbas to us!" |
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Luk 23:19 |
(Barabbas was in prison for murder and for taking part in an insurrection in Jerusalem against the government.) |
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Luk 23:20 |
Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus. |
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Luk 23:21 |
But they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" |
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Luk 23:22 |
For the third time he demanded, "Why? What crime has he committed? I have found no reason to sentence him to death. I will therefore flog him and let him go." |
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Luk 23:23 |
But the crowd shouted louder and louder for Jesus' death, and their voices prevailed. |
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Luk 23:24 |
So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded. |
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Luk 23:25 |
As they had requested, he released Barabbas, the man in prison for insurrection and murder. But he delivered Jesus over to them to do as they wished. |
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Luk 23:26 |
As they led Jesus away, Simon of Cyrene, [fn] who was coming in from the country just then, was forced to follow Jesus and carry his cross. |
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Luk 23:27 |
Great crowds trailed along behind, including many grief-stricken women. |
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Luk 23:28 |
But Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. |
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Luk 23:29 |
For the days are coming when they will say, `Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.' |
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Luk 23:30 |
People will beg the mountains to fall on them and the hills to bury them. |
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Luk 23:31 |
For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry? [fn]" |
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Luk 23:32 |
Two others, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him. |
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Luk 23:33 |
Finally, they came to a place called The Skull. [fn] All three were crucified there--Jesus on the center cross, and the two criminals on either side. |
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Luk 23:34 |
Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people, because they don't know what they are doing." [fn] And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice. [fn] |
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Luk 23:35 |
The crowd watched, and the leaders laughed and scoffed. "He saved others," they said, "let him save himself if he is really God's Chosen One, the Messiah." |
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Luk 23:36 |
The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink of sour wine. |
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Luk 23:37 |
They called out to him, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" |
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Luk 23:38 |
A signboard was nailed to the cross above him with these words: "This is the King of the Jews." |
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Luk 23:39 |
One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, "So you're the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself--and us, too, while you're at it!" |
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Luk 23:40 |
But the other criminal protested, "Don't you fear God even when you are dying? |
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Luk 23:41 |
We deserve to die for our evil deeds, but this man hasn't done anything wrong." |
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Luk 23:42 |
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom." |
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Luk 23:43 |
And Jesus replied, "I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise." |
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Luk 23:44 |
By this time it was noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. |
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Luk 23:45 |
The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the thick veil hanging in the Temple was torn apart. |
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Luk 23:46 |
Then Jesus shouted, "Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!" [fn] And with those words he breathed his last. |
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Luk 23:47 |
When the captain of the Roman soldiers handling the executions saw what had happened, he praised God and said, "Surely this man was innocent. [fn]" |
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Luk 23:48 |
And when the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw all that had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. [fn] |
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Luk 23:49 |
But Jesus' friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching. |
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Luk 23:50 |
Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, |
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Luk 23:51 |
but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he had been waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. |
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Luk 23:52 |
He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. |
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Luk 23:53 |
Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. |
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Luk 23:54 |
This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation [fn] for the Sabbath. |
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Luk 23:55 |
As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where they placed his body. |
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Luk 23:56 |
Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to embalm him. But by the time they were finished it was the Sabbath, so they rested all that day as required by the law. |
NLT Footnotes:
- (23:16) Some manuscripts add verse 17, For it was necessary for him to release one [prisoner] for them during the feast.
- (23:26) Cyrene was a city in northern Africa.
- (23:31) Or If these things are done to me, the living tree, what will happen to you, the dry tree?
- (23:33) Sometimes rendered Calvary, which comes from the Latin word for “skull.”
- (23:34) This sentence is not included in many ancient manuscripts.
- (23:34) Greek by casting lots. See Ps 22:18.
- (23:46) Ps 31:5.
- (23:47) Or righteous.
- (23:48) Greek beating their breasts.
- (23:54) Greek on the day of preparation.
