1Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.[ † ]Psalms 2:2Matthew 27:1Luke 22:66Luke 23:1John 18:28Acts 3:13Acts 4:26Luke 18:32
2So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.[ † ]Matthew 27:11-14Luke 23:2-3John 18:29-38
3And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.[ † ]Isaiah 53:7John 19:9Acts 8:32
4Then Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”[ † ]Matthew 27:13
5But to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.[ † ]Psalms 38:13-14Isaiah 53:7John 19:9
6Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.[ † ]Matthew 27:15-26Luke 23:18-25John 18:39-19:16 7And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection. 8So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.
9“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked. 10For he knew it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.
11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.[ † ]Matthew 27:20Acts 3:14
12So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?”[ † ]Psalms 2:6Isaiah 9:7Jeremiah 23:5Jeremiah 33:15Micah 5:2
13And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!”
14“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”[ † ]Isaiah 53:9John 8:461 Peter 2:21-23
15And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.[ † ]Isaiah 50:6Matthew 27:26Mark 10:34John 19:1-16Isaiah 53:8
16Then the soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called the whole company together.[ † ]Matthew 27:27-31 17They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head. 18And they began to salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
19They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.[ † ]Isaiah 50:6Isaiah 52:14Isaiah 53:5Micah 5:1Mark 14:65 20After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.[ † ]Psalms 35:16Psalms 69:19Isaiah 53:3Matthew 20:19Mark 10:34Luke 22:63Luke 23:11
21Now Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry the cross of Jesus.[ † ]Matthew 27:32Luke 23:26
22They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.[ † ]Matthew 27:33-44Luke 23:33-43John 19:17-24Hebrews 13:12 23There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.[ † ]Psalms 69:21Matthew 27:34
24And they crucified Him. They also divided His garments by casting lots to decide what each of them would take.[ † ]Psalms 22:18Luke 23:34John 19:23
25It was the third hour when they crucified Him.[ † ]Matthew 27:45Luke 23:44John 19:14 26And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.[ † ]Matthew 27:37John 19:19
27Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and one on His left.[ † ]Isaiah 53:9-12Matthew 27:38Luke 22:37 28[ † ]Isaiah 53:12Luke 22:37
29And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,[ † ]Psalms 22:6-7Psalms 69:7Psalms 109:25Mark 14:58John 2:19-21 30come down from the cross and save Yourself!”
31In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself![ † ]Luke 18:32Luke 7:14-15John 11:43-44 32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.[ † ]Amos 8:9Matthew 27:44Luke 23:39
33From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.[ † ]Matthew 27:45-56Luke 23:44-49 34At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”[ † ]Psalms 22:1Matthew 27:46
35When some of those standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”[ † ]Matthew 27:48John 19:29Psalms 69:21
37But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.[ † ]Daniel 9:26Zechariah 11:10-11Matthew 27:50Mark 8:31Luke 23:46John 19:30 38And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.[ † ]Exodus 26:31-33Matthew 27:51Luke 23:45
39When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”[ † ]Matthew 27:54Luke 23:47
40And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.[ † ]Matthew 27:55Luke 23:49John 19:25Psalms 38:11 41These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.[ † ]Luke 8:2-3
42Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),[ † ]Matthew 27:57-61Luke 23:50-56John 19:38-42 43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.[ † ]Matthew 27:57Luke 2:25-38Luke 23:51John 19:38
44Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, so he summoned the centurion to ask if this was so. 45When Pilate had confirmed it with the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
46So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.[ † ]Isaiah 53:9Matthew 27:59-60Luke 23:53John 19:40 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where His body was placed.