¹Then the whole of their assembly rose and led him to Pilate. ²And they began to accuse him, and they said, “We found this man misleading the nation and forbidding them to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” ³Then Pilate questioned him and asked, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He then answered him and said, “As you say.” ⁴Pilate then said to the senior priests and the crowds, “I find nothing incriminating in this man.” ⁵But they persisted and said, “He stirs up the people as he teaches throughout all Judaea, starting from Galilee and reaching here.” ⁶Now when Pilate heard “Galilean”, he inquired whether the man was a Galilean. ⁷And having ascertained that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he referred him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days. ⁸Then when Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced greatly, for he had been wanting to see him for some time, because he had heard many things about him, and he hoped to see some sign performed by him. ⁹So he questioned him at considerable length. But he did not answer him anything. ¹⁰Moreover the senior priests and the scribes were standing by, vigorously accusing him. ¹¹Then after Herod, with his troops, had treated him contemptuously and mocked him, he put resplendent clothes on him and sent him back to Pilate. ¹²So Pilate and Herod became friends with each other on that very day, for they had previously been at enmity with each other. ¹³Pilate then called the senior priests and the rulers and the people together, ¹⁴and he said to them, “Bring me this man who is supposedly perverting the people, and be aware that I have examined him in your presence and found nothing in this man incriminating him of the things which you accuse him of. ¹⁵Indeed nor Herod. For I referred your case to him and the result is that nothing worthy of death has been committed by him. ¹⁶So I will chasten him and release him.” ¹⁷After all, he had an obligation to release one person to them at each festival. ¹⁸But they shouted out with the whole crowd, and they said, “Take this man away, but release Barabbas to us” ¹⁹– someone who had been put in prison on account of a certain sedition which had taken place in the city, and for murder. ²⁰So Pilate addressed them again, as he wished to release Jesus. ²¹But they shouted it down and said, “Crucify him, crucify him.” ²²Then he spoke to them a third time, “But what wrong has this man done? I have not found anything culpable by death in him. So I will chastise him and release him.” ²³But they insisted in a loud voice and demanded that he be crucified, and their voices and those of the senior priests kept gaining strength. ²⁴So Pilate decided that their demand should be met. ²⁵And he released him who had been put in prison on account of sedition and murder, the one whom they demanded, whereas he delivered Jesus to their will. ²⁶Then as they led him away, they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, as he was coming back from the field, and they forced him to carry the cross behind Jesus. ²⁷And a large number of the people followed him, including women, who both mourned for him and lamented him. ²⁸But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹For be aware of this, the days are coming on which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs which did not give birth, and the breasts which never breastfed.’ ³⁰Then they will go on ³¹For if they do these things in the case of moist wood, what is to happen in the case of the dry?” ³²Then two others, who were criminals, were also brought, to be executed with him. ³³And when they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. ³⁴Jesus, though, said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Then in sharing out his clothes, they cast a lot. ³⁵Meanwhile the people stood watching, and the rulers also sneered with them and said, “He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God.” ³⁶And the soldiers also mocked him, as they came up and offered him vinegar, ³⁷and they said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” ³⁸Indeed there was an inscription written over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew letters:

“This is the king of the Jews.”

³⁹Then one of the criminals who were hung there blasphemed him and said, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us.” ⁴⁰But the other responded and rebuked him and said, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹And we rightly so, for we are receiving what is deserved for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴²Then he said to Jesus, “Remember me, Lord, when you go into your kingdom.” ⁴³At which Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you this day, you will be with me in paradise.” ⁴⁴Now it was about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵And the sun became darkened, and the veil of the sanctuary was split down the middle. ⁴⁶And Jesus called out in a loud voice and said, “Father, into your hands I will commit my spirit.” And when he had said these things, he breathed his last. ⁴⁷And when the centurion saw what had taken place, he glorified God and said, “This man really was righteous.” ⁴⁸Then when all the crowds who had converged on that spectacle had seen the things that took place, they beat their breasts and went back, ⁴⁹while all his acquaintances stood at a distance, as did the women who had followed him from Galilee, watching these things. ⁵⁰And there was a man by name of Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous man, ⁵¹and he was not in agreement with their verdict or action. He was from Arimathea, a Jewish city, and moreover he himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. ⁵²He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³And he took it down and wrapped it up in fine linen and put it in a hewn-out tomb where no-one had ever yet lain. ⁵⁴Now the day was the Preparation Day; the twilight of the Sabbath was drawing on. ⁵⁵And some women who had come with him from Galilee followed and looked at the tomb and how his body had been laid. ⁵⁶Then they returned and prepared fragrances and ointment. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Reference(s) in Chapter 23: v.30 ↔ Hosea 10:8 ● v.43 ↔ Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 8:19.