1 De manhã cedo, todos os chefes dos sacerdotes e líderes religiosos do povo tomaram a decisão de condenar Jesus à morte.
2 E, amarrando-o, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos, o governador.
3 Quando Judas, que o havia traído, viu que Jesus fora condenado, foi tomado de remorso e devolveu aos chefes dos sacerdotes e aos líderes religiosos as trinta moedas de prata.
4 E disse: "Pequei, pois traí sangue inocente". E eles retrucaram: "Que nos importa? A responsabilidade é sua".
5 Então Judas jogou o dinheiro dentro do templo, saindo, foi e enforcou-se.
6 Os chefes dos sacerdotes ajuntaram as moedas e disseram: "É contra a lei colocar este dinheiro no tesouro, visto que é preço de sangue".
7 Então decidiram usar aquele dinheiro para comprar o campo do Oleiro, para cemitério de estrangeiros.
8 Por isso ele se chama campo de Sangue até o dia de hoje.
9 Então se cumpriu o que fora dito pelo profeta Jeremias: "Tomaram as trinta moedas de prata, preço em que foi avaliado pelo povo de Israel,
10 e as usaram para comprar o campo do Oleiro, como o Senhor me ordenou".
11 Jesus foi posto diante do governador, e este lhe perguntou: "Você é o rei dos judeus? " Respondeu-lhe Jesus: "Tu o dizes".
12 Acusado pelos chefes dos sacerdotes e pelos líderes religiosos, ele nada respondeu.
13 Então Pilatos lhe perguntou: "Você não ouve a acusação que eles estão fazendo contra você? "
14 Mas Jesus não lhe respondeu nenhuma palavra, de modo que o governador ficou muito impressionado.
15 Por ocasião da festa era costume do governador soltar um prisioneiro escolhido pela multidão.
16 Eles tinham, naquela ocasião, um prisioneiro muito conhecido, chamado Barrabás.
17 Pilatos perguntou à multidão que ali se havia reunido: "Qual destes vocês querem que lhes solte: Barrabás ou Jesus, chamado Cristo? "
18 Porque sabia que o haviam entregado por inveja.
19 Estando Pilatos sentado no tribunal, sua mulher lhe enviou esta mensagem: "Não se envolva com este inocente, porque hoje, em sonho, sofri muito por causa dele".
20 Mas os chefes dos sacerdotes e os líderes religiosos convenceram a multidão a que pedisse Barrabás e mandasse executar a Jesus.
21 Então perguntou o governador: "Qual dos dois vocês querem que eu lhes solte? " Responderam eles: "Barrabás! "
22 Perguntou Pilatos: "Que farei então com Jesus, chamado Cristo? " Todos responderam: "Crucifica-o! "
23 "Por quê? Que crime ele cometeu? ", perguntou Pilatos. Mas eles gritavam ainda mais: "Crucifica-o! "
24 Quando Pilatos percebeu que não estava obtendo nenhum resultado, mas, pelo contrário, estava se iniciando um tumulto, mandou trazer água, lavou as mãos diante da multidão e disse: "Estou inocente do sangue deste homem; a responsabilidade é de vocês".
25 Todo o povo respondeu: "Que o sangue dele caia sobre nós e sobre nossos filhos! "
26 Então Pilatos soltou-lhes Barrabás, mandou açoitar Jesus e o entregou para ser crucificado.
27 Então, os soldados do governador levaram Jesus ao Pretório e reuniram toda a tropa ao seu redor.
28 Tiraram-lhe as vestes e puseram nele um manto vermelho;
29 fizeram uma coroa de espinhos e a colocaram em sua cabeça. Puseram uma vara em sua mão direita e, ajoelhando-se diante dele, zombavam: "Salve, rei dos judeus! "
30 Cuspiram nele e, tirando-lhe a vara, batiam-lhe com ela na cabeça.
31 Depois de terem zombado dele, tiraram-lhe o manto e vestiram-lhe suas próprias roupas. Então o levaram para crucificá-lo.
32 Ao saírem, encontraram um homem de Cirene, chamado Simão, e o forçaram a carregar a cruz.
33 Chegaram a um lugar chamado Gólgota, que quer dizer Lugar da Caveira,
34 e lhe deram para beber vinho misturado com fel; mas, depois de prová-lo, recusou-se a beber.
35 Depois de o crucificarem, dividiram as roupas dele, tirando sortes.
36 E, sentando-se, vigiavam-no ali.
37 Por cima de sua cabeça colocaram por escrito a acusação feita contra ele: ESTE É JESUS, O REI DOS JUDEUS.
38 Dois ladrões foram crucificados com ele, um à sua direita e outro à sua esquerda.
39 Os que passavam lançavam-lhe insultos, balançando a cabeça
40 e dizendo: "Você que destrói o templo e o reedifica em três dias, salve-se! Desça da cruz, se é Filho de Deus! "
41 Da mesma forma, os chefes dos sacerdotes, os mestres da lei e os líderes religiosos zombavam dele,
42 dizendo: "Salvou os outros, mas não é capaz de salvar a si mesmo! E é o rei de Israel! Desça agora da cruz, e creremos nele.
43 Ele confiou em Deus. Que Deus o salve agora, se dele tem compaixão, pois disse: ‘Sou o Filho de Deus! ’ "
44 Igualmente o insultavam os ladrões que haviam sido crucificados com ele.
45 E houve trevas sobre toda a terra, do meio dia às três horas da tarde.
46 Por volta das três horas da tarde, Jesus bradou em alta voz: "Eloí, Eloí, lamá sabactâni? " que significa: "Meu Deus! Meu Deus! Por que me abandonaste? "
47 Quando alguns dos que estavam ali ouviram isso, disseram: "Ele está chamando Elias".
48 Imediatamente, um deles correu em busca de uma esponja, embebeu-a em vinagre, colocou-a na ponta de uma vara e deu-a a Jesus para beber.
49 Mas os outros disseram: "Deixem-no. Vejamos se Elias vem salvá-lo".
50 Depois de ter bradado novamente em alta voz, Jesus entregou o espírito.
51 Naquele momento, o véu do santuário rasgou-se em duas partes, de alto a baixo. A terra tremeu, e as rochas se partiram.
52 Os sepulcros se abriram, e os corpos de muitos santos que tinham morrido foram ressuscitados.
53 E, saindo dos sepulcros, depois da ressurreição de Jesus, entraram na cidade santa e apareceram a muitos.
54 Quando o centurião e os que com ele vigiavam Jesus viram o terremoto e tudo o que havia acontecido, ficaram aterrorizados e exclamaram: "Verdadeiramente este era o Filho de Deus! "
55 Muitas mulheres estavam ali, observando de longe. Elas haviam seguido Jesus desde a Galiléia, para o servir.
56 Entre elas estavam Maria Madalena; Maria, mãe de Tiago e de José; e a mãe dos filhos de Zebedeu.
57 Ao cair da tarde chegou um homem rico, de Arimatéia, chamado José, que se tornara discípulo de Jesus.
58 Dirigindo-se a Pilatos, pediu o corpo de Jesus, e Pilatos ordenou que lhe fosse entregue.
59 José tomou o corpo, envolveu-o num limpo lençol de linho
60 e o colocou num sepulcro novo, que ele havia mandado cavar na rocha. E, fazendo rolar uma grande pedra sobre a entrada do sepulcro, retirou-se.
61 Maria Madalena e a outra Maria estavam assentadas ali, em frente do sepulcro.
62 No outro dia, que era o seguinte ao da Preparação, os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus dirigiram-se a Pilatos
63 e disseram: "Senhor, lembramos que, enquanto ainda estava vivo, aquele impostor disse: ‘Depois de três dias ressuscitarei’.
64 Ordena, pois, que o sepulcro dele seja guardado até o terceiro dia, para que não venham seus discípulos e, roubando o corpo, digam ao povo que ele ressuscitou dentre os mortos. Este último engano será pior do que o primeiro".
65 "Levem um destacamento", respondeu Pilatos. "Podem ir, e mantenham o sepulcro em segurança como acharem melhor".
66 Eles foram e armaram um esquema de segurança no sepulcro; e além de deixarem um destacamento montando guarda, lacraram a pedra.
1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.
3 Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,
4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.
5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
6 And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.
7 And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.
8 For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.
9 Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;
10 And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord.
11 And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.
12 But when the chief priests and those in authority made statements against him, he gave no answer.
13 Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to what their witnesses say against you?
14 And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that the ruler was greatly surprised.
15 Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.
16 And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.
17 So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?
18 For he saw that for envy they had given him up.
19 And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.
20 Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
21 But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.
22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.
23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!
24 So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.
25 And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.
26 Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
27 Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.
28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.
29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.
30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.
31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.
32 And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.
33 And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,
34 They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after tasting it, he took no more.
35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
36 And they were seated there watching him.
37 And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on the right and one on the left.
39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.
48 And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.
49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.
50 And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
51 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;
52 And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;
53 And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.
54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
55 And a number of women were there, watching from a distance, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his needs.
56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:
58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.
59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,
60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.
62 Now on the day after the getting ready of the Passover, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able.
66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.