1 Heti aamulla ylipapit pitivät neuvottelun vanhimpien ja lainopettajien kanssa, ja sitten neuvosto teki päätöksen: Jeesus pantiin köysiin, vietiin pois ja luovutettiin Pilatukselle.

3 Ylipapit esittivät nyt useita syytöksiä häntä vastaan,

5 Mutta Jeesus ei enää vastannut mitään. Tämä ihmetytti Pilatusta.

6 Juhlan aikana maaherra aina päästi vapaaksi yhden vangin, sen jota kansa pyysi.

7 Sillä kertaa oli vangittuna kapinoitsijoita, jotka kapinan aikana olivat tehneet murhan. Heidän joukossaan oli Barabbas- niminen mies.

8 Pilatuksen luo kerääntyi nyt väkijoukko, joka pyysi häntä tekemään niin kuin hänen tapansa oli.

10 Hän näet ymmärsi, että ylipapit olivat pelkästä kateudesta jättäneet Jeesuksen hänen käsiinsä.

11 Ylipapit kuitenkin kiihottivat väkijoukkoa pyytämään, että hän pikemminkin vapauttaisi Barabbaksen.

15 Tehdäkseen kansalle mieliksi Pilatus päästi Barabbaksen vapaaksi, mutta Jeesuksen hän ruoskitti ja luovutti ristiinnaulittavaksi.

16 Sotilaat veivät Jeesuksen maaherran hallintopalatsin sisäpihalle ja kutsuivat koolle koko sotaväenosaston.

17 He panivat hänen harteilleen purppuranpunaisen viitan ja väänsivät orjantappuroista kruunun ja asettivat sen hänen päähänsä.

19 He löivät häntä ruokokepillä päähän, sylkivät hänen päälleen ja polvistuivat ja kumarsivat häntä.

20 Aikansa pilkattuaan he riisuivat häneltä purppuraviitan, pukivat hänet hänen omiin vaatteisiinsa ja lähtivät kuljettamaan häntä pois ristiinnaulitakseen hänet.

21 Jeesuksen ristiä kantamaan he pakottivat erään ohikulkijan, kyreneläisen Simonin, Aleksandroksen ja Rufuksen isän, joka oli tulossa kaupunkiin.

22 He veivät Jeesuksen paikkaan, jonka nimi on Golgata, käännettynä Pääkallonpaikka.

23 He tarjosivat hänelle viiniä, johon oli sekoitettu mirhaa, mutta hän ei ottanut sitä vastaan.

24 Sitten he ristiinnaulitsivat hänet ja jakoivat keskenään hänen vaatteensa, ratkaisten arpaa heittämällä, kuka mitäkin sai.

25 Oli kolmas tunti, kun he ristiinnaulitsivat hänet.

27 Samalla kertaa he ristiinnaulitsivat kaksi rosvoa, toisen hänen oikealle, toisen hänen vasemmalle puolelleen. [

33 Keskipäivällä, kuudennen tunnin aikaan, tuli pimeys koko maan ylle, ja sitä kesti yhdeksänteen tuntiin saakka.

37 Mutta Jeesus huusi kovalla äänellä ja antoi henkensä.

38 Silloin temppelin väliverho repesi kahtia, ylhäältä alas asti.

40 Paikalla oli myös naisia jonkin matkan päässä tätä katselemassa. Heidän joukossaan olivat Magdalan Maria, toinen Maria, joka oli nuoremman Jaakobin ja Joosefin äiti, sekä Salome.

41 Jo Galileassa he olivat kulkeneet Jeesuksen mukana ja palvelleet häntä. Siellä oli monia muitakin naisia, jotka olivat tulleet Jerusalemiin Jeesuksen mukana.

42 Päivä alkoi olla illassa; oli sapatin aatto, valmistuspäivä.

43 Silloin saapui paikalle arimatialainen Joosef, arvossa pidetty neuvoston jäsen, joka hänkin odotti Jumalan valtakuntaa. Hän rohkaisi mielensä, meni Pilatuksen puheille ja pyysi Jeesuksen ruumista.

44 Pilatus hämmästyi kuullessaan Jeesuksen jo kuolleen. Hän kutsutti sadanpäällikön luokseen ja kysyi, oliko Jeesus todella jo kuollut.

45 Sadanpäällikön vahvistettua asian hän suostui luovuttamaan ruumiin Joosefille.

46 Joosef osti pellavavaatteen, otti Jeesuksen ristiltä, kääri hänet vaatteeseen ja pani hänet valmiiseen kalliohautaan. Hautakammion ovelle hän vieritti kiven.

47 Magdalan Maria ja Joosefin äiti Maria katsoivat, mihin Jeesus haudattiin.

1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered, "So you say."

3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him. 7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. 8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

13 They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"

But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 17 They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. 20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross. 22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. 26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him: "THE KING OF THE JEWS." 27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left. 28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, "He was counted with transgressors."

29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can’t save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.

33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. 45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.