[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

And as they led him away, they seized Simon, a certain [man] of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, [and] placed the cross on him, to carry [it] behind Jesus.

And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.

And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"

And by this time it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour

And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!"

And the whole assembly of them rose up [and] brought him before Pilate.

And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.

But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children!

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

But the other answered [and] rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, because you are undergoing the same condemnation?

For if they do these [things] {when the wood is green}, what will happen {when it is dry}?"

(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder)

And we indeed justly, for we are receiving {what we deserve} [for] what we have done. But this man has done nothing wrong!"

and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

And behold, a man {named} Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

And they returned [and] prepared fragrant spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!'

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man.

And a great crowd of the people were following him, and of women who were mourning and lamenting him.

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

And Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And he answered him [and] said, "You say [so]."

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

Now [when] Pilate heard [this], he asked if the man was a Galilean.

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people

And Pilate decided [that] their demand should be granted.

And all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee who saw these [things], stood at a distance.

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here."

But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!"

And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

And he took [it] down [and] wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.

And there was also an inscription over him, "This [is] the king of the Jews."

And it was the day of preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, {for they had previously been enemies of one another}.

Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

[because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.

(this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, {a Judean town}, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries [that] he be crucified. And their cries prevailed.

So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

So he said to them a third [time], "Why? What wrong has this man done? I found no basis for an accusation {deserving death} in him. Therefore I will punish him [and] release [him]."

but they kept crying out, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.

And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.

And Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed [them] again,

This man approached Pilate [and] asked for the body of Jesus.