And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,

[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

no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him.

( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.)

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

one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

Then Pilate again appealed to them, for He wanted to let Jesus go.

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]."

And they were urgent with great voices, asking for him to be crucified. And their voices and the chief priests' overcame.

And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.

And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

Now as they led Him away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry as he walked behind Jesus.

And a great band of people went after him, and of women making signs of grief and weeping for him.

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

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

For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

And when they came to the place called "The Skull" [Note: The Latin word for this place is "Calvary"], they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one at His right side and one at His left.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

Now when it was about twelve o'clock noon, darkness came over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon, for

for the sun had failed to shine. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

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

As for his acquaintance, they all stood at a distance, with the women that followed him from Galilee, and were spectators during the whole transaction.

who had not consented to their decision and deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God:

this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

This happened on the Day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], as the Sabbath day was about to begin [i.e., shortly before

So, they returned [home] and prepared spices and [aromatic] oils [i.e., for embalming Jesus' body]. Then they rested on the Sabbath day according to the [fourth] commandment. [See Ex. 20:10].

Now at early dawn on the first day of the week [i.e., early Sunday morning], the women [See Mark 16:1] went to Jesus' grave site, taking the spices which they had prepared [for His burial].

And it was in their being perplexed for this, and, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And [as] they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

He is not here; for He has risen [from the dead]. [Do you not] remember what He told you when He was still in Galilee, saying,

But their eyes continued to be held that they should not recognize him even for an instant,

and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up for condemnation of death, and crucified him.

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

for they found not his body, and came and told that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

And they drew near unto the village, whither they were journeying; and, he, made for journeying, further.

And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

But they were terrified and filled with fear, for they thought they saw a spirit.

And he said to them, "Why are you frightened? And for what [reason] do doubts arise in your hearts?

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.

And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

And he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day,

and that in His name repentance as the condition for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the nations. Beginning at Jerusalem

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

And they were there in the Temple [area] continually praising God [i.e., for the next ten days. See Acts 2].

In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:

So the light continues to shine in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a testimony,

The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

He was not that Light, but that he might testify for the Light.

[Actually] He was in the world [already], for the world came into being through Him, but the world did not acknowledge Him.

[Such people] were born of God, not of blood ties [i.e., from physical descendants], nor of the will of the flesh [i.e., merely from a sexual desire], nor of the will of man [i.e., from a husband's desire for offspring].

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us, so that we can have an answer to give to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

this is he of whom I said, after me cometh a man, who was before me: for he did indeed exist before me.

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

come, said he, and see. so they went and saw where he lodged, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

He said to them: Come and see. They went and saw where he abode; and they remained with him that day; for it was about the tenth hour.

On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me!"

Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

"Leave the matter in my hands," He replied; "the time for me to act has not yet come."

now there were six cisterns of stone plac'd there for the use of the Jews in their purifications, containing two or three firkins a-piece.

as soon as the steward had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he did not know whence it came, but the servants who drew the water knew it,) he called the bridegroom,

and said to him, "Everyone sets out the best wine first, and when people have had plenty to drink, he then sets out the poor quality [wine]. But you have kept the best wine until now." [Note: See Barnes Notes and The Gospel of John by Butler for evidence suggesting that this was not intoxicating wine].

After this Jesus went home to Capernaum, with His mother and brothers and disciples, and stayed there for a few days.

for the Jews passover being nigh, Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

There in the Temple [area] He found people selling oxen, sheep and pigeons. [i.e., for use as sacrifices]. Also cashiers were sitting there. [Note: These people exchanged foreign coins so visitors to Jerusalem could make purchases and pay taxes].

which put his disciples in mind of that passage, "my zeal for thine house does prey upon me."

So the Jews replied to Him, “What sign of authority will You show us for doing these things?”

Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?"

While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, many people believed in him because they saw the signs that he was doing.

But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men,

and he did not want any information concerning man: for he knew of himself the secret of their hearts.

who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God: for no man can perform the miracles that you do, except God be with him.

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"

Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.

As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.

for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Whoever trusts in Him is never to come up for judgment, but whoever does not trust in Him has already received his sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

for every one that doth evil, hateth the light, and shunneth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.