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Luke 23:1 (show verse)

Then the whole company rose up and brought him to Pilate,

Luke 23:2 (show verse)

and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."

Luke 23:3 (show verse)

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am."

Luke 23:4 (show verse)

And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

Luke 23:5 (show verse)

But they repeatedly insisted, "He is stirring up the people throughout all Judea with his teaching which started from Galilee."

Luke 23:6 (show verse)

When Pilate heard the word "Galilee" he asked if the man were a Galilean,

Luke 23:7 (show verse)

and when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days.

Luke 23:8 (show verse)

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

Luke 23:9 (show verse)

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

Luke 23:10 (show verse)

Meanwhile the high priests and Scribes were standing around, and continually making accusations to him against him.

Luke 23:11 (show verse)

Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

Luke 23:12 (show verse)

Herod and Pilate became friends again from that very day; for before they had been at enmity between themselves.

Luke 23:13 (show verse)

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

Luke 23:14 (show verse)

and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.

Luke 23:15 (show verse)

Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.

Luke 23:16 (show verse)

I will therefore, after flogging him, release him."

Luke 23:17 (show verse)

"Now he had to release to them at the feast one prisoner."

Luke 23:18 (show verse)

Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

Luke 23:19 (show verse)

(This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)

Luke 23:20 (show verse)

Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus;

Luke 23:21 (show verse)

but they continued to shout out and say, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

Luke 23:22 (show verse)

For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

Luke 23:23 (show verse)

But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day.

Luke 23:24 (show verse)

So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.

Luke 23:25 (show verse)

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

Luke 23:26 (show verse)

And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

Luke 23:27 (show verse)

He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him.

Luke 23:28 (show verse)

But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;

Luke 23:29 (show verse)

"but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.'

Luke 23:30 (show verse)

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

Luke 23:31 (show verse)

"For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"

Luke 23:32 (show verse)

And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also.

Luke 23:33 (show verse)

When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left.

Luke 23:34 (show verse)

Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,
Christ » Saviour » Seven last sayings of
Christ » Intercession of Christ's intercession with the father for mankind » For enemies
Christ » His farewell prayer joh 17 » On the cross, for his enemies
Christ » Spirit of » Forgiving
Christ, character of » Forgiving
Christ's » His farewell prayer joh 17 » On the cross, for his enemies
death » Scenes of » Death of jesus
Enemies » Prayer for
Enemies » Christ prayed for his
Enemy » Jesus, of his persecutors
Forgiveness » Why jesus Christ asked God the father to forgive man
Forgiveness » Instances of » Jesus forgives his enemies
Forgiveness of injuries » Christ set an example of
Good for evil » Examples of returning » Jesus
Good for evil » Returning » Jesus, to his crucifiers
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
intercession » Christ's intercession with the father for mankind » For enemies
Jesus Christ » History of » Crucified (just outside jerusalem)
Love » Good for evil examples of returning » Jesus
Love of Christ » Manifested in his » Praying for his enemies
Malefactors (criminals) » Crucified with jesus
Prayer » Seven earnest suppliants » For enemies
Prayer » Intercessory Christ's intercession with the father for mankind » For enemies
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Jesus on the cross
Intercessory prayer » Christ set an example of
Seven » Gifts of Christ » Last sayings of Christ
Sin » Will be exposed, no matter how committed » Like the sin of the jews, it may be done in ignorance
Sinners » Sin » Jews » Ignorance
Spirit of Christ » Forgiving

Luke 23:35 (show verse)

and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

Luke 23:36 (show verse)

Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine,

Luke 23:37 (show verse)

saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

Luke 23:38 (show verse)

For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Luke 23:39 (show verse)

And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

Luke 23:40 (show verse)

But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he?

Luke 23:41 (show verse)

"We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

Luke 23:42 (show verse)

Then he added, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom."

Luke 23:43 (show verse)

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise."

Luke 23:44 (show verse)

It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:45 (show verse)

And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple.

Luke 23:46 (show verse)

Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.

Luke 23:47 (show verse)

When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"

Luke 23:48 (show verse)

And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.

Luke 23:49 (show verse)

But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on.

Luke 23:50 (show verse)

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good man and a righteous,

Luke 23:51 (show verse)

he who came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and who was on the watch for the kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the designs and deed of the council.

Luke 23:52 (show verse)

This man went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:53 (show verse)

Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.

Luke 23:54 (show verse)

And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand.

Luke 23:55 (show verse)

Then the women who had accompanied him out of Galilee followed after, and noted the tomb, and how his body was placed.

Luke 23:56 (show verse)

Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.