Thematic Bible
Luke 23:1 (show verse)
Then the whole body of them rose and led him to Pilate.
Luke 23:2 (show verse)
They proceeded to accuse him, saying, "We have discovered this fellow perverting our nation, forbidding tribute being paid to Caesar, and alleging he is king messiah."
Luke 23:3 (show verse)
Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "Certainly."
Luke 23:4 (show verse)
And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."
Luke 23:5 (show verse)
But they insisted, "He stirs up the people by teaching all over Judaea. He started from Galilee and now he is here."
Luke 23:6 (show verse)
When Pilate heard that, he asked if the man was a Galilean,
Luke 23:7 (show verse)
and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.
Luke 23:8 (show verse)
Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.
Luke 23:9 (show verse)
But though he put many questions to him, Jesus gave him no answer.
Luke 23:10 (show verse)
Meanwhile the high priests and scribes stood and accused him with might and main.
Luke 23:11 (show verse)
Then Herod and his troops scoffed at him and made fun of him, and after arraying him in a bright robe he remitted him to Pilate.
Luke 23:12 (show verse)
Herod and Pilate became friends that day ??previously they had been at enmity.
Luke 23:13 (show verse)
Then summoning the high priests and rulers and the people,
Luke 23:14 (show verse)
Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.
Luke 23:15 (show verse)
No, nor has Herod, for he has remitted him to us. He has done nothing, you see, that calls for death;
Luke 23:16 (show verse)
so I shall release him with a whipping."
Luke 23:17 (show verse)
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Luke 23:18 (show verse)
But they shouted one and all, "Away with him! Release Bar-Abbas for us!"
Luke 23:19 (show verse)
(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)
Luke 23:20 (show verse)
Again Pilate addressed them, for he wanted to release Jesus,
Luke 23:21 (show verse)
but they roared, "To the cross, to the cross with him!"
Luke 23:22 (show verse)
He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."
Luke 23:23 (show verse)
But they loudly urged their demand that he should be crucified, and their shouts carried the day.
Luke 23:24 (show verse)
Pilate gave sentence that their demand was to be carried out;
Luke 23:25 (show verse)
he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.
Luke 23:26 (show verse)
As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.
Luke 23:27 (show verse)
He was followed by a large multitude of the people and also of women who beat their breasts and lamented him;
Luke 23:28 (show verse)
but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children!
Luke 23:29 (show verse)
For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!'
Luke 23:30 (show verse)
Then will people 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 when the wood is green, what will they do when the wood is dry?"
Luke 23:32 (show verse)
Two criminals were also led out with him to be executed,
Luke 23:33 (show verse)
and when they came to the place called The Skull they crucified him there along with the criminals, one at his right and one at his left.
Luke 23:34 (show verse)
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.
Luke 23:35 (show verse)
The people stood and looked on, and even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"
Luke 23:36 (show verse)
The soldiers made fun of him too by coming up and handing him vinegar,
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 him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)
Luke 23:39 (show verse)
One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."
Luke 23:40 (show verse)
But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he.
Luke 23:41 (show verse)
And we suffer justly; we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But he has done no harm."
Luke 23:42 (show verse)
And he added, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come to reign."
Luke 23:43 (show verse)
"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."
Luke 23:44 (show verse)
By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,
Luke 23:45 (show verse)
owing to an eclipse of the sun; the curtain in the middle of the temple was torn in two.
Luke 23:46 (show verse)
Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.
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 when all the crowds who had collected for the sight saw what had happened, they turned away beating their breasts.
Luke 23:49 (show verse)
As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.
Luke 23:50 (show verse)
Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man
Luke 23:51 (show verse)
who had not voted for their plan of action; he belonged to Arimathaea, a Jewish town, and he was on the outlook for the Reign of God.
Luke 23:52 (show verse)
This Joseph went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.
Luke 23:53 (show verse)
He then took it down, wrapped it in linen, and put it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.
Luke 23:54 (show verse)
It was the day of the Preparation and the sabbath was just dawning.
Luke 23:55 (show verse)
So the women who had accompanied him from Galilee and who had followed Joseph, noted the tomb and the position of the body;
Luke 23:56 (show verse)
then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.