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91 lines
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Jesus Faces Pilate
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# Chapter 15
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1. As soon as it was morning, having held a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, the chief priests tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
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2. So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
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He answered him, *"You say so."*
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3. And the chief priests accused him of many things.
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4. Pilate questioned him again, "Aren't you going to answer? Look how many things they are accusing you of!"
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5. But Jesus still did not answer, and so Pilate was amazed.
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Jesus or Barabbas
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6. At the festival Pilate used to release for the people a prisoner whom they requested.
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7. There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.
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8. The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.
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9. Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"
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10. For he knew it was because of envy that the chief priests had handed him over.
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11. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
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12. Pilate asked them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews?"
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13. Again they shouted, "Crucify him!"
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14. Pilate said to them, "Why? What has he done wrong?"
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But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him!"
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15. Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them; and after having Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
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Mocked by the Military
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16. The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called the whole company together.
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17. They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on him.
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18. And they began to salute him, "Hail, king of the Jews!"
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19. They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage.
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20. After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple robe and put his clothes on him.
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Crucified Between Two Criminals
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They led him out to crucify him.
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21. They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus's cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
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22. They brought Jesus to the place called <em>Golgotha</em> (which means Place of the Skull).
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23. They tried to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
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24. Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.
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25. Now it was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
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26. The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King of the Jews.
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27. They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and one on his left.
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29. Those who passed by were yelling insults at him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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30. save yourself by coming down from the cross!"
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31. In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking him among themselves and saying, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!
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32. Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.
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The Death of Jesus
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33. When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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34. And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, *"Eloi, Eloi, lem<65> sabachth<74>ni?" which is translated, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"*
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35. When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "See, he's calling for Elijah."
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36. Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, fixed it on a stick, offered him a drink, and said, "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down."
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37. Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed his last.
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38. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
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39. When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
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40. There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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41. In Galilee these women followed him and took care of him. Many other women had come up with him to Jerusalem.
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The Burial of Jesus
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42. When it was already evening, because it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
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43. Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.
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44. Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had already died.
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45. When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.
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46. After he bought some linen cloth, Joseph took him down and wrapped him in the linen. Then he laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
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47. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he was laid.
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