Luke:23

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* The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate . * They accused him , saying : »We found this man perverting our nation . He forbids payment of tax to Caesar . He claims to be Christ a king .« * Pilate asked him : »Are you King of the Jews ?« He answered him : »You say it .« * Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds : »I find no fault in this man .« * They were more insistent saying : »He excites the people throughout all Judea , beginning in Galilee even to this place .« * When Pilate heard it , he asked if the man was a Galilean . * When he knew that he was from Herod ’s jurisdiction , he sent him to Herod . He was in Jerusalem at that time . * Herod was very happy to see Jesus . He had wanted to see him for a long time . He hoped to see him perform a miracle . * He offered many questions but received no answers . * The chief priests and the scribes vehemently accused him . * And Herod with his soldiers despised him with contempt , and mocked him . They arrayed him in magnificent apparel . Then they sent him back to Pilate . * Herod and Pilate became friends that day . Before that time they were at enmity . * Pilate called together the chief priests , the rulers and the people . * He said : »You brought this man to me as one who perverted the people . I examined him before you and find no fault in this man . He has not done the things you accuse him of . * »Herod found no fault and sent him back to us . He has done nothing worthy of death . * »I will therefore punish him , and release him .« * He must release one prisoner to them at the feast . * They cried out in unison : »Take this man away and release to us Barabbas !« * He was thrown into prison for insurrection in the city and murder . * Pilate spoke to them again desiring to release Jesus . * But they shouted , »Impale him ! Impale him !« * A third time he said to them : »Why , what evil has this man done ? I have found no reason to put him to death . I will therefore chastise him and release him .« * But they were insistent and spoke in loud voices asking him to impale him . And they prevailed . * Pilate pronounced a sentence that what they asked for should be done . * He released the man who was in prison for insurrection and murder and he delivered Jesus to their will . * They led him away . Simon of Cyrene was traveling from the country . They seized him and forced him to carry the stake for Jesus . * A great crowd of people followed . Many women cried and grieved over him . * Jesus turned to them and said : »Daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children . * »The days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren those without children and the breasts that never nursed . * »Then they will say to the mountains fall on us and to the hills cover us . * »If they do these things in the green tree , what shall be done in the dry ?« * Two criminals were to be put to death with him . * They came to the place called the skull . They impaled him and the criminals , one on the right hand and the other on the left . * They cast lots and divided his garments among themselves . * The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him , saying : »He saved others let him save himself if this is his chosen , the Christ of God .« * The soldiers mocked him and offered him vinegar , * saying : »If you are the King of the Jews save yourself .« * There was a superscription over him , THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS . * One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly to him saying : »Are you the Christ ? Save yourself and us .« * The other rebuked him saying : »Do you not respect God , seeing you are also condemned ? * »We are indeed justly condemned for we receive the due reward of our deeds . But this man has done nothing wrong .« * He said : »Jesus , remember me when you come in your kingdom .« * He replied : »Today I tell you this . You will be with me in paradise .« * It was about the sixth hour . Darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour . * The sun failed to shine . The veil of the temple was torn in two . * Jesus cried with a loud voice : »Father , into your hands I commend my spirit .« After saying this he quit breathing . * The centurion saw what was done and glorified God , saying : »Certainly this was a righteous man .« * The crowds gathered at this sight . When they saw the things that were done they left beating their breasts . * All of his friends and the women who followed him from Galilee stood watching from a distance . * Joseph was a member of the council and a good and righteous man . * He was from Arimathaea a city of the Jews and was looking for the kingdom of God . * He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus . * He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth . Then he laid him in a tomb that was carved in stone . No man had ever lain in this tomb . * It was the day of the Preparation and the Sabbath was near . * The women from Galilee went with him to see the tomb and the place for the body . * They returned and prepared spices and ointments . On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment .

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