1 Pilate gave orders for Jesus to be beaten with a whip. 2 The soldiers made a crown out of thorn branches and put it on Jesus. Then they put a purple robe on him. 3 They came up to him and said, “Hey, you king of the Jews!” They also hit him with their fists.
4 Once again Pilate went out. This time he said, “I will have Jesus brought out to you again. Then you can see for yourselves that I have not found him guilty.”
5 Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, “Here is the man!”
6 When the chief priests and the temple police saw him, they yelled, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”
Pilate told them, “You take him and nail him to a cross! I don't find him guilty of anything.”
7 The crowd replied, “He claimed to be the Son of God! Our law says that he must be put to death.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was terrified. 9 He went back inside and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer.
10 “Why won't you answer my question?” Pilate asked. “Don't you know I have the power to let you go free or to nail you to a cross?”
11 Jesus replied, “If God had not given you the power, you couldn't do anything at all to me. But the one who handed me over to you did something even worse.”
12 Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, “If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor.”
13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out. Then he sat down on the judge's bench at the place known as “The Stone Pavement.” In Aramaic this pavement is called “Gabbatha.” 14 It was about noon on the day before Passover, and Pilate said to the crowd, “Look at your king!”
15 “Kill him! Kill him!” they yelled. “Nail him to a cross!”
“So you want me to nail your king to a cross?” Pilate asked.
The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king!” 16 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be nailed to a cross.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
(Matthew 27.32-44Mark 15.21-32Luke 23.26-43)Jesus was taken away, 17 and he carried his cross to a place known as “The Skull.” In Aramaic this place is called “Golgotha.” 18 There Jesus was nailed to the cross, and on each side of him a man was also nailed to a cross.
19 Pilate ordered the charge against Jesus to be written on a board and put above the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” 20 The words were written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
The place where Jesus was taken wasn't far from the city, and many of the people read the charge against him. 21 So the chief priests went to Pilate and said, “Why did you write that he is King of the Jews? You should have written, ‘He claimed to be King of the Jews.’ ”
22 But Pilate told them, “What is written will not be changed!”
23 After the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they divided up his clothes into four parts, one for each of them. But his outer garment was made from a single piece of cloth, and it did not have any seams. 24 The soldiers said to each other, “Let's not rip it apart. We will gamble to see who gets it.” This happened so the Scriptures would come true, which say,
“They divided up my clothes
and gambled
for my garments.”
The soldiers then did what they had decided.
25 Jesus' mother stood beside his cross with her sister and Mary the wife of Clopas. Mary Magdalene was standing there too. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and his favorite disciple with her, he said to his mother, “This man is now your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “She is now your mother.” From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.
The Death of Jesus
(Matthew 27.45-56Mark 15.33-41Luke 23.44-49)28 Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the Scriptures come true, he said, “I am thirsty!” 29 A jar of cheap wine was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant. 30 After Jesus drank the wine, he said, “Everything is done!” He bowed his head and died.
A Spear Is Stuck in Jesus' Side
31 The next day would be both a Sabbath and the Passover. It was a special day for the Jewish people, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses during this day. So they asked Pilate to break the men's legs and take their bodies down. 32 The soldiers first broke the legs of the other two men who were nailed there. 33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and they did not break his legs.
34 One of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus' side, and blood and water came out. 35 We know this is true, because it was told by someone who saw it happen. Now you can have faith too. 36 All this happened so that the Scriptures would come true, which say, “No bone of his body will be broken” 37 and “They will see the one in whose side they stuck a spear.”
Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61Mark 15.42-47Luke 23.50-56)38 Joseph from Arimathea was one of Jesus' disciples. He had kept it secret though, because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. But now he asked Pilate to let him have Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, and Joseph took it down from the cross.
39 Nicodemus also came with about 30 kilograms of spices made from myrrh and aloes. This was the same Nicodemus who had visited Jesus one night. 40 The two men wrapped the body in a linen cloth, together with the spices, which was how the Jewish people buried their dead. 41 In the place where Jesus had been nailed to a cross, there was a garden with a tomb that had never been used. 42 The tomb was nearby, and since it was the time to prepare for the Sabbath, they were in a hurry to put Jesus' body there.
1 Tad Pilāts ņēma Jēzu un lika viņu šaust.
2 Un kareivji, nopinuši vainagu no ērkšķiem, uzlika viņam to galvā un aplika viņam purpura mēteli,
3 Nostājās viņa priekšā un sacīja: „Esi sveicināts, jūdu ķēniņ.“ Un tie viņu sita vaigā.
4 Tad Pilāts atķal izgāja ārā un saka viņiem: „Redziet, es viņu vedu pie jums ārā, lai jūs zinātu, ka es nekādas vainas pie viņa neatrodu.“
5 Tad Jēzus iznāca ārā, ērkšķu vainagā un purpura mētēlī. Un Pilāts viņiem saka: „Redziet, kāds cilvēks!“
6 Kad nu augstie priesteri un sulaiņi viņu redzēja, tie brēca: „Sit viņu krustā, sit viņu krustā!“ Pilāts viņiem saka: „Ņemiet jūs viņu un sitiet krustā! Jo es pie viņa vainas neatrodu!“
7 Jūdi viņam atbildēja: „Mums ir savs likums, un pēc šī likuma viņam jāmirst, jo viņš sevi darījis par Dieva Dēlu.“
8 Kad Pilāts šos vārdus dzirdēja, viņš vēl vairāk nobijās,
9 Iegāja atkal savā pilī un saka Jēzum: „No kurienes tu esi?“ Bet Jēzus viņam nedeva nekādu atbildi.
10 Tad Pilāts viņam sacīja: „Vai tu ar mani nerunā? Vai tu nezini, ka man ir vara tevi atlaist un vara tevi sist krustā?“
11 Jēzus atbildēja: „Tev nebūtu nekādas varas pār mani, ja tā tev nebūtu dota no augšienes, tāpēc tam, kas mani tev nodevis, ir lielāks grēks.“
12 No šī brīža Pilāts meklēja viņu atlaist. Bet jūdi brēca: „Ja tu viņu atlaidi, tu neesi ķeizara draugs! Katrs, kas pats sevi ceļ par ķēniņu, saceļas pret ķeizaru!“
13 Kad Pilāts dzirdēja šos vārdus, viņš Jēzu izveda ārā un pats apsēdas uz soģa krēsla uz laukuma, saukta akmeņu klāsts, ebrējiski Gabata.
14 Bija sataisāmā diena priekš Lieldienām, ap sesto stundu. Un viņš saka jūdiem: „Redziet, jūsu ķēniņš!“
15 Bet tie brēca: „Nost, nost ar to! Sit viņu krustā!“ Pilāts viņiem saka: „Vai lai es jūsu ķēniņu situ krustā?“ Augstie priesteri atbildēja: „Mums nav neviena ķēniņa kā vien ķeizars!“
16 Tad viņš to atdeva tiem, lai tie viņu sistu krustā. Tad tie saņēma Jēzu.
17 Un viņš, savukrustunesdams, gājauz tā saucamo pieres vietu, ebrējiski Golgātu.
18 Tur tie viņu sita krustā un kopā ar viņu divus citus katrā pusē vienu, bet vidū Jēzu.
19 Bet Pilāts lika taisīt uzrakstu un piestiprināt to pie krusta; tur bija rakstīts: „Jēzus Nacarietis, jūdu ķēniņš.“
20 So uzrakstu lasīja daudzi jūdi, jo vieta, kur Jēzus bija krustā sists, bija tuvu pie pilsētas; un raksts bija ebrēju, romiešu un grieķu valodā.
21 Tad jūdu augstie priesteri sacīja Pilātam: „Neraksti: Jūdu ķēniņš, bet, ka viņš sacījis: Es esmu jūdu ķēniņš.“
22 Bet Pilāts atbildēja: „Ko esmu rakstījis, to esmu rakstījis.“
23 Bet kareivji, piesituši Jēzu pie krusta, ņēma viņa drēbes un sadalīja tās četrās daļās, katram kareivim pa daļai. Tāpat tie paņēma viņa svārkus. Bet svārki nebija šūti, bet izausti viscaur no viena gabala.
24 Tad tie sacīja cits citam: „Tos nesadalīsim, bet metīsim par tiem kau-liņus, kam tie piederēs.“ Ta piepildījās raksti: „Tie manas drēbes izdalījuši savā starpā un par manu apģērbu metuši kauliņus.“ Tā darīja kareivji.
25 Bet pie Jēzus krusta stāvēja viņa māte, viņa mātes māsa, Marija, Klopas sieva, un Marija Magdalēna.
26 Tad Jēzus, ieraudzījis savu māti un viņai līdzās mācekli stāvam, ko viņš mīlēja, saka mātei: „Sieva, redzi, tavs dēls!“
27 Pēc tam viņš saka māceklim: „Redzi, tava māte!“ No tā brīža māceklis viņu ņēma pie Sevis.
28 Pēc tam, zinādams, ka viss ir pabeigts un lai piepildītu rakstus līdz galam, Jēzus sacīja: „Man slāpst!“
29 Tur stāvēja trauks ar etiķi; tie uzsprauda sūkli ar etiķi uz izapa stiebra un to pacēla pie viņa: mutes.
30 Etiķi ņēmis, Jēzus sacīja: „Viss piepildīts!“ Un, galvu nokāris, atdeva garu Dievam.
31 Bet tā kā bija sataisāmā diena, un negribēdami, ka miesas pa sabatu paliktu pie krusta, —jo šī sabatdiena bija sevišķi liela—jūdi lūdza Pilātu, lai viņš tiem liktu satriekt lielus un tos noņemt.
32 Tad kareivji nāca un satrieca pirmajam lielus, tāpat otram, kas kopā ar viņu bija krustā sists.
33 Bet nonākot līdz Jēzum un redzot, ka viņš ir jau miris, tie viņa lielus nesatrieca,
34 Bet viens no kareivjiem viņam iedūra sānos šķēpu, un tūdaļ iztecēja asinis un ūdens.
35 Un kas to redzējis, tas to ir apliecinājis, un viņa liecība ir patiesa. Un viņš zina, ka viņš runā patiesību, lai arī jūs ticētu.
36 Jo tas notika, lai piepildītos raksti: „Nevienu kaulu viņam nebūs salauzt.“
37 Un cita rakstu vieta atkal saka: „Viņi raudzīsies uz to, ko tie sadūruši.“
38 Pēc tam Jāzeps no Arimatijas, kas bija Jēzus māceklis, bet tikai slepenībā, tāpēc ka viņš baidījās no jūdiem, lūdza Pilātu, lai tas atļautu noņemt Jēzus miesas; un Pilāts atļāva. Tad viņš nāca un noņēma viņa miesas.
39 Bet arī Nikodēms nāca, kas kādreiz naktī pie viņa bija nācis, un atnesa svaidāmās zāles, maisījumu no mirrēm un aloes, kādas simts mārciņas.
40 Tad viņi paņēma Jēzus miesas un satina tās autos kopā ar smaržvielām, pēc jūdu bēfu paražām.
41 Bet tanī vietā, kur viņus bija krustā situši, bija dārzs un šinī dārzā jauna kapa vieta, kufā vēl neviens nebija glabāts.
42 Tur tie ielika Jēzu jūdu sataisāmās dienas dēļ, jo kapa vieta bija tuvu.
