1 Un tūlīt rīta agrumā augstie priesteri ar vecajiem un rakstu mācītājiem un visa augstā tiesa taisīja spriedumu un, sasējuši Jēzu, lika To aizvest un nodeva Viņu Pilātam. 2 Un Pilāts Viņam jautāja: "Vai Tu esi Jūdu ķēniņš?" Un Viņš atbildēdams tam saka: "Tu to saki." 3 Un augstie priesteri Viņu smagi apsūdzēja. 4 Bet Pilāts Viņam atkal vaicāja: "Vai Tu nekā neatbildi? Redzi, cik smagi tie Tevi apsūdz!" 5 Bet Jēzus neatbildēja vairāk nekā, tā ka Pilāts brīnījās. 6 Bet uz svētkiem tas viņiem mēdza atlaist vienu cietumnieku, kuru tie prasīja. 7 Bet tur bija kāds, vārdā Baraba, sagūstīts ar dumpiniekiem, kas dumpī bija izdarījuši slepkavību. 8 Un ļaudis, augšā sanākuši, sāka prasīt, lai tiem tā darītu, kā parasts. 9 Bet Pilāts tiem atbildēja un sacīja: "Vai jūs gribat, ka es jums atlaižu Jūdu ķēniņu?" 10 Jo viņš zināja, ka augstie priesteri To bija nodevuši aiz skaudības. 11 Bet augstie priesteri sakūdīja ļaudis, lai labāk tiem atlaistu Barabu. 12 Bet Pilāts atkal griezās pie tiem un sacīja: "Ko tad lai daru ar To, ko jūs saucat par Jūdu ķēniņu?" 13 Bet tie atkal brēca: "Sit Viņu krustā!" 14 Bet Pilāts tiem sacīja: "Ko tad Viņš ļaunu darījis?" Bet tie vēl vairāk brēca: "Sit Viņu krustā!" 15 Bet Pilāts, gribēdams ļaudīm iztapt, tiem atlaida Barabu un Jēzu lika šaust un nodeva, lai sistu krustā. 16 Bet karavīri Viņu noveda pilī, tas ir, pārvaldnieka namā, un sasauca visu pulku. 17 Un tie Viņam apvelk purpura apmetni un, nopinuši ērkšķu vainagu, lika Viņam to galvā 18 un sāka Viņu sveicināt: "Sveiks, Jūdu ķēniņ!" 19 Un sita Viņam pa galvu ar niedri, un Viņu apspļaudīja, un ceļus locīja un Viņu pielūdza. 20 Un, kad tie Viņu bija apsmējuši, tad Viņam novilka purpura apmetni un Viņam apvilka Viņa paša drēbes, un Viņu aizveda, lai sistu krustā. 21 Un tie piespieda kādu, kas, no lauka nākdams, garām gāja, Sīmani no Kirēnas, Aleksandra un Rufa tēvu, lai tas nestu Viņa krustu. 22 Un tie Viņu noveda Golgatā, kas tiek tulkots: pieres vieta. 23 Un Viņam deva dzert vīnu, sajauktu ar mirrēm, bet Viņš to nepieņēma. 24 Un tie Viņu sita krustā un izdalīja savā starpā Viņa drēbes, mezdami kauliņus par tām, ko kurš dabūtu. 25 Un tā bija trešā stunda, kad Viņu sita krustā. 26 Un bija likts uzraksts Viņa vainas apzīmēšanai: JŪDU ĶĒNIŅŠ. 27 Un līdz ar Viņu sita krustā divi slepkavas, vienu Viņam pa labo, otru pa kreiso roku. 28 Un raksti ir piepildīti, kas saka: "Viņš tika ļaundariem pielīdzināts." 29 Un tie, kas gāja garām, Viņu zaimoja, kratīja galvas un sacīja: "Redzi, Tempļa noplēsēj un uztaisītāj trijās dienās, 30 palīdzies pats Sev un kāp no krusta zemē." 31 Tāpat arī augstie priesteri ar rakstu mācītājiem Viņu apsmēja un sacīja: "Citus Viņš ir pestījis un Sevi pašu Viņš nevar pestīt. 32 Lai nu Kristus, Israēla ķēniņš, no krusta nokāpj, ka mēs redzam un ticam." Un arī tie, kas līdz ar Viņu bija krustā sisti, Viņu zaimoja. 33 Un ap sesto stundu palika tumšs pār visu zemi līdz devītai stundai. 34 Un ap devīto stundu Jēzus stiprā balsī brēca, saukdams: "Eloī, Eloī, lamā zabahtani?" Tas ir tulkots: "Mans Dievs, Mans Dievs, kāpēc Tu Mani esi atstājis?" 35 Un daži no tiem, kas tur klāt stāvēja, to dzirdēdami, sacīja: "Redzi, Viņš sauc Ēliju." 36 Bet viens aizskrēja, pildīja sūkli ar etiķi un to lika uz niedri, un deva Viņam dzert, sacīdams: "Pagaidiet, redzēsim, vai Ēlija nāks un Viņu noņems." 37 Bet Jēzus stiprā balsī iekliedzās un nomira. 38 Un priekškars Templī pārplīsa divos gabalos no augšas līdz zemei. 39 Bet virsnieks, kas tur klāt stāvēja Viņam pretī, redzēdams, ka Viņš tādā veidā bija miris, sacīja: "Patiesi, šis cilvēks bija Dieva Dēls." 40 Un tur bija arī sievas, kas no tālienes skatījās; starp tām bija Marija Magdalēna un Marija, Jēkaba jaunākā un Jāzepa māte, un Salome. 41 Tās, kad Viņš bija Galilejā, Viņam bija gājušas pakaļ un Viņam kalpojušas un daudz citas, kas līdz ar Viņu bija nākušas uz Jeruzālemi. 42 Kad jau vakars metās un tā kā bija sataisāmā diena, tas ir, sabata priekšvakars, 43 Jāzeps no Arimatijas, cienīts runas kungs, kas pats arīdzan gaidīja Dieva valstību, iegāja droši pie Pilāta un izlūdzās Jēzus miesas. 44 Bet Pilāts brīnījās, ka Viņš jau bija nomiris, un, virsnieku aicinājis, tam jautāja, vai jau ilgi, kamēr Viņš miris? 45 Un, to no virsnieka dabūjis zināt, viņš atvēlēja Jāzepam Jēzus miesas. 46 Un tas, nopircis smalku audeklu, Jēzu noņēma un ietina tai audeklā un ielika Viņu kapā, kas klintī bija izcirsts, un akmeni pievēla pie kapa durvīm. 47 Bet Marija Magdalēna un Marija, Jozēta māte, skatījās, kur Viņš tapa nolikts.
Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27.1Matthew 2Matthew 11-14Luke 23.1-5John 18.28-38)1 Early the next morning the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met together with the whole Jewish council. They tied up Jesus and led him off to Pilate.
2 He asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Those are your words,” Jesus answered.
3 The chief priests brought many charges against Jesus. 4 Then Pilate questioned him again, “Don't you have anything to say? Don't you hear what crimes they say you have done?” 5 But Jesus did not answer, and Pilate was amazed.
The Death Sentence
(Matthew 27.15-26Luke 23.13-25John 18.39—19.16)6 During Passover, Pilate always freed one prisoner chosen by the people. 7 And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot. 8 The crowd now came and asked Pilate to set a prisoner free, just as he usually did.
9 Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?” 10 Pilate knew that the chief priests had brought Jesus to him because they were jealous.
11 But the chief priests told the crowd to ask Pilate to free Barabbas.
12 Then Pilate asked the crowd, “What do you want me to do with this man you say is the king of the Jews?”
13 They yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”
14 Pilate asked, “But what crime has he done?”
“Nail him to a cross!” they yelled even louder.
15 Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.
Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
(Matthew 27.27-30John 19.2John 3)16 The soldiers led Jesus inside the courtyard of the fortress and called together the rest of the troops. 17 They put a purple robe on him, and on his head they placed a crown they had made out of thorn branches. 18 They made fun of Jesus and shouted, “Hey, you king of the Jews!” 19 Then they beat him on the head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt down and pretended to worship him.
20 When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross. 21 Simon from Cyrene happened to be coming in from a farm, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross. Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
(Matthew 27.31-44Luke 23.27-43John 19.17-27)22 The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.” 23 There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.
24 They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. 25 It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross. 26 On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is the King of the Jews.” 27-28 The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.
29 People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days. 30 Save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said to each other, “He saved others, but he can't save himself. 32 If he is the Messiah, the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross! Then we will see and believe.” The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.
The Death of Jesus
(Matthew 27.45-56Luke 23.44-49John 19.28-30)33 About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o'clock. 34 Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
35 Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, “He is calling for Elijah.” 36 One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let's wait and see if Elijah will come and take him down!” 37 Jesus shouted and then died.
38 At once the curtain in the temple tore in two from top to bottom.
39 A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”
40-41 Some women were looking on from a distance. They and many others had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.
Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61Luke 23.50-56John 19.38-42)42 It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day. 43 A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus. Joseph was a highly respected member of the Jewish council, and he was also waiting for God's kingdom to come.
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, and he called in the army officer to find out if Jesus had been dead very long. 45 After the officer told him, Pilate let Joseph have Jesus' body.
46 Joseph bought a linen cloth and took the body down from the cross. He had it wrapped in the cloth, and he put it in a tomb that had been cut into solid rock. Then he rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body was placed.
