1 Bet rīta agrumā visi augstie priesteri un ļaužu vecaji pieņēma lēmumu Jēzu nonāvēt. 2 Un tie saistīja Viņu, aizveda un nodeva to zemes pārvaldniekam Pilātam. 3 Tad Jūda, Viņa nodevējs, redzēdams, ka Viņš pazudināts, nožēloja to, atnesa atpakaļ trīsdesmit sudraba gabalus augstajiem priesteriem un vecajiem 4 un sacīja: "Es esmu grēkojis, nododams nenoziedzīgas asinis." Bet tie sacīja: "Kas mums par daļu? Raugi tu pats!" 5 Un viņš nometa sudraba gabalus Templī, aizgāja un pakārās. 6 Bet augstie priesteri paņēma sudraba gabalus un sacīja: "Nepieklājas tos likt Dieva šķirstā, jo tā ir asins nauda." 7 Bet viņi nolēma pirkt par tiem podnieka tīrumu svešiniekiem par kapsētu. 8 Tāpēc šis tīrums ir nosaukts par asins tīrumu līdz šai dienai. 9 Tā ir piepildīts tas vārds, ko pravietis Jeremija runājis, sacīdams: un tie saņēma no Israēla bērniem trīsdesmit sudraba gabalus - tik dārgu maksu tie bija noteikuši - 10 un deva tos par podnieka tīrumu, kā Tas Kungs man ir pavēlējis.- 11 Bet Jēzu veda zemes pārvaldnieka priekšā. Un pārvaldnieks viņam jautāja: "Vai Tu esi Jūdu ķēniņš?" Bet Jēzus sacīja uz viņu: "Tu to saki." 12 Un, kad augstie priesteri un vecaji Viņu apsūdzēja, Viņš neatbildēja nenieka. 13 Tad Pilāts saka Viņam: "Vai Tu nedzirdi, cik smagi tie liecina pret Tevi?" 14 Un Viņš tam neatbildēja neviena paša vārda, tā ka pārvaldnieks ļoti brīnījās. 15 Bet svētkos zemes pārvaldnieks mēdza atlaist tautai vienu cietumnieku, kuru tā vēlējās. 16 Un tanī laikā tiem bija kāds sevišķi bīstams cietumnieks, vārdā Baraba. 17 Un, kad tie bija sapulcējušies, Pilāts sacīja uz tiem: "Kuru jūs gribat, lai es jums atlaižu, vai Barabu vai Jēzu, kuru sauc par Kristu?" 18 Jo viņš zināja, ka tie To bija nodevuši aiz skaudības. 19 Bet, viņam sēžot uz soģa krēsla, viņa sieva sūtīja pie tā un lika sacīt: "Liec mierā šo taisno, jo es šonakt sapnī daudz cietu Viņa dēļ." 20 Bet augstie priesteri un vecaji pierunāja ļaudis, ka tie izlūgtos Barabu, bet Jēzu nokautu. 21 Un zemes pārvaldnieks atbildēja un sacīja tiem: "Kuru jūs gribat no šiem abiem, lai es jums atlaižu?" Bet tie sacīja: "Barabu." 22 Tad Pilāts saka tiem: "Ko tad es lai daru ar Jēzu, kuru sauc par Kristu?" Viņi visi saka: "Sist Viņu krustā!" 23 Bet viņš sacīja: "Ko tad Viņš ļauna darījis?" Bet tie brēca vēl vairāk: "Sist Viņu krustā!" 24 Bet, kad Pilāts redzēja, ka viņš nekā nevar izdarīt, bet troksnis kļuva vēl lielāks, tad viņš ņēma ūdeni un mazgāja rokas ļaužu priekšā, sacīdams: "Es esmu nevainīgs pie šī taisnā asinīm. Raugait jūs paši!" 25 Un visi ļaudis atbildēja un sacīja: "Viņa asinis lai nāk pār mums un mūsu bērniem." 26 Tad viņš tiem atlaida Barabu, bet Jēzu šauta un nodeva, lai Viņu sistu krustā. 27 Tad zemes pārvaldnieka karavīri ņēma Jēzu, veda to pārvaldnieka pilī un sasauca ap Viņu visu pulku. 28 Un tie novilka Viņam drēbes un apvilka Viņam purpura apmetni. 29 Tie nopina ērkšķu vainagu un lika to Viņam galvā, un deva Viņam niedri labajā rokā, un locīja ceļus Viņa priekšā, Viņu apsmiedami, un sacīja: "Sveiks, Jūdu ķēniņ!" 30 Un tie spļāva Viņam virsū, ņēma niedri un sita Viņam pa galvu. 31 Un, kad tie bija Viņu apsmējuši, tad tie novilka Viņam apmetni un apvilka Viņam paša drēbes un aizveda Viņu, lai sistu krustā. 32 Bet iziedami tie sastapa cilvēku no Kirēnas, vārdā Sīmani; tie piespieda to nest Viņa krustu. 33 Un, nonākuši tai vietā, ko sauc par Golgatu, tas ir, pieres vietu, 34 tie Viņam deva dzert etiķi, maisītu ar žulti; un, kad Viņš to nobaudīja, Viņš negribēja to dzert. 35 Un tie sita Viņu krustā un izdalīja Viņa drēbes savā starpā ar mesliem. 36 Un tie sēdēja tur un apsargāja Viņu. 37 Un virs Viņa galvas tie pielika Viņa vainas uzrakstu: ŠIS IR JĒZUS, JŪDU ĶĒNIŅŠ. 38 Tad divi slepkavas tika kopā ar Viņu krustā sisti; viens pa labo, otrs pa kreiso roku. 39 Bet garāmgājēji zaimoja Viņu, galvas kratīdami, 40 un sacīja: "Viņš gribēja noplēst Templi un to atkal uzcelt trijās dienās; palīdzi pats Sev; ja Tu esi Dieva Dēls, kāp no krusta zemē." 41 Tāpat augstie priesteri līdz ar rakstu mācītājiem un vecajiem apsmēja Viņu, sacīdami: 42 "Citiem Viņš palīdzējis, bet pats Sev nevar palīdzēt. Ja Viņš ir Israēla Ķēniņš, lai nokāpj no krusta, tad mēs ticēsim uz Viņu. 43 Viņš Dievam uzticējies, Tas lai glābj Viņu, ja grib; jo Viņš ir sacījis: Es esmu Dieva Dēls." 44 Tāpat arī slepkavas, kas līdz ar Viņu bija krustā sisti, zaimoja Viņu. 45 Bet no sestās stundas tapa tumšs pār visu zemi līdz devītai stundai. 46 Bet ap devīto stundu Jēzus sauca stiprā balsī: "Ēli, Ēli, lamā zabahtani?" Tas ir: "Mans Dievs, Mans Dievs, kāpēc Tu esi Mani atstājis?" 47 Bet daži no tiem, kas tur stāvēja, kad tie to dzirdēja, sacīja: "Šis sauc Eliju." 48 Un tūlīt viens no tiem aizskrēja, paņēma sūkli, pildīja to ar etiķi, uzsprauda to niedrē un dzirdīja Viņu. 49 Bet citi sacīja: "Pagaidi, redzēsim, vai Ēlija nāks un glābs Viņu." 50 Bet Jēzus atkal iekliedzās stiprā balsī un izlaida Savu garu. 51 Un redzi, Tempļa priekškars pārplīsa no augšas līdz apakšai divos gabalos, un zeme trīcēja, un klintis šķēlās, 52 un kapi atdarījās, un daudzu svēto miesas, kas dusēja, cēlās augšām. 53 Un tie izgāja no kapiem pēc Viņa augšāmcelšanās, nāca svētajā pilsētā un parādījās daudziem. 54 Bet virsnieks un tie, kas bija pie Viņa un sargāja Jēzu, redzēdami zemestrīci un visu, kas tur notika, ļoti izbijās un sacīja: "Patiesi Šis bija Dieva Dēls." 55 Bet tur bija daudz sievu, kas no Galilejas bija sekojušas Jēzum un Viņam kalpojušas, tās skatījās no tālienes. 56 Starp tām bija Marija Magdalēna un Marija, Jēkaba un Jāzepa māte, un Cebedeja dēlu māte. 57 Bet vakarā nāca kāds bagāts cilvēks no Arimatijas, vārdā Jāzeps, kas arī bija kļuvis par Jēzus mācekli. 58 Šis nogāja pie Pilāta un izlūdzās Jēzus miesas. Tad Pilāts pavēlēja tās viņam atdot. 59 Un Jāzeps ņēma miesas, ietina tās tīrā audeklā 60 un ielika tās savā jaunajā kapā, ko viņš bija izcirtis klintī, un viņš pievēla lielu akmeni pie kapa durvīm un aizgāja. 61 Bet tur bija Marija Magdalēna un otra Marija, viņas sēdēja pretim kapam. 62 Bet otrā dienā, kas nāk pēc sataisāmās dienas, augstie priesteri un farizeji sapulcējās pie Pilāta 63 un sacīja: "Kungs, mēs atminamies, ka šis viltnieks, vēl dzīvs būdams, sacīja: pēc trim dienām Es celšos augšām. 64 Tāpēc pavēli kapu apsargāt līdz trešajai dienai, ka Viņa mācekļi nenāk naktī un Viņu nenozog un neizpauž ļaudīm: Viņš ir no miroņiem augšāmcēlies. Pēdējā vilšana tad būtu lielāka nekā pirmā." 65 Pilāts sacīja uz tiem: "Jums ir sargi, eita un apsargait to, kā paši zināt." 66 Un tie aizgāja un pielika kapam sargus un aizzīmogoja akmeni.
Jesus Is Taken to Pilate
(Mark 15.1Luke 23.1Luke 2John 18.28-32)1 Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death. 2 They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.
The Death of Judas
(Acts 1.18Acts 19)3 When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said.
“What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!”
5 Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.” 7 After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. 8 That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day.
9 Then what the prophet Jeremiah had said came true: “They took the thirty silver coins, the amount the people of Israel had agreed to pay for him, 10 and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
Pilate Questions Jesus
(Mark 15.2-5Luke 23.3-5John 18.33-38)11 Jesus stood before the Roman governor, who questioned him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked.
“So you say,” answered Jesus. 12 But he said nothing in response to the accusations of the chief priests and elders.
13 So Pilate said to him, “Don't you hear all these things they accuse you of?”
14 But Jesus refused to answer a single word, with the result that the Governor was greatly surprised.
Jesus Is Sentenced to Death
(Mark 15.6-15Luke 23.13-25John 18.39—19.16)15 At every Passover Festival the Roman governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the crowd asked for. 16 At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to set free for you? Jesus Barabbas or Jesus called the Messiah?” 18 He knew very well that the Jewish authorities had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
19 While Pilate was sitting in the judgment hall, his wife sent him a message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, because in a dream last night I suffered much on account of him.”
20 The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free and have Jesus put to death. 21 But Pilate asked the crowd, “Which one of these two do you want me to set free for you?”
“Barabbas!” they answered.
22 “What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?” Pilate asked them.
“Crucify him!” they all answered.
23 But Pilate asked, “What crime has he committed?”
Then they started shouting at the top of their voices: “Crucify him!”
24 When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!”
25 The whole crowd answered, “Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!”
26 Then Pilate set Barabbas free for them; and after he had Jesus whipped, he handed him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
(Mark 15.16-20John 19.2John 3)27 Then Pilate's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace, and the whole company gathered around him. 28 They stripped off his clothes and put a scarlet robe on him. 29 Then they made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand; then they knelt before him and made fun of him. “Long live the King of the Jews!” they said. 30 They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. 31 When they had finished making fun of him, they took the robe off and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
Jesus Is Crucified
(Mark 15.21-32Luke 23.26-43John 19.17-27)32 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene named Simon, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. 33 They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, “The Place of the Skull.” 34 There they offered Jesus wine mixed with a bitter substance; but after tasting it, he would not drink it.
35 They crucified him and then divided his clothes among them by throwing dice. 36 After that they sat there and watched him. 37 Above his head they put the written notice of the accusation against him: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” 38 Then they crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.
39 People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: 40 “You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days! Save yourself if you are God's Son! Come on down from the cross!”
41 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law and the elders made fun of him: 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Isn't he the king of Israel? If he will come down off the cross now, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!”
44 Even the bandits who had been crucified with him insulted him in the same way.
The Death of Jesus
(Mark 15.33-41Luke 23.44-49John 19.28-30)45 At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. 46 At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”
47 Some of the people standing there heard him and said, “He is calling for Elijah!” 48 One of them ran up at once, took a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, put it on the end of a stick, and tried to make him drink it.
49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him!”
50 Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his last.
51 Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, 52 the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life. 53 They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.
54 When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
55 There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee.
The Burial of Jesus
(Mark 15.42-47Luke 23.50-56John 19.38-42)57 When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea arrived; his name was Joseph, and he also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate gave orders for the body to be given to Joseph. 59 So Joseph took it, wrapped it in a new linen sheet, 60 and placed it in his own tomb, which he had just recently dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, facing the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62 The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘I will be raised to life three days later.’ 64 Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one.”
65 “Take a guard,” Pilate told them; “go and make the tomb as secure as you can.”
66 So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.
