Jesus before Pilate
Matthew 27:11–14; John 18:28–40
1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.+ 2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”+ 3Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”+ 4Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”+ 5But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”+Jesus before Herod
6But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.+ 7When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.+ 8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.+ 9He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.+ 10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.+ 11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.+ 12Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.+The Crowd Chooses Barabbas
Matthew 27:15–23; Mark 15:6–11
13Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,+ 14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.+ 15Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.+ 16I will therefore chastise him and release him.”+ 17Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.+ 18But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—+ 19one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.+ 20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,+ 21but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”+ 22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”+ 23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.+ 24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.+ 25He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.+The Crucifixion
Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:32–44; Mark 15:21–32; John 19:16–27
26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.+ 27A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.+ 28But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. + 29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ + 30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’+ 31For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?”+ 32There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.+ 33When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.+ 34Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.+ 35The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”+ 36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,+ 37and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”+ 38An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”+ 39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”+ 40But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?+ 41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”+ 42He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”+ 43Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”+The Death of Jesus
Psalm 31:1–24; Matthew 27:45–56; Mark 15:33–41; John 19:28–30
44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.+ 45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.+ 46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.+ 47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”+ 48All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.+ 49All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.+The Burial of Jesus
Isaiah 53:9–12; Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; John 19:38–42
50Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man+ 51(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:+ 52this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.+ 53He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.+ 54It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.+ 55The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.+ 56They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.+