Luke 23 - Evangelical Heritage Version - 2021（EHV）

Jesus' Trial in Pilate's Court(Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:1-5; John 18:28-38)

1The whole group of them got up and brought him before Pilate.

2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this fellow misleading our nation, forbidding the payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

3Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

“It is as you say,” Jesus replied.

4Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching all through Judea, beginning from Galilee all the way here.”

Pilate Sends Jesus to Herod

6When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

7When he learned that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

8When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad. For a long time, he had wanted to see him, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle performed by him.

9He questioned him with many words, but Jesus gave him no answer.

10The chief priests and the experts in the law stood there, vehemently accusing him.

11Herod, along with his soldiers, treated him with contempt and ridiculed him. Dressing him in bright clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

12Herod and Pilate became friends with each other on that day. Before this they had been enemies of each other.

13Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who is misleading the people. Look, I have examined him in your presence. I have found in this man no basis for the charges you are bringing against him.

15Herod did not either, for he sent him back to us. See, he has done nothing worthy of death.

16So I will have him flogged and release him.”

Barabbas or Jesus?(Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; John 18:39-40)

17Pilate needed to release one prisoner to them at the Festival.

18But they all shouted together with one voice: “Take him away! Release Barabbas to us!”

19Barabbas had been thrown in prison for a rebellion in the city and for murder.

20Pilate addressed them again, because he wanted to release Jesus.

21But they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify him!”

22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has he done? I have found no grounds for sentencing him to death. So I will whip him and release him.”

23But they kept pressuring him with loud voices, demanding that he be crucified. And their voices were overwhelming.

24So Pilate decided that what they demanded would be done.

25He released the one they had asked for, who had been thrown in prison for rebellion and murder, but he handed Jesus over to their will.

The Crucifixion(Matthew 27:31-44; Mark 15:20-32; John 19:16-27)

26As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country. They placed the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

27A large crowd of people was following him, including women who were mourning and wailing for him.

28Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29Be sure of this: The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that never nursed.’

30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ when you come in your kingdom.”

43Jesus said to him, “Amen I tell you: Today you will be with me in paradise.”

Jesus' Death(Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; John 19:28-37)

44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

45while the sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

46Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”Psalm 31:5 When he had said this, he breathed his last.

47When the centurion saw what had happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous.”

48When all the groups of people who had gathered to see this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their chests.

49All those who knew Jesus, and the women who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

Jesus' Burial(Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; John 19:38-42)

50Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man.

51He had not agreed with their plan and action. He was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

52This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.

53He took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb that was cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid.

54It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

55The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed after Joseph, and they observed the tomb and how his body was laid there.

56Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.