1 And immediately, as morning began, the chief priests, together with the elders, the scribes, and the whole council, after holding a council {symboulion: official decision meeting}, bound Jesus {Iesous, Silent Suffering Messiah}, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
2 And Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} asked Him {Iesous, Accused King}, “Are You the King {basileus: anointed ruler} of the Jews?” And answering, He said to him, “You say so.”
3 And the chief priests {archiereis: highest religious leaders} were accusing Him {Iesous, Silent Sufferer} of many things.
4 And Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} again questioned Him {Iesous, Silent Sufferer}, saying, “Do You not answer anything? See how many things they accuse You of.”
5 But Jesus {Iesous, Silent Sufferer} no longer answered anything, so that Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} was amazed.
6 Now at the feast {heorten: pilgrimage festival} he used to release for them one prisoner whom they were requesting {paretounto: repeatedly asking}.
7 But there was the man called Barabbas, bound with the rebels {stasiaston: political insurgents}, who had committed murder in the uprising {stasis: violent revolt}.
8 And when the crowd {ochlos: festival assembly} had come up {anabas: coming up/approaching}, they began to ask him to do just as he used to do for them.
9 And Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King {basilea: charged monarch} of the Jews?”
10 For he knew that it was because of envy {phthonon: bitter jealousy} that the chief priests had handed Him {auton: Jesus on trial} over.
11 But the chief priests {archiereis: high-ranking temple officials} stirred up the crowd {ochlon: gathered multitude} so that he might rather release Barabbas to them.
12 But Pilate answered them again and was saying, “What then do you want me to do to the one {Iesous, Accused Messiah} whom you call the King {basilea: claimed royal ruler} of the Jews?”
13 But the crowd {hoi: gathered accusers} cried out again, “Crucify Him {Iesous, Rejected Messiah}!”
14 But Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} was saying to them, “Why? What evil has this man done?” But they cried out all the more {perissos: with increasing insistence}, “Crucify him!”
15 But Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd {ochlos: agitated mob}, released Barabbas to them, and after having scourged Jesus {Iesous, Righteous Sufferer}, he handed Him over to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led Him {Iesous, Silent Sufferer} inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they called together the whole cohort {speira: Roman military unit}.
17 And they clothed Him {Iesous, Humiliated King} in purple {porphyra: royal garment}, and after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.
18 And they began to greet Him {Iesous, Suffering King}, “Hail, King {basileus: rightful ruler} of the Jews!”
19 And they were striking His {Iesous, Humiliated King} head with a reed and spitting on Him, and kneeling, they paid homage {proskuneo: outward gesture of reverence} to Him.
20 And when they had mocked Him {Iesous, Humiliated King}, they stripped Him of the purple robe {porphura: mock royal garment} and clothed Him in His own garments. Then they led Him out in order to crucify Him.
21 And they compelled Simon of Cyrene, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he might carry His {Iesous, Condemned Sufferer} cross {stauros: execution stake}.
22 And they bring Him {Iesous, Condemned Savior} to the place called Golgotha {Golgotha: skull shaped hill}, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
23 And they were offering Him {Iesous, Fully Conscious Sacrifice} wine mixed with myrrh {smurna: bitter narcotic}, but He did not take it.
24 And they crucify Him {Iesous, Suffering Messiah}, and they divide His garments {himatia: outer clothing} among themselves, casting a lot upon them to determine who should take what.
25 And it was the third hour {hora trite: Jewish daytime reckoning}, and they crucified Him {Iesous, Suffering Redeemer}.
26 And the inscription {epigraphe: formal written statement} of His {Iesous, Crucified King} accusation was written: “The King of the Jews.”
27 And with Him {Christos, Crucified King} they crucified two robbers {lestes: violent offenders}, one on His right and one on His left.
28 And the Scripture {graphe: sacred record} which says, “And He {Iesous, Suffering Servant} was counted with lawless people,” was fulfilled.
29 And those passing by were insulting Him {Iesous, Suffering Messiah}, shaking their heads {kephalas: gesture of contempt} and saying, “Aha, you who destroy the temple and build it in three days,”
30 Save yourself {seauton: your own life}, and come down from the cross {staurou: Roman execution beam}.
31 Likewise, the chief priests {archiereis: Jerusalem elites} also, mocking among themselves with the scribes {grammateis: legal scholars}, were saying, “He {Christos, Crucified Savior} saved others; Himself He cannot save.”
32 Let the Christ {christos, Mocked King}, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And those who were crucified with Him {Iesous, Rejected Savior} were insulting Him.
33 And when the sixth hour {hekte: midday time} had come, darkness {skotos: ominous gloom} came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Savior} cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is, being translated, “My God {Theos, Covenant Father}, My God, why did You forsake {engkataleipo: leave utterly} Me?”
35 And some of those standing by, when they heard, were saying, “Behold, He {Iesous, Crucified King} calls Elijah {Elias: awaited prophet}.”
36 And someone, having run and having filled a sponge with vinegar {oxous: sour wine}, and having put it on a reed, was giving Him {Iesous, Crucified King} a drink, saying, “Leave Him alone; let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
37 But Jesus {Iesous, Crucified King}, having let out a loud cry {phone: final outcry}, expired.
38 And the veil {katapetasma: inner sanctuary curtain} of the temple {naos: inner holy place} was torn in two from above to below.
39 And when the centurion {kenturion: Roman officer} who was standing opposite Him saw that He had breathed His last in this way, He said, “Truly, this man was the Son of God {Theos, Living God}.”
40 But there were also women watching {theorousai: carefully observing} from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less {mikrou: younger or smaller} and of Joses, and Salome.
41 These were the ones who, when He {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} was in Galilee {Galilaia: earlier ministry region}, were following Him and serving Him, and many other women who had come up with Him into Jerusalem.
42 And when evening {opsia: late evening time} had already come, since it was the Preparation {Paraskeue: pre-Sabbath preparation}, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 Joseph from Arimathea, a respected council member {euschēmon: dignified status}, who himself was also waiting for {prosdechomenos: eager expectation} the kingdom of God {Theos, Sovereign King}, came and, having taken courage, went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Messiah}.
44 But Pilate marveled {thaumazo: astonished reaction} whether He {Iesous, Crucified King} was already dead, and summoning the centurion {kentyrion: Roman officer} he asked him whether He had died long ago.
45 And when he had learned from the centurion {kentyriōnos: Roman officer}, he granted the body {ptoma: lifeless remains} to Joseph.
46 And after buying a linen cloth {sindon: fine burial shroud}, he took Him {Iesous, Reverently Buried One} down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb {mnemeion: rock-cut grave} that had been hewn out of rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were observing {etheoroun: watching intently} where He {Iesous, Crucified Lord} was laid.