1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus {Iesous, Righteous Sufferer}, with the aim of putting Him to death {thanatosai: inflict judicial execution}.
2 After they had bound Him {Christos, Condemned Messiah}, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the governor {hegemon: Roman prefect}.
3 Then Judas, the one betraying Him {Iesous, Innocent Sufferer}, seeing that He was condemned, felt remorse {metamelethēis: regretful change} and returned the thirty silver pieces to the chief priests and the elders.
4 He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent {athoion: not guilty} blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it {opse: you handle it}.”
5 And after he threw the silver coins into the temple {naos: inner sanctuary}, he withdrew; then he went away and hanged himself {apengxato: self-hanging death}.
6 But the chief priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury {korbanan: temple offering chest} because it is the price {timē: payment value} of blood.”
7 So after taking counsel {symboulion: joint decision}, they bought the potter’s field with the money as a burial place for the strangers {xenois: foreign residents}.
8 For this reason that field {agros: plot of land} has been named the Field of Blood {haima: mark of death} until this day.
9 Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah {Ieremias: prophetic witness} the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price {timē: set value} of the one valued, whom the sons of Israel had valued.”
10 And they gave them for the potter’s field, just as the Lord {Kyrios, Sovereign Commander} directed me {moi: personal recipient}.
11 And Jesus {Iesous, Accused Messianic King} stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, “Are You the king of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, “You say so {legeis: Semitic affirmation}.”
12 And while He {Iesous, Silent Sufferer} was being accused {kategoreisthai: legal charges} by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
13 Then Pilate said to Him {Iesous, Silent Sufferer}, “Do You not hear how many things they testify {katamartureo: bear witness against} against You?”
14 Yet He {Iēsous, Silent Sufferer} did not reply to him, not even with one word {rhēma: verbal response}, so that the governor was greatly astonished.
15 Now during the feast the governor {hegemon: Roman provincial ruler} had a custom of releasing one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they were wishing {ethelon: expressing desire}.
16 At that time they had a notable {episēmon: publicly notorious} prisoner, called {legomenon: commonly referred} Jesus Barabbas.
17 So when they had been gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release {apolysō: to set free} for you—Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ {Christos: Anointed King}?”
18 For he knew that they had delivered Him {Iesous, Innocent Sufferer} over on account of envy {phthonon: malicious rivalry}.
19 And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man {dikaios: just, morally upright}, for today I have suffered many things in a dream because of Him {Iesous, Righteous Sufferer}.”
20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds so that they would ask for Barabbas, but they would destroy {apollymi: legal execution} Jesus {Iesous, Rejected Messiah}.
21 And the governor {hegemon: Roman provincial ruler} answered them, “Which one of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas {Barabban: selected prisoner}.”
22 Pilate {Pilatos, Roman Governor} said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ {Christos: Anointed King}?” They all said, “Let Him be crucified!”
23 But he said, “Why? For what evil {kakon: moral wrongdoing} has He {Iesous, Innocent Messiah} done?” Yet they cried out even more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
24 When Pilate {Pilatos: Roman governor} saw that he was gaining nothing and that an uproar was forming, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood {haima: judicial death} of this man; you yourselves must see to it.”
25 And all the people replied, saying, “His{Iesous, Righteous Sufferer} blood{haima: legal guilt claim} be upon us and upon our children.”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but he delivered up Jesus {Iēsous, Suffering Messiah}, after he had been scourged {phragellōsas: Roman scourging}, so that he might be crucified.
27 Then the governor’s soldiers brought Jesus {Iesous, Submissive Messiah} into the praetorium and assembled the whole cohort {speira: Roman military unit} around Him.
28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet {kokkinēn: mock royal color} cloak {chlamys: military garment} on Him.
29 And after weaving a crown of thorns, they set it on His {Iesous, Humiliated Messiah} head, and they put a reed {kalamon: mock royal staff} in His right hand; then they knelt before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
30 And they spit on Him {Iesous, Humiliated King}, took the reed, and repeatedly struck Him on His head {kephale: symbol of royal dignity}.
31 After they had mocked Him {Iesous, Humiliated Messiah}, they took the cloak off Him, put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify {staurosai: execute by nailing to a cross} Him.
32 As they were going out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon, and they compelled him to carry His {autou: Suffering Servant} cross {stauros: Roman execution stake}.
33 And when they came to the place called Golgotha {Golgotha: Aramaic place-name}—that is, Place of a Skull {kraniou: skull-like hill}.
34 They offered Him {Iesous, Willing Sufferer} wine mixed with gall {cholē: bitter additive} to drink; and after tasting it, He did not wish to drink.
35 When they had crucified Him {Iesous, Crucified Messiah}, they divided His garments {himatia: outer clothing} among themselves by casting lots.
36 And sitting {kathemenoi: settled posture} down, they kept watch over Him {Iesous, Crucified King} there.
37 And above His head they placed the written charge against Him: “This is Jesus {Iesous, Crucified Messiah}, the King {basileus: Roman-condemned ruler} of the Jews.”
38 Then two robbers {lēstai: violent offenders} were crucified with Him {Iesous, Suffering Redeemer}, one on the right and one on the left.
39 And those passing by were insulting Him {Iesous, Humiliated Messiah}, shaking their heads {kephalas: visible contempt}.
40 And they said, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days {hemerai: full days}, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God {huios tou Theou: Mocked Messiah}, come down from the cross.”
41 In the same way the chief priests {archiereis: senior temple officials}, together with the scribes {grammateōn: legal scholars} and the elders, were mocking and saying,
42 He {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him come down now from the cross {stauros: Roman execution cross}, and we will believe in Him.
43 He has trusted {pepoithen: confident reliance} in God {Theos: Trusted Rescuer}; let Him rescue Him now, if He wants Him. For He said, “I am the Son of God.”
44 In the same way, the robbers {leistai: violent criminals} who had been crucified with Him {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} also reviled Him.
45 From the sixth hour, darkness {skotos: unnatural gloom} spread over all the land {gēn: surrounding region} until the ninth hour.
46 But about the ninth hour, Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”—that is, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken {enkatelipes: utterly abandon} Me?”
47 But some of those standing {hestekoton: remaining present} there, when they heard this, said, “This man is calling Elijah {Elian: prophet of Israel}.”
48 At once, one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with sour wine {oxous: a cheap vinegar-like drink}, put it on a reed, and gave Him {Iesous, Suffering Messiah} a drink.
49 But the rest were saying, “Allow Him {Iesous: Crucified King}; let us see whether Elijah {Ēlias: Expected Prophet} comes to save Him.”
50 Then Jesus {Iesous, Suffering Redeemer} cried out again with a loud voice and released the spirit {pneuma: departing life-center}.