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Luke 23 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Jesus Faces Pilate
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Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate.

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

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So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews? ”

He answered him, “You say so.”[fn]

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Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

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But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

Jesus Faces Herod Antipas
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When Pilate heard this,[fn] he asked if the man was a Galilean.

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Finding that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

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Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle[fn] performed by him.

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So he kept asking him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

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The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.

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Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, mocked him, dressed him in bright clothing, and sent him back to Pilate.

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That very day Herod and Pilate became friends.[fn] Previously, they had been enemies.

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Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

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and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who misleads the people. But in fact, after examining him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse him of.

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“Neither has Herod, because he sent him back to us. Clearly, he has done nothing to deserve death.

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“Therefore, I will have him whipped[fn] and then release him.”[fn]

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Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us! ”

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(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)

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Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

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but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify him! ”

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A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have him whipped and then release him.”

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But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified, and their voices[fn] won out.

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So Pilate decided to grant their demand

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and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

The Way to the Cross
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As they led him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

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A large crowd of people followed him, including women who were mourning and lamenting him.

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But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

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“Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed! ’

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“Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us! ’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us! ’

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“For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry? ”

Crucified between Two Criminals
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Two others ​— ​criminals ​— ​were also led away to be executed with him.

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When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

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Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”[fn] And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

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The people stood watching, and even the leaders were scoffing: “He saved others; let him save himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One! ”

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The soldiers also mocked him. They came offering him sour wine

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and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself! ”

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An inscription was above him:[fn] This Is the King of the Jews.

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Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at[fn] him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us! ”

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But the other answered, rebuking him: “Don’t you even fear God, since you are undergoing the same punishment?

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“We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

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Then he said, “Jesus, remember me[fn] when you come into your kingdom.”

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And he said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

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It was now about noon,[fn] and darkness came over the whole land[fn] until three,[fn]

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because the sun’s light failed.[fn] The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

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And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit. Saying this, he breathed his last.

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When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous! ”[fn]

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All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

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But all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus
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There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

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who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

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He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body.

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Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.[fn]

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It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.[fn]

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The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.

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Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

CSB Footnotes
Or “That is true.”
Other mss read heard “Galilee”
Or sign
Lit friends with one another
Gk paideuo; to discipline or “teach a lesson”
Some mss include v. 17: For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.
Other mss add and those of the chief priests
Other mss omit Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”
Other mss add written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew letters
Or began to blaspheme
Other mss add Lord
Lit about the sixth hour
Or whole earth
Lit the ninth hour
Other mss read three, and the sun was darkened
Or innocent
Or interred, or laid
Lit was dawning
BLB Footnotes
Some Greek manuscripts exclude this verse. The CSB related footnote for 23:16 states:
Some mss include v. 17: For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.  
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