Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27.1Matthew 2Matthew 11-14Luke 23.1-5John 18.28-38)1 Early the next morning the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met together with the whole Jewish council. They tied up Jesus and led him off to Pilate.
2 He asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Those are your words,” Jesus answered.
3 The chief priests brought many charges against Jesus. 4 Then Pilate questioned him again, “Don't you have anything to say? Don't you hear what crimes they say you have done?” 5 But Jesus did not answer, and Pilate was amazed.
The Death Sentence
(Matthew 27.15-26Luke 23.13-25John 18.39—19.16)6 During Passover, Pilate always freed one prisoner chosen by the people. 7 And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot. 8 The crowd now came and asked Pilate to set a prisoner free, just as he usually did.
9 Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to free the king of the Jews?” 10 Pilate knew that the chief priests had brought Jesus to him because they were jealous.
11 But the chief priests told the crowd to ask Pilate to free Barabbas.
12 Then Pilate asked the crowd, “What do you want me to do with this man you say is the king of the Jews?”
13 They yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”
14 Pilate asked, “But what crime has he done?”
“Nail him to a cross!” they yelled even louder.
15 Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip and nail him to a cross.
Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
(Matthew 27.27-30John 19.2John 3)16 The soldiers led Jesus inside the courtyard of the fortress and called together the rest of the troops. 17 They put a purple robe on him, and on his head they placed a crown they had made out of thorn branches. 18 They made fun of Jesus and shouted, “Hey, you king of the Jews!” 19 Then they beat him on the head with a stick. They spit on him and knelt down and pretended to worship him.
20 When the soldiers had finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him and led him off to be nailed to a cross. 21 Simon from Cyrene happened to be coming in from a farm, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross. Simon was the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
(Matthew 27.31-44Luke 23.27-43John 19.17-27)22 The soldiers took Jesus to Golgotha, which means “Place of a Skull.” 23 There they gave him some wine mixed with a drug to ease the pain, but he refused to drink it.
24 They nailed Jesus to a cross and gambled to see who would get his clothes. 25 It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross. 26 On it was a sign that told why he was nailed there. It read, “This is the King of the Jews.” 27-28 The soldiers also nailed two criminals on crosses, one to the right of Jesus and the other to his left.
29 People who passed by said terrible things about Jesus. They shook their heads and shouted, “Ha! So you're the one who claimed you could tear down the temple and build it again in three days. 30 Save yourself and come down from the cross!”
31 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses also made fun of Jesus. They said to each other, “He saved others, but he can't save himself. 32 If he is the Messiah, the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross! Then we will see and believe.” The two criminals also said cruel things to Jesus.
The Death of Jesus
(Matthew 27.45-56Luke 23.44-49John 19.28-30)33 About noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until around three o'clock. 34 Then about that time Jesus shouted, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
35 Some of the people standing there heard Jesus and said, “He is calling for Elijah.” 36 One of them ran and grabbed a sponge. After he had soaked it in wine, he put it on a stick and held it up to Jesus. He said, “Let's wait and see if Elijah will come and take him down!” 37 Jesus shouted and then died.
38 At once the curtain in the temple tore in two from top to bottom.
39 A Roman army officer was standing in front of Jesus. When the officer saw how Jesus died, he said, “This man really was the Son of God!”
40-41 Some women were looking on from a distance. They and many others had come with Jesus to Jerusalem. But even before this they had been his followers and had helped him while he was in Galilee. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph were two of these women. Salome was also one of them.
Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61Luke 23.50-56John 19.38-42)42 It was now the evening before the Sabbath, and the Jewish people were getting ready for that sacred day. 43 A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to ask Pilate for the body of Jesus. Joseph was a highly respected member of the Jewish council, and he was also waiting for God's kingdom to come.
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead, and he called in the army officer to find out if Jesus had been dead very long. 45 After the officer told him, Pilate let Joseph have Jesus' body.
46 Joseph bought a linen cloth and took the body down from the cross. He had it wrapped in the cloth, and he put it in a tomb that had been cut into solid rock. Then he rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body was placed.
يسوع عند بيلاطس
(متى 27:1-2،متى 11-14، لوقا 23:1-5، يوحنا 18:28-38)1 ولمّا طلَعَ الصّبحُ تَشاورَ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ والشّيوخُ ومُعَلّمو الشّريعةِ وجَميعُ أعضاءِ المَجلِسِ، ثُمّ أوثَقوا يَسوعَ وأخَذوهُ وسَلّموهُ إلى بيلاطُسَ. 2 فسألَهُ بيلاطُسُ: «أأنتَ مَلِكُ اليهودِ؟» فأجابَهُ: «أنتَ قُلتَ». 3 واَتّهَمَهُ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ اَتهاماتٍ كثيرةً. 4 فسألَهُ بيلاطُسُ ثانيةً: «أما تُجيبُ بِشيءٍ؟ إسمَعْ كَم يوجّهونَ مِنَ التّهَمِ إليكَ!» 5 فما أجابَ يَسوعُ بِشيءٍ حتى تَعجّبَ بيلاطُسُ.
الحكم على يسوع بالموت
(متى 27:15-26، لوقا 23:13-25، يوحنا 18:39؛ يوحنا 19:16)6 وكانَ بيلاطُسُ في كُلّ عيدٍ يُطلِقُ واحدًا مِنَ السّجناءِ يَختارُهُ الشّعبُ. 7 وكانَ رجُلٌ اَسمُهُ باراباسُ مَسجونًا معَ جماعةٍ مِنَ المُتَمرّدينَ اَرتكَبوا جَريمةَ قَتلٍ أيّامَ الفِتنةِ. 8 فاَحتَشَدَ الجَمعُ وأخذوا يُطالِبونَ بيلاطُسَ بِما عَوّدَهُم أنْ ينالوهُ، 9 فقالَ لهُم: «أتُريدونَ أنْ أُطلِقَ لكُم مَلِكَ اليهودِ؟» 10 لأنّهُ كانَ يَعرِفُ أنّ رُؤساءَ الكَهنَةِ مِنْ حَسَدِهِم أسلَموا يَسوعَ. 11 فهَيّجَ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ الجَمعَ لِيختاروا إطلاقَ باراباسَ. 12 فقالَ لهُم بيلاطُسُ ثانيةً: «فماذا أفعَلُ بالذي تَدعونَهُ مَلِكَ اليهودِ؟» 13 فعادوا لِلصياحِ: «اَصلُبْهُ!» 14 فقالَ لهُم: «أيّ شَرّ فعَلَ؟» فاَرتفَعَ صِياحُهُم: «اَصلِبْهُ!» 15 وأرادَ بيلاطُسُ أن يُرضِيَ الجَمعَ، فأطلقَ لهُم باراباسَ. وبَعدَما جَلَدَ يَسوعَ أسلَمَهُ ليُصْلَبَ.
الجنود يستهزئون بيسوع
(متى 27:27-31، يوحنا 19:2-3)16 فقادَهُ الجُنودُ إلى داخلِ الدّارِ التي هيَ قَصرُ الحاكِمِ وجَمعوا الكَتيبَةَ كُلّها. 17 وألْبَسوهُ أُرجوانًا، وضَفَروا إكليلاً مِنَ الشّوكِ ووضَعوهُ على رأْسِهِ، 18 وأخذوا يُحيّونَهُ بِقولِهِم: «السّلامُ علَيكَ يا مَلِكَ اليَهودِ!» 19 ويَضرِبونَهُ بقَصَبَةٍ على رأْسِهِ ويَبصِقونَ علَيهِ، ويَركَعونَ لَه ساجِدينَ. 20 وبَعدَما اَستَهزَأوا بِه، نَزَعوا عَنهُ الأُرجُوانَ وألْبَسوهُ ثيابَهُ وخَرجوا بِه ليَصلِبوهُ.
يسوع على الصليب
(متى 27:32-44، لوقا 23:26-43، يوحنا 19:17-27)21 وسَخّروا لِحَمْلِ صَليبِهِ سِمعانَ القِيرينيّ، أبا اَسكَندرَ وروفُسَ، وكانَ في الطّريقِ راجعًا مِنَ الحَقلِ. 22 وجاؤوا بيَسوعَ إلى المكانِ المَعروفِ بالجُلجُثةِ، أيْ مكانِ الجُمجُمَةِ، 23 وقَدّموا إليهِ خَمرًا مَمزوجَةً بِمُرّ، فرَفَضَ أنْ يَشرَبَها. 24 ثُمّ صلَبوهُ واَقتَسموا ثيابَهُ بَينَهُم بالقُرعَةِ. 25 وكانَتِ السّاعةُ التاسعةُ صباحًا حينَ صَلبوهُ. 26 وكَتبوا في عُنوانِ الحُكمِ علَيهِ: «مَلِكُ اليهودِ». 27 وصَلبوا معَهُ لِصّينِ، واحدًا عَنْ يَمينِهِ وواحدًا عَنْ شِمالِهِ. [ 28 فتَمّ قَولُ الكِتابِ: «أحصَوهُ معَ المُجرِمينَ»].
29 وكانَ المارّةُ يَهزّونَ رُؤوسَهُم ويَشْتِمونَهُ ويقولونَ: «آه يا هادِمَ الهَيكَلِ وبانيَهُ في ثلاثةِ أيّامٍ! 30 خَلّصْ نفسَكَ واَنزِلْ عَنِ الصّليبِ!» 31 وكانَ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ ومُعَلّمو الشّريعةِ يَستَهزِئونَ بِه أيضًا، فيقولُ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ: «خَلّصَ غَيرَهُ ولا يَقدِرُ أنْ يُخَلّصَ نَفسَهُ! 32 فلْينزِلِ الآنَ المسيحُ مَلِكُ إِسرائيلَ عَنِ الصّليبِ، حتى نرى ونُؤمِنَ!» وكانَ اللصّانِ المصلوبانِ معَهُ يُعيّرانِهِ أيضًا.
موت يسوع
(متى 27:45-56، لوقا 23:44-49، يوحنا 19:28-30)33 وعِندَ الظّهرِ، خَيّمَ الظّلامُ على الأرضِ كُلّها حتى السّاعةِ الثالِثةِ. 34 وفي الساعةِ الثالِثةِ، صرَخَ يَسوعُ بِصوتٍ عَظيمٍ: «إيلوئي، إيلوئي، لما شَبَقْتاني»، أي «إِلهي، إِلهي، لماذا تَرَكتَني؟» 35 فسَمِعَ بَعضُ الحاضِرينَ، فقالوا: «ها هوَ يُنادي إيليّا!» 36 وأسرَعَ واحدٌ مِنهُم إلى إسْفِنجَةٍ وبَلّلَها بالخَلّ ووضَعَها على طَرَفِ قصَبَةٍ، ورَفَعَها إلَيهِ لِيشرَبَ وهوَ يَقولُ: «اَنتظِروا لِنرى هَلْ يَجيءُ إيليّا ليُنزِلَهُ». 37 وصرَخَ يَسوعُ صَرخَةً عاليةً وأسلَمَ الرّوحَ.
38 فاَنشَقّ حِجابُ الهَيكَلِ شَطْرَينِ، مِنْ أعلى إلى أسفلُ. 39 وكانَ قائدُ الحرَسِ واقفًا تُجاهَ الصّليبِ، فلمّا رأى كيفَ أسلَمَ يَسوعُ الرّوحَ، قالَ: «بِالحقيقةِ كانَ هذا الرّجُلُ اَبنَ اللهِ». 40 وكانَت هُناكَ جَماعةٌ مِنَ النّساءِ يَنْظُرنَ عَنْ بُعدٍ، فيهِنّ مَريَمُ المَجدَليّةُ ومَريَمُ أم يَعقوبَ الصّغيرِ ويوسي، وسالومةُ، 41 وهُنّ اللواتي تَبِعنَ يَسوعَ وخدَمْنَهُ عِندَما كانَ في الجَليلِ، وغَيرُهُنّ كَثيراتٌ صَعِدْنَ معَهُ إلى أُورُشليمَ.
دفن يسوع
(متى 27:57-61، لوقا 23:50-56، يوحنا 19:38-42)42 وكانَ المَساءُ اَقتَربَ، وهوَ وقتُ التّهيئَةِ، أي ما قبلَ السّبتِ. 43 فجاءَ يوسفُ الرّاميّ، وكانَ مِنْ أعضاءِ مَجلسِ اليهودِ البارِزينَ، ومِنَ الذينَ يَنتَظِرونَ مَلكوتَ اللهِ، فتَجاسرَ ودخَلَ على بيلاطُسَ وطلَبَ جسَدَ يَسوعَ. 44 فتعَجّبَ بيلاطُسُ أنْ يكونَ ماتَ. فدَعا قائِدَ الحرَسِ وسألَهُ: «أمِنْ زمانٍ ماتَ؟» 45 فلمّا سمِعَ الخبَرَ مِنَ القائِدِ، سمَحَ ليوسفَ بِجُثّةِ يَسوعَ. 46 فاَشتَرى كَفَنًا، ثُمّ أنزَلَ الجَسدَ عَنِ الصّليبِ وكفّنَهُ ووضَعَهُ في قَبرٍ مَحفورٍ في الصّخرِ، ودَحرَجَ حجَرًا على بابِ القبرِ. 47 وشاهَدَت مَريمُ المَجدَليّةُ ومَريَمُ أمّ يوسي أينَ وضَعَهُ.
