Lucas 23
1 Então toda a assembléia levantou-se e o levou a Pilatos. 2 E começaram a acusá-lo, dizendo: “Encontramos este homem subvertendo a nossa nação. Ele proíbe o pagamento de imposto a César e se declara ele próprio o Cristo, um rei”.
3 Pilatos perguntou a Jesus: “Você é o rei dos judeus?”
“Tu o dizes”, respondeu Jesus.
4 Então Pilatos disse aos chefes dos sacerdotes e à multidão: “Não encontro motivo para acusar este homem”.
5 Mas eles insistiam: “Ele está subvertendo o povo em toda a Judéia com os seus ensinamentos. Começou na Galiléia e chegou até aqui”.
6 Ouvindo isso, Pilatos perguntou se Jesus era galileu. 7 Quando ficou sabendo que ele era da jurisdição de Herodes, enviou-o a Herodes, que também estava em Jerusalém naqueles dias.
8 Quando Herodes viu Jesus, ficou muito alegre, porque havia muito tempo queria vê-lo. Pelo que ouvira falar dele, esperava vê-lo realizar algum milagre. 9 Interrogou-o com muitas perguntas, mas Jesus não lhe deu resposta. 10 Os chefes dos sacerdotes e os mestres da lei estavam ali, acusando-o com veemência. 11 Então Herodes e os seus soldados ridicularizaram-no e zombaram dele. Vestindo-o com um manto esplêndido, mandaram-no de volta a Pilatos. 12 Herodes e Pilatos, que até ali eram inimigos, naquele dia tornaram-se amigos.
13 Pilatos reuniu os chefes dos sacerdotes, as autoridades e o povo, 14 dizendo-lhes: “Vocês me trouxeram este homem como alguém que estava incitando o povo à rebelião. Eu o examinei na presença de vocês e não achei nenhuma base para as acusações que fazem contra ele. 15 Nem Herodes, pois ele o mandou de volta para nós. Como podem ver, ele nada fez que mereça a morte. 16 Portanto, eu o castigarei e depois o soltarei”. 17 Ele era obrigado a soltar-lhes um preso durante a festa.
18 A uma só voz eles gritaram: “Acaba com ele! Solta-nos Barrabás!” 19 (Barrabás havia sido lançado na prisão por causa de uma insurreição na cidade e por assassinato.)
20 Desejando soltar a Jesus, Pilatos dirigiu-se a eles novamente. 21 Mas eles continuaram gritando: “Crucifica-o! Crucifica-o!”
22 Pela terceira vez ele lhes falou: “Por quê? Que crime este homem cometeu? Não encontrei nele nada digno de morte. Vou mandar castigá-lo e depois o soltarei”.
23 Eles, porém, pediam insistentemente, com fortes gritos, que ele fosse crucificado; e a gritaria prevaleceu. 24 Então Pilatos decidiu fazer a vontade deles. 25 Libertou o homem que havia sido lançado na prisão por insurreição e assassinato, aquele que eles haviam pedido, e entregou Jesus à vontade deles.
A Crucificação
(Mt 27.32-44; Mc 15.21-32; Jo 19.16-27)
26 Enquanto o levavam, agarraram Simão de Cirene, que estava chegando do campo, e lhe colocaram a cruz às costas, fazendo-o carregá-la atrás de Jesus. 27 Um grande número de pessoas o seguia, inclusive mulheres que lamentavam e choravam por ele. 28 Jesus voltou-se e disse-lhes: “Filhas de Jerusalém, não chorem por mim; chorem por vocês mesmas e por seus filhos! 29 Pois chegará a hora em que vocês dirão: ‘Felizes as estéreis, os ventres que nunca geraram e os seios que nunca amamentaram!’
30 “ ‘Então
dirão às montanhas:
“Caiam sobre nós!”
e às colinas: “Cubram-nos!” ’31 Pois, se fazem isto com a árvore verde, o que acontecerá quando ela estiver seca?”
32 Dois outros homens, ambos criminosos, também foram levados com ele, para serem executados. 33 Quando chegaram ao lugar chamado Caveira, ali o crucificaram com os criminosos, um à sua direita e o outro à sua esquerda. 34 Jesus disse: “Pai, perdoa-lhes, pois não sabem o que estão fazendo”. Então eles dividiram as roupas dele, tirando sortes.
35 O povo ficou observando, e as autoridades o ridicularizavam. “Salvou os outros”, diziam; “salve-se a si mesmo, se é o Cristo de Deus, o Escolhido.”
36 Os soldados, aproximando-se, também zombavam dele. Oferecendo-lhe vinagre, 37 diziam: “Se você é o rei dos judeus, salve-se a si mesmo”.
38 Havia uma inscrição acima dele, que dizia: ESTE É O REI DOS JUDEUS.
39 Um dos criminosos que ali estavam dependurados lançava-lhe insultos: “Você não é o Cristo? Salve-se a si mesmo e a nós!”
40 Mas o outro criminoso o repreendeu, dizendo: “Você não teme a Deus, nem estando sob a mesma sentença? 41 Nós estamos sendo punidos com justiça, porque estamos recebendo o que os nossos atos merecem. Mas este homem não cometeu nenhum mal”.
42 Então ele disse: “Jesus, lembra-te de mim quando entrares no teu Reino”.
43 Jesus lhe respondeu: “Eu lhe garanto: Hoje você estará comigo no paraíso”.
A Morte de Jesus
(Mt 27.45-56; Mc 15.33-41; Jo 19.28-30)
44 Já era quase meio-dia, e trevas cobriram toda a terra até as três horas da tarde; 45 o sol deixara de brilhar. E o véu do santuário rasgou-se ao meio. 46 Jesus bradou em alta voz: “Pai, nas tuas mãos entrego o meu espírito”. Tendo dito isso, expirou.
47 O centurião, vendo o que havia acontecido, louvou a Deus, dizendo: “Certamente este homem era justo”. 48 E todo o povo que se havia juntado para presenciar o que estava acontecendo, ao ver isso, começou a bater no peito e a afastar-se. 49 Mas todos os que o conheciam, inclusive as mulheres que o haviam seguido desde a Galiléia, ficaram de longe, observando essas coisas.
O Sepultamento de Jesus
(Mt 27.57-61; Mc 15.42-47; Jo 19.38-42)
50 Havia um homem chamado José, membro do Conselho, homem bom e justo, 51 que não tinha consentido na decisão e no procedimento dos outros. Ele era da cidade de Arimatéia, na Judéia, e esperava o Reino de Deus. 52 Dirigindo-se a Pilatos, pediu o corpo de Jesus. 53 Então, desceu-o, envolveu-o num lençol de linho e o colocou num sepulcro cavado na rocha, no qual ninguém ainda fora colocado. 54 Era sexta-feira, e estava para começar o sábado.
55 As mulheres que haviam acompanhado Jesus desde a Galiléia, seguiram José, e viram o sepulcro, e como o corpo de Jesus fora colocado nele. 56 Em seguida, foram para casa e prepararam perfumes e especiarias aromáticas. E descansaram no sábado, em obediência ao mandamento.
LUKE 23
Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27.1,2,11-14; Mark 15.1-5; John 18.28-38)
1 Everyone in the council got up and led Jesus off to Pilate.
2 They started accusing him and said, “We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king.”
3 Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“Those are your words,” Jesus answered.
4 Pilate told the chief priests and the crowd, “I don't find him guilty of anything.”
5 But they all kept on saying, “He has been teaching and causing trouble all over Judea. He started in Galilee and has now come all the way here.”Jesus //Is Brought before Herod
6 When Pilate heard this, he asked, “Is this man from Galilee?”
7 After Pilate learned that Jesus came from the region ruled by Herod, t he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.
8 For a long time Herod had wanted to see Jesus and was very happy because he finally had this chance. He had heard many things about Jesus and hoped to see him work a miracle.
9 Herod asked him a lot of questions, but Jesus did not answer.
10 Then the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses stood up and accused him of all kinds of bad things.
11 Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and insulted him. They put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.
12 That same day Herod and Pilate became friends, even though they had been enemies before this.The Death Sentence
(Matthew 27.15-26; Mark 15.6-15; John 18.39—19.16)
13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people. 14 He told them, “You brought Jesus to me and said he was a troublemaker. But I have questioned him here in front of you, and I have not found him guilty of anything that you say he has done. 15 Herod didn't find him guilty either and sent him back. This man doesn't deserve to be put to death!
16-17 I will just have him beaten with a whip and set free.”t
18 But the whole crowd shouted, “Kill Jesus! Give us Barabbas!”
19 Now Barabbas was in jail because he had started a riot in the city and had murdered someone.
20 Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he spoke again to the crowds.
21 But they kept shouting, “Nail him to a cross! Nail him to a cross!”
22 Pilate spoke to them a third time, “But what crime has he done? I have not found him guilty of anything for which he should be put to death. I will have him beaten with a whip and set free.”
23 The people kept on shouting as loud as they could for Jesus to be put to death. 24 Finally, Pilate gave in.
25 He freed the man who was in jail for rioting and murder, because he was the one the crowd wanted to be set free. Then Pilate handed Jesus over for them to do what they wanted with him.Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
(Matthew 27.31-44; Mark 15.21-32; John 19.17-27)
26 As Jesus was being led away, some soldiers grabbed hold of a man named Simon who was from Cyrene. He was coming in from the fields, but they put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
27 A large crowd was following Jesus, and in the crowd a lot of women were crying and weeping for him.
28 Jesus turned to the women and said:
Women of Jerusalem, don't cry for me! Cry for yourselves and for your children. 29 Someday people will say, “Women who never had children are really fortunate!” 30 t At that time everyone will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” They will say to the hills, “Hide us!”
31 If this can happen when the wood is green, what do you think will happen when it is dry?t
32 Two criminals were led out to be put to death with Jesus.
33 When the soldiers came to the place called “The Skull,”t they nailed Jesus to a cross. They also nailed the two criminals to crosses, one on each side of Jesus.
34-35 t Jesus said, “Father, forgive these people! They don't know what they're doing.”t
While the crowd stood there watching Jesus, the soldiers gambled for his clothes. The leaders insulted him by saying, “He saved others. Now he should save himself, if he really is God's chosen Messiah!”
36 t The soldiers made fun of Jesus and brought him some wine.
37 They said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
38 Above him was a sign that said, “This is the King of the Jews.”
39 One of the criminals hanging there also insulted Jesus by saying, “Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and save us!”
40 But the other criminal told the first one off, “Don't you fear God? Aren't you getting the same punishment as this man? 41 We got what was coming to us, but he didn't do anything wrong.”
42 Then he said to Jesus, “Remember me when you come into power!”
43 Jesus replied, “I promise that today you will be with me in paradise.”tThe Death of Jesus
(Matthew 27.45-56; Mark 15.33-41; John 19.28-30)
44 Around noon the sky turned dark and stayed that way until the middle of the afternoon. 45 t The sun stopped shining, and the curtain in the templet split down the middle.
46 t Jesus shouted, “Father, I put myself in your hands!” Then he died.
47 When the Roman officer saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Jesus must really have been a good man!”
48 A crowd had gathered to see the terrible sight. Then after they had seen it, they felt brokenhearted and went home.
49 t All of Jesus' close friends and the women who had come with him from Galilee stood at a distance and watched.Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61; Mark 15.42-47; John 19.38-42)
50-51 There was a man named Joseph, who was from Arimathea in Judea. Joseph was a good and honest man, and he was eager for God's kingdom to come. He was also a member of the council, but he did not agree with what they had decided.
52 Joseph went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 53 He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in fine cloth. Then he put it in a tomb that had been cut out of solid rock and had never been used.
54 It was Friday, and the Sabbath was about to begin.t
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and watched how Jesus' body was placed in the tomb. 56 t Then they went to prepare some sweet-smelling spices for his burial. But on the Sabbath they rested, as the Law of Moses commands.
