1De manhã bem cedo, os chefes dos sacerdotes com os líderes religiosos, os mestres da lei e todo o Sinédrio[1] chegaram a uma decisão. Amarrando Jesus, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos.2“Você é o rei dos judeus?”, perguntou Pilatos. “Tu o dizes”[2], respondeu Jesus.3Os chefes dos sacerdotes o acusavam de muitas coisas.4Então Pilatos lhe perguntou novamente: “Você não vai responder? Veja de quantas coisas o estão acusando”.5Mas Jesus não respondeu nada, e Pilatos ficou impressionado.6Por ocasião da festa, era costume soltar um prisioneiro que o povo pedisse.7Um homem chamado Barrabás estava na prisão com os rebeldes que haviam cometido assassinato durante uma rebelião.8A multidão chegou e pediu a Pilatos que lhe fizesse o que costumava fazer.9“Vocês querem que eu solte o rei dos judeus?”, perguntou Pilatos,10sabendo que fora por inveja que os chefes dos sacerdotes lhe haviam entregado Jesus.11Mas os chefes dos sacerdotes incitaram a multidão a pedir que Pilatos, ao contrário, soltasse Barrabás.12“Então, que farei com aquele a quem vocês chamam rei dos judeus?”, perguntou-lhes Pilatos.13“Crucifica-o!”, gritaram eles.14“Por quê? Que crime ele cometeu?”, perguntou Pilatos. Mas eles gritavam ainda mais: “Crucifica-o!”15Desejando agradar a multidão, Pilatos soltou-lhes Barrabás, mandou açoitar Jesus e o entregou para ser crucificado.
Os Soldados Zombam de Jesus
16Os soldados levaram Jesus para dentro do palácio, isto é, ao Pretório[3], e reuniram toda a tropa.17Vestiram-no com um manto de púrpura, depois fizeram uma coroa de espinhos e a colocaram nele.18E começaram a saudá-lo: “Salve, rei dos judeus!”19Batiam-lhe na cabeça com uma vara e cuspiam nele. Ajoelhavam-se e lhe prestavam adoração.20Depois de terem zombado dele, tiraram-lhe o manto de púrpura e vestiram-lhe suas próprias roupas. Então o levaram para fora, a fim de crucificá-lo.
A Crucificação
21Certo homem de Cirene, chamado Simão, pai de Alexandre e de Rufo, passava por ali, chegando do campo. Eles o forçaram a carregar a cruz.22Levaram Jesus ao lugar chamado Gólgota, que quer dizer lugar da Caveira.23Então lhe deram vinho misturado com mirra, mas ele não o bebeu.24E o crucificaram. Dividindo as roupas dele, tiraram sortes para saber com o que cada um iria ficar.25Eram nove horas da manhã[4] quando o crucificaram.26E assim estava escrito na acusação contra ele: O REI DOS JUDEUS.27Com ele crucificaram dois ladrões, um à sua direita e outro à sua esquerda,28e cumpriu-se a Escritura que diz: “Ele foi contado entre os transgressores”.29Os que passavam lançavam-lhe insultos, balançando a cabeça e dizendo: “Ora, você que destrói o templo e o reedifica em três dias,30desça da cruz e salve-se a si mesmo!”31Da mesma forma, os chefes dos sacerdotes e os mestres da lei zombavam dele entre si, dizendo: “Salvou os outros, mas não é capaz de salvar a si mesmo!32O Cristo, o Rei de Israel… Desça da cruz, para que o vejamos e creiamos!” Os que foram crucificados com ele também o insultavam.
A Morte de Jesus
33E houve trevas sobre toda a terra, do meio-dia às três horas da tarde[5].34Por volta das três horas da tarde, Jesus bradou em alta voz: “Eloí, Eloí, lamá sabactâni?”, que significa “Meu Deus! Meu Deus! Por que me abandonaste?”35Quando alguns dos que estavam presentes ouviram isso, disseram: “Ouçam! Ele está chamando Elias”.36Um deles correu, embebeu uma esponja em vinagre, colocou-a na ponta de uma vara e deu-a a Jesus para beber. E disse: “Deixem-no. Vejamos se Elias vem tirá-lo daí”.37Mas Jesus, com um alto brado, expirou.38E o véu do santuário rasgou-se em duas partes, de alto a baixo.39Quando o centurião que estava em frente de Jesus ouviu o seu brado e[6] viu como ele morreu, disse: “Realmente este homem era o Filho de Deus!”40Algumas mulheres estavam observando de longe. Entre elas estavam Maria Madalena, Salomé e Maria, mãe de Tiago, o mais jovem, e de José.41Na Galileia elas tinham seguido e servido a Jesus. Muitas outras mulheres que tinham subido com ele para Jerusalém também estavam ali.
O Sepultamento de Jesus
42Era o Dia da Preparação, isto é, a véspera do sábado,43José de Arimateia, membro de destaque do Sinédrio, que também esperava o Reino de Deus, dirigiu-se corajosamente a Pilatos e pediu o corpo de Jesus.44Pilatos ficou surpreso ao ouvir que ele já tinha morrido. Chamando o centurião, perguntou-lhe se Jesus já tinha morrido.45Sendo informado pelo centurião, entregou o corpo a José.46Então José comprou um lençol de linho, baixou o corpo da cruz, envolveu-o no lençol e o colocou num sepulcro cavado na rocha. Depois, fez rolar uma pedra sobre a entrada do sepulcro.47Maria Madalena e Maria, mãe de José, viram onde ele fora colocado.
6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. (Mt 27:15; Lc 23:18; Jo 18:39; Jo 19:16)7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. (At 3:14; At 5:36)8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.9And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. (Jo 12:19)11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.12And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” (Jo 19:15)13And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”14And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” (Lc 23:41; Jo 8:46)15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged[1] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. (Is 50:6; Is 53:5; Mc 10:34; Lc 23:16; Jo 19:1)
Jesus Is Mocked
16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters),[2] and they called together the whole battalion.[3] (Mt 26:3; Mt 27:27; Jo 18:28; Jo 18:33; Jo 19:2; Jo 19:9; At 10:1; At 23:35; Fp 1:13)17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. (Lc 23:11; Ap 18:12; Ap 18:16)18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” (Mc 15:2)19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. (Mt 8:2; Mc 14:65)20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. (Is 53:7; Mc 10:34; Mc 15:17)
The Crucifixion
21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. (Mt 27:32; Lc 23:26; Jo 19:17)22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). (Mt 27:33; Lc 23:32; Lc 23:44; Jo 19:17; Jo 19:23; Jo 19:28)23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. (Mt 2:11; Jo 19:39)24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. (Sl 22:18)25And it was the third hour[4] when they crucified him. (Jo 19:14)26And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” (Mc 15:2)27And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.[5] (Mc 10:37; Jo 18:40)29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, (Jó 16:4; Sl 22:7; Sl 35:25; Sl 40:15; Sl 109:25; Jr 18:16; Lm 1:12; Lm 2:15; Mc 14:58)30save yourself, and come down from the cross!”31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. (Mt 26:53; Lc 4:23; Jo 10:18)32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. (Mt 1:17; Mc 15:26; Lc 23:39; Jo 1:49; Jo 12:13; Jo 20:29)
The Death of Jesus
33And when the sixth hour[6] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.[7]34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Sl 22:1; Hb 5:7)35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” (Rt 2:14; Sl 69:21)37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. (Mc 15:34; Jo 10:18)38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. (Ex 26:31; 2 Cr 3:14)39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he[8] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son[9] of God!” (Mt 27:43; Mt 27:54; Lc 23:47; Lc 23:49)40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. (Sl 38:11; Mt 27:56; Mc 16:1; Lc 8:2; Jo 19:25)41When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. (Mc 15:40; Lc 2:4)
Jesus Is Buried
42And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, (Mt 27:57; Mt 27:62; Lc 23:50; Jo 19:38)43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. (Lc 2:25; Lc 2:38; At 13:50; At 17:12)44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.[10] And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. (Mc 15:39)45And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. (Mc 15:44)46And Joseph[11] bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. (Is 22:16; Is 53:9; Mc 14:51; Mc 16:4; Jo 11:38)47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. (Mc 15:40)