1Então Pilatos mandou açoitar Jesus.2Os soldados fizeram uma coroa de espinhos e colocaram-lha na cabeça, vestindo-lhe um manto cor de púrpura.3“Viva, ó rei dos judeus!” E batiam-lhe.4Pilatos apareceu de novo: “Vou tornar a trazê-lo, mas que fique bem entendido que não o acho culpado de coisa nenhuma.”5Jesus surgiu com uma coroa de espinhos e uma túnica cor de púrpura. Pilatos disse: “Eis o Homem!”6Ao vê-lo, os principais sacerdotes e os guardas do templo começaram a gritar: “Crucifica-o! Crucifica-o!” “Levem-no e crucifiquem-no vocês”, disse Pilatos, “que eu não acho que seja culpado de nada.”7Os judeus responderam-lhe: “Pela nossa Lei deve morrer, porque se intitulou Filho de Deus.”8Quando Pilatos ouviu isto, ficou mais assustado do que nunca.9Tornando a levar Jesus para dentro do palácio, perguntou-lhe: “De onde és tu?” Mas Jesus não deu resposta.10“Não queres dizer nada?”, insistiu Pilatos. “Não compreendes que tenho poder para te soltar ou para te crucificar?”11Jesus disse: “Não terias poder nenhum sobre mim se não te tivesse sido dado do alto. Por isso, ainda maior é o pecado de quem me trouxe aqui.”12Pilatos tentou ainda soltá-lo, mas os judeus avisaram-no: “Se soltares esse homem, não és amigo de César. Quem se proclama rei é culpado de rebelião contra César!”13Perante estas palavras, Pilatos tornou a levar-lhes Jesus e presidiu à sessão do tribunal, na plataforma de lajes, que em hebraico se chama Gabatá.14Era agora cerca do meio-dia da véspera da Páscoa. E Pilatos disse aos judeus: “Aqui têm o vosso rei!”15“Fora com ele!”, clamavam. “Fora com ele! Crucifica-o!” “O quê? Crucificar o vosso rei?”, perguntou Pilatos. “Não temos outro rei senão o César”, gritaram os principais sacerdotes.
Jesus é crucificado
16Então Pilatos entregou-lhes Jesus para ser crucificado. Pegaram nele e levaram-no para fora da cidade.17Carregando a cruz, Jesus foi para o local a que chamavam “Lugar da Caveira” (em hebraico, Gólgota).18Ali o crucificaram na companhia de dois outros homens, um de cada lado.19E Pilatos pôs por cima dele uma tabuleta que dizia: jesus de nazaré, rei dos judeus.20Muitos judeus puderam ler estes dizeres, porque o sítio onde Jesus foi crucificado ficava perto da cidade. A tabuleta estava escrita em hebraico, latim e grego.21Os principais sacerdotes disseram a Pilatos. “Muda a frase de modo que, em vez de ‘rei dos Judeus’, fique o que ele disse de si: ‘Eu sou o rei dos Judeus.’ ”22Mas Pilatos respondeu: “O que escrevi, escrevi.”23Depois de crucificarem Jesus, os soldados fizeram quatro lotes com a sua roupa, um para cada um deles.24Mas disseram: “Não rasguemos a túnica!”, porque não tinha costura. “Lancemos sortes para ver quem fica com ela.” Assim se cumpriu a profecia das Escrituras: “Repartem a minha roupa entre si e tiram à sorte a minha túnica.” Ora, assim fizeram os soldados.25Junto à cruz, estavam a mãe de Jesus, a sua tia Maria, mulher de Clopas, e Maria Madalena.26Quando Jesus viu a sua mãe ali de pé, junto ao discípulo a quem ele amava, disse-lhe: “Ele é teu filho!”27E ao discípulo: “Ela é tua mãe!” E a partir daquele momento este discípulo recolheu-a em sua casa.
A morte de Jesus
28Jesus sabia que estava já tudo acabado e, para cumprir as Escrituras, disse: “Tenho sede!”29Encontrava-se ali pousado um recipiente com vinho azedo; mergulharam nele uma esponja e, colocando-a num hissopo, aproximaram-lha dos lábios.30Depois de o ter provado, Jesus disse: “Está acabado!” E curvando a cabeça, entregou o espírito.31Os anciãos não queriam que as vítimas continuassem ali penduradas no dia seguinte, que era sábado, mas um sábado especial, por ser o da Páscoa. Por isso, pediram a Pilatos que lhes mandasse partir as pernas e já poderiam ser apeados.32Assim os soldados vieram e partiram as pernas dos dois que tinham sido crucificados com Jesus.33Mas quando se aproximaram dele, viram que já estava morto e não lhas quebraram.34Mesmo assim, um dos soldados ainda lhe atravessou o lado com uma lança, saindo sangue e água da ferida.35Eu próprio assisti a tudo isto e escrevi este relato exato, para que também vocês possam crer.36Os soldados fizeram isto em cumprimento da passagem das Escrituras que diz: “Nem um dos seus ossos será quebrado.”37E também: “Olharão para aquele a quem trespassaram.”[1]
Jesus é sepultado
38Depois disto, José de Arimateia, que fora discípulo secreto de Jesus, com medo dos judeus, pediu a Pilatos que autorizasse a descida do corpo. Pilatos deixou e ele levou o corpo.39Nicodemos, o homem que procurara Jesus de noite, veio também, trazendo uns trinta e cinco quilos de unguento feito de mirra e aloés.40Os dois envolveram o corpo de Jesus em lençóis de linho embebidos em perfumes, de acordo com o costume judaico de enterramento.41O local da crucificação ficava perto de um jardim onde havia um túmulo novo que nunca fora usado.42E assim, devido à necessidade de se apressarem antes que chegasse o sábado, e também por o túmulo ficar perto, colocaram ali o corpo.
1Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. (Mt 20:19; Mt 27:26; Mc 15:15; Lc 23:16)2And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. (Mt 27:27; Mc 15:16)3They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.4Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” (Jo 18:38; Jo 19:6)5So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” (Jo 19:2; Jo 19:14)6When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.” (Jo 18:31; Jo 19:4)7The Jews[1] answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” (Lv 24:16; Mt 26:63; Lc 22:70; Jo 5:17; Jo 10:33; Jo 10:36)8When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. (Mt 27:19)9He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. (Mt 26:63; Jo 7:27; Jo 18:33; Jo 18:37)10So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?”11Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.” (Mt 27:2; Jo 9:41; Jo 18:14; Jo 18:28; Rm 13:1)12From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” (Lc 23:2; At 3:13)13So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[2] Gabbatha. (Mt 27:19)14Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.[3] He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” (Mt 27:62; Jo 18:28; Jo 19:5)15They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” (Lc 23:18; At 21:36)
The Crucifixion
16So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, (Mt 27:26; Mc 15:15; Lc 23:25; Jo 18:36)17and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. (Mt 27:32; Mt 27:33; Mc 15:21; Mc 15:22; Lc 14:27; Lc 23:26; Lc 23:33)18There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. (Mt 27:38; Mc 15:24; Mc 15:27; Lc 23:32)19Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” (Mt 27:37; Mc 15:26; Lc 23:38)20Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. (Nm 15:35; Jo 19:17; Hb 13:12)21So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’”22Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” (Gn 43:14; Et 4:16)23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.[4] But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, (Mt 27:35; Mc 15:24; Lc 23:34)24so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things, (Sl 22:18; Jo 13:18)25but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. (Mt 27:55; Mc 15:40; Lc 23:49)26When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” (Jo 2:4; Jo 13:23)27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. (Jo 16:32)
The Death of Jesus
28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” (Sl 69:21; Jo 4:6; Jo 19:24; Jo 19:30)29A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. (Mt 27:48; Mc 15:36; Lc 23:36)30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (Mt 27:50; Mc 15:37; Lc 23:46; Jo 17:4; Jo 19:28; At 13:29)
Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. (Ex 12:16; Dt 21:23; Js 8:29; Js 10:26; Jo 19:14)32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. (Jo 19:18)33But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.34But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. (1 Jo 5:6; 1 Jo 5:8)35He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. (Jo 15:27; Jo 20:31; Jo 21:24; 1 Jo 1:1; Ap 1:2)36For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.” (Ex 12:46; Nm 9:12; Sl 34:20; Mt 1:22; 1 Co 5:7)37And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” (Zc 12:10; Ap 1:7)
Jesus Is Buried
38After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. (Mt 27:57; Mc 15:42; Lc 23:50; Jo 7:13)39Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[5] by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[6] in weight. (Sl 45:8; Pv 7:17; Ct 4:14; Mc 16:1; Lc 24:1; Jo 3:1; Jo 7:50)40So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. (2 Cr 16:14; Lc 24:12; Jo 11:44; Jo 20:5; At 5:6)41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. (2 Rs 21:18; 2 Rs 21:26; Mc 11:2; Lc 23:53; Jo 20:15)42So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there. (Jo 19:14; Jo 19:31; Jo 19:41)