Jesus sentenced to be crucified
1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3and went up to him again and again, saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they slapped him in the face.
4Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, ‘Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.’ 5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, ‘Here is the man!’
6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, ‘Crucify! Crucify!’
But Pilate answered, ‘You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.’
7The Jewish leaders insisted, ‘We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.’
8When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, 9and he went back inside the palace. ‘Where do you come from?’ he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. 10‘Do you refuse to speak to me?’ Pilate said. ‘Don’t you realise I have power either to free you or to crucify you?’
11Jesus answered, ‘You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.’
12From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, ‘If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.’
13When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). 14It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon.
‘Here is your king,’ Pilate said to the Jews.
15But they shouted, ‘Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!’
‘Shall I crucify your king?’ Pilate asked.
‘We have no king but Caesar,’ the chief priests answered.
16Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
The crucifixion of Jesus
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18There they crucified him, and with him two others – one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
19Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read:
Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.
20Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek. 21The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, ‘Do not write “The King of the Jews”, but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.’
22Pilate answered, ‘What I have written, I have written.’
23When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24‘Let’s not tear it,’ they said to one another. ‘Let’s decide by lot who will get it.’
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
‘They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment.’19:24 Psalm 22:18
So this is what the soldiers did.
25Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing near by, he said to her, ‘Woman,19:26 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect. here is your son,’ 27and to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
The death of Jesus
28Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’ 29A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
31Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. 35The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. 36These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: ‘Not one of his bones will be broken,’19:36 Exodus 12:46; Num. 9:12; Psalm 34:20 37and, as another scripture says, ‘They will look on the one they have pierced.’19:37 Zech. 12:10
The burial of Jesus
38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about thirty-five kilograms. 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no-one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus there.
Isus osuđen na smrt
1Pilat tada dade Isusa izbičevati. 2Vojnici spletu krunu od trnja, stave mu je na glavu i odjenu ga u grimizni plašt. 3“Živio kralj Židova!” rugali su mu i udarali ga po licu.
4Pilat ponovno iziđe i reče Židovima: “Evo, sad ću vam ga izvesti, ali znajte da ga ja ne smatram krivim.” 5Isus iziđe noseći trnovu krunu i grimizni plašt, a Pilat reče narodu: “Evo čovjeka!”
6Kada su ga svećenički poglavari i židovski stražari ugledali, stanu vikati: “Raspni ga! Raspni ga!”
“Raspnite ga sami!” reče im Pilat. “Ja ne držim da je kriv.”
7Židovi odgovore: “Prema našemu Zakonu mora umrijeti jer se pravio Božjim Sinom.”
8Kad je to čuo, Pilat se još više uplaši. 9Povede Isusa natrag u palaču i upita ga: “Odakle si?” Ali Isus mu na to ne odgovori. 10“Nećeš mi odgovoriti?” upita Pilat. “Ne shvaćaš li da imam vlast osloboditi te ili te raspeti?”
11Isus mu reče: “Ne bi ti imao nikakve vlasti nada mnom da ti nije dana odozgor. Zato je još veći grijeh onoga koji me je tebi predao.”
12Pilat ga je tada nastojao osloboditi, ali su mu židovski vođe rekli: “Oslobodiš li tog čovjeka, neprijatelj si caru! Tko se god izdaje za kralja, prevratnik je protiv cara.”
13Na te im riječi Pilat opet izvede Isusa pa sjedne na sudačku stolicu na kamenom popločenu postolju. 14Bilo je oko podneva, dan priprave za Pashu. Pilat reče Židovima: “Evo vašega kralja!”
15“Smakni ga!” vikali su. “Smakni ga! Raspni ga!”
“Što?! Da raspnem vašega kralja?” upita Pilat.
“Mi nemamo kralja osim cara!” odvrate svećenički poglavari.
16Tada im Pilat preda Isusa da se raspne.
Isusa raspinju na križ
(Mt 27:32-44; Mk 15:21-32; Lk 23:26-43)
Isusa odvedu. 17Noseći križ, otišao je do mjesta zvanoga Lubanja, ili hebrejski: Golgota. 18Ondje ga raspnu s još dvojicom, svakim s jedne strane, tako da je Isus bio u sredini. 19Pilat iznad njega dade postaviti natpis: “Isus Nazarećanin, kralj Židova.” 20Mnogi su Židovi pročitali taj natpis jer se mjesto na kojemu je Isus raspet nalazilo blizu grada; natpis je bio na hebrejskomu, latinskomu i grčkomu.
21Svećenički poglavari rekli su Pilatu: “Neka umjesto ‘kralj Židova’ stoji: ‘Za sebe je tvrdio: “Ja sam kralj Židova.”’”
22“Neka ostane kako sam napisao!” odgovori im Pilat.
23Pošto su vojnici raspeli Isusa, razdijele njegovu odjeću na četiri dijela, svakomu po jedan. Uzmu mu i košulju. Kako nije imala šava, već je bila otkana u jednome komadu, 24kazaše: “Nemojmo ju parati. Bacimo za nju kocku pa komu dopadne.” Time se ispunila riječ iz Svetoga pisma: “Razdijeliše među sobom moju odjeću, a za haljinu baciše kocku.”19:24 Psalam 22:19. Tako su i učinili.
25Nedaleko od križa stajale su Isusova majka Marija, njegova teta Marija Kleofina i Marija Magdalena. 26Kad Isus opazi svoju majku gdje stoji pokraj učenika kojega je osobito volio, reče joj: “Ženo, evo ti sina!” 27A učeniku reče: “Evo ti majke.” I od toga časa uzme ju taj učenik u svoj dom.
Isusova smrt
(Mt 27:45-56; Mk 15:33-41; Lk 23:44-49)
28Znajući da je sve svršeno, Isus reče: “Žedan sam”19:28 Vidjeti: Psalam 22:16; 69:22. da bi se ispunilo Sveto pismo. 29Ondje je stajala posuda s octom pa u ocat namoče spužvu, stave ju na izopovu trsku i primaknu Isusovim ustima. 30Kad Isus okusi ocat, reče: “Svršeno je!” Glava mu klone i on preda svoj duh.
31Kako je bilo vrijeme Priprave, židovski vođe nisu htjeli da tijela raspetih ostanu na križevima i tijekom subote koja je bila velik blagdan, Pasha. Stoga zamole Pilata da zapovjedi da se raspetima prebiju noge da brže umru kako bi ih mogli skinuti s križa. 32Vojnici dođu i prebiju noge dvojici raspetih s Isusom. 33Kad su došli do Isusa, vidjeli su da je već mrtav, pa mu nisu prebili noge, 34nego mu jedan od vojnika kopljem probode bok iz kojega odmah poteku krv i voda. 35To je izvještaj očevica koji točno opisuje što je vidio da i vi možete vjerovati. 36Sve se to dogodilo da bi se obistinile riječi Svetoga pisma: “Nijedna mu se kost neće slomiti”19:36 Izlazak 12:46; Brojevi 9:12; Psalam 34:21. 37i “Gledat će onoga koga su proboli.”19:37 Zaharija 12:10.
Isusov ukop
(Mt 27:57-61; Mk 15:42-47; Lk 23:50-56)
38Nakon toga Josip iz Arimateje, koji je bio Isusov učenik, ali je to tajio zbog straha od židovskih vođa, zamoli Pilata da mu dopusti uzeti Isusovo tijelo. Pilat mu dopusti pa Josip dođe i skine Isusovo tijelo. 39Došao je i Nikodem, koji je posjetio Isusa noću, i donio trideset litara ulja od smirne i aloje za pomazanje tijela. 40Umotali su Isusovo tijelo u dugačko platno natopljeno mirisima, kako je već u Židova bio običaj pri ukopu. 41U blizini mjesta na kojemu je Isus bio raspet nalazio se vrt s posve novim grobom u kojega još nitko nije bio položen. 42Kako je grob bio blizu, a valjalo je žuriti zbog Priprave, ondje polože Isusa.
