O Suicídio de Judas
1De manhã cedo, todos os chefes dos sacerdotes e líderes religiosos do povo tomaram a decisão de condenar Jesus à morte. 2E, amarrando-o, levaram-no e o entregaram a Pilatos, o governador.
3Quando Judas, que o havia traído, viu que Jesus fora condenado, foi tomado de remorso e devolveu aos chefes dos sacerdotes e aos líderes religiosos as trinta moedas de prata. 4E disse: “Pequei, pois traí sangue inocente”. E eles retrucaram: “Que nos importa? A responsabilidade é sua”.
5Então Judas jogou o dinheiro dentro do templo e, saindo, foi e enforcou-se.
6Os chefes dos sacerdotes ajuntaram as moedas e disseram: “É contra a lei colocar este dinheiro no tesouro, visto que é preço de sangue”. 7Então decidiram usar aquele dinheiro para comprar o campo do Oleiro, para cemitério de estrangeiros. 8Por isso ele se chama campo de Sangue até o dia de hoje. 9Então se cumpriu o que fora dito pelo profeta Jeremias: “Tomaram as trinta moedas de prata, preço em que foi avaliado pelo povo de Israel, 10e as usaram para comprar o campo do Oleiro, como o Senhor me havia ordenado”27.10 Veja Zc 11.12,13; Jr 19.1-13; 32.6-9..
Jesus diante de Pilatos
11Jesus foi posto diante do governador, e este lhe perguntou: “Você é o rei dos judeus?”
Respondeu-lhe Jesus: “Tu o dizes”27.11 Ou “Sim, é como dizes”.
12Acusado pelos chefes dos sacerdotes e pelos líderes religiosos, ele nada respondeu. 13Então Pilatos lhe perguntou: “Você não ouve a acusação que eles estão fazendo contra você?” 14Mas Jesus não lhe respondeu nenhuma palavra, de modo que o governador ficou muito impressionado.
15Por ocasião da festa era costume do governador soltar um prisioneiro escolhido pela multidão. 16Eles tinham, naquela ocasião, um prisioneiro muito conhecido, chamado Barrabás. 17Pilatos perguntou à multidão que ali se havia reunido: “Qual destes vocês querem que solte: Barrabás ou Jesus, chamado Cristo?” 18Porque sabia que o haviam entregado por inveja.
19Estando Pilatos sentado no tribunal, sua mulher lhe enviou esta mensagem: “Não se envolva com este inocente, porque hoje, em sonho, sofri muito por causa dele”.
20Mas os chefes dos sacerdotes e os líderes religiosos convenceram a multidão a que pedisse Barrabás e mandasse executar Jesus.
21Então perguntou o governador: “Qual dos dois vocês querem que eu solte?”
Responderam eles: “Barrabás!”
22Perguntou Pilatos: “Que farei então com Jesus, chamado Cristo?”
Todos responderam: “Crucifica-o!”
23“Por quê? Que crime ele cometeu?”, perguntou Pilatos.
Mas eles gritavam ainda mais: “Crucifica-o!”
24Quando Pilatos percebeu que não estava obtendo nenhum resultado, mas, ao contrário, estava se iniciando um tumulto, mandou trazer água, lavou as mãos diante da multidão e disse: “Estou inocente do sangue deste homem; a responsabilidade é de vocês”.
25Todo o povo respondeu: “Que o sangue dele caia sobre nós e sobre nossos filhos!”
26Então Pilatos soltou-lhes Barrabás, mandou açoitar Jesus e o entregou para ser crucificado.
Os Soldados Zombam de Jesus
(Mc 15.16-20)
27Então, os soldados do governador levaram Jesus ao Pretório27.27 Residência oficial do governador romano. e reuniram toda a tropa ao seu redor. 28Tiraram-lhe as vestes e puseram nele um manto vermelho; 29fizeram uma coroa de espinhos e a colocaram em sua cabeça. Puseram uma vara em sua mão direita e, ajoelhando-se diante dele, zombavam: “Salve, rei dos judeus!” 30Cuspiram nele e, tirando-lhe a vara, batiam-lhe com ela na cabeça. 31Depois de terem zombado dele, tiraram-lhe o manto e vestiram-lhe suas próprias roupas. Então o levaram para crucificá-lo.
A Crucificação
(Mc 15.21-32; Lc 23.26-43; Jo 19.16-27)
32Ao saírem, encontraram um homem de Cirene, chamado Simão, e o forçaram a carregar a cruz. 33Chegaram a um lugar chamado Gólgota, que quer dizer lugar da Caveira, 34e lhe deram para beber vinho misturado com fel; mas ele, depois de prová-lo, recusou-se a beber. 35Depois de o crucificarem, dividiram as roupas dele, tirando sortes27.35 Alguns manuscritos dizem sortes, para que se cumprisse a palavra falada pelo profeta: “Dividiram as minhas roupas entre si, e tiraram sortes pelas minhas vestes” (Sl 22.18).. 36E, sentando-se, vigiavam-no ali. 37Por cima de sua cabeça, colocaram por escrito a acusação feita contra ele: ESTE É JESUS, O REI DOS JUDEUS. 38Dois ladrões foram crucificados com ele, um à sua direita e outro à sua esquerda. 39Os que passavam lançavam-lhe insultos, balançando a cabeça 40e dizendo: “Você que destrói o templo e o reedifica em três dias, salve-se! Desça da cruz se é Filho de Deus!”
41Da mesma forma, os chefes dos sacerdotes, os mestres da lei e os líderes religiosos zombavam dele, 42dizendo: “Salvou os outros, mas não é capaz de salvar a si mesmo! E é o rei de Israel! Desça agora da cruz, e creremos nele. 43Ele confiou em Deus. Que Deus o salve agora se dele tem compaixão, pois disse: ‘Sou o Filho de Deus!’ ” 44Igualmente o insultavam os ladrões que haviam sido crucificados com ele.
A Morte de Jesus
(Mc 15.33-41; Lc 23.44-49; Jo 19.28-30)
45E houve trevas sobre toda a terra, do meio-dia às três horas da tarde27.45 Grego: da hora sexta até a hora nona.. 46Por volta das três horas da tarde, Jesus bradou em alta voz: “Eloí, Eloí,27.46 Alguns manuscritos dizem “Eli, Eli, lamá sabactâni?”, que significa “Meu Deus! Meu Deus! Por que me abandonaste?”27.46 Sl 22.1
47Quando alguns dos que estavam ali ouviram isso, disseram: “Ele está chamando Elias”.
48Imediatamente, um deles correu em busca de uma esponja, embebeu-a em vinagre, colocou-a na ponta de uma vara e deu-a a Jesus para beber. 49Mas os outros disseram: “Deixem-no. Vejamos se Elias vem salvá-lo”.
50Depois de ter bradado novamente em alta voz, Jesus entregou o espírito.
51Naquele momento, o véu do santuário rasgou-se em duas partes, de alto a baixo. A terra tremeu, e as rochas se partiram. 52Os sepulcros se abriram, e os corpos de muitos santos que tinham morrido foram ressuscitados.
53E, saindo dos sepulcros, depois da ressurreição de Jesus, entraram na cidade santa e apareceram a muitos.
54Quando o centurião e os que com ele vigiavam Jesus viram o terremoto e tudo o que havia acontecido, ficaram aterrorizados e exclamaram: “Verdadeiramente este era o Filho27.54 Ou era filho de Deus!”
55Muitas mulheres estavam ali, observando de longe. Elas haviam seguido Jesus desde a Galileia, para o servir. 56Entre elas estavam Maria Madalena; Maria, mãe de Tiago e de José; e a mãe dos filhos de Zebedeu.
O Sepultamento de Jesus
(Mc 15.42-47; Lc 23.50-56; Jo 19.38-42)
57Ao cair da tarde chegou um homem rico, de Arimateia, chamado José, que se tornara discípulo de Jesus. 58Dirigindo-se a Pilatos, pediu o corpo de Jesus, e Pilatos ordenou que lhe fosse entregue. 59José tomou o corpo, envolveu-o num lençol limpo de linho 60e o colocou num sepulcro novo, que ele havia mandado cavar na rocha. E, fazendo rolar uma grande pedra sobre a entrada do sepulcro, retirou-se. 61Maria Madalena e a outra Maria estavam assentadas ali, em frente do sepulcro.
A Guarda do Sepulcro
62No dia seguinte, isto é, no sábado,27.62 Ou No dia seguinte ao da Preparação, os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus dirigiram-se a Pilatos 63e disseram: “Senhor, lembramos que, enquanto ainda estava vivo, aquele impostor disse: ‘Depois de três dias ressuscitarei’. 64Ordena, pois, que o sepulcro dele seja guardado até o terceiro dia, para que não venham seus discípulos e, roubando o corpo, digam ao povo que ele ressuscitou dentre os mortos. Este último engano será pior do que o primeiro”.
65“Levem um destacamento”27.65 Ou “Vocês têm um destacamento!”, respondeu Pilatos. “Podem ir, e mantenham o sepulcro em segurança como acharem melhor”. 66Eles foram e armaram um esquema de segurança no sepulcro; e além de deixarem um destacamento montando guarda, lacraram a pedra.
Judas Hangs Himself
1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4“I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”27:10 See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.
Jesus Before Pilate
11Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
12When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” 14But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
15Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus27:16 Many manuscripts do not have Jesus; also in verse 17. Barabbas. 17So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” 18For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”
20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.
21“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered.
22“What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?” Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
25All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
26Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus
27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. 30They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
32As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross. 33They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 34There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 36And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
38Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
The Death of Jesus
45From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,27:46 Some manuscripts Eloi, Eloi lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).27:46 Psalm 22:1
47When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
48Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and27:53 Or tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
54When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
55Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. 56Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,27:56 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
The Burial of Jesus
57As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
65“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
