Jesus

They all said, “Does this mean, then, that you are the Son of God?” And he answered them, “You say I am.”

They said, “Why do we need additional testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own mouth!”

With that, the whole Sanhedrin got up and brought Yeshua before Pilate,

where they started accusing him. “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah — a king!”

Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him, “The words are yours.”

Pilate said to the head cohanim and the crowds, “I find no ground for a charge against this man.”

On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was from the Galil;

and when he learned that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who at that time happened to be in Yerushalayim too.

Herod was delighted to see Yeshua, because he had heard about him and for a long time had been wanting to meet him; indeed, he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

He questioned him at great length, but Yeshua made no reply.

However, the head cohanim and the Torah-teachers stood there, vehemently pressing their case against him.

Herod and his soldiers treated Yeshua with contempt and made fun of him. Then, dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate.

and said to them, “You brought this man before me on a charge of subverting the people. I examined him in your presence and did not find the man guilty of the crime you are accusing him of.

And neither did Herod, because he sent him back to us. Clearly, he has not done anything that merits the death penalty.

Therefore, what I will do is have him flogged and release him.”

But with one voice they shouted, “Away with this man! Give us Bar-Abba!”

Pilate appealed to them again, because he wanted to release Yeshua.

But they yelled, “Put him to death on the stake! Put him to death on the stake!”

A third time he asked them, “But what has this man done wrong? I haven’t found any reason to put him to death. So I’m going to have him flogged and set free.”

But they went on yelling insistently, demanding that he be executed on the stake; and their shouting prevailed.

he released the man who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder, the one they had asked for; and Yeshua he surrendered to their will.

As the Roman soldiers led Yeshua away, they grabbed hold of a man from Cyrene named Shim‘on, who was on his way in from the country. They put the execution-stake on his back and made him carry it behind Yeshua.

Large numbers of people followed, including women crying and wailing over him.

Yeshua turned to them and said, “Daughters of Yerushalayim, don’t cry for me; cry for yourselves and your children!

Two other men, both criminals, were led out to be executed with him.