Luke 23:17-53

¹⁷But he must needs deliver to them one by the feast day. Forsooth he had need to deliver to them one by the feast day. (But he had to release one prisoner to them on the Feast Day, or at the Festival.)

¹⁸And all the people cried together, and said, Do him away, and deliver to us Barabbas; (And all the people cried together, and shouted, Do him away, and release Barabbas to us, or and give us Barabbas;)

¹⁹which was sent into prison for disturbing, or some dissention, or some sedition, made in the city, and for manslaying. (who was sent into prison for sedition made in the city, and for murder.)

²⁰And again Pilate spake to them, and would deliver Jesus. Forsooth again Pilate spake to them, willing to deliver Jesus. (And again Pilate spoke to them, and wanted to release Jesus.)

²¹And they cried out, and said, Crucify, crucify him.

²²And the third time he said to them, For what evil hath he done? I find no cause (worthy) of death in him; therefore I shall chastise him, and I shall deliver him, (or I find no case, or crime, worthy of death against him; and so I shall chastise him, and then I shall let (him) go, or and then I shall release (him)).

²³And they continued with great voices asking or And they continued asking with great voices, that he should be crucified; and the voices of them waxed strong. (And they continued shouting with loud voices, saying that he should be crucified; and their voices grew stronger and more insistent.)

²⁴And (then) Pilate deemed their asking to be done.

²⁵And he delivered to them him, that for manslaying (or for murder) and sedition was sent into prison, (for) whom they (had) asked; but he betook Jesus to their will (or but he delivered Jesus unto their will).

²⁶And when they led him (away), they took a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the town, and they laid on him the cross to bear after Jesus.

²⁷And there (pur)sued him much people (or And many people followed him), and women that bewailed, and bemourned him.

²⁸And Jesus turned to them, and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not ye weep on me, but weep ye on yourselves and on your sons, (or Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but rather weep for yourselves and for your children).

²⁹For lo! days shall come, in which it shall be said, Blessed be barren women, and the wombs that have not born children, and the teats that have not given suck (or and the breasts that have not been suckled).

³⁰Then they shall begin to say to (the) mountains, Fall ye down on us, and to (the) small hills, Cover ye us.

³¹For if in a green tree they do these things or For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in a dry (one)? (For if they do these things when the tree is green, what shall they do when it is dry?)

³²Also other two wicked men were led (away) with him, to be slain. (And two other wicked men were led away to be killed, or executed, with him.)

³³And when they came into a place, that is called of Calvary, +or And after that they came to a place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the thieves, one on the right half, and the other on the left half, (or one on his right side, and the other on his left side).

³⁴But Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they parted his clothes, and cast lots (for them), (or And they divided up his clothes, and threw dice for them).

³⁵And the people stood abiding; and the princes scorned him with them, and said, Other men he made safe; make he himself safe, if this be Christ, the chosen of God. (And the people stood about waiting and watching; and their leaders scorned him, and said, He saved other men; let him save himself, if this be the Messiah, the chosen One of God.)

³⁶And the knights nighed (or And the soldiers came near), and scorned him, and proffered vinegar to him or and offered vinegar to him,

³⁷and said, If thou art king of Jews, make thee safe. (and said, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.)

³⁸And the superscription was written over him with Greek letters, and of Latin, and of Hebrew, or And the superscription was written on, (or over, or above), him, with letters of Greek, of Latin, and of Hebrew, This is the king of Jews (or This is the King of the Jews).

³⁹And one of these thieves that hanged (there), or Forsooth one of those thieves that hanged (there), blasphemed him, and said, If thou art Christ, make thyself safe and us, (or If thou art the Messiah, save thyself and us).

⁴⁰But the other answering, blamed him, and said, Neither thou dreadest God, thou that art in the same condemnation or in the same damnation? (But the other one answering him, rebuked him, and said, Fearest thou not God, thou who art under the same condemnation, or the same damnation?)

⁴¹And truly we justly, for we have received worthy things to (or for) our works or (for our) deeds; but this did nothing of evil or soothly this hath done no evil.

⁴²And he said to Jesus, Lord, have mind of me (or remember me), when thou comest into thy kingdom.

⁴³And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee (or I tell you the truth), this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

⁴⁴And it was almost the sixth hour, and darknesses were made on all the earth, into the ninth hour or till the ninth hour. (And it was almost noon, and then darkness came upon all the land, until three o’clock.)

⁴⁵And the sun was made dark, and the veil of the temple was rent atwo or was cut down the middle. (And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the Temple was torn in two.)

⁴⁶And Jesus crying with a great voice, said, Father, into thine hands I betake my spirit, (or And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thine hands I deliver, or I commend, my spirit). And he saying these things, gave up the ghost, or And he saying these things, sent out the spirit, or died.

⁴⁷And the centurion seeing that thing that was done, glorified God, and said, Verily, this man was just. (And the centurion, seeing all that was done, glorified God, and said, Truly, this man was good and righteous, or It is true, this man was innocent.)

⁴⁸And all the people of them that were there together at this spectacle, and saw those things that were done, smote their breasts, and turned again (or and then returned home).

⁴⁹But all his known stood afar, and (the) women that (pur)sued him from Galilee (or and the women who followed him from Galilee), seeing these things.

⁵⁰And lo! a man, Joseph by name, of Arimathaea, a city of Judea, that was a decurion, a good man and a just (man), And lo! a man, Joseph by name, that was a decurion, that is, having ten men under him, a good man and just, of Arimathaea, a city of Judea, (And behold! a man called Joseph, of Arimathaea, a city of Judea, who was a member of the Council or the Sanhedrin, a good and righteous man,)

⁵¹this man consented not to the counsel and to the deeds of them; and he abode the kingdom of God. (this man did not agree with, or approve of, their plan and their deeds; and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God.)

⁵²This Joseph came to Pilate, and asked (for) the body of Jesus,

⁵³and took it down, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid him in a grave hewn (or and laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock), in which not yet any man had been laid or in which not yet any man was put.