Luke 23

லூக்கா 23

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. Mat 27:1-2Luk 22:66Mat 27:11-14Mrk 15:1-5Jhn 18:28-38 They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.” Act 17:6-7Jhn 19:12Luk 23:141Ki 21:10-131Pe 3:16-18Act 16:20-21Act 24:5Jer 20:10

Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 1Ti 6:13Jhn 1:49Luk 1:32-33Luk 22:70Mrk 15:2Jhn 19:3Luk 19:38-40Luk 23:38

He answered him, “So you say.”

Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.” Jhn 18:381Pe 1:191Pe 2:22Heb 7:26Luk 23:14-15Luk 23:22Mrk 15:141Pe 3:18

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.” Jhn 1:43Jhn 2:11Mrk 1:14Mat 4:23Act 10:37Act 23:10Act 5:33Act 7:54

But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean. Act 5:37Luk 13:1 When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days. Luk 3:1Luk 13:31Mat 14:1

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him. Luk 9:7-9Mat 14:1Mrk 6:142Ki 5:11Act 8:19Luk 4:232Ki 5:3-6 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers. Mat 27:141Pe 2:23Act 8:32Isa 53:7Luk 13:32Mat 7:6Psa 38:13-14Psa 39:1-2 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. Act 24:5Luk 11:53Luk 23:14-15Luk 23:2Luk 23:5 Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. Mrk 15:16-20Mat 27:27-30Isa 53:3Psa 69:19-20Jhn 19:5Mrk 9:12Isa 49:7Psa 22:6 Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other. Act 4:27Rev 17:13-14Mat 16:1Psa 83:4-6

Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, Jhn 18:38Mat 27:21-23Mrk 15:14Jhn 19:4 and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. Dan 6:4Heb 7:26Act 13:28Luk 23:1-2Luk 23:4-5Mat 27:19Mat 27:24Mat 27:4 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.” Mat 27:26Luk 23:22Mrk 15:15Act 16:37Act 5:40-41Isa 53:5Jhn 19:1-4

Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast. 1 But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”— Act 21:36Act 22:22Act 3:14Jhn 18:39-40Jhn 19:15-16Mrk 15:6-15Mat 27:15-26 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder. Act 3:14Luk 23:2Luk 23:5

Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, Mrk 15:15Jhn 19:12Mat 14:8-9Mat 27:19 but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!” Jhn 19:15Luk 23:23Mat 27:22-25Mrk 15:13

He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.” Luk 23:141Pe 1:191Pe 3:18Luk 23:16Luk 23:20 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed. Zec 11:8Psa 57:4Luk 23:5Psa 22:12-13 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done. Mat 27:26Pro 17:15Exo 23:2Mrk 15:15Jhn 19:1 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will. Act 3:14Mrk 15:15Mrk 15:6-71Sa 12:13Luk 23:2Luk 23:5Mat 27:26Jhn 18:40

When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus. Mat 27:32-44Mrk 15:21-32Act 13:1Act 2:10Act 6:6Act 6:9Jhn 19:16-17Luk 14:27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. Luk 8:52Luk 8:2Mrk 15:40Luk 23:55Mat 27:55 But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. Sng 8:4Sng 1:5Sng 2:7Sng 3:10Sng 3:5Sng 5:16Sng 5:8 For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ Mat 24:19Luk 21:23-24Mrk 13:17-19Hos 9:12-16Hos 13:16Deu 28:53-57 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 2 Rev 6:16Hos 10:8Isa 2:19Rev 9:6 For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?” 1Pe 4:17-18Jhn 15:6Pro 11:31Ezk 20:47-48Ezk 15:2-7Ezk 21:3-4Mat 3:12Jer 25:29

There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death. Mrk 15:27Isa 53:12Mat 27:38Jhn 19:18Heb 12:2Luk 22:37 When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. Mrk 15:22-23Jhn 19:17-18Zec 12:101Pe 2:24Deu 21:23Jhn 18:32Mat 27:33-34Act 13:29

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Mat 5:44Act 7:601Pe 3:91Pe 2:20-23Luk 6:27-28Rom 12:14Gen 50:171Co 2:8

Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!” Psa 22:17Isa 42:11Pe 2:4Mat 12:18Mrk 15:29-32Isa 53:3Luk 16:14Psa 22:6-8

The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, Psa 69:21Mat 27:48Mat 27:34Mrk 15:36Jhn 19:28-30Luk 23:11Mat 27:29-30Mrk 15:19-20 and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”

An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.” Mat 27:37Mrk 15:26Jhn 19:19-22Luk 23:3Mrk 15:32Jhn 19:3Mat 27:11Mrk 15:18

One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!” Mat 27:44Mrk 15:32Luk 23:35Luk 23:37Luk 17:34-35

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 2Ch 28:22Eph 5:11Jer 5:3Luk 12:5Psa 36:1Rev 15:4Lev 19:17Rev 16:11 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.” Lev 26:40-41Ezr 9:131Pe 1:19Mat 27:24Mat 27:42Ch 33:12Dan 9:4Jas 4:7 He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” Act 16:31Rom 10:9-141Jn 5:11-131Co 6:10-11Luk 12:8Luk 18:13Act 20:211Jn 5:1

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Rev 2:7Psa 50:151Ti 1:15-16Luk 19:10Psa 32:5Jhn 14:3Heb 7:25Jhn 17:24

It was now about the sixth hour, 3 and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 4 Mat 27:45Mrk 15:33-34Amo 8:9Act 2:20Jhn 19:14Mat 27:52Amo 5:18Mrk 15:39 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. Heb 10:19-22Mat 27:51Heb 9:3-8Mrk 15:38Eph 2:14-18Lev 16:12-162Ch 3:14Heb 6:19 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last. Psa 31:5Act 7:59Jhn 19:301Pe 2:23Mrk 15:34-41Mat 27:46-56

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.” Mat 27:54Mrk 15:39Luk 23:41Mat 9:8Jhn 19:7 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their chests. Luk 18:13Act 2:37Jer 31:19 All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things. Luk 8:2Psa 38:11Luk 23:55Mat 27:55-56Luk 23:27Mrk 15:40-41Mrk 15:47Psa 142:4

Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man Jhn 19:38-42Act 10:22Act 11:24Act 10:2Mat 27:57-61Mrk 15:42-47Luk 2:25 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom. Luk 2:25Luk 2:38Gen 37:21-22Gen 42:21-22Gen 49:18Isa 8:12Mrk 15:431Sa 1:1 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Jhn 19:38-42 He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid. Mat 27:59-60Isa 53:9Mrk 15:46 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. Mat 27:62Jhn 19:31Mrk 15:42Jhn 19:14Jhn 19:42 The women who had come with him out of Galilee followed after, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Luk 23:49Luk 8:2Mat 27:61Mrk 15:47 They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. Luk 24:1Mrk 16:1Deu 5:14Exo 20:8-10Exo 31:14Exo 35:2-3Isa 58:13-14Jer 17:24-25