MODERN LITERAL VERSION

23:1 And the whole crowd of them stood up and led him before Pilate.
{Mk 15:2-5 & Mt 27:11-14 & Lk 23:2-5 & Jn 18:28-38 Jerusalem early Friday morning.}

23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and saying that he himself is Christ a king.

23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews?
And answering him, he said, You say correctly.

23:4 And Pilate said to the high-priests and the crowds, I am finding no crime in this man.

23:5 But they were insisting, saying, He is stirring up the people, teaching throughout all of Judea and beginning from Galilee even to here.
{Lk 23:6-12 Jerusalem early Friday morning.}

23:6 But when Pilate heard it, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
23:7 And when he recognized that he is out of Herod's authority, he sent him back to Herod, who himself was also in Jerusalem in these days.

23:8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he rejoiced exceedingly; for* he was wishing for a considerable time to see him, because of the many things which he had heard concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign happening by him.
23:9 And he asked him questions with considerable words, but he answered him nothing.
23:10 And the high-priests and the scribes stood, intensely accusing him.
23:11 And Herod with his soldiers having scorned and having mocked him and dressed him in bright apparel sent him back to Pilate.
23:12 And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another in that same day; for* they were formerly at enmity between themselves.

23:13 And Pilate called together the high-priests and the rulers and the people,
23:14 and said to them, You* brought this man to me, as one turning away the people to riot and behold, I have examined him before you*, and found no crime in this man of which you* accuse a crime against him.
23:15 But even Herod found nothing. For* he sent him back to you*, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been practiced by him.
23:16 Therefore I will discipline him and release him.
23:17 But, he had to release to them one prisoner at the feast by necessity.

23:18 But they cried out altogether, saying, Take away this man and release Barabbas to us.
23:19 He was one who was cast into prison because of a certain riot which happened in the city and for murder.

23:20 Therefore Pilate shouted to them again, wishing to release Jesus.

23:21 But they shouted out, saying, Crucify him! Crucify him!

23:22 And he said to them the third time, For* what evil has this man done? I have found no crime worthy of death in him; therefore I will discipline him and release him.
23:23 But they were urgently asking with loud voices, that he might be crucified. And their voices and those of the high-priests prevailed.
23:24 But Pilate decided their request was to happen.
23:25 And he released to them he who had been cast into the prison because of riot and murder, whom they asked for, but Jesus he gave up to their will.
{Mk 15:20-23 & Mt 27:31-34 & Lk 23:26-33 & Jn 19:17 Road to the Cross, Friday morning.}

23:26 And when they led him away, they grabbed a certain person named Simon from Cyrene, coming from the rural area and they laid the cross on him, to carry it behind Jesus.

23:27 And a large crowd of the people and of women were also following him. They were grieving and mourning for him.
23:28 But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, however weep for yourselves and for your* children.
23:29 Because behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, The barren are fortunate and the wombs that did not give-birth and the breasts that did not nurse.
23:30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us, and to the hills, Hide us.
23:31 Because if they are doing these things in the green tree, what might happen in the dry?

23:32 And two others, also criminals, were led with him to be taken away.
{Mk 15:24-32 & Mt 27:35-44 & Lk 23:33-43 & Jn 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Friday.}

23:33 And when they came upon the place which is called The Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one at the right and the other at the left.
23:34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for* they do not know what they are doing .
And they cast lots, dividing his garments among them.
23:35 And the people stood viewing and the rulers with them also ridiculed him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
23:37 and saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.
23:38 And an inscription was also over him written in the alphabet of Greek and Latin and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

23:39 And one of the criminals who hung there, blasphemed him, saying, If you are the Christ save yourself and us!

23:40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear even God, because you are in the same condemnation?
23:41 And we indeed suffer righteously; for* we are receiving worthy payment of what we practiced, but this man has practiced nothing improper.

23:42 And he said, Jesus, remember me Lord, whenever you come in your kingdom.

23:43 And he said to him, Assuredly I say to you, Today you will be with me in Paradise.
{Mk 15:34 & Mt 27:45 & Lk 23:44 around Noon.}

23:44 And it was approximately the sixth hour and there became darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour.
{Mk 15:34-41 & Mt 27:46-56 & Lk 23:45-49 & Jn 19:28-30 around 5:00 PM.}

23:45 And the sun was darkened and the curtain of the temple was split-apart in the middle.
23:46 And Jesus having shouted with a loud voice, said, Father, I will intrust my spirit into your hands. And having said these things, he expired.

23:47 And when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, This was really a righteous man.
23:48 And all the crowds that came together upon this scene, viewing the things that had happened, returned beating their chest.
23:49 And all his acquaintances and the women who followed from Galilee with him, stood from afar, seeing these things.
{Mk 15:42-47 & Mt 27:57-66 & Lk 23:50-56 & Jn 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}

23:50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who is* a counselor, a good and righteous man
23:51 (he had not concurred to their counsel and practice), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.
23:52 This man having gone to Pilate, asked for the body of Jesus.
23:53 And he took it down and entwined it in a linen cloth and laid it in a hewn out tomb, where a man had not yet laid.
23:54 And it was the day of the Preparation and the Sabbath was dawning.
23:55 And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
23:56 And they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.
And on the Sabbath they relaxed according to the commandment.
{Mk 16:1-8 & Mt 28:1-8 & Lk 24:1-8, 12 & Jn 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sunday.}