| 1 And as soon as it was morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate. | 1 Apenas se hizo de día, los sumos sacerdotes con los ancianos, los escribas y el Sanedrín en pleno, hicieron una reunión. Llevaron atado a Jesús y lo entregaron a Pilato. |
| 2 And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so." | 2 Pilato le preguntó: «¿Eres tú el rey de los judíos?». Él respondió: «Tú lo dices». |
| 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. | 3 Y los sumos sacerdotes lo acusaban de muchas cosas. |
| 4 And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." | 4 Pilato le preguntó de nuevo: «¿No contestas nada? Mira de cuántas cosas te acusan». |
| 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate wondered. | 5 Jesús no contestó más; de modo que Pilato estaba extrañado. |
| 6 Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. | 6 Por la fiesta solía soltarles un preso, el que le pidieran. |
| 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. | 7 Estaba en la cárcel un tal Barrabás, con los rebeldes que habían cometido un homicidio en la revuelta. |
| 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them. | 8 La muchedumbre que se había reunido comenzó a pedirle lo que era costumbre. |
| 9 And he answered them, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" | 9 Pilato les preguntó: «¿Queréis que os suelte al rey de los judíos?». |
| 10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. | 10 Pues sabía que los sumos sacerdotes se lo habían entregado por envidia. |
| 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead. | 11 Pero los sumos sacerdotes soliviantaron a la gente para que pidieran la libertad de Barrabás. |
| 12 And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?" | 12 Pilato tomó de nuevo la palabra y les preguntó: «¿Qué hago con el que llamáis rey de los judíos?». |
| 13 And they cried out again, "Crucify him." | 13 Ellos gritaron de nuevo: «Crucifícalo». |
| 14 And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him." | 14 Pilato les dijo: «Pues ¿qué mal ha hecho?». Ellos gritaron más fuerte: «Crucifícalo». |
| 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. | 15 Y Pilato, queriendo complacer a la gente, les soltó a Barrabás; y a Jesús, después de azotarlo, lo entregó para que lo crucificaran. |
| 16 And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the whole battalion. | 16 Los soldados se lo llevaron al interior del palacio —al pretorio— y convocaron a toda la compañía. |
| 17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him. | 17 Lo visten de púrpura, le ponen una corona de espinas, que habían trenzado, |
| 18 And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" | 18 y comenzaron a hacerle el saludo: «¡Salve, rey de los judíos!». |
| 19 And they struck his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him. | 19 Le golpearon la cabeza con una caña, le escupieron; y, doblando las rodillas, se postraban ante él. |
| 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him. | 20 Terminada la burla, le quitaron la púrpura y le pusieron su ropa. Y lo sacan para crucificarlo. |
| 21 And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. | 21 Pasaba uno que volvía del campo, Simón de Cirene, el padre de Alejandro y de Rufo; y lo obligan a llevar la cruz. |
| 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). | 22 Y conducen a Jesús al Gólgota (que quiere decir lugar de «la Calavera»), |
| 23 And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it. | 23 y le ofrecían vino con mirra; pero él no lo aceptó. |
| 24 And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. | 24 Lo crucifican y se reparten sus ropas, echándolas a suerte, para ver lo que se llevaba cada uno. |
| 25 And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. | 25 Era la hora tercia cuando lo crucificaron. |
| 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, "The King of the Jews." | 26 En el letrero de la acusación estaba escrito: «El rey de los judíos». |
| 27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left. | 27 Crucificaron con él a dos bandidos, uno a su derecha y otro a su izquierda. |
| 28 . | 28 [«Así se cumplió la Escritura que dice: «Lo consideraron como un malhechor»»] |
| 29 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, | 29 Los que pasaban lo injuriaban, meneando la cabeza y diciendo: «Tú que destruyes el templo y lo reconstruyes en tres días, |
| 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!" | 30 sálvate a ti mismo bajando de la cruz». |
| 31 So also the chief priests mocked him to one another with the scribes, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. | 31 De igual modo, también los sumos sacerdotes comentaban entre ellos, burlándose: «A otros ha salvado y a sí mismo no se puede salvar. |
| 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled him. | 32 Que el Mesías, el rey de Israel, baje ahora de la cruz, para que lo veamos y creamos». También los otros crucificados lo insultaban. |
| 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. | 33 Al llegar la hora sexta toda la región quedó en tinieblas hasta la hora nona. |
| 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Elo-i, Elo-i, lama sabach-thani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" | 34 Y a la hora nona, Jesús clamó con voz potente: Eloí Eloí, lemá sabaqtaní (que significa: «Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has abandonado?»). |
| 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." | 35 Algunos de los presentes, al oírlo, decían: «Mira, llama a Elías». |
| 36 And one ran and, filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." | 36 Y uno echó a correr y, empapando una esponja en vinagre, la sujetó a una caña, y le daba de beber diciendo: «Dejad, a ver si viene Elías a bajarlo». |
| 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed his last. | 37 Y Jesús, dando un fuerte grito, expiró. |
| 38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. | 38 El velo del templo se rasgó en dos, de arriba abajo. |
| 39 And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" | 39 El centurión, que estaba enfrente, al ver cómo había expirado, dijo: «Verdaderamente este hombre era Hijo de Dios». |
| 40 There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome, | 40 Había también unas mujeres que miraban desde lejos; entre ellas María la Magdalena, María la madre de Santiago el Menor y de Joset, y Salomé, |
| 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. | 41 las cuales, cuando estaba en Galilea, lo seguían y servían; y otras muchas que habían subido con él a Jerusalén. |
| 42 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, | 42 Al anochecer, como era el día de la Preparación, víspera del sábado, |
| 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. | 43 vino José de Arimatea, miembro noble del Sanedrín, que también aguardaba el reino de Dios; se presentó decidido ante Pilato y le pidió el cuerpo de Jesús. |
| 44 And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. | 44 Pilato se extrañó de que hubiera muerto ya; y, llamando al centurión, le preguntó si hacía mucho tiempo que había muerto. |
| 45 And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. | 45 Informado por el centurión, concedió el cadáver a José. |
| 46 And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. | 46 Este compró una sábana y, bajando a Jesús, lo envolvió en la sábana y lo puso en un sepulcro, excavado en una roca, y rodó una piedra a la entrada del sepulcro. |
| 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. | 47 María Magdalena y María, la madre de Joset, observaban dónde lo ponían. |