O suicídio de Judas
(At 1.16-19)1 E, chegando a manhã, todos os príncipes dos sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo formavam juntamente conselho contra Jesus, para o matarem. 2 E, manietando-o, o levaram e o entregaram ao governador Pôncio Pilatos.
3 Então, Judas, o que o traíra, vendo que fora condenado, trouxe, arrependido, as trinta moedas de prata aos príncipes dos sacerdotes e aos anciãos, 4 dizendo: Pequei, traindo sangue inocente. Eles, porém, disseram: Que nos importa? Isso é contigo. 5 E ele, atirando para o templo as moedas de prata, retirou-se e foi-se enforcar. 6 E os príncipes dos sacerdotes, tomando as moedas de prata, disseram: Não é lícito metê-las no cofre das ofertas, porque são preço de sangue. 7 E, tendo deliberado em conselho, compraram com elas o campo de um oleiro, para sepultura dos estrangeiros. 8 Por isso, foi chamado aquele campo, até ao dia de hoje, Campo de Sangue. 9 Então, se realizou o que vaticinara o profeta Jeremias: Tomaram as trinta moedas de prata, preço do que foi avaliado, que certos filhos de Israel avaliaram. 10 E deram-nas pelo campo do oleiro, segundo o que o Senhor determinou.
Jesus perante Pilatos
(Mc 15.1-20Lc 23.1-25Jo 18.28—19.16)11 E foi Jesus apresentado ao governador, e o governador o interrogou, dizendo: És tu o Rei dos judeus? E disse-lhe Jesus: Tu o dizes. 12 E, sendo acusado pelos príncipes dos sacerdotes e pelos anciãos, nada respondeu. 13 Disse-lhe, então, Pilatos: Não ouves quanto testificam contra ti? 14 E nem uma palavra lhe respondeu, de sorte que o governador estava muito maravilhado.
15 Ora, por ocasião da festa, costumava o governador soltar um preso, escolhendo o povo aquele que quisesse. 16 E tinham, então, um preso bem-conhecido, chamado Barrabás. 17 Portanto, estando eles reunidos, disse-lhes Pilatos: Qual quereis que vos solte? Barrabás ou Jesus, chamado Cristo? 18 Porque sabia que por inveja o haviam entregado. 19 E, estando ele assentado no tribunal, sua mulher mandou-lhe dizer: Não entres na questão desse justo, porque num sonho muito sofri por causa dele. 20 Mas os príncipes dos sacerdotes e os anciãos persuadiram à multidão que pedisse Barrabás e matasse Jesus. 21 E, respondendo o governador, disse-lhes: Qual desses dois quereis vós que eu solte? E eles disseram: Barrabás. 22 Disse-lhes Pilatos: Que farei, então, de Jesus, chamado Cristo? Disseram-lhe todos: Seja crucificado! 23 O governador, porém, disse: Mas que mal fez ele? E eles mais clamavam, dizendo: Seja crucificado!
24 Então, Pilatos, vendo que nada aproveitava, antes o tumulto crescia, tomando água, lavou as mãos diante da multidão, dizendo: Estou inocente do sangue deste justo; considerai isso. 25 E, respondendo todo o povo, disse: O seu sangue caia sobre nós e sobre nossos filhos. 26 Então, soltou-lhes Barrabás e, tendo mandado açoitar a Jesus, entregou-o para ser crucificado.
27 E logo os soldados do governador, conduzindo Jesus à audiência, reuniram junto dele toda a coorte. 28 E, despindo-o, o cobriram com uma capa escarlate. 29 E, tecendo uma coroa de espinhos, puseram-lha na cabeça e, em sua mão direita, uma cana; e, ajoelhando diante dele, o escarneciam, dizendo: Salve, Rei dos judeus! 30 E, cuspindo nele, tiraram-lhe a cana e batiam-lhe com ela na cabeça. 31 E, depois de o haverem escarnecido, tiraram-lhe a capa, vestiram-lhe as suas vestes e o levaram para ser crucificado.
A crucificação
(Mc 15.21-41Lc 23.26-49Jo 19.17-37)32 E, quando saíam, encontraram um homem cireneu, chamado Simão, a quem constrangeram a levar a sua cruz.
33 E, chegando ao lugar chamado Gólgota, que significa Lugar da Caveira, 34 deram-lhe a beber vinho misturado com fel; mas ele, provando-o, não quis beber. 35 E, havendo-o crucificado, repartiram as suas vestes, lançando sortes, para que se cumprisse o que foi dito pelo profeta: Repartiram entre si as minhas vestes, e sobre a minha túnica lançaram sortes. 36 E, assentados, o guardavam ali. 37 E, por cima da sua cabeça, puseram escrita a sua acusação: Este é Jesus , O Rei dos Judeus . 38 E foram crucificados com ele dois salteadores, um, à direita, e outro, à esquerda. 39 E os que passavam blasfemavam dele, meneando a cabeça 40 e dizendo: Tu, que destróis o templo e, em três dias, o reedificas, salva-te a ti mesmo; se és o Filho de Deus, desce da cruz. 41 E da mesma maneira também os príncipes dos sacerdotes, com os escribas, e anciãos, e fariseus, escarnecendo, diziam: 42 Salvou os outros e a si mesmo não pode salvar-se. Se é o Rei de Israel, desça, agora, da cruz, e creremos nele; 43 confiou em Deus; livre-o agora, se o ama; porque disse: Sou Filho de Deus. 44 E o mesmo lhe lançaram também em rosto os salteadores que com ele estavam crucificados.
45 E, desde a hora sexta, houve trevas sobre toda a terra, até à hora nona. 46 E, perto da hora nona, exclamou Jesus em alta voz, dizendo: Eli, Eli, lemá sabactâni, isto é, Deus meu, Deus meu, por que me desamparaste? 47 E alguns dos que ali estavam, ouvindo isso, diziam: Este chama por Elias. 48 E logo um deles, correndo, tomou uma esponja, e embebeu-a em vinagre, e, pondo-a numa cana, dava-lhe de beber. 49 Os outros, porém, diziam: Deixa, vejamos se Elias vem livrá-lo. 50 E Jesus, clamando outra vez com grande voz, entregou o espírito.
51 E eis que o véu do templo se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo; e tremeu a terra, e fenderam-se as pedras. 52 E abriram-se os sepulcros, e muitos corpos de santos que dormiam foram ressuscitados; 53 E, saindo dos sepulcros, depois da ressurreição dele, entraram na Cidade Santa e apareceram a muitos. 54 E o centurião e os que com ele guardavam a Jesus, vendo o terremoto e as coisas que haviam sucedido, tiveram grande temor e disseram: Verdadeiramente, este era o Filho de Deus.
55 E estavam ali, olhando de longe, muitas mulheres que tinham seguido Jesus desde a Galileia, para o servir, 56 entre as quais estavam Maria Madalena, e Maria, mãe de Tiago e de José, e a mãe dos filhos de Zebedeu.
A sepultura de Jesus
(Mc 15.42-47Lc 23.49-56Jo 19.38-42)57 E, vinda já a tarde, chegou um homem rico de Arimateia, por nome José, que também era discípulo de Jesus. 58 Este foi ter com Pilatos e pediu-lhe o corpo de Jesus. Então, Pilatos mandou que o corpo lhe fosse dado. 59 E José, tomando o corpo, envolveu-o num fino e limpo lençol, 60 e o pôs no seu sepulcro novo, que havia aberto em rocha, e, rolando uma grande pedra para a porta do sepulcro, foi-se. 61 E estavam ali Maria Madalena e a outra Maria, assentadas defronte do sepulcro.
62 E, no dia seguinte, que é o dia depois da Preparação, reuniram-se os príncipes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus em casa de Pilatos, 63 dizendo: Senhor, lembramo-nos de que aquele enganador, vivendo ainda, disse: Depois de três dias, ressuscitarei. 64 Manda, pois, que o sepulcro seja guardado com segurança até ao terceiro dia; não se dê o caso que os seus discípulos vão de noite, e o furtem, e digam ao povo: Ressuscitou dos mortos; e assim o último erro será pior do que o primeiro. 65 E disse-lhes Pilatos: Tendes a guarda; ide, guardai-o como entenderdes. 66 E, indo eles, seguraram o sepulcro com a guarda, selando a pedra.
1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 ¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that . 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me. 11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19 ¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24 ¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it . 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
26 ¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers . 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 ¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him . 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
34 ¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof , he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39 ¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him , with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that , said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
62 ¶ Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.