REPORTER.

At that time, Jesus went out with his disciples to the olive grove as it was
custom. Judas, the traitor, also knew the place because Jesus always met there.
Judas then went to the soldiers of the chief priests and the Pharisees, and entered there with
lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forward and said to them:
JESUS "Who are you looking for?"
ROMAN SOLDIER. "To Jesus, the Nazarene."
JESUS. "I am."
JESUS. 'Who are you looking for?'
ROMAN SOLDIER. "To Jesus, the Nazarene."
JESUS. "I've already told you it's me. If you are looking for me, leave these alone."
REPORTER. And thus was fulfilled what was said: 'I have not lost any of those you gave me.'
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and cut off the right ear of one of the
soldiers. This servant was called Malco.
JESUS. "Keep the sword The cup my Father gave me, I have to drink it"
REPORTER. The guards of the Jews arrested Jesus, bound him, and first took him to
Annas, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year; it was Caiaphas who had given to
The Jews this counsel: "It is better for one man to die for the people."
Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This disciple was known to the high priest.
and entered with Jesus into the palace of the high priest, while Peter stayed outside at the door.
The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who kept the door and brought Peter in.
Faced with questions and challenges, Peter will end up denying Jesus three times.
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and the doctrine.
JESUS. "I spoke to the world; I taught continuously in the temple, where everyone gathers.
Jews, and I didn't say anything hidden. Why are you asking me? Ask those who know me.
They heard. They know what I said.
REPORTER. As soon as he said this, one of the guards who were there slapped Jesus.
saying:
GUARD: "Is this how you answer the high priest?"
JESUS. "If I have insulted while speaking, show me where; but if I have spoken well, why do you...
pegasus?
REPORTER.
They brought Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was dawn, and they did not enter the
tribunal to avoid incurring impurity and thus be able to eat the Passover. Pilate went outside to where
they were there, and he said:
PILATE. "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
JESE. 'If he weren't a thief, we wouldn't give it to you.'
PONTIUS PILATE. "Take him and judge him according to your law."
ANAS. "We are not authorized to kill anyone."
PILATE. "Are you the king of the Jews?"
JESUS. "Are you saying that for yourself or have others told you that about me?"
PILATE. "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me; what have you done?
done?
JESUS. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my guard would have
fought so that it would not fall into the hands of the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this world.
PILATE. "So you are a king?"
JESUS. "You say so: I am a king. For this I was born and for this...
For this I have come into the world: to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.
voice.
PILATE: "And what is truth?"
Having said this, he went out again to where the Jews were and said to them:
PILATE. "I find no fault in him. It is your custom that at Passover...
release one. I will free Barabbas. Do you want me to release the king of the Jews or to
Barrabas?
ANAS. "Not that one, Barabbas."
RELATOR. This Barrabás was a bandit. Then Pilate took Jesus and ordered him to be whipped. And
the soldiers wove a crown of thorns, placed it on his head and threw it on him.
on top a purple cloak; and, approaching him, they said:
ROMAN SOLDIER. "Hail, king of the Jews!"
PILATE. "Look here, this is the man, I find no fault in him."
PILATE. "Here you have it."
RELATOR. When the high priests and the guards saw him, they shouted:
CAIFAS. "Crucify him, crucify him!"
PILATE. 'Take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.'
ANAS. 'We have a law, and according to that law he must die because he has declared himself Son.'
of God.
REPORTER. When Pilate heard these words, he was even more frightened and, entering again into the
Pilate said to Jesus:
PILATE. "Where are you from?"
Jesus did not answer him.
PILATE. "Aren't you going to answer me? Don't you know that I have authority to release you and authority
to crucify you?
JESUS. "You would have no authority over me, if it had not been given to you from above. Therefore, the
What has been delivered to you has a greater sin.
ANAS. "If you release him, you are not a friend of Caesar. Everyone who declares themselves king is against him.
César.
RELATOR. Pilate then, upon hearing these words, brought Jesus outside and sat him down on the tribunal.
the site they call "the Pavement" (in Hebrew Gábbata). It was the day of the Preparation of Passover,
towards noon. And Pilate said to the Jews:
PILATE. "Here is your king."
CAIFAS. "Out, out; crucify him.
PILATE. "Am I to crucify your king?"
CAIAPHAS. "We have no king but Caesar."
Then he handed him over to be crucified. They took Jesus, and he, carrying the cross,
the cross, went out to the place called "the Skull" (which in Hebrew is called Golgotha), where they
they crucified; and with him, two others, one on each side, and in the middle, Jesus. And Pilate wrote a sign
And he put it on the cross; it was written: 'Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.'
Many Jews read the sign, because it was near the place where Jesus was crucified, and
it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to
Pilate:
CAIAPHAS. "No, write: 'The king of the Jews,' but: 'This one said: I am the king of the Jews.'"
PILATE. "What is written, is written."
REPORTER. The soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothing, making four parts,
one for each soldier, and they divided the tunic.
At the cross of Jesus were his mother, Mary's sister, and Magdalene. Jesus, upon seeing
his mother and near to the disciple he loved so much, said to his mother:
JESUS. "Woman, behold your son."
JESUS. "Son, there is your mother."
JESUS "I am thirsty."
RELATOR. There was a jar full of vinegar. And, holding a sponge soaked in vinegar to
a hyssop branch, they brought it close to his mouth. Jesus, when he had taken the vinegar, said:
JESUS. 'It is finished.'
REPORTER. And, bowing his head, he surrendered his spirit.
The Jews then, as it was the day of Preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on
the cross on Saturday, because that Saturday was a solemn day, they asked Pilate to break them
the legs and that they would remove them. It was the soldiers, they broke the legs of the first one and then the
another who had been crucified with him; but upon reaching Jesus, seeing that he was already dead, did not
they broke his legs, but one of the soldiers, with the spear, pierced his side, and at
blood and water came out. This happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: 'They will not break a bone of him.'
bone"; and elsewhere the Scripture says: "They will look at the one they pierced."
 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a secret disciple of Jesus for fear of the
Jewish, asked Pilate to let him take the body of Jesus. And Pilate authorized it. He was
then he took the body. Nicodemus also came, who had gone to see him at night, and brought
about a hundred pounds of a mixture of myrrh and aloe. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it all,
with the aromas, as it is customary to bury among the Jews. There was a garden at the site
where they crucified him, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.
And because it was the Day of Preparation for the Jews, and the tomb was nearby, they laid him there.
Jesus. On the third day Jesus rose again and lived.