31. For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32. Two other men, both of them criminals, were also led out to be put to death with Jesus.
33. When they came to the place called “The Skull”, they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left.
34. Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don't know what they are doing.”They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice.
35. The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders jeered at him: “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!”
36. The soldiers also mocked him: they came up to him and offered him cheap wine,
37. and said, “Save yourself if you are the king of the Jews!”
38. Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”
39. One of the criminals hanging there hurled insults at him: “Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
40. The other one, however, rebuked him, saying, “Don't you fear God? You received the same sentence he did.
41. Ours, however, is only right, because we are getting what we deserve for what we did; but he has done no wrong.”
42. And he said to Jesus, “Remember me, Jesus, when you come as King!”
43. Jesus said to him, “I promise you that today you will be in Paradise with me.”
44-45. It was about twelve o'clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o'clock; and the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two.
46. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father! In your hands I place my spirit!” He said this and died.
47. The army officer saw what had happened, and he praised God, saying, “Certainly he was a good man!”
48. When the people who had gathered there to watch the spectacle saw what happened, they all went back home, beating their breasts in sorrow.
49. All those who knew Jesus personally, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance to watch.
50-51. There was a man named Joseph from Arimathea, a town in Judea. He was a good and honourable man, who was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God. Although he was a member of the Council, he had not agreed with their decision and action.
52. He went into the presence of Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53. Then he took the body down, wrapped it in a linen sheet, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock and which had never been used.