Luke 23 (NET)

Luke 23:1¹Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:1-2Luke 22:66Mark 15:1-5Matt 27:11-14John 18:28-38

Luke 23:2²They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 17:6-7John 19:12Luke 23:141 Kgs 21:10-131 Pet 3:16-18Acts 16:20-21Acts 24:5Jer 20:10Jer 38:4John 18:30

Luke 23:3³So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:13John 1:49Luke 1:32-33Luke 22:70Mark 15:2John 19:3Luke 19:38-40Luke 23:38Mark 15:18Mark 15:32

Luke 23:4⁴Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 18:381 Pet 1:191 Pet 2:22Heb 7:26Luke 23:14-15Luke 23:22Mark 15:141 Pet 3:18John 19:4-6Matt 27:19

Luke 23:5⁵But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:43John 2:11Mark 1:14Matt 4:23Acts 10:37Acts 23:10Acts 5:33Acts 7:54Acts 7:57John 19:15

Luke 23:6⁶Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:37Luke 13:1

Luke 23:7⁷When he learned that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:1Luke 13:31Matt 14:1

Luke 23:8⁸When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:7-9Mark 6:14Matt 14:12 Kgs 5:11Acts 8:19Luke 4:232 Kgs 5:3-6

Luke 23:9⁹So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:141 Pet 2:23Acts 8:32Isa 53:7Luke 13:32Matt 7:6Ps 38:13-14Ps 39:1-2Ps 39:9

Luke 23:10¹⁰The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:5Luke 11:53Luke 23:14-15Luke 23:2Luke 23:5

Luke 23:11¹¹Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:16-20Matt 27:27-30Isa 53:3Ps 69:19-20John 19:5Mark 9:12

Luke 23:12¹²That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 4:27Rev 17:13-14Matt 16:1Ps 83:4-6

Luke 23:13¹³Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 18:38Mark 15:14Matt 27:21-23John 19:4

Luke 23:14¹⁴and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:4Heb 7:26Acts 13:28Luke 23:1-2Luke 23:4-5Matt 27:19Matt 27:24Matt 27:4Matt 27:54

Luke 23:15¹⁵Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 23:16¹⁶I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:26Luke 23:22Mark 15:15Acts 16:37Acts 5:40-41Isa 53:5John 19:1-4

Luke 23:18¹⁸But they all shouted out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 21:36Acts 22:22Acts 3:14John 18:39-40John 19:15-16Mark 15:6-15Matt 27:15-26

Luke 23:19¹⁹(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:14Luke 23:2Luke 23:5

Luke 23:20²⁰Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:15John 19:12Matt 14:8-9Matt 27:19

Luke 23:21²¹But they kept on shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:15Luke 23:23Mark 15:13Matt 27:22-25

Luke 23:22²²A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:141 Pet 1:191 Pet 3:18Luke 23:16Luke 23:20

Luke 23:23²³But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 11:8Ps 57:4Luke 23:5Ps 22:12-13

Luke 23:24²⁴So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:26Prov 17:15Exod 23:2Mark 15:15John 19:1

Luke 23:25²⁵He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 3:14Mark 15:15Mark 15:6-71 Sam 12:13Luke 23:2Luke 23:5Matt 27:26John 18:40

Luke 23:26²⁶As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:32-44Mark 15:21-32Acts 13:1Acts 2:10Acts 6:6Acts 6:9John 19:16-17Luke 14:27Luke 9:23

Luke 23:27²⁷A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:52Luke 8:2Mark 15:40Luke 23:55Matt 27:55

Luke 23:28²⁸But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 8:4Song 1:5Song 2:7Song 3:10Song 3:5Song 5:16Song 5:8

Luke 23:29²⁹For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:19Luke 21:23-24Mark 13:17-19Hos 9:12-16Hos 13:16Deut 28:53-57

Luke 23:30³⁰Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us! ’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us! ’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 6:16Hos 10:8Isa 2:19Rev 9:6

Luke 23:31³¹For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:17-18John 15:6Prov 11:31Ezek 20:47-48Ezek 15:2-7Ezek 21:3-4Matt 3:12Jer 25:29

Luke 23:32³²Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:27Isa 53:12Matt 27:38John 19:18Heb 12:2Luke 22:37

Luke 23:33³³So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:22-23John 19:17-18Zech 12:101 Pet 2:24Deut 21:23John 18:32Matt 27:33-34Acts 13:29Acts 5:30Gal 3:13

Luke 23:34³⁴[But Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:44Acts 7:601 Pet 3:91 Pet 2:20-23Luke 6:27-28Rom 12:14Gen 50:171 Cor 2:8Ps 22:18Isa 53:12

Luke 23:35³⁵The people also stood there watching, but the leaders ridiculed him, saying, “He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:17Isa 42:11 Pet 2:4Mark 15:29-32Matt 12:18Isa 53:3Luke 16:14Ps 22:6-8Matt 27:38-43Gen 37:19-20

Luke 23:36³⁶The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 69:21Matt 27:48Mark 15:36Matt 27:34John 19:28-30Luke 23:11Mark 15:19-20Matt 27:29-30

Luke 23:37³⁷and saying, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Luke 23:38³⁸There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:26Matt 27:37John 19:19-22Luke 23:3Mark 15:32John 19:3Mark 15:18Matt 27:11

Luke 23:39³⁹One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:44Mark 15:32Luke 23:35Luke 23:37Luke 17:34-35

Luke 23:40⁴⁰But the other rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 28:22Eph 5:11Jer 5:3Luke 12:5Ps 36:1Rev 15:4Lev 19:17Rev 16:11

Luke 23:41⁴¹And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 26:40-41Ezra 9:131 Pet 1:19Matt 27:24Matt 27:42 Chr 33:12Dan 9:4Jas 4:7Josh 7:19-20Luke 15:18-19

Luke 23:42⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:31Rom 10:9-141 John 5:11-131 Cor 6:10-11Luke 12:8Luke 18:13Acts 20:211 John 5:11 Pet 2:6-7Dan 7:13-14

Luke 23:43⁴³And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 2:7Ps 50:151 Tim 1:15-16Luke 19:10Ps 32:5John 14:3Heb 7:25John 17:24Phil 1:232 Cor 12:3-4

Luke 23:44⁴⁴It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:45Mark 15:33-34Amos 8:9Acts 2:20John 19:14Matt 27:52Amos 5:18Mark 15:39Exod 10:21-23Hab 3:8-11

Luke 23:45⁴⁵because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:19-22Matt 27:51Heb 9:3-8Mark 15:38Eph 2:14-18Lev 16:12-162 Chr 3:14Heb 6:19

Luke 23:46⁴⁶Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit! ” And after he said this he breathed his last.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 31:5Acts 7:59John 19:301 Pet 2:23Mark 15:34-41Matt 27:46-56

Luke 23:47⁴⁷Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 15:39Matt 27:54Luke 23:41Matt 9:8

Luke 23:48⁴⁸And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 18:13Acts 2:37Jer 31:19

Luke 23:49⁴⁹And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 8:2Ps 38:11Luke 23:55Matt 27:55-56Luke 23:27Mark 15:40-41Mark 15:47Ps 142:4Ps 88:18Job 19:13

Luke 23:50⁵⁰Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:38-42Acts 10:22Acts 11:24Acts 10:2Mark 15:42-47Matt 27:57-61Luke 2:25

Luke 23:51⁵¹(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 2:25Luke 2:38Gen 37:21-22Gen 42:21-22Gen 49:18Isa 8:12Mark 15:431 Sam 1:1Exod 23:2Luke 23:42

Luke 23:52⁵²He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 19:38-42

Luke 23:53⁵³Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:59-60Isa 53:9Mark 15:46

Luke 23:54⁵⁴It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 27:62John 19:31Mark 15:42John 19:14John 19:42

Luke 23:55⁵⁵The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:49Luke 8:2Mark 15:47Matt 27:61

Luke 23:56⁵⁶Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 24:1Mark 16:1Deut 5:14Exod 20:8-10Exod 31:14Exod 35:2-3Isa 58:13-14Jer 17:24-25