WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.080 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.060 of John chapter 19 and the Gospel of Luke chapter 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:17.820 23. John 19 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:20.920 him, and the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.120 and put it on his head, and they put on him a 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.179 purple robe. Then they said, Hail, King of the 00:00:27.179 --> 00:00:30.070 Jews, and they struck him with their hands. Pilate 00:00:30.070 --> 00:00:33.049 then went out again and said to them, Behold, 00:00:33.070 --> 00:00:35.990 I am bringing him out to you, that you may know 00:00:35.990 --> 00:00:39.090 that I find no fault in him. Then Jesus came 00:00:39.090 --> 00:00:41.890 out wearing the crown of thorns and a purple 00:00:41.890 --> 00:00:45.270 robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the man. 00:00:45.909 --> 00:00:48.509 Therefore, when the chief priests and officers 00:00:48.509 --> 00:00:51.570 saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, 00:00:51.689 --> 00:00:54.590 crucify him. Pilate said to them, You take him 00:00:54.590 --> 00:00:56.909 and crucify him, for I find no fault in him. 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.560 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.619 to our law he ought to die, because he made himself 00:01:03.619 --> 00:01:07.219 the son of God. Therefore when Pilate heard that 00:01:07.219 --> 00:01:10.040 saying, he was the more afraid, and went again 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.680 into the praetorium and said to Jesus, Where 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.000 are you from? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.260 Pilate said to him, Are you not speaking to me? 00:01:18.379 --> 00:01:22.019 Do you not know that I have power to crucify 00:01:22.019 --> 00:01:25.030 you and power to release you? Jesus answered, 00:01:25.209 --> 00:01:28.189 You could have no power at all against me unless 00:01:28.189 --> 00:01:31.049 it had been given you from above. Therefore, 00:01:31.329 --> 00:01:34.230 the one who delivered me to you has the greater 00:01:34.230 --> 00:01:37.750 sin. From then on, Pilate sought to release him. 00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:40.409 But the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this 00:01:40.409 --> 00:01:43.609 man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever 00:01:43.609 --> 00:01:47.549 makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. When 00:01:47.549 --> 00:01:49.909 Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:52.709 Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat. 00:01:53.099 --> 00:01:55.739 in a place that is called the pavement, but in 00:01:55.739 --> 00:01:59.019 Hebrew, Gabbatha. Now it was the preparation 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:02.239 day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:05.959 And he said to the Jews, Behold your king. But 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:08.180 they cried out, Away with him, away with him, 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.460 crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify 00:02:11.460 --> 00:02:14.120 your king? The chief priests answered, We have 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.120 no king but Caesar. Then he delivered him to 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.000 them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.919 led him away. And he, bearing his cross, went 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.919 out to a place called the place of a skull, which 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.120 is called in Hebrew Golgotha, where they crucified 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:33.319 him and two others with him, one on either side 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:37.000 and Jesus in the center. Now Pilate wrote a title 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.740 and put it on the cross. And the writing was 00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:43.620 Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. Then 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.979 many of the Jews read this title for the place 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:48.639 where Jesus was crucified was near the city. 00:02:48.780 --> 00:02:52.210 And it was written in Hebrew. Greek, and Latin. 00:02:52.590 --> 00:02:55.069 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said 00:02:55.069 --> 00:02:57.409 to Pilate, Do not write the king of the Jews, 00:02:57.569 --> 00:03:01.610 but he said, I am the king of the Jews. Pilate 00:03:01.610 --> 00:03:04.270 answered, What I have written, I have written. 00:03:04.590 --> 00:03:07.110 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, 00:03:07.389 --> 00:03:10.310 took his garments and made four parts, to each 00:03:10.310 --> 00:03:14.030 soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic 00:03:14.030 --> 00:03:17.389 was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:20.419 they said therefore among themselves let us not 00:03:20.419 --> 00:03:24.000 tear it but cast lots for it whose it shall be 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:26.539 that the scripture might be fulfilled which says 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:29.840 they divided my garments among them and for my 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.960 clothing they cast lots therefore the soldiers 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.400 did these things now there stood by the cross 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.840 of jesus his mother and his mother's sister mary 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:42.939 the wife of klopas and mary magdalene when jesus 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:45.520 therefore saw his mother and the disciple whom 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.240 he loved, standing by, he said to his mother, 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:51.780 Woman, behold your son. Then he said to the disciple, 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:55.539 Behold your mother. And from that hour that disciple 00:03:55.539 --> 00:03:59.259 took her to his own home. After this, Jesus, 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:01.879 knowing that all things were now accomplished, 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.819 that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:08.780 I thirst. Now a vessel full of sour wine was 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:11.060 sitting there, and they filled the sponge with 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:14.400 sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to his 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.949 mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, 00:04:17.170 --> 00:04:20.189 he said, It is finished. And bowing his head, 00:04:20.370 --> 00:04:24.329 he gave up his spirit. Therefore, because it 00:04:24.329 --> 00:04:26.529 was the preparation day, that the bodies should 00:04:26.529 --> 00:04:29.529 not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for that 00:04:29.529 --> 00:04:32.910 Sabbath was a high day, the Jews asked Pilate 00:04:32.910 --> 00:04:35.529 that their legs might be broken and that they 00:04:35.529 --> 00:04:38.509 might be taken away. Then the soldiers came and 00:04:38.509 --> 00:04:41.149 broke the legs of the first and of the other 00:04:41.149 --> 00:04:43.699 who was crucified with him. But when they came 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:46.439 to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.379 did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers 00:04:49.379 --> 00:04:52.639 pierced his side with a spear, and immediately 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:56.480 blood and water came out. And he who has seen 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.040 has testified, and his testimony is true. And 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.560 he knows that he is telling the truth, so that 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.459 you may believe. For these things were done that 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:08.300 the scripture should be fulfilled. Not one of 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:10.980 his bones shall be broken. And again another 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:14.040 scripture says, they shall look on him whom they 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.939 pierced. After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:20.839 a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:23.779 the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:26.300 the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. 00:05:26.500 --> 00:05:29.860 So he came and took the body of Jesus, and Nicodemus, 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:33.000 who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, 00:05:33.139 --> 00:05:36.060 bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:38.600 a hundred pounds. Then they took the body of 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.759 Jesus and bound it in strips of linen with the 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.660 spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:47.680 Now in the place where he was crucified there 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.600 was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:54.240 which no one had yet been laid. So there they 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.959 laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day, 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:05.279 for the tomb was nearby. Then the whole multitude 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.279 of them arose and led him to Pilate. And they 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:11.240 began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.279 perverting the nation and forbidding to pay taxes 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:16.779 to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:20.540 a king. Then Pilate asked him, saying, Are you 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:23.079 the king of the Jews? He answered him and said, 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:26.259 It is as you say. So Pilate said to the chief 00:06:26.259 --> 00:06:28.860 priests and the crowd, I find no fault in this 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:31.920 man. But they were the more fierce, saying, He 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:34.240 stirs up the people. teaching throughout all 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.939 Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. 00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:40.240 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.379 man were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that 00:06:43.379 --> 00:06:45.860 he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent 00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:48.480 him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:51.759 time. Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.600 glad, for he had desired for a long time to see 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.959 him, because he had heard many things about him, 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.480 and he hoped to see some miracle done by him. 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:02.579 Then he questioned him with many words, but he 00:07:02.579 --> 00:07:05.399 answered him nothing. And the chief priests and 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.459 scribes stood and vehemently accused him. Then 00:07:08.459 --> 00:07:11.180 Herod, with his men of war, treated him with 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:13.839 contempt and mocked him, arrayed him in a gorgeous 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.879 robe, and sent him back to Pilate. That very 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.500 day Pilate and Herod became friends with each 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:22.459 other, for previously they had been at enmity 00:07:22.459 --> 00:07:25.620 with each other. Then Pilate, when he had called 00:07:25.620 --> 00:07:28.100 together the chief priests, the rulers, and the 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:30.939 people, said to them, You have brought this man 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:33.980 to me as one who misleads the people. And indeed, 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:36.939 having examined him in your presence, I have 00:07:36.939 --> 00:07:40.000 found no fault in this man concerning those things 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:43.220 of which you accuse him. No, neither did Herod, 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.379 for I sent you back to him, and indeed nothing 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:49.720 deserving of death has been done by him. I will 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.500 therefore chastise him and release him. for it 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:55.019 was necessary for him to release one to them 00:07:55.019 --> 00:07:57.860 at the feast. And they all cried out at once, 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:01.060 saying, Away with this man and release to us 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:04.279 Barabbas, who had been thrown into prison for 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.920 a certain rebellion made in the city and for 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:09.839 murder. Pilate therefore, wishing to release 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.779 Jesus, again called out to them, but they shouted, 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:16.019 saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Then he said 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:19.439 to them the third time, Why, what evil has he 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.310 done? I have found no reason for death in him. 00:08:22.410 --> 00:08:25.209 I will therefore chastise him and let him go. 00:08:25.550 --> 00:08:28.290 But they were insistent, demanding with loud 00:08:28.290 --> 00:08:31.389 voices that he be crucified. And the voices of 00:08:31.389 --> 00:08:33.750 these men and of the chief priests prevailed. 00:08:33.929 --> 00:08:36.450 So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as 00:08:36.450 --> 00:08:39.330 they requested. And he released to them the one 00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:42.169 they requested, who for rebellion and murder 00:08:42.169 --> 00:08:44.690 had been thrown into prison, but he delivered 00:08:44.690 --> 00:08:48.090 Jesus to their will. Now as they led him away, 00:08:48.289 --> 00:08:51.990 they laid hold of a certain man, Simon, a Cyrenian, 00:08:52.129 --> 00:08:54.830 who was coming from the country, and on him they 00:08:54.830 --> 00:08:57.570 laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. 00:08:57.889 --> 00:09:00.250 And a great multitude of the people followed 00:09:00.250 --> 00:09:03.129 him, and women who also mourned and lamented 00:09:03.129 --> 00:09:06.149 him. But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters 00:09:06.149 --> 00:09:09.269 of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for 00:09:09.269 --> 00:09:11.870 yourselves and for your children. For indeed 00:09:11.870 --> 00:09:14.230 the days are coming, in which they will say, 00:09:14.409 --> 00:09:17.779 Blessed are the barren. Wombs that never bore, 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:20.679 and breasts which never nursed. Then they will 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:23.779 begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and 00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:26.360 to the hills, cover us. For if they do these 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:29.519 things in the green wood, what will be done in 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:32.799 the dry? There were also two others, criminals, 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:36.100 led with him to be put to death. And when they 00:09:36.100 --> 00:09:39.059 had come to the place called Calvary, there they 00:09:39.059 --> 00:09:41.480 crucified him. And the criminals, one on the 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:44.179 right hand, another on the left. Then Jesus said, 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:47.279 Father, forgive them. for they do not know what 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:49.980 they do. And they divided his garments and cast 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:53.679 lots, and the people stood looking on. But even 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.980 the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved 00:09:56.980 --> 00:10:00.399 others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ, 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.919 the chosen of God. The soldiers also mocked him, 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:07.139 coming and offering him sour wine, and saying, 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:09.580 If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself. 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:13.000 And an inscription, Also was written over him 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.360 in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, This 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:19.419 is the king of the Jews. Then one of the criminals 00:10:19.419 --> 00:10:22.539 who were hanged blasphemed him, saying, If you 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:26.059 are the Christ, save yourself and us. But the 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:29.019 other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:32.360 not even fear God, seeing you are under the same 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.399 condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:39.899 the due reward of our deeds. But this man has 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:42.639 done nothing wrong. Then he said to Jesus, Lord, 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.159 remember me when you come into your kingdom. 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.120 And Jesus said to him, Assuredly I say to you, 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:51.960 today you will be with me in paradise. Now it 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.480 was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:57.679 over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.360 the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.080 was torn in two. And when Jesus had cried out 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.840 with a loud voice, he said, Father, into your 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.139 hands I commit my spirit. Having said this, he 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:12.129 breathed his last. So when the centurion saw 00:11:12.129 --> 00:11:15.049 what had happened, he glorified God, saying, 00:11:15.289 --> 00:11:18.509 Certainly this was a righteous man. And the whole 00:11:18.509 --> 00:11:20.929 crowd who came together to that sight, seeing 00:11:20.929 --> 00:11:23.929 what had been done, beat their breasts and returned. 00:11:24.289 --> 00:11:27.370 But all his acquaintances and the women who followed 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:30.470 him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching 00:11:30.470 --> 00:11:32.950 these things. Now behold, there was a man named 00:11:32.950 --> 00:11:36.190 Joseph, a council member, a good and just man. 00:11:36.370 --> 00:11:39.450 He had not consented to their decision and deed. 00:11:39.929 --> 00:11:42.889 He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who 00:11:42.889 --> 00:11:45.549 himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. 00:11:45.830 --> 00:11:48.610 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body 00:11:48.610 --> 00:11:51.610 of Jesus. Then he took it down, wrapped it in 00:11:51.610 --> 00:11:54.889 linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out 00:11:54.889 --> 00:11:57.590 of the rock, where no one had ever lain before. 00:11:58.110 --> 00:12:00.789 That day was the preparation, and the Sabbath 00:12:00.789 --> 00:12:03.830 drew near. And the women who had come with him 00:12:03.830 --> 00:12:06.850 from Galilee followed after, and they observed 00:12:06.850 --> 00:12:10.059 the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:12.440 returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils, 00:12:12.580 --> 00:12:15.460 and they rested on the Sabbath according to the 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:22.580 commandments. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:12:22.580 --> 00:12:24.879 as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:26.940 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:28.740 God bless you and have a great day.