Luke 2323LukeDeath, resurrection and ascensionPlain English Version

Plain English VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Jesus before Pilate

   (Matthew 27:11–14; John 18:28–40)

2. 1ENGPEVThen Herod and his soldiers started laughing at Jesus and rubbishing him. They put a pretty coat on him, the sort that a big boss wears. Then they sent him back to Pilate.BSBBSB: Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
3. 2ENGPEVYou know, before that day Herod and Pilate didn’t like each other, but on that day they became friends.BSBBSB: And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
4. 4ENGPEVA big mob of people followed Jesus. There were a lot of women among them. They were really sad. They were crying really loud, and they were hitting themselves.BSBBSB: Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
5. 5ENGPEVSo Jesus turned around and said to them, “You women that live here in Jerusalem, don’t cry for me, but cry for yourselves, and for your kids.BSBBSB: But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

6. Jesus before Herod

7. 6ENGPEVListen, soon bad things will happen to everybody. The time will come when people will say, ‘Those women that can’t have babies, and those women that don’t have to feed babies, they are the lucky ones.’BSBBSB: When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
8. 7ENGPEVThings will be so bad that people will want to die, so they will ask the mountains to fall on top of them and kill them. And they will ask the hills to bury them.BSBBSB: And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
9. 8ENGPEVYou see, I didn’t do anything wrong and people are hurting me. But you mob do bad things, so people will hurt you a lot more.”BSBBSB: When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

10. The Crowd Chooses Barabbas

    (Matthew 27:15–23; Mark 15:6–11)

11. 13ENGPEVOne of the criminals hanging on a cross beside Jesus was rubbishing him, and said, “You reckon you are the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us. All right, if you are God’s man, then save yourself, and save us too. But I reckon you can’t do it.”BSBBSB: Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
12. 14ENGPEVBut the other criminal hanging on a cross said, “Don’t talk like that. Have a bit of respect for God. Listen, they are killing the 3 of us together.BSBBSB: and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
13. 17Verse 17 isn’t in the earliest manuscripts. Why?

14. The Crucifixion

    (Psalm 22:1–31; Matthew 27:32–44; Mark 15:21–32; John 19:16–27)

15. 26ENGPEVThey are killing you and me because we did really bad things, but this man, Jesus, he didn’t do anything wrong.”BSBBSB: As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
16. 32ENGPEVThen that criminal talked to Jesus. He said, “Jesus, you are going to get God’s people together into one family, and you will be their leader. When you do that, don’t forget me. I want to be there with you too.”BSBBSB: Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
17. 33ENGPEVJesus said, “All right. Listen, you will be with me today, in God’s good place called Paradise. That’s for sure.”BSBBSB: When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.