¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”^(A)

²⁹ (And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.^(A)

⁴¹ We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”^(A)

⁴⁷ When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify^(A) God, saying, “This man really was righteous!” ^[a]

³⁰ “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment^(A) is just,^(B) because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.^(C)

²⁵ Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you,^(A) and they have known that you sent me.

¹⁴ You denied the Holy and Righteous One^(A) and asked to have a murderer released to you.^(B)