| 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders
and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and
carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him,
Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering saith unto him, Thou sayest.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again
asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse
thee of. 5 But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate
marvelled. 6 Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner,
whom they asked of him. 7 And there was one called Barabbas, lying
bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had
committed murder. 8 And the multitude went up and began to ask him to
do as he was wont to do unto them. 9 And Pilate answered them, saying,
Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 10 For he perceived
that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief
priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto
them. 12 And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I
do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 13 And they cried out
again, Crucify him. 14 And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he
done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him. 15 And Pilate, wishing
to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus,
when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him
away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they call together the
whole band. 17 And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of
thorns, they put it on him; 18 and they began to salute him, Hail, King of
the Jews! 19 And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and
bowing their knees worshipped him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they
took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him
out to crucify him. 21 And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene,
coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with
them, that he might bear his cross. 22 And they bring him unto the
place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And
they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. 24 And
they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them,
what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified
him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE
KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his
right hand, and one on his left. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled,
which saith, And he was reckoned with transgressors. 29 And they that
passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou that
destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 save thyself, and
come down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking
him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself
he cannot save. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from
the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him
reproached him. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness
over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being
interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of
them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.
36 And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed,
and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to
take him down. 37 And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so
gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 40 And
there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and
many other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem. 42 And when even
was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the
sabbath, 43 there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable
estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly
went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate
marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he
asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he learned it of
the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And he bought a linen
cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a
tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the
door of the tomb. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of
Joses beheld where he was laid.
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