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¹ When the mornyng was come, all the chiefe priestes, and the elders of the people, helde a councell agaynst Iesus to put hym to death.² And brought hym bounde, and deliuered hym to Pontius Pilate the deputie.³ Then Iudas, whiche had betrayed hym, seyng that he was condempned, repented hym selfe, and brought agayne the thirtie peeces of syluer, to the chiefe priestes and elders,⁴ Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that.⁵ And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged hym selfe.⁶ And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer, and sayde: It is not lawfull for to put the into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.⁷ And they toke councell, and bought with them a potters fielde, to burye straungers in.⁸ Wherfore that fielde is called the fielde of blood, vntyll this day.⁹ (Then was fulfylled that, which was spoken by Ieremie the prophet, saying: And they toke thirtie siluer peeces, the price of hym that was valued, whom they bought of the children of Israel:¹⁰ And gaue them for the potters fielde, as the Lorde appoynted me.)

¹¹ Iesus stode before the deputie, and the deputie asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Iewes? Iesus saith vnto hym: thou sayest.¹² And when he was accused of the chiefe priestes and elders, he aunswered nothyng.¹³ Then sayth Pilate vnto him: hearest thou not how many witnesses they lay agaynst thee?¹⁴ And he aunswered hym to neuer a worde: insomuch, that the deputie marueyled greatly.¹⁵ At that feast, the deputie was wont to delyuer vnto the people a prysoner, whom they woulde desire.¹⁶ He had then a notable prysoner, called Barabbas.¹⁷ Therfore, when they were gathered together, Pilate saide vnto them: whether wyll ye that I geue loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus, whiche is called Christe?¹⁸ For he knewe, that for enuy they had delyuered hym.¹⁹ When he was set downe to geue iudgment, his wyfe sent vnto hym, saying: haue thou nothing to do with that iuste man: For I haue suffred many thynges this day in a dreame because of him.²⁰ But the chiefe priestes & elders perswaded the people, that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and destroy Iesus.²¹ The deputie aunswered, and saide vnto them: Whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you? They saide, Barabbas.²² Pilate sayde vnto them: What shall I do then with Iesus, whiche is called Christe? They all sayde vnto hym: let hym be crucified.²³ The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified.²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng, but that more busynesse was made, he toke water, and washed his handes before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this iust person, see ye to it.²⁵ Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren.

²⁶ Then let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered hym to be crucified.²⁷ Then the souldiours of the deputie toke Iesus in the common hall, and gathered vnto hym all the bande [of souldiours.]²⁸ And they stripped hym, and put on hym a skarlet robe:²⁹ And platted a crowne of thornes, and put vppon his head, and a reede in his right hande, and bowed the knee before hym, and mocked hym, saying: Hayle kyng of the Iewes.³⁰ And when they had spyt vpon hym, they toke the reede, and smote hym on the head.³¹ And after that they had mocked him, they toke the robe of hym agayne, and put his owne rayment on hym, and led hym away, to crucifie hym.³² And as they came out, they founde a man of Cyrene, named Simon: hym they compelled to beare his crosse.

³³ And they came vnto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of [dead mens] skulles.³⁴ And gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: And when he had tasted therof, he woulde not drynke.³⁵ When they had crucified hym, they parted his garmentes, & did cast lottes, that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophete: They departed my garmentes among them, & vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes.³⁶ And they sate, & watched him there.³⁷ And set vp ouer his head, the cause [of his death] written: This is Iesus, the king of the Iewes.³⁸ Then were there two thieues crucified with hym: one on the ryght hande, and another on the left.³⁹ They that passed by, reuyled hym, waggyng their heades,⁴⁰ And saying: Thou that destroyedst the temple, & buyldest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God, come downe from the crosse.⁴¹ Lykewyse also the hye priestes, mockyng hym, with the scribes, and elders, [and pharisees] sayde:⁴² He saued other, hym selfe can he not saue. If he be the kyng of Israel, let him nowe come downe from the crosse, and we wyll beleue hym.⁴³ He trusted in God, let hym delyuer hym nowe, yf he wyll haue hym: for he sayde, I am the sonne of God.⁴⁴ The thieues also which were crucified with hym, cast the same in his teeth.⁴⁵ Fro the sixth houre, was there darknesse ouer all the lande, vnto the nynth houre.⁴⁶ And about the nynth houre, Iesus cried with a loude voyce, saying: Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is to say: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?⁴⁷ Some of them that stode there, when they hearde that, saide: This man calleth for Elias.⁴⁸ And straightway one of them ranne, and toke a sponge, and when he had filled it full of vineger, he put it on a reede, and gaue hym to drynke.⁴⁹ Other sayde, let be, let vs see whether Elias wyll come and saue hym.

⁵⁰ Iesus, when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce, yeelded vp ye ghost.⁵¹ And beholde, the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes, fro the toppe to the bottome, and the earth did quake and the stones rent.⁵² And graues dyd open, and many bodyes of saintes which slept, arose:⁵³ And went out of the graues, after his resurrection, and came into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.⁵⁴ When the Centurion, and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and those thynges that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truely, this was the sonne of God.⁵⁵ And many wome were there (beholdyng hym a farre of) whiche folowed Iesus fro Galilee, ministring vnto him.⁵⁶ Among which, was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames and Ioses, & the mother of Zebedees chyldren.

⁵⁷ When the euen was come, there came a ryche man of Aramathia, named Ioseph, which also hym selfe was Iesus disciple.⁵⁸ He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate comaunded the body to be delyuered.⁵⁹ And when Ioseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth:⁶⁰ And layde it in his newe tombe, which he had hewen out, euen in the rocke, and rolled a great stone to the dore of the sepulchre, and departed.⁶¹ And there was Marie Magdalene, & the other Marie, syttyng ouer against the sepulchre.⁶² The next day that folowed the day of preparyng, the hye priestes and pharisees came together vnto Pilate,⁶³ Saying. Sir, we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue: After three dayes I wil arise agayne.⁶⁴ Commaunde therfore, that the sepulchre be made sure, vntyll the thirde day: lest his disciples come by nyght & steale hym away, and say vnto the people, he is rysen from the dead: & the last error shalbe worse then the first.⁶⁵ Pilate sayde vnto them: Ye haue the watche, go your way, make it as sure as ye knowe.⁶⁶ So they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.