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¹ And right away in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.² And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And answering he says to him, You say.³ And the chief priests accused him of many things.⁴ And Pilate again asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? look how many things they accuse you of.⁵ But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marveled.⁶ Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, [lying] bound with those 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 usually did for them.⁹ And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want that I release to 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 to them.¹² And Pilate again answered and said to them, Then what do you want me to do [with him] whom you call the King of the Jews?¹³ And they cried out again, Crucify him.¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him.

¹⁵ And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away inside the court, which is the Praetorium; and they call together the whole battalion.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 on him, and bowing their knees worshiped 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 to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.²³ And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he did not receive it.²⁴ And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots on 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.²⁹ And those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days,³⁰ save yourself, 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 can't save.³² Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And those that were crucified with him reproached him.

³³ And when the sixth hour came, 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, lema sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?³⁵ And some of those that stood by, when they heard it, said, Look, he calls Elijah.³⁶ And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let [him] be; let us see whether Elijah comes 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 captain, who stood by across from 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 watching from far: 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 were serving him; and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And when evening was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,⁴³ there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councilor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.⁴⁴ And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the captain, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.⁴⁵ And when he learned it of the captain, 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 cut 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 looked at where he was laid.