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1 Immediately in
the morning the
chief priests, with
the elders,
scribes, and the
whole council,
held a
consultation, bound
Jesus, carried him
away, and
delivered him up
to Pilate.
2 Pilate
asked him, “Are
you the King
of the Jews?”
He answered,
“So you
say.”
3 The
chief priests accused
him of many
things.
4 Pilate
again asked him,
“Have you
no answer? See how
many things
they testify against
you!”
5 But
Jesus made no
further answer, so
that Pilate
marveled.
6 Now
at the feast
he used to release
to them one
prisoner, whomever
they asked of him.
7 There
was one
called Barabbas, bound
with his fellow insurgents,
men who in
the insurrection
had committed
murder.
8 The
multitude, crying aloud, began
to ask him to
do as he always
did for them.
9 Pilate
answered them,
saying, “Do you
want me to 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 release Barabbas to
them instead.
12 Pilate
again asked them,
“What then should
I do to
him whom you
call the King
of the Jews?”
13 They
cried out again,
“Crucify him!”
14 Pilate
said to them, “Why, what evil has
he done?”
But they cried
out exceedingly, “Crucify
him!”
15 Pilate,
wishing to please
the multitude, released Barabbas
to them, and
handed over Jesus,
when he had
flogged him, to
be crucified.
16 The
soldiers led him away
within the court,
which is the
Praetorium; and
they called
together the whole
cohort.
17 They clothed
him with purple;
and weaving a
crown of thorns,
they put it
on him.
18 They began
to salute him, “Hail, King of the
Jews!”
19 They
struck his head
with a reed
and spat on
him, and bowing
their knees,
did homage to him.
20 When
they had mocked
him, they took
the purple cloak
off him, and
put his own
garments on him.
They led him
out to crucify
him.
21 They compelled one
passing by, coming
from the country,
Simon of Cyrene,
the father
of Alexander and
Rufus, to go
with them that
he might bear
his cross.
22 They
brought him to
the place called
Golgotha, which is,
being interpreted, “The
place of a
skull.”
23 They offered
him wine mixed
with myrrh to
drink, but
he didn’t take it.
24 Crucifying
him, they parted
his garments among
them, casting lots
on them, what
each should take.
25 It
was the third
hour
when they
crucified him.
26 The
superscription of
his accusation was
written over him:
“THE KING OF
THE JEWS.”
27 With
him they crucified
two robbers, one
on his right
hand, and one
on his left.
28 The Scripture was fulfilled
which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”
29 Those
who passed
by blasphemed him,
wagging their
heads and saying,
“Ha! You who
destroy the temple
and build it
in three days,
30 save
yourself, and come
down from the
cross!”
31 Likewise,
also the
chief priests mocking
among themselves
with the scribes
said, “He saved
others. He can’t
save himself.
32 Let
the Christ, the
King of Israel,
now come down
from the cross,
that we may
see and believe
him.”
Those who were
crucified with him
also insulted him.
33 When
the sixth hour
had come, there
was darkness over
the whole land
until the ninth
hour.
34 At
the ninth hour
Jesus cried with
a loud voice,
saying,
“Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani?”
which is, being
interpreted,
“My God, my
God, why have
you forsaken
me?”
35 Some
of those who
stood by, when
they heard it,
said, “Behold, he
is calling Elijah.”
36 One
ran, and filling
a sponge full
of vinegar, put
it on a
reed and gave
it to him
to drink, saying,
“Let him be.
Let’s see whether
Elijah comes to
take him down.”
37 Jesus
cried out with
a loud voice,
and gave up the
spirit.
38 The
veil of the
temple was torn
in two from
the top to the
bottom.
39 When
the centurion, who
stood by opposite
him, saw that
he cried out
like this and
breathed his last,
he said, “Truly
this man was
the Son of
God!”
40 There
were also women
watching 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 served
him; and many
other women who
came up with
him to Jerusalem.
42 When
evening had now
come, because it
was the
Preparation Day,
that is, the
day before the
Sabbath,
43 Joseph
of Arimathaea, a
prominent council
member who
also himself was
looking for God’s
Kingdom, came. He
boldly went in
to Pilate,
and asked for
Jesus’ body.
44 Pilate
was surprised
to hear that he
was already dead;
and summoning the
centurion, he
asked him whether
he had been
dead long.
45 When
he found out
from the centurion,
he granted the
body to Joseph.
46 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. He
rolled a stone
against the door
of the tomb.
47 Mary
Magdalene and Mary
the mother of
Joses, saw where
he was laid.