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1 And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having  made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the  whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and  delivered [him] to Pilate;
2 and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?'  and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say [it].'
3 And the chief priests were accusing him of many things,  [but he answered nothing.]
4 And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not  answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against  thee!'
5 and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate  wondered.
6 And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner,  whomsoever they were asking;
7 and there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with those making  insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed  murder.
8 And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for  themselves as he was always doing to them,
9 and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye [that] I shall  release to you the king of the Jews?'
10 for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had  delivered him up;
11 and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he  might rather release Barabbas to them.
12 And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then,  will ye [that] I shall do to him whom ye call king of the  Jews?'
13 and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'
14 And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and  they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'
15 and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to  them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged [him]  -- that he might be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is  Praetorium, and call together the whole band,
17 and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of  thorns, they put [it] on him,
18 and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'
19 And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and  were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to  him,
20 and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from  off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him  forth, that they may crucify him.
21 And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a  Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and  Rufus -- that he may bear his cross,
22 and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being  interpreted, `Place of a skull;'
23 and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh,  and he did not receive.
24 And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments,  casting a lot upon them, what each may take;
25 and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;
26 and the inscription of his accusation was written above --  `The King of the Jews.'
27 And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right  hand, and one on his left,
28 and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with  lawless ones he was numbered.'
29 And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking  their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the  sanctuary, and in three days the builder!
30 save thyself, and come down from the cross!'
31 And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with  one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself  he is not able to save.
32 The Christ! the king of Israel -- let him come down now  from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those  crucified with him were reproaching him.
33 And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the  whole land till the ninth hour,
34 and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice,  saying, `Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being  interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'
35 And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, `Lo,  Elijah he doth call;'
36 and one having run, and having filled a spunge with  vinegar, having put [it] also on a reed, was giving him to  drink, saying, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to  take him down.'
37 And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit,
38 and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to  bottom,
39 and the centurion who was standing over-against him,  having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit,  said, `Truly this man was Son of God.'
40 And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom  was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and  of Joses, and Salome,
41 (who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and  were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with  him to Jerusalem.
42 And now evening having come, seeing it was the  preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also  himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered  in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having  called near the centurion, did question him if he were long  dead,
45 and having known [it] from the centurion, he granted the  body to Joseph.
46 And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him  down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre  that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto  the door of the sepulchre,
47 and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding  where he is laid.