¹ AND immediately the chief priests having held a council in the morning, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, after binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? He answering said to him, Thou sayest true.

³ And the chief priests laid many accusations against him.

⁴ Then Pilate again interrogated him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they testify against thee.

⁵ But Jesus notwithstanding made not a word of reply; so that Pilate marvelled.

⁶ Now at the feast, he released one prisoner to them, whomsoever they petitioned for.

⁷ And there was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made an insurrection with him, and had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the multitude, clamorous, began to petition him to do, as he had always done to them.

⁹ Then Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

¹⁰ (For he knew that out of envy the chief priests had delivered him up.)

¹¹ Then the chief priests stirred up the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹² Then Pilate addressing them, said unto them again, What therefore do you wish that I should do with him whom ye call the king of the Jews?

¹³ And they cried out again, Crucify him.

¹⁴ Then Pilate said unto them, But what criminal act hath he done? And they cried the more vociferously, Crucify him.

¹⁵ So Pilate, willing to do what would be satisfactory to the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to be scourged, in order to be crucified.

¹⁶ Then the soldiers led him to the hall, which is the Praetorium, and called together the whole band.

¹⁷ And they invested him with a robe of purple, and platting a crown of thorns, put it about his head,

¹⁸ and began to pay their salutations to him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹ And they struck him on the head with a cane, and spat upon him, and bowing their knees payed him homage.

²⁰ And when they had treated him with mockery, they took off the purple robe from him, and clothed him with his own garments, and led him out to crucify him.

²¹ And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming out of the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

²² And they convey him to a place called Golgotha, which is being interpreted, The place of a skull.

²³ And they gave him to drink wine medicated with myrrh: but he received it not.

²⁴ And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting the lot upon them, what each should take.

²⁵ Now it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

²⁶ And there was an inscription of his crime written over him, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

²⁷ And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, “And he was reckoned among the transgressors.”

²⁹ And they who passed along, blasphemed him, shaking their heads, and saying, Aha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross.

³¹ And in the same manner also, the chief priests mocking him, among each other, with the scribes, said, He saved others, himself he cannot save.

³² Thou Messiah, King of Israel, come now down from the cross, that we may see, and believe. Even those who were crucified with him railed on him.

³³ Now when the sixth hour came, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabacthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, for what cause hast thou abandoned me?

³⁵ And some of those who stood by, hearing him, said, Behold, he crieth for Elias.

³⁶ Then one ran, and filling a sponge with vinegar, fixed it round a cane, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone, let us see if Elias comes to take him down.

³⁷ Then Jesus, uttering a loud cry, gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the vail of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And the centurion, who stood opposite to him, observing, that with such a cry he gave up the ghost, said, Assuredly this was the Son of God.

⁴⁰ Now there were also women looking on at a distance; among whom also was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the small, and the mother of Joses, and Salome.

⁴¹ These women followed him when he was in Galilee, and supplied his wants; and many other women who went up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴² And when the evening was now come (since it was the preparation, that is the day preceding the sabbath),

⁴³ Joseph, who was from Arimathea, came, a respectable person, a counsellor, and who himself also was expecting the kingdom of God; taking courage, he went in to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ Then Pilate marvelled that he should be already dead: and calling for the centurion, he asked him, If he had been dead any time.

⁴⁵ And when he knew it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And having bought a wrapper of fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a sepulchre, which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷ Now Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.