¹ When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

² And they bound him and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

³ Then Judas, who had delivered him up, when he saw that he was condemned, stung by remorse, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴ saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.

⁵ And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

⁶ And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.

⁷ And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter’s field, as a burial-place for foreigners.

⁸ For this reason, that field is called the field of blood, to this day.

⁹ Then the word was fulfilled which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that had a price set upon him, on whom some of the children of Israel did set a price,

¹⁰ and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

¹¹ And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus replied to him: You say it.

¹² And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.

¹³ Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?

¹⁴ And he gave him answer to not one word, so that the governor was greatly astonished.

¹⁵ Now at the feast, the governor was in the habit of releasing to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose.

¹⁶ They then had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

¹⁷ Therefore, while they were together, Pilate said to them: Which do you wish me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?

¹⁸ For he knew that through envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered much to-day in a dream, because of him.

²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitude to ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

²¹ The governor answered and said to them: Which of the two do you wish me to release to you? They replied: Barabbas.

²² Pilate said to them: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said to him: Let him be crucified.

²³ But the governor said: Why, what evil has he done? But they cried vehemently, saying: Let him be crucified.

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.

²⁵ And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.

²⁶ Then he released to them Barabbas; but after he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace, and brought together to him the whole band.

²⁸ And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet cloak;

²⁹ and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head.

³¹ And when they had derided him, they took off the cloak from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

³² And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: this man they compelled to carry his cross.

³³ And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, which, when translated, is the place of a skull,

³⁴ they gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.

³⁵ And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among themselves, by casting the lot.

³⁶ And they sat down and watched him there.

³⁷ And they placed above his head the charge that was made against him, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸ Then were two robbers crucified with him; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

³⁹ And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,

⁴⁰ and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

⁴¹ In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:

⁴² He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

⁴³ He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God.

⁴⁴ The robbers also that were crucified with him, uttered the same reproaches against him.

⁴⁵ From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land till the ninth hour.

⁴⁶ But about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamah sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

⁴⁷ Some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said: This man calls for Elijah.

⁴⁸ And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.

⁴⁹ The rest said: Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him.

⁵⁰ And Jesus again cried with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit.

⁵¹ And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom. And the earth did shake, and the rocks were rent:

⁵² and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose.

⁵³ And they came out of their sepulchers after his resurrection, and entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.

⁵⁵ Many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him, were there, looking on from a distance.

⁵⁶ Among these was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷ When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph; and he also was a disciple of Jesus.

⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given.

⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen,

⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶² On the morrow, which was the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

⁶³ and said: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will arise.