¹ And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

² and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

³ Then Judas--he who delivered him up--having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,

⁴ `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What--to us? thou shalt see!'

⁵ and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

⁶ And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

⁷ and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

⁸ therefore was that field called, `Field of blood,' unto this day.

⁹ Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

¹⁰ and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.'

¹¹ And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'

¹² And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

¹³ then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

¹⁴ And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.

¹⁵ And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

¹⁶ and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

¹⁷ they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

¹⁸ for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁹ And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing--to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

²⁰ And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

²¹ and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye that I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'

²² Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'

²³ And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

²⁴ And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye--ye shall see;'

²⁵ and all the people answering said, `His blood is upon us, and upon our children!'

²⁶ Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up that he may be crucified;

²⁷ then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;

²⁸ and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

²⁹ and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.'

³⁰ And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

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

³² And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

³³ and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull,

³⁴ they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.

³⁵ And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'

³⁶ and sitting down, they were watching him there,

³⁷ and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

³⁸ Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

³⁹ and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

⁴⁰ and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it , save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'

⁴¹ And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

⁴² `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;

⁴³ he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said--Son of God I am;'

⁴⁴ with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

⁴⁵ And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

⁴⁶ and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

⁴⁷ And certain of those standing there having heard, said--`Elijah he doth call;'

⁴⁸ and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled it with vinegar, and having put it on a reed, was giving him to drink,

⁴⁹ but the rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come--about to save him.'

⁵⁰ And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

⁵¹ and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

⁵² and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,

⁵³ and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'

⁵⁵ And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

⁵⁶ among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷ And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

⁵⁸ he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

⁵⁹ And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,

⁶⁰ and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

⁶¹ and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.

⁶² And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

⁶³ saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;