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1And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

1And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

2And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

2And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

3And the chief priests accused him of many things.

3And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

4And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.”

4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

5But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.

5But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

6Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.

6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

7And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

7And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them.

8And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

9And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?”

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

10For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.

10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

12And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?”

12And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

13And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”

13And they cried out again, Crucify him.

14And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.”

14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

15So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

15And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion.

16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

17And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

18And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him.

19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

20And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.

20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

21And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

22And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).

22And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

23And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

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

24And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.

24And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

25And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

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

26And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”

26And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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

27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

28	28And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

29And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

30save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

30Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

31So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.

31Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

35And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

36And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

37And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

38And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

39And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

39And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

40There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

40There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

41When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and there were also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

41(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

42And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

43Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

43Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counseller, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. And summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

44And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

45And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

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

46And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

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

47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

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