Matthew 27:32-66 ▼

32 And as they came out, they founde a man of Cyrene, named Simon: hym they compelled to beare his crosse.

33 And they came vnto the place, which is called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of dead mens skulles.

34 And gaue him vineger to drinke, mingled with gall: And when he had tasted therof, he woulde not drynke.

35 When they had crucified hym, they parted his garmentes, & did cast lottes, that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophete: They departed my garmentes among them, & vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes.

36 And they sate, & watched him there.

37 And set vp ouer his head, the cause of his death written: This is Iesus, the king of the Iewes.

38 Then were there two thieues crucified with hym: one on the ryght hande, and another on the left.

39 They that passed by, reuyled hym, waggyng their heades,

40 And saying: Thou that destroyedst the temple, & buyldest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God, come downe from the crosse.

41 Lykewyse also the hye priestes, mockyng hym, with the scribes, and elders, and pharisees sayde:

42 He saued other, hym selfe can he not saue. If he be the kyng of Israel, let him nowe come downe from the crosse, and we wyll beleue hym.

43 He trusted in God, let hym delyuer hym nowe, yf he wyll haue hym: for he sayde, I am the sonne of God.

44 The thieues also which were crucified with hym, cast the same in his teeth.

45 Fro the sixth houre, was there darknesse ouer all the lande, vnto the nynth houre.

46 And about the nynth houre, Iesus cried with a loude voyce, saying: Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is to say: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

47 Some of them that stode there, when they hearde that, saide: This man calleth for Elias.

48 And straightway one of them ranne, and toke a sponge, and when he had filled it full of vineger, he put it on a reede, and gaue hym to drynke.

49 Other sayde, let be, let vs see whether Elias wyll come and saue hym.

50 Iesus, when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce, yeelded vp ye ghost.

51 And beholde, the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes, fro the toppe to the bottome, and the earth did quake and the stones rent.

52 And graues dyd open, and many bodyes of saintes which slept, arose:

53 And went out of the graues, after his resurrection, and came into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.

54 When the Centurion, and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and those thynges that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truely, this was the sonne of God.

55 And many wome were there (beholdyng hym a farre of) whiche folowed Iesus fro Galilee, ministring vnto him.

56 Among which, was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames and Ioses, & the mother of Zebedees chyldren.

57 When the euen was come, there came a ryche man of Aramathia, named Ioseph, which also hym selfe was Iesus disciple.

58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate comaunded the body to be delyuered.

59 And when Ioseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth:

60 And layde it in his newe tombe, which he had hewen out, euen in the rocke, and rolled a great stone to the dore of the sepulchre, and departed.

61 And there was Marie Magdalene, & the other Marie, syttyng ouer against the sepulchre.

62 The next day that folowed the day of preparyng, the hye priestes and pharisees came together vnto Pilate,

63 Saying. Sir, we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue: After three dayes I wil arise agayne.

64 Commaunde therfore, that the sepulchre be made sure, vntyll the thirde day: lest his disciples come by nyght & steale hym away, and say vnto the people, he is rysen from the dead: & the last error shalbe worse then the first.

65 Pilate sayde vnto them: Ye haue the watche, go your way, make it as sure as ye knowe.

66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.