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, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" And answering He said unto him, "Thou sayest it."
3And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.
4And Pilate asked Him again, saying, "Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee."
5But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.
6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
7And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire Pilate to do as he had ever done unto them.
9But Pilate answered them, saying, "Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?"
10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him out of envy.
11But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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!"
14Then Pilate said unto them, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
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 into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole detachment.
17And they clothed Him with purple, and they platted a crown of thorns and put it about His head,
18and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
19And they smote Him on the head with a reed and spat upon Him and, bowing their knees, worshiped 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 one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross.
22And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha (which is, being interpreted, The Place of a Skull).
23And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it not.
24And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take.
25And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.
26And the superscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.
28And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, "And He was numbered with the transgressors."
29And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,
30save thyself and come down from the cross!"
31Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, "He saved others; himself he cannot save!
32Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
33And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out 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 those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he calleth Elijah."
36And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, "Let him alone. Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down."
37And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39And when the centurion who stood opposite 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 afar off, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome
41(who also, when He was in Galilee, had followed Him and ministered unto Him), and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.
42And now when the evening had come, because it was the Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
43Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
44And Pilate wondered 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 it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher.
47And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.