1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and seniors(the elders) of the people held a counsel against Jesu, to put him to death,
2and brought him bound and delivered him unto Pontius Pilate the deputy.
3Then when Judas which betrayed him, saw that he was condemned, he repented himself, and brought again the thirty plates of silver to the chief priests and seniors(elders)
4saying: I have sinned betraying the innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? see thou to that.
5And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.
6(And) The chief priests took the silver plates and said: It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7And they took counsel, and bought with them a potter's field to bury strangers in.
8Wherefore that field is called, (Haceldema, that is) the field of blood, until this day.
9Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying: And they took thirty silver plates, the value(price) of him that was priced,(valued) whom they bought of the children of Israel,
10and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
11Jesus stood before the deputy: and the deputy asked him, saying: Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus said unto him: Thou sayest.
12(And) When he was accused of the chief priests and seniors,(elders) he answered nothing.
13Then said Pilate unto him: Hearest thou not how many things they lay against thee?
14and he answered him to never a word: insomuch that the deputy marveled very sore.(greatly.)
15At that feast, the deputy was wont to deliver unto the people a prisoner whom they would choose.(desire.)
16He had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
17And when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them: Whether will ye that I give loose unto you, Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18For he knew well, that for envy they had delivered him.
19When he was set down to give judgement, his wife sent to him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man, I have suffered many things this day in my sleep(a dream) about him.
20(But) The chief priests and the seniors(elders) had persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus.
21(Then) The deputy answered and said unto them: Whether of the twain will ye that I let loose unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
22Pilate said unto them: What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him: Let him be crucified.
23Then said the deputy: What evil hath he done? And they cried the more saying: Let him be crucified.
24When Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but that more business was made, he took water and washed his hands before the people saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just(righteous) person, and that ye shall see.(See ye thereto)
25Then answered all the people, and said: His blood fall(be) on us, and on(upon) our children.
26Then let he Barabbas loose unto them, and scourged Jesus, and delivered him to be crucified.
27Then the soldiers of the deputy took Jesus unto the common hall, and gathered unto him all the company.
28And they stripped him, and put on him a purple robe,
29and plaited a crown of thorns and put upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowed their knees before him, (and mocked him,) saying: Hail King of the Jews,
30and spitted upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
31And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him again, and put his own raiment(clothes) on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32And as they came(were going) out, they found a man of Cyren, named Simon: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33And (when they) came unto the place, which is called Golgotha (that is to say(by interpretation) a place of dead men's skulls)
34they gave him vinegar to drink mixt(mingled) with gall. And when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
35When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfil that was spoken by the prophet: They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture have(did) cast lots.
36And they sat and watched him there.
37And they set up over his head the cause of his death written: This is Jesus the King of the Jews.
38And there were two thieves(murthurers) crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left hand.
39They that passed(went) by, reviled him wagging their heads
40and saying: Thou that destroyest(breakest down) the temple of God, and buildest it in three days save thyself. If thou be the son of God, come down from the cross.
41Likewise also the prelates(hye priests) mocking him(laughed him to scorn) with the scribes and seniors(elders) said:
42He saved(hath helped) other, himself he cannot save.(help) If he be the King of Israel: let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God, let God(him) deliver him now if he will have him, for he said, I am the son of God.
44That same also the thieves,(murthurers) which were crucified with him cast in his teeth.
45From the sixth hour was there darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli Eli lama sabathani.(asbathani; or sabachthani) That is to say, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that said: This man calleth for Helias.
48And straightway(immediately) one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49Other said let be, let us see whether Helias will come and deliver him.
50Jesus cried again with a loud voice and yielded up the ghost.
51And behold the veil of the temple was(did) rent in twain from the top to the bottom,(rent in two pieces, from above till beneath) and the earth did quake,
52and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose:
53and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and came into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54When the petty captain,(centurion) and they that were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things which happened, they feared greatly saying; Of a surety this was the son of God.
55And many women were there, beholding him afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56among the which was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and the mother of Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathia named Joseph, which same also was Jesus' disciple.
58He went to Pilate and begged(asked) the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.(that the body should be given him)
59And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60and put(laid) it in his new tomb, which he had hewn out even in the rock, and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
61And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre.
62The next day that followeth good friday,(the day of preparing) the high priests and pharisees got themselves to Pilate,
63and said: Sir, we remember, that this deceiver said while he was yet alive. After three days I will arise again,
64command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest peradventure his disciples come, and steal him away, and say unto the people, he is risen from death: And then the last error shall be worse than the first was.
65Pilate said unto them: Take watchmen: Go and make it as sure as ye can.
66(And) They went and made the sepulchre sure with watchmen, and sealed the stone.