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[1] And forthwith, in the morning, the chief priests with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole Sanhedrim, held a consultation. And they bound Jesus, and led him away, and delivered him over to Pilate the president.
[2] And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? He replied and said to him: Thou hast said.
[3] And the chief priests accused him of many things.
[4] And Pilate again questioned him, and said to him: Makest thou no reply? See how much they testify against thee!
[5] But Jesus gave no answer; so that Pilate wondered.
[6] And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.
[7] And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
[8] And the people clamored, and began to demand, that he should do to them as he was accustomed.
[9] And Pilate answered, and said: Will ye, that I release to you the king of the Jews?
[10] For Pilate knew that the chief priests, from envy, had delivered him up.
[11] But the chief priests further persuaded the multitudes, that Bar Abas should be released to them.
[12] And Pilate said to them: What will ye, therefore, that I do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?
[13] And they again cried out: Crucify him.
[14] And Pilate said to them: But what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more: Crucify him.
[15] And Pilate was willing to gratify the wishes of the multitudes; and he released to them Bar Abas; and, having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to them to be crucified.
[16] And the soldiers led him into the hall which was the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole regiment;
[17] and they clothed him in purple, and braided a crown of thorns and put upon him;
[18] and began to salute him with, " Hail, king of the Jews !"
[19] And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him.
[20] And having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him.
[21] And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross.
[22] And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull.
[23] And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it.
[24] And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take.
[25] And it was the third hour when they crucified him.
[26] And the cause of his death was written in the inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[27] And they crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
[28] And the scripture was fulfilled which saith: He was accounted among the wicked.
[29] And they also that passed by, reviled him; and, nodding their heads, they said: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,
[30] rescue thyself, and come down from the cross.
[31] And so also the chief priests, jeering one with another, and the Scribes, said: He gave life to others, his own life he cannot save.
[32] Let Messiah, the king of the Jews, now descend from the cross, that we may see [it] and believe in him. And those also who were crucified with him, derided him.
[33] And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
[34] And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Il, Il, lemono shebakthone; that is: My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me?
[35] And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said: He calleth for Elijah.
[36] And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and tied it on a reed, to offer him drink. And they said: Desist; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
[37] And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and expired.
[38] And the curtain of the door of the temple was rent, from the top to the bottom.
[39] And when the centurion, who was standing near him, saw that he so cried and expired, he said: Verily, this was the Son of God.
[40] And there were women looking on, from a distance, Mary Magdalena, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
[41] who, when he was in Galilee adhered to him, and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
[42] And, as it was the eve of preparation, which precedeth the sabbath,
[43] Joseph of Ramath, an honorable counsellor, who also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and assuming courage, went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
[44] And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead.
[45] And when he learned it, he gave his body to Joseph.
[46] And Joseph bought fine linen, and took it down, and wrapped it in the linen, and deposited it in a sepulchre that was hewed in a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the sepulchre.
[47] And Mary Magdalena and Mary [the mother] of Joses saw where he was laid.
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