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[1]Andmorning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;
[2]andhaving bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
[3]ThenJudas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,
[4]`Idid sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'
[5]andhaving cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.
[6]Andthe chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'
[7]andhaving taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;
[8]thereforewas that field called, `Field of blood,' unto this day.
[9]Thenwas fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,
[10]andgave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.'
[11]AndJesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'
[12]Andin his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,
[13]thensaith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'
[14]Andhe did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.
[15]Andat the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,
[16]andthey had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,
[17]theytherefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'
[18]forhe had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.
[19]Andas he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'
[20]Andthe chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;
[21]andthe governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye [that] I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'
[22]Pilatesaith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'
[23]Andthe governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'
[24]AndPilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'
[25]andall the people answering said, `His blood [is] upon us, and upon our children!'
[26]Thendid he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] up that he may be crucified;
[27]thenthe soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;
[28]andhaving unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,
[29]andhaving plaited him a crown out of thorns they put [it] on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.'
[30]Andhaving spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;
[31]andwhen they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify [him].
[32]Andcoming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;
[33]andhaving come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull,
[34]theygave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.
[35]Andhaving crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;'
[36]andsitting down, they were watching him there,
[37]andthey put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'
[38]Thencrucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,
[39]andthose passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,
[40]andsaying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building [it], save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.'
[41]Andin like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
[42]`Othershe saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;
[43]hehath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said -- Son of God I am;'
[44]withthe same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.
[45]Andfrom the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,
[46]andabout the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'
[47]Andcertain of those standing there having heard, said -- `Elijah he doth call;'
[48]andimmediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled [it] with vinegar, and having put [it] on a reed, was giving him to drink,
[49]butthe rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come -- about to save him.'
[50]AndJesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;
[51]andlo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,
[52]andthe tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,
[53]andhaving come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
[54]Andthe centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'
[55]Andthere were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,
[56]amongwhom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
[57]Andevening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,
[58]hehaving gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.
[59]Andhaving taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,
[60]andlaid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;
[61]andthere were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.
[62]Andon the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,
[63]saying,`Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;
[64]command,then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'
[65]AndPilate said to them, `Ye have a watch, go away, make secure -- as ye have known;'
[66]andthey, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.
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