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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. |
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[2]And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? He replied and said to him: Thou hast said. |
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[3]And the chief priests accused him of many things. |
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[4]And Pilate again questioned him, and said to him: Makest thou no reply? See how much they testify against thee! |
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[5]But Jesus gave no answer; so that Pilate wondered. |
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[6]And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire. |
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[7]And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection. |
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[8]And the people clamored, and began to demand, that he should do to them as he was accustomed. |
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[9]And Pilate answered, and said: Will ye, that I release to you the king of the Jews? |
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[10]For Pilate knew that the chief priests, from envy, had delivered him up. |
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[11]But the chief priests further persuaded the multitudes, that Bar Abas should be released to them. |
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[12]And Pilate said to them: What will ye, therefore, that I do to him whom ye call king of the Jews? |
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[13]And they again cried out: Crucify him. |
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[14]And Pilate said to them: But what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more: Crucify him. |
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[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. |
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[16]And the soldiers led him into the hall which was the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole regiment; |
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[17]and they clothed him in purple, and braided a crown of thorns and put upon him; |
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[18]and began to salute him with, " Hail, king of the Jews !" |
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[19]And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him. |
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[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. |
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[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. |
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[22]And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull. |
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[23]And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it. |
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[24]And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take. |
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[25]And it was the third hour when they crucified him. |
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[26]And the cause of his death was written in the inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
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[27]And they crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. |
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[28]And the scripture was fulfilled which saith: He was accounted among the wicked. |
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[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, |
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[30]rescue thyself, and come down from the cross. |
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[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. |
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[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. |
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[33]And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. |
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[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? |
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[35]And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said: He calleth for Elijah. |
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[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. |
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[37]And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and expired. |
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[38]And the curtain of the door of the temple was rent, from the top to the bottom. |
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[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. |
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[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; |
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[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. |
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[42]And, as it was the eve of preparation, which precedeth the sabbath, |
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[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. |
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[44]And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead. |
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[45]And when he learned it, he gave his body to Joseph. |
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[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. |
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[47]And Mary Magdalena and Mary [the mother] of Joses saw where he was laid. |