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[1]And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
[2]And Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? He answered and said to him, It is as you say.
[3]And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.
[4]Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, Do You answer nothing? Behold how many things they witness against You!
[5]But Jesus still answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.
[6]Now at the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them, whomever they asked.
[7]And there was one named Barabbas, who was in bonds with his fellow rebels; they had committed murder in the insurrection.
[8]And the multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them.
[9]But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
[10]For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him up because of envy.
[11]But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
[12]So Pilate answered and said to them again, What then do you want me to do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?
[13]And they cried out again, Crucify Him!
[14]Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has He done? But they cried out all the more, Crucify Him!
[15]So Pilate, intending to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
[16]And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison.
[17]And they clothed Him with purple; and they wove a crown of thorns, put it on Him,
[18]and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!
[19]And they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bending the knee, they bowed to Him.
[20]And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
[21]And they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross.
[22]And they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
[23]And they gave Him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.
[24]And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.
[25]And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
[26]And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[27]And they also crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and the other on His left.
[28]And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And He was numbered with the transgressors.
[29]And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
[30]save Yourself, and come down from the cross!
[31]Likewise the chief priests also, mocking among themselves with the scribes, said, He saved others, but He is not able to save Himself.
[32]Let the Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
[33]And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
[34]And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is translated, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
[35]And some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, Behold, He is calling for Elijah.
[36]And someone ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to Him to drink, saying, Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.
[37]And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.
[38]And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
[39]And when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, Truly this Man was the Son of God!
[40]There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jacob the Less and of Joses, and Salome,
[41]who also followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
[42]Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
[43]Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming, boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
[44]And Pilate marveled that He had already died; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for awhile.
[45]And when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
[46]And he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
[47]And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.
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