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[1]And anoon in the morewtid the hiyeste prestis maden a counsel with the elder men, and the scribis, and with al the counsel, and bounden Jhesu and ledden, and bitoken hym to Pilat.
[2]And Pilat axide hym, Art thou kynge of Jewis? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou seist.
[3]And the hieste prestis accusiden hym in many thingis.
[4]But Pilat eftsoone axide hym, and seide, Answerist thou no thing? Seest thou in hou many thingis thei accusen thee?
[5]But Jhesus answeride no more, so that Pilat wondride.
[6]But bi the feeste dai he was wont to leeue to hem oon of men boundun, whom euer thei axiden.
[7]And `oon ther was that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with men of dissencioun, that hadden don manslauytir in seducioun.
[8]And whanne the puple was gon vp, he bigan to preie, as he euer more dide to hem.
[9]And Pilat answeride `to hem, and seide, Wolen ye Y leeue to you the kyng of Jewis?
[10]For he wiste, that the hiyeste prestis hadden takun hym bi enuye.
[11]But the bischopis stireden the puple, that he schulde rather leeue to hem Barabas.
[12]And eftsoone Pilat answerde, and seide to hem, What thanne wolen ye that Y schal do to the kyng of Jewis?
[13]And thei eftsoone crieden, Crucifie hym.
[14]But Pilat seide to hem, What yuel hath he don? And thei crieden the more, Crucifie hym.
[15]And Pilat, willynge to make aseeth to the puple, lefte to hem Barabas, and bitok to hem Jhesu, betun with scourgis, to be crucified.
[16]And knyytis ledden hym with ynneforth, in to the porche of the mote halle. And thei clepiden togidir al the cumpany of knyytis,
[17]and clothiden hym with purpur. And thei writhen a coroun of thornes, and puttiden on hym.
[18]And thei bigunnen to grete hym, and seiden, Heile, thou kyng of Jewis.
[19]And thei smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten hym; and thei kneliden, and worschipiden hym.
[20]And aftir that thei hadden scorned him, thei vnclothiden hym of purpur, and clothiden hym with hise clothis, and ledden out hym, to crucifie hym.
[21]And thei compelliden a man that passide the weie, that cam fro the toun, Symount of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bere his cross.
[22]And thei ledden hym in to a place Golgatha, that is to seie, the place of Caluari.
[23]And thei yauen to hym to drynke wyn meddlid with mirre, and he took not.
[24]And thei crucifieden him, and departiden hise clothis, and kesten lot on tho, who schulde take what.
[25]And it was the thridde our, and thei crucifieden hym.
[26]And the titil of his cause was writun, Kyng of Jewis.
[27]And thei crucifien with hym twei theues, oon `at the riythalf and oon at his lefthalf.
[28]And the scripture was fulfillid that seith, And he is ordeyned with wickid men.
[29]And as thei passiden forth, thei blasfemyden hym, mouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vath! thou that distriest the temple of God, and in `thre daies bildist it ayen;
[30]come adoun fro the crosse, and make thi silf saaf.
[31]Also the hiyeste prestis scorneden hym ech to othir with the scribis, and seiden, He made othir men saaf, he may not saue hym silf.
[32]Crist, kyng of Israel, come doun now fro the cross, that we seen, and bileuen. And thei that weren crucified with hym, dispiseden hym.
[33]And whanne the sixte hour was come, derknessis weren made on al the erthe til in to the nynthe our.
[34]And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heloy, Heloy, lamasabatany, that is to seie, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsakun me?
[35]And summe of men that stoden aboute herden, and seiden, Lo! he clepith Helye.
[36]And oon ranne, and fillide a spounge with vynegre, and puttide aboute to a reede, and yaf to hym drynke, and seide, Suffre ye, se we, if Helie come to do hym doun.
[37]And Jhesus yaf out a greet cry, and diede.
[38]And the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe.
[39]But the centurien that stood forn ayens siy, that he so criynge hadde diede, and seide, Verili, this man was Goddis sone.
[40]And ther weren also wymmen biholdynge fro afer, among whiche was Marie Maudeleyn, and Marie, the modir of James the lesse, and of Joseph, and of Salome.
[41]And whanne Jhesus was in Galilee, thei folewiden hym, and mynystriden to hym, and many othere wymmen, that camen vp togidir with him to Jerusalem.
[42]And whanne euentid was come, for it was the euentid which is bifor the sabat,
[43]Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; and booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu.
[44]But Pilat wondride, if he were now deed.
[45]And whanne the centurion was clepid, he axide hym, if he were deed; and whanne he knewe of the centurion, he grauntide the bodi of Jhesu to Joseph.
[46]And Joseph bouyte lynnen cloth, and took hym doun, and wlappide in the lynnen cloth, and leide hym in a sepulcre that was hewun of a stoon, and walewide a stoon to the dore of the sepulcre.
[47]And Marie Maudeleyne and Marie of Joseph bihelden, where he was leid.
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