1 ¶ And straightway in the morning the princes of the priests having held a consultation with the elders and with the scribes and with the whole council, took Jesus away bound and delivered him to Pilate.

2 A nd Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said unto him, Thou sayest it.

3 A nd the princes of the priests accused him of many things.

4 A nd Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse thee of.

5 B ut Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled.

6 N ow at that feast it was customary that he release unto them one prisoner, whoever they desired.

7 A nd there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

8 A nd the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had always done unto them.

9 A nd Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

10 F or he knew that the princes of the priests had delivered him for envy.

11 B ut the princes of the priests moved the multitude that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

12 A nd Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

13 A nd they cried out again, crucify him.

14 T hen Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, crucify him.

15 ¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

16 A nd the soldiers led him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they call together the whole band.

17 A nd they clothed him with purple and platted a crown of thorns and put it about his head

18 a nd began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19 A nd they smote him on the head with a reed and spit upon him and bowing their knees worshipped him.

20 A nd when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own clothes on him and led him out to crucify him.

21 A nd they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

22 ¶ And they brought him unto the place of Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

23 A nd they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but he received it not.

24 A nd when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

25 A nd it was the third hour when they crucified him.

26 A nd the inscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

27 A nd with him they crucified two thieves: the one on his right hand and the other on his left.

28 A nd the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

29 A nd those that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, Ah, thou that would destroy the temple of God and build it in three days,

30 s ave thyself and come down from the cross.

31 L ikewise also the princes of the priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

32 L et the Christ, King of Israel, descend now from the stake that we may see and believe. And those that were crucified with him reviled him.

33 ¶ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34 A nd at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

35 A nd some of those that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elijah.

36 A nd one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.

37 B ut Jesus, giving a great cry, expired.

38 T hen the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

39 A nd when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw that he so cried out and expired, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

40 T here were also some women looking on afar off, among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the lesser and of Joses, and Salome

41 ( who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered unto him), and many other women who came up with him unto Jerusalem.

42 ¶ And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

43 J oseph of Arimathaea, a noble senator, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

44 A nd Pilate marvelled that he was already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead.

45 A nd when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

46 A nd he bought fine linen and took him down and wrapped him in the linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

47 A nd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.