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Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
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And the soldiers, having braided a crown out··of thorns, laid· it ·on His head, and they cast· a crimson garment ·around Him,
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and said, Hail, King of the Jews! And they gave Him blows··with··a··staff.
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Then◦ Pilate came out◦ again, and said to them, See◦, I bring◦ Him out◦ to··you, that◦ you may know that I find not··any guilt in Him.
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Then◦ Jesus came out bearing the crown of··thorns and the crimson garment; and He* says to them, Behold, the Man.
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When therefore the chief··priests and attendants saw◦ Him, they cried··out▵, saying, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate says to them, You take Him and crucify Him, for◦ I◦ find no guilt in Him.
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The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according··to our law He ought◦ to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more◦ afraid,
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and entered again into the Praetorium*, and says to Jesus, Whence art Thou? But◦ Jesus gave him no answer.
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Then◦ Pilate says to Him, Speakest Thou not to me? Knowest◦ Thou not that I have authority to crucify Thee, and have authority to release Thee?
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Jesus answered, Thou wouldest not have any▵ authority against Me, unless◦ it were given thee from··above; on··account··of this he who delivered Me up to thee has the greater sin.
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From◦ this time Pilate sought to release him, but◦ the Jews cried··out, saying, If thou release this Man, thou art not Caesar’s friend; everyone who makes himself a king speaks··against Caesar.
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Pilate, then◦, having heard this word, led◦ Jesus out, and sat··down in▫ the tribunal in a place called▵ the Pavement, but◦ in··Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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And◦ it was the Preparation of the Passover, and◦ about◦ the sixth hour; and he says to the Jews, See◦, your King!
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But◦ they cried··out▵, Take· Him ·away◦! Take· Him ·away◦! Crucify Him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief··priest answered, We have no king except Caesar.
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Then, therefore, he delivered· Him ·up to them to▵ be crucified; and◦ they took Jesus and led· Him ·away◦.
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And He, bearing His cross, went forth into a place called▵ the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha,
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where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, on this side and on that side, and◦ Jesus in the midst.
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And◦ Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross; and◦ the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
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This title then many of the Jews read, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
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Then◦ said the chief··priest of the Jews to Pilate, Write not◦, the King of the Jews; but that He said◦, I am the King of the Jews.
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Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.
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Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and the tunic. And◦ the tunic was without seam, worked from the top throughout.
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They said therefore one to another, Let us not rip it, but cast lots◦ for it, whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They divided My garments among them, and for My vesture did they cast lots.* Indeed therefore the soldiers did these things.
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And◦ there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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Jesus, then◦, seeing◦ the mother, and the disciple standing··by whom He loved, says to His mother, Woman, behold◦, thy son!
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Then▵ He says to the disciple, Behold◦, thy mother! And from that▵ hour the disciple took her into his··own▵ home.
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After this, Jesus, knowing◦ that all things were already finished, that◦ the Scripture* might be perfected, says, I thirst.
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Then◦ there was set a vessel full▵ of vinegar, and◦ they, having filled· a sponge ·full with vinegar, and having put· it ·around hyssop, brought· it ·to His mouth.
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When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, He said◦, It is finished; and reclining the head, He delivered··up the Spirit.
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The Jews, therefore, lest the body should remain on the cross on the Sabbath, since it was the preparation (for that day of the Sabbath was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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Then the soldiers came, and broke◦ the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with Him.
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But◦ as they were coming upon Jesus, and they saw◦ He was· already ·dead, they broke◦ not His legs.
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But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and straightway there came out blood and water.
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And he who saw▵ testifies, and his testimony is true; he··also knows◦ that he says what is true, that◦ you may believe.
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For these things came··to··pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken··apart.*
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And again another Scripture says, They shall look on* Him whom they pierced.*
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And◦ after these··things Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but◦ secretly for▫ fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that◦ he might take◦ the body of Jesus, and Pilate permitted him; he came therefore and took◦ the body of Jesus.
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And◦ there came also Nicodemus, who at··first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mingling of myrrh and aloes, about◦ a hundred litras**.
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Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in sheets with the spices, as is the custom with the Jews to bury.
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And◦ in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulcher, in which no··one had yet been put.
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Therefore, there they laid Jesus down, by reason of the preparation of the Jews, because the sepulcher was near.
