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And straightway in··the··morning, the chief··priests, having held a consultation with the elders and with the scribes and the whole council, bound Jesus, and led Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate.
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And Pilate asked Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews? And◦ He answering said to him, Thou sayest.
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And the chief··priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.
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And◦ Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against Thee.
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But◦ Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled.
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And◦ at the festival he would release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked for.
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And◦ there was one called Barabbas, bound with fellow··insurrectionists, who had done murder in the insurrection.
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And the crowd, crying··out◦, began to ask for him to do as he had always◦ done for them.
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But◦ Pilate answered them, saying, do you will that I release to you the King of the Jews?
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For he knew that the chief··priests had delivered Him up for envy.
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But◦ the chief··priests urged the crowd, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
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And◦ Pilate answering again said to them, What do you will then that I shall do to Him whom you call King of the Jews?
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And◦ they cried··out again, Crucify Him!
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And◦ Pilate said to them, Why▵? What◦ evil has He done? And◦ they cried··out exceedingly, Crucify Him!
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And◦ Pilate, intending to do something considerable* for the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and delivered··up Jesus, when he had whipped Him, to▵ be crucified.
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And◦ the soldiers led· Him ·away◦ into the courtyard, which is the Praetorium*; and they call··together the whole band.
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And they put· crimson ·on◦ Him, and put··around His head a crown of··thorns which they braided.
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And they began to greet Him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they struck Him on the head with a reed, and spat··on Him, and bowing* the knees worshiped Him.
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And when they had mocked Him, they took··off◦ the crimson from Him, and put··on◦ Him His··own▵ garments, and led· Him ·out◦ to▵ crucify Him.
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And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, passing··by◦, coming out of the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take··up His cross.
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And they bring Him to the place Golgotha, which is, being translated, the Place of a Skull.
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And they gave Him to drink wine mingled··with··myrrh; but◦ He received it not.
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And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots upon them, what every one should take.
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And◦ it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
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And the inscription of His crime was inscribed, The King of the Jews.
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And with Him they crucify two robbers; one on His right··hand, and one on His left.
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And the Scripture* was fulfilled which says, And He was reckoned with the transgressors*.
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And they who went··by blasphemed Him, moving their heads and saying, Ah, Thou who undoest the temple◦ and buildest it in three days,
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save Thyself, and step··down from the cross.
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And◦ likewise also the chief··priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.
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Let Christ the King of Israel step··down now from the cross, that◦ we may see◦ and believe. And they who were crucified··with Him reproached Him.
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And◦ when the sixth hour was come, there was◦ darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani? Which is, being translated, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?*
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And some standing··by, and hearing, said, Behold◦, He calls◦ Elijah.
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And◦ one running and filling◦ a sponge with vinegar, and▵ putting· it ·around a reed, gave· Him ·to··drink, saying, Let· Him ·be; let us see◦ if Elijah will come to take· Him ·down.
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But◦ Jesus letting out a great voice, let forth the spirit.
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And the veil of the temple◦ was ripped in two from the top to the bottom.
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And◦ when the centurion, who stood··by over against Him, saw◦ that thus crying··out He let··out··the··spirit, he said, Truly this Man was the Son of God!
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And◦ there were also women beholding afar··off; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the shorter and of Joses, and Salome;
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who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him and ministered to Him; and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.
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And when evening was already come, since it was the Preparation, that is, the day before··the··Sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
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But◦ Pilate marveled whether He were· already ·dead; and calling··for the centurion, he asked◦ him whether He had··been··dead for··long.
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And when he knew from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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And having brought cloth, and taken Him down, he wrapped Him in the cloth, and laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled· a stone ·onto the door of the sepulcher.
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And◦ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was put.
