## Jesus Before Pilate 

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And early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, immediately held council; and binding Jesus, led Him away and delivered _Him_ to Pilate. 

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And Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and *said, **"You yourself say _it_."** 

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And the chief priests _began to_ accuse Him of many things. 

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Then Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many accusations they bring against You!" 

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But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate marveled. 

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Now at the feast he used to release for them _any_ one prisoner whom they requested. 

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And the man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. 

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And the crowd went up and began asking him _to do_ as he had been accustomed to do for them. 

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And Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" 

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For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him over because of envy. 

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But the chief priests stirred up the crowd _to ask_ him to release Barabbas for them instead. 

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And answering again, Pilate was saying to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?" 

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And they shouted again, "Crucify Him!" 

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But Pilate was saying to them, "Why? What evil did He do?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!" 

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And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified. 

## Jesus Is Mocked 

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So the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole _Roman_ cohort. 

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And they *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they *put it on Him; 

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and they began to greet Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 

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And they kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him. 

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And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His _own_ garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him. 

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And they *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross. 

## The Crucifixion 

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Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. 

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And they tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. 

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And they *crucified Him, and *divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them _to decide_ who should take what. 

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Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. 

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And the inscription of the charge against Him read, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." 

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And they *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. 

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[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with transgressors."] 

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And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who _are going to_ destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, 

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save Yourself by coming down from the cross!" 

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In the same way, mocking _Him_ to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. 

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Let _this_ Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him. 

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And when the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. 

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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, **"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani**?" which is translated, **"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me**?" 

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And when some of the bystanders heard it, they _began_ saying, "Look, He is calling for Elijah." 

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And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." 

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And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, breathed His last. 

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And the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. 

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And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!" 

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And there were also _some_ women looking on from a distance, among whom _were_ Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome, 

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who, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and serving Him; and _there were_ many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. 

## Jesus Is Buried 

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And when evening had already come, because it was Preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 

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Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent Council member, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 

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And Pilate wondered if He had died by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He already died. 

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And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 

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And when Joseph had bought a linen cloth and took Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 

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And Mary Magdalene and Mary the _mother_ of Joses were looking on _to see_ where He had been laid.