1Early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the scribes, and all the Sanhedrin, after consulting together, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2Pilate, asking him, said, You are the king of the Jews? He answered, You say right. 3Now the chief priests accused him of many things. 4Again Pilate asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Observe how many crimes they arraign you for. 5But Jesus answered no more, insomuch that Pilate was astonished. 6Now, at the festival, he always released to them any one prisoner, whom they desired. 7And there was one Barabbas, that had been imprisoned with his seditious associates, who in their sedition had committed murder. 8And, with clamor, the multitude demanded of Pilate, what he used to grant them. 9He answered them, saying, Shall I release to you the king of the Jews? 10(For he knew that through envy, the chief priests had delivered him up.) 11But the chief priests incited the multitude to insist on the release of Barabbas, in preference to Jesus. 12Pilate again interposed, saying, What then would you have me do with him whom you call king of the Jews? 13They cried, Crucify him. 14Pilate asked them, Why? What evil has he done? But they cried the more vehemently, Crucify him. 15Then Pilate, desirous to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and having caused Jesus to be scourged, delivered him up to be crucified. 16And the soldiers brought him into the hall called praetorium, where, having convened all the band, 17they arrayed him in purple, and crowned him with a wreath of thorns, 18and saluted him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 19Then they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and paid him homage on their knees. 20And when they had mocked him, the stripped him of the purple, and dressed him in his own clothes, and took him away to be crucified. 21And they constrained one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, in coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry the cross. 22And they brought him to Golgotha, (that is to say, The Place of Skulls,) 23where they gave him wine to drink, mingled with myrrh, which he would not receive. 24When they had nailed him to the cross, they parted his garments, dividing by lot what every man should take. 25Now it was the third hour, when they nailed him to the cross. 26And the inscription, bearing the cause of his death, was in these words, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27They likewise crucified two robbers with him, one at his right hand, and the other at his left. 28«And the scripture was fulfilled, which says,» 'He was ranked with malefactors.' 29Meanwhile, they who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ah! you who could demolish the temple, and rebuild it in three days! 30save yourself, and come down from the cross! 31The chief priests likewise, with the scribes, deriding him, said among themselves, He saved others; can not he save himself? 32Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him reproached him. 33Now from the sixth hour until the ninth, darkness covered all the land. 34At the ninth hour, Jesus cried aloud saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani! which signifies, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me! 35Some who were present, hearing this, said, Hark! he calls Elijah. 36One at the same time ran, and dipped a sponge in vinegar, and having fastened it to a stick, presented it to him to drink, saying, Let alone, we shall see whether Elijah will come to take him down. 37And Jesus sending forth a cry expired. 38Then was the vail of the temple rent in two, from top to bottom. 39And the centurion who stood opposite observing that he expired with so loud a cry, said, Surely, this man was a son of a god. 40There were women also looking on at a distance, amongst whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joses and Salome, 41(these had followed him, and served him, when he was in Galilee,) and several others, who came with him to Jerusalem. 42When it was evening, (because it was the preparation, that is, the eve of the Sabbath,) 43Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable senator, who himself also expected the Reign of God, taking courage, repaired to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 44Pilate, amazed that he was so soon dead, sent for the centurion, and asked him whether Jesus had been dead any time. 45And being informed by the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph; 46who having bought linen, and taking Jesus down, wrapped him in the linen; and laid him in a tomb, hewn out of the rock. 47Now Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.