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said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
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For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
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When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing
to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
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But
the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy
Jesus.
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The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release
unto you? They said, Barabbas.
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Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is
called Christ?
They
all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
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And the governor said, Why, what
evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
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When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but
that
rather a tumult was made, he took
water, and washed
his
hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just
person: see ye
to it.
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Then answered all the people, and said, His blood
be
on us, and on our
children.
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Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered
him
to
be crucified.
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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered
unto him the whole band
of soldiers.
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And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
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And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put
it
upon his head, and a reed in his right
hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And
they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
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And after that they had mocked
him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify
him.
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And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled
to bear his cross.
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And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place
of a skull,
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They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof,
he would
not drink.
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And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture
did they cast lots.
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And sitting down they watched him there;
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And set up over his head his
accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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Then were there two thieves
crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
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And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
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And saying, Thou that destroyest
the temple, and buildest
it
in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from
the cross.
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Likewise also the chief priests mocking
him,
with the scribes and elders, said,
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He
saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the
cross, and we will believe him.
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He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him:
for he said, I am the Son of God.
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The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same
in his teeth.
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Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
that
is to say,
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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Some of them that stood there, when
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