| Chapter 15
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1 | And
straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the
elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him
away, and delivered him to Pilate. |
2 | And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he
answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. |
3 | And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he
answered nothing. |
4 | And
Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things
they witness against thee. |
5 |
But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. |
6 | Now at that feast he released unto them
one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. |
7 | And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with
them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection. |
8 | And the
multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto
them. |
9 | But Pilate
answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the
Jews? |
10 | For he knew
that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. |
11 | But the chief priests moved the people, that he
should rather release Barabbas unto them. |
12 | And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will
ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? |
13 | And they cried out again,
Crucify him. |
14 | Then
Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more
exceedingly, Crucify him. |
15 |
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them,
and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. |
16 | And the soldiers led him away into
the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. |
17 | And they clothed him with
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, |
18 | And began to salute him, Hail,
King of the Jews! |
19 | And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their
knees worshipped him. |
20 |
And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his
own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. |
21 | And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed
by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his
cross. |
22 | And they bring
him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a
skull. |
23 | And they gave
him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. |
24 | And when they had crucified him, they
parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. |
25 | And it was the third
hour, and they crucified him. |
26
| And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF
THE JEWS. |
27 | And with
him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his
left. |
28 | And the
scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors.
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29 | And
they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou
that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, |
30 | Save thyself, and come down from the
cross. |
31 | Likewise also
the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved
others; himself he cannot save. |
32 | Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that
we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. |
33 | And when the sixth hour
was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. |
34 | And at the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being
interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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35 | And some of them that stood by, when
they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. |
36 | And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and
put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether
Elias will come to take him down. |
37 | And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. |
38 | And the veil of the
temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. |
39 | And when the centurion, which stood
over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,
Truly this man was the Son of God. |
40 | There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; |
41 | (Who also, when he was in
Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which
came up with him unto Jerusalem. |
42 | And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,
that is, the day before the sabbath, |
43 | Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also
waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. |
44 |
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. |
45 | And when he knew it of the centurion,
he gave the body to Joseph. |
46
| And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the
linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a
stone unto the door of the sepulchre. |
47 | And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld
where he was laid. |