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And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered `him' to Pilate; |
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and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say `it'.' |
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And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, `but he answered nothing.' |
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And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!' |
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and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered. |
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And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking; |
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and there was `one' named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder. |
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And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them, |
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and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?' |
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for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up; |
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and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them. |
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And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye `that' I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?' |
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and they again cried out, `Crucify him.' |
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And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;' |
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and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged `him' -- that he might be crucified. |
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And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, |
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and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put `it' on him, |
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and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.' |
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And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, |
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and when they `had' mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him. |
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And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus -- that he may bear his cross, |
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and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;' |
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and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive. |
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And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take; |
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and it was the third hour, and they crucified him; |
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and the inscription of his accusation was written above -- `The King of the Jews.' |
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And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left, |
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and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with lawless ones he was numbered.' |
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And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder! |
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save thyself, and come down from the cross!' |
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And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save. |
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The Christ! the king of Israel -- let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him. |
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And the sixth hour having come, darkness came over the whole land till 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 interpreted, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?' |
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And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, `Lo, Elijah he doth call;' |
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and one having run, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, having put `it' also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.' |
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And Jesus having uttered a loud cry, yielded the spirit, |
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and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom, |
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and the centurion who was standing over-against him, having seen that, having so cried out, he yielded the spirit, said, `Truly this man was Son of God.' |
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And there were also women afar off beholding, among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James the less, and of Joses, and Salome, |
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(who also, when he was in Galilee, were following him, and were ministering to him,) and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. |
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And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath, |
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Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus. |
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And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead, |
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and having known `it' from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. |
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And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre, |
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and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid. |