But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus (27:20)

The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas (27:21)

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified (27:22)

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified (27:23)

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] (27:24)

Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children (27:25)

Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified (27:26)

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of soldiers] (27:27)

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (27:28) com1

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! (27:29) com2

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. (27:30) com3

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]. (27:31) com4

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross (27:32)

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, (27:33)

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink (27:34)

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. (27:35) com5

And sitting down they watched him there; (27:36)

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS Jesus THE KING OF THE JEWS (27:37)

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left (27:38)

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, (27:39)

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 (27:40)

Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, (27:41)

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 (27:42)

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God (27:43)

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth (27:44)

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour (27:45)

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? (27:46)

Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias (27:47)

And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink (27:48)

The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him (27:49)

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (27:50) 11

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (27:51)

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (27:52) 77

And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. (27:53) 77

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God (27:54)

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: (27:55)

Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children (27:56)

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: (27:57)

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered (27:58)

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (27:59)

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed (27:60)

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre (27:61)

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, (27:62)

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again (27:63)

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first (27:64)

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can (27:65)

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch (27:66)

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