1 Early in the morning the
chief priests, the rulers, and
Scribes, even the whole council,
after having deliberated
together, caus'd Jesus to be
bound, then led him away
and deliver'd him to Pilate.
2 Pilate therefore ask'd him,
art thou the king of the
Jews? and he made answer,
yes.
3 the chief priests
continuing to accuse him with
much clamour,
4 Pilate spake
to him again, and said, will
you make no defence for your
self? don't you hear what
they urge against you?
5 but
Jesus still made no answer;
so that Pilate was much amaz'd.
6 Now during the feast, it
was customary to release a
prisoner, to be nominated by
the people.
7 Barabbas lay
then confin'd with other seditious,
who had committed
-- --
murder in an insurrection.
8 the populace therefore fell a
roaring, and desired him to
do as was always practis'd.
9 but Pilate answered them,
saying, do you chuse to have
Jesus releas'd, the king of
the Jews?
10 for he perceived
plainly, it was out of malice,
that the chief priests
had prosecuted him.
11 but the
chief priests incited the people
to demand, that he would
rather release Barabbas.
12 Pilate
still urg'd them again,
and said, what then would
you have me do with him,
that you stile king of the
Jews?
13 and they cried out
again, crucify him.
14 Pilate
replied, why, what harm
has he done? but they cried
out more furiously, crucify
him.
15 Pilate therefore willing
to humour the people,
released to them Barabbas,
and having caused Jesus to
be scourg'd, he deliver'd him
to be crucified.
16 Then the soldiers took Jesus
away into the hall, call'd
Pretorium; and summon'd
their whole company together.
17 and they put on him a purple
cloth, and set a wreath of
thorns upon his head for a
crown;
18 then they began to
salute him, saying, “Hail king
of the Jews!”
19 and they
struck him on the head with
-- --
a cane, spit upon him, and
bowing their knees, made a
show of reverence.
20 Their mockery ended, they
stript him of his purple, and
put his own cloaths on him;
then led him away to be
crucified.
21 one Simon of Cyrene,
the father of Alexander
and Rufus, as he pass'd
by in his return out of the
country, was compell'd to
carry the cross.
22 so they
brought him to a place called
Golgotha, that is, the
place of a skull.
23 there they
offered him myrrhed wine to
drink, but he did not take
it.
24 after they had crucified
him, they shared his garments,
by casting lots for them: to
determine what each of them
should take.
25 now it was the
third hour of the day, when
they crucified him,
26 and the
inscription of the charge against
him was thus express'd,
THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
27 at the same time
they crucified two robbers,
one on his right hand, the
other on his left.
28 so that
this passage of scripture was
fulfill'd, note “and he was numbred
with the transgressors.”
29 besides the people
that pass'd by, shook their
heads, and impiously said:
ah, you that can destroy the
-- --
temple, and rebuild it in
three days,
30 save your self,
and come down from the
cross.
31 in like manner the
chief priests and the Scribes
in derision said to one another:
he pretended to save
others, himself he cannot save.
32 let the Messiah, the king of
Israel, descend now from the
cross: let us see that, and
we will believe on him. and
they that were crucified with
him, threw their reproaches
at him.
33 Now from the sixth hour
the whole land was cover'd
with darkness until the ninth
hour.
34 and at the ninth hour
Jesus cry'd out with a loud
voice, saying, ELOI, ELOI,
LAMA SABACHTANI,
that is, MY GOD, MY
GOD, WHY HAST THOU
FORSAKEN ME?
35 some
there present upon hearing
that, said: observe, he calls
upon Elias.
36 then one of the
soldiers ran and dipp'd a
spunge in vinegar, which he
fastned to a stick, and offered
him to drink. now let
us, said they, see whether
Elias will come to take him
down.
37 then Jesus cry'd with
a loud voice, and expired.
38 Immediately the veil of
the temple was rent in two,
from the top to the bottom.
39 and the Centurion who stood
-- --
over-against him, observing
that he expired with so great
a cry, said, certainly this
man was the son of God.
40 there were likewise several
women, who were spectators
at a distance: among whom
was Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James
the minor, and of Joses and
Salome:
41 who had attended
Jesus, and supply'd him with
necessaries when he was in
Galilee: besides many other
women, who came up with
him to Jerusalem.
42 Now, as soon as the evening
was come; because it
was then the preparation,
that is, the day before the
sabbath,
43 one Joseph of Arimathea,
an honourable senator,
who was himself in expectation
of the kingdom of
God, ventur'd to come and
wait upon Pilate, and begged
the body of Jesus.
44 Pilate
surpriz'd that he should be
dead so soon, sent for the
Centurion, and ask'd him,
if he had been dead any
time.
45 and being satisfied of
it, he granted the body to
Joseph;
46 who taking down
the body, wrapped it in a
fine linnen cloth, which he
had bought, and laid it in
a sepulchre, which was hewn
out of a rock, and roll'd a
stone for a door to the sepulchre:
-- --
and Mary Magdalene,
47
and Mary the mother
of Joses, took notice where he
was laid.
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