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⥃The Soldiers Mock Jesus ^{[ Isaiah 50:4–11 † Matthew 27:27–31 † Mark 15:16–20 † Luke 22:63–65 ]}

[1] Then Pilate² therefore took Jesus, and scourged³ [him]. [2] And the soldiers⁴ platted a crown of thorns, and put [it] on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, [3] And said, Hail⁵, King⁶ of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. [4] Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye⁷ may know that I find no fault in him. [5] Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold⁸ the man! [6] When the chief priests⁹ therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith unto them, Take¹⁰ ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault in him. [7] The Jews answered him, We have¹¹ a law, and by our law he ought to die, because¹² he made himself the Son of God.

[8] When Pilate therefore heard¹³ that saying, he was the more afraid; [9] And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence¹⁴ art thou? But¹⁵ Jesus gave him no answer. [10] Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest¹⁶ thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? [11] Jesus answered, Thou¹⁷ couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given the¹⁸e from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater¹⁹ sin. [12] And from²⁰ thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art²¹ not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.

[13] When Pilate therefore heard²² that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat²³ down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. [14] And it was the preparation²⁴ of the passover, and about the sixth²⁵ hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold²⁶ your King! [15] But they cried out, Away²⁷ with [him], away with [him], crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have²⁸ no king but Cesar.

⥃The Crucifixion ^{[ Psalms 22:1–31 † Matthew 27:32–44 † Mark 15:21–32 † Luke 23:26–43 ]}

[16] Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.²⁹ [17] And he³⁰ bearing his cross went³¹ forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha³²: [18] Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.³³

[19] And Pilate wrote³⁴ a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the³⁵ writing was, JESUS³⁶ OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. [20] This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in³⁷ Hebrew, [and] Greek³⁸, [and] Latin. [21] Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. [22] Pilate answered, What³⁹ I have written I have written.

[23] Then the soldiers⁴⁰, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also [his] coat: now⁴¹ the coat was without seam, woven⁴² from the top throughout. [24] They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that⁴³ the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted⁴⁴ my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

[25] Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother⁴⁵, and his⁴⁶ mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas⁴⁷, and Mary⁴⁸ Magdalene. [26] When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom⁴⁹ he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman⁵⁰, behold thy son! [27] Then saith he to the disciple, Behold⁵¹ thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took⁵² her unto his⁵³ own [home].

⥃The Death of Jesus ^{[ Psalms 22:1–31 † Matthew 27:45–56 † Mark 15:33–41 † Luke 23:44–49 ]}

[28] After this, Jesus⁵⁴ knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the⁵⁵ scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. [29] Now there was set⁵⁶ a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop⁵⁷, and put [it] to his mouth. [30] When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is⁵⁸ finished: and he⁵⁹ bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

⥃Jesus’ Side Is Pierced ^{[ Zechariah 12:10–14 ]}

[31] The Jews therefore, because⁶⁰ it was the preparation, that the⁶¹ bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath⁶² day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their⁶³ legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away. [32] Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first⁶⁴, and of the other which was crucified with him. [33] But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: [34] But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came⁶⁵ there out blood and water. [35] And he that⁶⁶ saw [it] bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye⁶⁷ might believe. [36] For these things were done, that the⁶⁸ scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. [37] And again another scripture saith, They⁶⁹ shall look on him whom they pierced.

⥃The Burial of Jesus ^{[ Isaiah 53:9–12 † Matthew 27:57–61 † Mark 15:42–47 † Luke 23:50–56 ]}

[38] And after this Joseph⁷⁰ of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but⁷¹ secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. [39] And there came also Nicodemus⁷², which a⁷³t the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound [weight]. [40] Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound⁷⁴ it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. [41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in⁷⁵ the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. [42] There laid⁷⁶ they Jesus therefore because⁷⁷ of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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