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1 When the morning had come, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death:
2 And when they had bound Him with chains, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, had remorse after the deed when he saw that Jesus was condemned and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, "I have wandered from the path by betraying the Innocent Blood."  And they said, "What is that to us? You see to that."
5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the Temple, leaving and going to hang himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury because they are the price of blood."
7 And they took counsel, and used them to buy the potter's field to bury strangers in.
8 Therefore that field was called the field of blood to this day.
9 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him Who was valued, Whom they of the Children of Israel valued,
10 and gave them for the potter's field as the Lord appointed me."
11 And Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?"  And Jesus said to him, "You say so."
12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, Jesus didn't answer.
13 Then Pilate said to Him, "Don't you hear how many things they are testifying against You?"
14 And Jesus didn't answered him with any utterance, so that the Governor was very surprised.
15 Now, at that feast, the Governor was accustomed to releasing a prisoner of their choosing to the crowd.
16 And they had, at that time, a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus Who is called Christ?"
18 For the Governor knew that they had delivered Him to be condemned because of envy.
19 When he sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying, "You should have nothing to do with that Faultless Man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him."
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd that they should ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.
21 The Governor answered, saying to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"  They said, "Barabbas."
22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus Who is called Christ?"  They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified."
23 And the Governor said, "Why; what evil has He done?"  But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified."
24 When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but that a riot was starting instead, he took water and washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the Blood of this Faultless Person.  You see to it."
25 Then all the people answered, saying, "Let His blood be on us and on our children."
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered the whole band of soldiers around Him.
28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
29 And when they had woven a crown of thorns, they put it on 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!"
30 And they spit upon Him and took the reed and struck Him on His Head.
31 And after that they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him and put His own clothing on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.
32 And, as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled him to bear His cross.
33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
34 they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall, and, when He had tasted it, He would not drink it.
35 And they crucified Him and divided His garments, casting lots so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, "They parted My garments among them, and they cast lots on My clothing.
36 And, sitting down, they watched Him there,
37 and over His Head, they set up the written reason for His punishment, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
38 At the same time, two thieves were crucified with Him, one on the right hand and another on the left.
39 And those who passed by insulted Him, shaking their heads
40 and saying, "You who destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save Yourself.  If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."
41 In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes and elders also mocked Him, saying,
42 He saved others; He cannot save Himself.  If He is the King of Israel, let Him come down from the cross now and we will believe Him.
43 He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him, for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'
44 The thieves also, who were crucified with Him, insulted Him repeatedly.
45 Now from noon onward there was darkness over all the land until 3:00.
46 And about 3:00 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"  That is to say, "My God! My God! Why have You forsaken Me?"
47 Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, "This Man calls for Elijah."
48 And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave Him some to drink.
49 The rest said, "Let Him be; let's see whether Elijah will come to save Him."
50 Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And look! The veil of the Temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the Earth quaked, and rocks split;
52 And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones, who had been dead, arose
53 and came out of the graves after His resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many.
54 Now when the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus saw the Earthquake and those things that were done, they were in great fear and awe, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
55 And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, serving Him, were there watching from a distance,
56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, along with the mother of Zebedee's children.
57 When the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathaea named Joseph, who also was himself Jesus' disciple, came.
58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.  Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a pure linen cloth,
60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock, and he rolled a huge stone over the door of the sepulcher and left.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting opposite the sepulcher.
62 Now the next day that followed the Day of the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,
63 saying, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, 'After three days I will rise again.'"
64 For this reason, command that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' so the last error shall be worse than the first."
65 Pilate said to them, You have a Roman guard unit; go your way, make it as secure as you can.
66 So they left and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone with a Roman guard unit.