At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."

When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself.

Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.

The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

It was the third hour, and they crucified him.

Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.

They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."

Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

The chief priests accused him of many things.

who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.