27 When the morning had come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

² And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

³ Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

⁴ saying, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? See thou to that!”

⁵ And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

⁶ And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

⁷ And they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

⁸ Therefore that field was called the Field of Blood unto this day.

⁹ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him that was valued, whom they the children of Israel did value,

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, “Art thou the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said unto him, “Thou sayest.”

¹² And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

¹³ Then said Pilate unto Him, “Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?”

¹⁴ And He answered him never a word, insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.

¹⁵ Now at that feast, the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.

¹⁶ And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.

¹⁷ Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, “Whom will ye that I release unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.

¹⁹ When he had sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, “Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

²¹ The governor answered and said unto them, “Which of the two will ye that I release unto you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

²² Pilate said unto them, “What shall I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said unto him, “Let him be crucified!”

²³ And the governor said, “Why, what evil hath he done?” But they cried out the more, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that a tumult was beginning, 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.”

²⁵ Then answered all the people and said, “His blood be on us, and on our children!”

²⁶ Then released he Barabbas unto 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 unto Him the whole detachment of soldiers.

²⁸ And they stripped Him and put on Him a scarlet robe.

²⁹ And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head and a reed in His right hand, and they bowed their knees before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

³⁰ And they spat upon Him, and took the reed and smote Him on the head.

³¹ And after 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.

³² And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear His cross.

³³ And when they had come unto 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 thereof, He would not drink.

³⁵ 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.”

³⁶ And sitting down, they watched Him there,

³⁷ and set up over His head His accusation, written: This Is Jesus The King Of The Jews.

³⁸ Then were there two thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand and another on the left.

³⁹ And those who passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads

⁴⁰ 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!”

⁴¹ Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders said,

⁴² “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.

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, cast the same in His teeth.

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

⁴⁶ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is to say, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

⁴⁷ Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, “This man calleth for Elijah.”

⁴⁸ 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.

⁴⁹ The rest said, “Let be; let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”

⁵⁰ Jesus, when He had cried out again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

⁵¹ And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked and the rocks rent.

⁵² And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose,

⁵³ and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the Holy City and appeared unto many.

⁵⁴ Now when the centurion, and those who 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!”

⁵⁵ And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto Him,

⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

⁵⁷ When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph, who himself also was Jesus’ disciple.

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

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

⁶⁰ 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 sepulcher and departed.

⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulcher.

⁶² Now the next day, that following the Day of the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

⁶³ saying, “Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure 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 that the last error shall be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, “Ye have a watch. Go your way, make it as secure as ye can.”

⁶⁶ So they went and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone and setting up a watch.

15 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus and carried Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked Him, “Art thou the King of the Jews?” And answering He said unto him, “Thou sayest it.”

³ And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

⁴ And Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee.”

⁵ But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

⁶ Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

⁷ And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with those who had made insurrection with him, and who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire Pilate to do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, “Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him out of envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹² And Pilate answered and said again unto them, “What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?”

¹³ And they cried out again, “Crucify him!”

¹⁴ Then Pilate said unto them, “Why, what evil hath he done?” But they cried out the more exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the hall called the Praetorium, and they called together the whole detachment.

¹⁷ And they clothed Him with purple, and they platted a crown of thorns and put it about His head,

¹⁸ and began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

¹⁹ And they smote Him on the head with a reed and spat upon Him and, bowing their knees, worshiped Him.

²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹ And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the country, to bear His cross.

²² And they brought Him unto the place called Golgotha (which is, being interpreted, The Place of a Skull).

²³ And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, but He received it not.

²⁴ And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take.

²⁵ And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.

²⁶ And the superscription of His accusation was written above: The King Of The Jews.

²⁷ And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left.

²⁸ And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.”

²⁹ And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ah, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days,

³⁰ save thyself and come down from the cross!”

³¹ Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, “He saved others; himself he cannot save!

³² Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³³ And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

³⁵ And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he calleth Elijah.”

³⁶ And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, “Let him alone. Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.”

³⁷ And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And when the centurion who stood opposite Him saw that He so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, “Truly, this Man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on afar off, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome

⁴¹ (who also, when He was in Galilee, had followed Him and ministered unto Him), and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.

⁴² And now when the evening had come, because it was the Preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable council member who also was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead.

⁴⁵ And when he learned it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And Joseph bought fine linen, and took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulcher.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.