²⁷ for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^(C)holy servant Jesus, ^(D)whom you anointed, both ^(E)Herod and ^(F)Pontius Pilate, along ^(G)with the Gentiles and ^(H)the peoples of Israel,

² And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man ^(A)misleading our nation and ^(B)forbidding us to give tribute to ^(C)Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, ^(D)a king.”

¹⁷ And they clothed him in ^(A)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(B)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(C)spitting on him and ^(D)kneeling down in homage to him.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, that is, after the day of ^(A)Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate ⁶³ and said, “Sir, we remember how ^(B)that impostor said, while he was still alive, ^(C)‘After three days I will rise.’

⁴¹ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ^42 (A)“He saved others; ^(B)he cannot save himself. ^(C)He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ^(A)ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

^12 (A)But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him, ^(B)“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?”

²³ but you have lifted up yourself against ^(A)the Lord of heaven. And ^(B)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^(C)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^(D)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^(E)whose are all your ways, ^(F)you have not honored.