15Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.G2532G2112G1909G4404G749G4160G4824G3326G4245G2532G1122G2532G3650G4892G1210G2424G667G2532G3860G40912Pilate questioned him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "So you say."G2532G4091G1905G846G1488G4771G935G2453G1161G611G2036G846G4771G30043The chief priests were accusing Jesus of many things,G2532G749G2723G846G4183G1161G846G611G37624so Pilate questioned him again, "Aren't you going to answer? Listen to all their accusations!"G1161G4091G1905G846G3825G3004G611G3756G3762G2396G4214G2649G46755Again Jesus refused to say a word, and Pilate was amazed.G1161G2424G3765G611G3762G5620G4091G22966At every Passover Festival Pilate was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner the people asked for.G1161G2596G1859G630G846G1520G1198G3746G1547At that time a man named Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in the riot.G1161G2258G3004G912G1210G3326G4955G3748G4160G5408G1722G47148When the crowd gathered and began to ask Pilate for the usual favor,G2532G3793G310G756G154G2531G104G4160G8469he asked them, "Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?"G1161G4091G611G846G3004G2309G630G5213G935G245310He knew very well that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.G1063G1097G3754G749G3860G846G1223G535511But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask, instead, that Pilate set Barabbas free for them.G1161G749G383G3793G2443G3123G630G912G84612Pilate spoke again to the crowd, "What, then, do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews?"G1161G4091G611G2036G3825G846G5101G2309G3767G4160G3739G3004G935G245313They shouted back, "Crucify him!"G1161G2896G3825G4717G84614"But what crime has he committed?" Pilate asked. They shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"G1161G4091G3004G846G1063G5101G2556G4160G1161G2896G4056G4717G84615Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be crucified.G1161G4091G1014G2425G4160G3793G630G912G846G2532G3860G2424G5417G2443G471716The soldiers took Jesus inside to the courtyard of the governor's palace and called together the rest of the company.G1161G4757G520G846G520G2080G833G3603G4232G2532G4779G3650G468617They put a purple robe on Jesus, made a crown out of thorny branches, and put it on his head.G2532G1746G846G4209G2532G4120G4735G174G4060G84618Then they began to salute him: "Long live the King of the Jews!"G2532G756G782G846G5463G935G245319They beat him over the head with a stick, spat on him, fell on their knees, and bowed down to him.G2532G5180G846G2776G2563G2532G1716G846G2532G5087G1119G4352G84620When they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.G2532G3753G1702G846G1562G4209G846G2532G1746G2398G2440G1746G846G2532G1806G846G1806G2443G4717G84621On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross. (Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and Rufus.)G2532G29G5100G4613G2956G3855G2064G575G68G3962G223G2532G4504G2443G142G846G471622They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means "The Place of the Skull."G2532G5342G846G1909G5117G1115G3739G2076G3177G5117G289823There they tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it.G2532G1325G846G4095G3631G4669G1161G2983G375624Then they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to see who would get which piece of clothing.G2532G4717G846G1266G846G2440G906G2819G1909G846G5101G5101G14225It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.G1161G2258G5154G5610G2532G4717G84626The notice of the accusation against him said: "The King of the Jews."G2532G1923G846G156G2258G1924G935G245327They also crucified two bandits with Jesus, one on his right and the other on his left.G2532G4862G846G4717G1417G3027G1520G1537G1188G2532G1520G1537G846G217628OMITTED TEXTG2532G1124G4137G3588G3004G2532G3049G3326G45929People passing by shook their heads and hurled insults at Jesus: "Aha! You were going to tear down the Temple and build it back up in three days!G2532G3899G987G846G2795G846G2776G2532G3004G3758G2647G3485G2532G3618G1722G5140G225030Now come down from the cross and save yourself !"G4982G4572G2532G2597G575G471631In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the Law made fun of Jesus, saying to one another, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself !G1161G3668G2532G749G1702G3004G4314G240G3326G1122G4982G243G1438G3756G1410G498232Let us see the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him!" And the two who were crucified with Jesus insulted him also.G2597G5547G935G2474G2597G3568G575G4716G2443G1492G2532G4100G2532G4957G846G3679G84633At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.G1161G1096G1623G5610G1096G1096G4655G1909G3650G1093G2193G1766G561034At three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, {\I "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why did you abandon me?"G2532G1766G5610G2424G994G3173G5456G3004G1682G1682G2982G4518G3739G2076G3177G3450G2316G3450G2316G5101G1519G1459G316535Some of the people there heard him and said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"G2532G5100G3936G191G3004G2400G5455G224336One of them ran up with a sponge, soaked it in cheap wine, and put it on the end of a stick. Then he held it up to Jesus' lips and said, "Wait! Let us see if Elijah is coming to bring him down from the cross!"G1161G1520G5143G2532G1072G4699G1072G3690G5037G4060G2563G4222G846G4222G3004G863G1492G1487G2243G2064G2507G846G250737With a loud cry Jesus died.G1161G2424G863G3173G5456G160638The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.G2532G2665G3485G4977G1519G1417G575G509G2193G273639The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw how Jesus had died. "This man was really the Son of God!" he said.G1161G2760G3588G3936G1537G1727G846G1492G3754G3779G2896G1606G2036G230G3778G444G2258G5207G231640Some women were there, looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joseph, and Salome.G1161G2258G2532G1135G2334G3113G575G2532G1722G3739G2258G3137G3094G2532G3137G3384G2385G3398G2532G2500G2532G453941They had followed Jesus while he was in Galilee and had helped him. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there also.G3739G2532G3753G2258G1722G1056G190G846G2532G1247G846G2532G4183G243G3588G4872G846G1519G241442It was toward evening when Joseph of Arimathea arrived. He was a respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the coming of the Kingdom of God.G2532G2235G3798G1096G1893G2258G3904G3603G2076G431543It was Preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), so Joseph went boldly into the presence of Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.G2501G575G707G2158G1010G3739G2532G846G4327G2258G932G2316G2064G1525G5111G4314G4091G2532G154G4983G242444Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus was already dead. He called the army officer and asked him if Jesus had been dead a long time.G1161G4091G2296G1487G2348G2235G2348G2532G4341G2760G1905G846G1487G599G3819G59945After hearing the officer's report, Pilate told Joseph he could have the body.G2532G1097G575G2760G1433G4983G250146Joseph bought a linen sheet, took the body down, wrapped it in the sheet, and placed it in a tomb which had been dug out of solid rock. Then he rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb.G2532G59G4616G2532G2507G1750G846G4616G2532G2698G846G1722G3419G3739G2258G2998G1537G4073G2532G4351G3037G1909G2374G341947Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph were watching and saw where the body of Jesus was placed.G1161G3137G3094G2532G3137G2500G2334G4226G5087
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