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Chapter 23 |
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1 | And the whole multitude of them arose,
and led him unto Pilate. |
| 2 | And they began to accuse him, saying, We
found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to
Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. |
| 3 | And Pilate
asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said,
Thou sayest it. |
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4 | Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the
people, I find no fault in this man. |
| 5 | And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning
from Galilee to this place. |
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6 | When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked
whether the man were a Galilaean. |
| 7 | And as soon as he knew that he
belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was
at Jerusalem at that time. |
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8 | And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had
heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him. |
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Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him
nothing. |
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| And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently
accused him. |
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11 | And Herod with his men of war set him at nought,
and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to
Pilate. |
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| And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends
together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. |
| 13 | And
Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the
people, |
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| Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one
that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you,
have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse
him: |
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No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
worthy of death is done unto him. |
| 16 | I will therefore chastise
him, and release him. |
| 17 | (For of necessity he must release one unto
them at the feast.) |
| 18 | And they cried out all at once, saying, Away
with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: |
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19 | (Who for a certain
sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) |
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Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. |
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But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. |
| 22 | And he said
unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of
death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. |
| 23 | And
they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And
the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. |
| 24 | And Pilate
gave sentence that it should be as they required. |
| 25 | And he
released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom
they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. |
| 26 | And as they
led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the
country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after
Jesus. |
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| And there followed him a great company of people, and of
women, which also bewailed and lamented him. |
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28 | But Jesus turning unto
them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves,
and for your children. |
| 29 | For, behold, the days are coming, in the
which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare,
and the paps which never gave suck. |
| 30 | Then shall they begin to say
to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. |
| 31 | For if
they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? |
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And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to
death. |
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| And when they were come to the place, which is called
Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand,
and the other on the left. |
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34 | Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast
lots. |
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And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them
derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ,
the chosen of God. |
| 36 | And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to
him, and offering him vinegar, |
| 37 | And saying, If thou be the
king of the Jews, save thyself. |
| 38 | And a superscription also was
written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS. |
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39 | And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed
on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. |
| 40 | But the
other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in
the same condemnation? |
| 41 | And we indeed justly; for we receive the due
reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. |
| 42 | And he
said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
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| 43 | And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise. |
| 44 | And it was about the sixth hour, and there
was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. |
| 45 | And the sun
was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. |
| 46 | And
when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. |
| 47 | Now
when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this
was a righteous man. |
| 48 | And all the people that came together to
that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and
returned. |
| 49
| And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him
from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. |
| 50 | And, behold,
there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a
just: |
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(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;)
he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the
kingdom of God. |
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52 | This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. |
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| And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it
in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
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| 54 | And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. |
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And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. |
| 56 | And they
returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day
according to the commandment. |
