| Chapter 23
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| 1 | And the whole
multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. |
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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. |
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3 | And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And
he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. |
| 4 | Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people,
I find no fault in this man. |
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| And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9 |
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. |
| 10 | And the chief priests and
scribes stood and vehemently accused him. |
| 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. |
| 12 | 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, |
| 14 | 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: |
| 15 | 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.) |
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18 | And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and
release unto us Barabbas: |
| 19 |
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into
prison.) |
| 20 | Pilate
therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. |
| 21 | 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. |
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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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27 | And there followed him a great company of people, and of women,
which also bewailed and lamented him. |
| 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. |
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30 | Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall
on us; and to the hills, Cover us. |
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31 | For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done
in the dry? |
| 32 | And there
were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. |
| 33 | 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. |
| 35 | 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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42 | And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom. |
| 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. |
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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: |
| 51 | (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. |
| 52 | This man went unto Pilate, and begged
the body of Jesus. |
| 53 |
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. |
| 54 | And that day was the preparation, and
the sabbath drew on. |
| 55 |
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. |
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56 | And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. |
