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Matthew - ch 27 v 21 - 40
- And the governor answering said to them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
- Pilate says to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
- And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
- And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.
- And all the people answering said, His blood be on us and on our children.
- Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged him, he delivered up that he might be crucified.
- Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with them to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,
- and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;
- and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat him on his head.
- And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.
- And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go with them that he might bear his cross.
- And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a skull,
- they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted it, he would not drink.
- And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst themselves, casting lots.
- And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.
- And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
- Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
- But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
- and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.
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