Jesus Delivered to Pilate 1And anone in the dawnyng, the hye priestes held a councel, with the elders, and the scribes, and the whole congregation, and bound Iesus, and ledde hym away, and deliuered hym to Pilate. 2And Pilate asked hym: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes? And he aunswered and sayde vnto hym: thou sayest it? 3And the hye priestes accused hym of many thynges. 4So Pilate asked hym agayne, saying: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Beholde, howe many thynges they witnesse agaynst thee. 5Iesus yet aunswered nothyng, so that Pilate marueyled. The Crowd Chooses Barabbas 6At that feast, Pilate dyd delyuer vnto them a prisoner, whomsoeuer they woulde desire.
7And there was one, that was named Barabbas, which lay bounde, with them that made insurrection: Which Pilate Delivers Up Jesus 12Pilate aunswered agayne, and sayde vnto them: What wyll ye then that I do vnto hym, whom ye call the kyng of the Iewes?
13And they cryed agayne, crucifie hym.
14Pilate sayde vnto them: What euyll hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, crucifie hym.
15And so Pilate, wyllyng to content the people, let loose Barabbas vnto them, and deliuered vp Iesus, when he had scourged hym, for to be crucified. The Soldiers Mock Jesus 16And the souldiers led hym away, into the hall, called Prętorium, and called together the whole bande The Crucifixion 21And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (commyng out of the fielde, the father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his crosse.
22And they brought hym to a place named Golgotha, which is, if a man interprete it, the place of
27And they crucifed with hym two thieues: the one on the ryght hande, and the other on his left.
28And the Scripture was fulfylled which sayth: He was counted among the wycked.
29And they that went by, rayled on him, wagging their heades, and saying: A wretche, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three dayes,
30Saue thy selfe, and come downe from the crosse.
31Lykewyse also mocked hym the hye priestes among them selues, with the scribes, and sayde: He saued other men, hym selfe he can not saue.
32Let Christe the kyng of Israel descende nowe from the crosse, that we may see, and beleue. And they that were crucified with hym, checked hym also. The Death of Jesus 33And when the sixth houre was come, darknesse arose ouer all the earth, vntill the nynth houre.
34And at the nynth houre, Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, yf one interprete it, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35And some of them that stoode by, whe they hearde that, sayde: Beholde, he calleth for Elias.
36And one ran, and fylled a spunge full of vineger, and put it on a reede, & gaue hym to drynke, saying: let hym alone, let vs see whether Elias wyll come and take hym downe.
37But Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and gaue vp the ghost.
38And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peeces, from the toppe to the bottome.
39And when the Centurion, which stoode before hym, sawe, that he so cryed, and gaue vp the ghost, he sayde: Truely this man was the sonne of God.
40There were also women a good way of, beholdyng hym: among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames the litle, and of Ioses, and Salome.
41Which also when he was in Galilee, had folowed hym, and ministred vnto hym: and many other women, which came vp with hym vnto Hierusalem. The Burial of Jesus 42And nowe when the euen was come, (because it was the day of preparyng, that goeth before the Sabboth)
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