1And forthwith, in the morning, the chief priests with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole Sanhedrim, held a consultation. And they bound Jesus, and led him away, and delivered him over to Pilate the president. 2And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? He replied and said to him: Thou hast said. 3And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4And Pilate again questioned him, and said to him: Makest thou no reply? See how much they testify against thee! 5But Jesus gave no answer; so that Pilate wondered. 6And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire. 7And there was one named Bar Abas, who was confined with the movers of sedition, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 8And the people clamored, and began to demand, that he should do to them as he was accustomed. 9And Pilate answered, and said: Will ye, that I release to you the king of the Jews? 10For Pilate knew that the chief priests, from envy, had delivered him up. 11But the chief priests further persuaded the multitudes, that Bar Abas should be released to them. 12And Pilate said to them: What will ye, therefore, that I do to him whom ye call king of the Jews? 13And they again cried out: Crucify him. 14And Pilate said to them: But what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more: Crucify him. 15And Pilate was willing to gratify the wishes of the multitudes; and he released to them Bar Abas; and, having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to them to be crucified. 16And the soldiers led him into the hall which was the Praetorium ; and they called together the whole regiment; 17and they clothed him in purple, and braided a crown of thorns and put upon him; 18and began to salute him with, " Hail, king of the Jews!" 19And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him. 20And having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him. 21And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross. 22And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull. 23And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it. 24And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take. 25And it was the third hour when they crucified him. 26And the cause of his death was written in the inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27And they crucified with him two robbers, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28And the scripture was fulfilled which saith: He was accounted among the wicked. 29And they also that passed by, reviled him; and, nodding their heads, they said: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, 30rescue thyself, and come down from the cross. 31And so also the chief priests, jeering one with another, and the Scribes, said: He gave life to others, his own life he cannot save. 32Let Messiah, the king of the Jews, now descend from the cross, that we may see it and believe in him. And those also who were crucified with him, derided him. 33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Il, Il, lemono shebakthone; that is: My God, my God; why hast thou forsaken me? 35And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said: He calleth for Elijah. 36And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and tied it on a reed, to offer him drink. And they said: Desist; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down. 37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and expired. 38And the curtain of the door of the temple was rent, from the top to the bottom. 39And when the centurion, who was standing near him, saw that he so cried and expired, he said: Verily, this was the Son of God. 40And there were women looking on, from a distance, Mary Magdalena, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41who, when he was in Galilee adhered to him, and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem. 42And, as it was the eve of preparation, which precedeth the sabbath, 43Joseph of Ramath, an honorable counsellor, who also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and assuming courage, went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 44And Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And he called the centurion, and inquired if he had been any time dead. 45And when he learned it, he gave his body to Joseph. 46And Joseph bought fine linen, and took it down, and wrapped it in the linen, and deposited it in a sepulchre that was hewed in a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the sepulchre. 47And Mary Magdalena and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.