¹ Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

² Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

³ The chief priests accused him of many things.

⁴ Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

⁵ But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

⁶ Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

⁷ There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

⁸ The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

⁹ Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

¹⁰ For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

¹¹ But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

¹² Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

¹³ They cried out again, "Crucify him!"

¹⁴ Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

¹⁵ Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

¹⁷ They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

¹⁸ They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

¹⁹ They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

²⁰ When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

²¹ They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

²² They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."

²³ They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.

²⁴ Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

²⁵ It was the third hour,{9:00 A. M.} and they crucified him.

²⁶ The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."

²⁷ With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.