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And*Pilatewrote a title,andput it on the cross.And the writingwas, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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Thistitlethenreadmany of the Jews:for the placewhereJesus was crucifiedwasnigh to the city:and it waswritten in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
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Thensaid the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate,Writenot, The King of the Jews;butthathesaid, I amKing of the Jews.
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Pilateanswered, What I have written I have written.
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Then the soldiers,when they had crucifiedJesus,tookhisgarments,andmadefourparts, to everysoldier a part; and also his coat:now the coatwas without seam,woven[a]from the topthroughout*.
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They saidthereforeamongthemselves, Let usnotrendit,but cast lotsforit,whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, whichsaith, They partedmyraiment among them,andformyvesture they did castlots. These things*therefore the soldiersdid.
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Now there stoodby the cross of Jesushismother,andhismother'ssister,Mary the wife of Cleophas,[b]andMaryMagdalene.
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When Jesusthereforesaw his mother,and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto hismother,Woman,beholdthyson!
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Then saith he to the disciple,Beholdthymother!Andfromthathour that discipletookherunto his own home.
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Afterthis,Jesusknowingthat all thingswerenowaccomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
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Now there was set a vesselfull of vinegar:and they filled a spunge with vinegar,and put it uponhyssop, and put it to hismouth.
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WhenJesustherefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.