27Then the soldiers of the governortookJesusinto the common hall,a and gathereduntohim the wholeband of soldiers.
28And they strippedhim, and put onhim a scarletrobe.29And when they had platted a crownofthorns, they put it uponhishead,and a reedinhis right hand:and they bowed the kneebeforehim, and mockedhim,saying , Hail , King of the Jews!30And they spituponhim, and took the reed,andsmotehimon the head.31Andafter that they had mockedhim, they took the robeoff from him,andput his ownraimentonhim,andledhimawaytocrucify him.
32And as they came out , they found a man of Cyrene,Simon by name:him they compelledtobearhiscross.33And when they were comeunto a placecalledGolgotha,thatis to say , a place of a skull,34
They gavehimvinegar to drinkmingledwithgall:and when he had tasted thereof, he wouldnotdrink .
35And they crucifiedhim, and partedhisgarments,castinglots:that it might be fulfilledwhich was spokenby the prophet, They partedmygarments among them,anduponmyvesture did they castlots.36And sitting down they watchedhimthere;37And set upoverhisheadhisaccusationwritten , THISISJESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.38Then were there twothievescrucifiedwithhim,oneon the right hand,andanotheron the left.39And they that passed byreviledhim,waggingtheirheads,40Andsaying , Thou that destroyest the temple,andbuildest it inthreedays,savethyself.If thou be the Son of God, come downfrom the cross.41Likewisealso the chief priestsmocking him, with the scribesandelders,said ,
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He savedothers;himself he cannotsave . If he be the King of Israel, let himnow come downfrom the cross,and we will believehim.43
He trustedinGod; let him deliverhimnow,if he will havehim:for he said , I am the Son of God.44Thethievesalso,which were crucified with him,cast the same in histeeth .
45Nowfrom the sixthhour there wasdarknessoverall the landunto the ninthhour.46Andabout the ninthhourJesuscried with a loudvoice,saying , Eli,Eli,lamasabachthani?that is to say, MyGod,myGod,why hast thou forsakenme?47Some of them that stoodthere, when they heard that, said , This man calleth forElias.48Andstraightwayoneofthemran , andtook a spunge,andfilled it with vinegar,and put it on a reed, and gavehim to drink .
49Therestsaid , Let be , let us seewhetherElias will come to savehim.50Jesus, when he had criedagain with a loudvoice, yielded up the ghost.51And,behold , the veil of the temple was rentintwainfrom the topto the bottom;and the earth did quake , and the rocksrent ;
52And the graves were opened ; andmanybodies of the saintswhichsleptarose ,
53Andcame out of the gravesafterhisresurrection, and wentinto the holycity,andappeared unto many.54Now when the centurion,and they that were withhim,watchingJesus,saw the earthquake,and those things that were done , they fearedgreatly,saying , Trulythiswas the Son of God.55Andmanywomenweretherebeholding afar off , whichfollowedJesusfromGalilee,ministering unto him:56AmongwhichwasMaryMagdalene,andMary the mother of JamesandJoses,and the mother of Zebedee'schildren.
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