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And the soldiersplatted a crownofthorns, and put it onhishead,and they put onhim a purplerobe,
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Andsaid, Hail, King of the Jews!and they smotehim with their hands.
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Pilatethereforewentforthagain,andsaith unto them,Behold, I bringhimforth to you,that ye may knowthat I findnofaultinhim.
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ThencameJesusforth,wearing the crown of thorns,and the purplerobe.And Pilate saith unto them,Behold the man!
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When the chief prieststhereforeandofficerssawhim, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilatesaith unto them,Takeyehim,andcrucify him: forIfindnofaultinhim.
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The Jewsansweredhim,Wehave a law,andbyourlaw he ought to die, because he madehimself the Son of God.
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WhenPilatethereforeheardthatsaying, he was the moreafraid;
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Andwentagaininto the judgment hall,andsaith unto Jesus,Whenceartthou?ButJesusgavehimnoanswer.
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ThensaithPilate unto him, Speakest thounot unto me? knowest thounotthat I havepower to crucifythee,andhavepower to releasethee?
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Jesusanswered, Thou couldest havenopower at all against*me,except it weregiventhee from above:thereforehe that deliveredme unto theehath the greatersin.
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And fromthenceforthPilatesought to releasehim:but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this mango, thou artnotCaesar'sfriend:whosoevermakethhimself a king speaketh againstCaesar.
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When Pilatethereforeheardthatsaying, he broughtJesusforth,and sat downin the judgment seatin a place that is called the Pavement,but in the Hebrew,Gabbatha.
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And it was the preparation of the passover,andabout the sixthhour:and he saith unto the Jews,BeholdyourKing!
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But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucifyhim.Pilatesaith unto them, Shall I crucifyyourKing? The chief priestsanswered, We havenokingbutCaesar.
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Then delivered hehimtherefore unto themto be crucified. And they tookJesus,and led him away.
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And he bearinghiscross went forthinto a placecalled the place of a skull,which is called in the HebrewGolgotha:
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Where they crucifiedhim,andtwootherwithhim, on either side one**, andJesus in the midst.
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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.