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1 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
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Early in the morning the chief priests immediately came to a decision with the leaders and the scribes. The whole Jewish council decided to tie Jesus up, lead him away, and hand him over to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it.
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Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, I am," Jesus answered him.
3 And the chief priests accused him in many things.
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The chief priests were accusing him of many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold in how many things they accuse thee.
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So Pilate asked him again, "Don't you have any answer? Look how many accusations they're bringing against you!"
5 But Jesus still answered nothing: so that Pilate wondered.
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But Jesus no longer answered anything, so Pilate was surprised.
6 Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded.
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At every Passover festival, Pilate would free one prisoner whom the people asked for.
7 And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder.
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There was a man named Barabbas in prison. He was with some rebels who had committed murder during a riot.
8 And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do as he had ever done unto them.
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The crowd asked Pilate to do for them what he always did.
9 And Pilate answered them and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews?
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Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to free the king of the Jews for you?"
10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy.
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Pilate knew that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him because they were jealous.
11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
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The chief priests stirred up the crowd so that Pilate would free Barabbas for them instead.
12 And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews?
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So Pilate again asked them, "Then what should I do with the king of the Jews?"
13 But they again cried out: Crucify him.
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"Crucify him!" they shouted back.
14 And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him.
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Pilate said to them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted even louder, "Crucify him!"
15 And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas: and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
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Pilate wanted to satisfy the people, so he freed Barabbas for them. But he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace: and they called together the whole band.
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The soldiers led Jesus into the courtyard of the palace and called together the whole troop.
17 And they clothed him with purple: and, platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him.
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They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head.
18 And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews.
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Then they began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"
19 And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him.
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They kept hitting him on the head with a stick, spitting on him, and kneeling in front of him with false humility.
20 And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him and put his own garments on him: and they led him out to crucify him.
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After the soldiers finished making fun of Jesus, they took off the purple cape and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
21 And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross.
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A man named Simon from the city of Cyrene was coming [into Jerusalem] from his home in the country. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. As he was about to pass by, the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
22 And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary.
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They took Jesus to Golgotha (which means "the place of the skull").
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh. But he took it not.
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They tried to give him wine mixed with a drug called myrrh, but he wouldn't take it.
24 And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
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Next they crucified him. Then they divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.
25 And it was the third hour: and they crucified him.
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It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.
26 And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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There was a written notice of the accusation against him. It read, "The king of the Jews."
27 And with him they crucify two thieves: the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
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They crucified two criminals with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.
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29 And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in three days buildest it up again:
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Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads and said, "What a joke! You were going to tear down God's temple and build it again in three days.
30 Save thyself, coming down from the cross.
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Come down from the cross, and save yourself!"
31 In like manner also the chief priests, mocking, said with the scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save.
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The chief priests and the scribes made fun of him among themselves in the same way. They said, "He saved others, but he can't save himself.
32 Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him, reviled him.
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Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now so that we may see and believe." Even those who were crucified with him were insulting him.
33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour.
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At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted: My God, My God, Why hast thou forsaken me?
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At three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
35 And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth Elias.
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When some of the people standing there heard him say that, they said, "Listen! He's calling Elijah."
36 And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down.
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Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink. The man said, "Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down."
37 And Jesus, having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.
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Then Jesus cried out in a loud voice and died.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.
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The curtain in the temple was split in two from top to bottom.
39 And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost. said: Indeed this man was the son of God.
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When the officer who stood facing Jesus saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, "Certainly, this man was the Son of God!"
40 And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joseph and Salome,
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Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of young James and Joseph), and Salome.
41 Who also when he was in Galilee followed him and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem.
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They had followed him and supported him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him were there too.
42 And when evening was now come (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath),
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It was Friday evening, before the day of worship,
43 Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.
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when Joseph arrived. He was from the city of Arimathea and was an important member of the Jewish council. He, too, was waiting for the kingdom of God. Joseph boldly went to Pilate's quarters to ask for the body of Jesus.
44 But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead.
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Pilate wondered if Jesus had already died. So he summoned the officer to ask him if Jesus was, in fact, dead.
45 And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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When the officer had assured him that Jesus was dead, Pilate let Joseph have the corpse.
46 And Joseph, buying fine linen and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
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Joseph had purchased some linen cloth. He took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in the cloth. Then he laid the body in a tomb, which had been cut out of rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Joseph, beheld where he was laid.
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Mary from Magdala and Mary (the mother of Joses) watched where Jesus was laid.
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