38 And the kcurtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things. 4 And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed.
Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified
6 pNow at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. 7 And among the rebels in prison, who had committed qmurder in the rinsurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. 8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. 9 And he answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” 10 For he perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd sto have him release for them Barabbas instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” 13 And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” 14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” 15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having tscourged1 Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Jesus Is Mocked
16 uAnd the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters),2 and they called together the whole battalion.3 17 And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, “Hail, vKing of the Jews!” 19 And they were striking his head with a reed and spitting on him and kneeling down in homage to him. 20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
21 wAnd they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). 23 And they xoffered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him and ydivided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour4 when they crucified him. 26 And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.” 27 And zwith him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.5 29 And those who apassed by derided him, bwagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would cdestroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!” 31 So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
The Death of Jesus
33 dAnd when the sixth hour6 had come, there was edarkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.7 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus fcried with a loud voice, g“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 35 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with hsour wine, put it on a reed and igave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether jElijah will come to take him down.” 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. 38 And the kcurtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 lAnd when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he8 breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the mSon9 of God!”
40 There were also nwomen looking on ofrom a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
