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15 : 1 Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.
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15 : 2 Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is as you say."
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15 : 3 The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.
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15 : 4 Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!"
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15 : 5 But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed.
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15 : 6 Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested.
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15 : 7 The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection.
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15 : 8 The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them.
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15 : 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?"
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15 : 10 For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
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15 : 11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead.
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15 : 12 Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
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15 : 13 They shouted back, "Crucify Him!"
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15 : 14 But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!"
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15 : 15 Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
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15 : 16 The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort.
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15 : 17 They dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him;
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15 : 18 and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
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15 : 19 They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.
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15 : 20 After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.
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15 : 21 They pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.
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15 : 22 Then they brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull.
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15 : 23 They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it.
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15 : 24 And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man should take.
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15 : 25 It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
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15 : 26 The inscription of the charge against Him read, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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15 : 27 They crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.
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15 : 28 [And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with transgressors."]
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15 : 29 Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
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15 : 30 save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"
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15 : 31 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself.
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15 : 32 Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.
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15 : 33 When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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15 : 34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"
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15 : 35 When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah."
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15 : 36 Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down."
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15 : 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.
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15 : 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
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15 : 39 When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
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15 : 40 There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.
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15 : 41 When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
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15 : 42 When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
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15 : 43 Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
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15 : 44 Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead.
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15 : 45 And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
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15 : 46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
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15 : 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid.
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