VER 1. AND STRAIGHTWAY IN THE MORNING THE CHIEF PRIESTS HELD A CONSULTATION WITH THE ELDERS AND SCRIBES AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, AND BOUND JESUS, AND CARRIED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM TO PILATE. 2. AND PILATE ASKED HIM, "ART THOU THE KING OF THE JEWS?" AND HE ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, "THOU SAYEST IT... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver 6. Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 7. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 8. And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he ha... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 16. AND THE SOLDIERS LED HIM AWAY INTO THE HALL, CALLED PRAETORIUM; AND THEY CALLED TOGETHER THE WHOLE BAND. 17. AND THEY CLOTHED HIM WITH PURPLE, AND PLATTED A CROWN OF THORNS, AND PUT IT ABOUT HIS HEAD. 18. AND BEGAN TO SALUTE HIM, "HAIL, KING OF THE JEWS!" 19. AND THEY SMOTE HIM ON THE HEAD W... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 20. ---- AND LED HIM OUT TO CRUCIFY HIM. 21. AND THEY COMPEL ONE SIMON A CYRENIAN, WHO PASSED BY, COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THE FATHER OF ALEXANDER AND RUFUS, TO BEAR HIS CROSS. 22. AND THEY BRING HIM UNTO THE PLACE GOLGOTHA, WHICH IS, BEING INTERPRETED, THE PLACE OF A SKULL. 23. AND THEY GAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 29. AND THEY THAT PASSED BY RAILED ON HIM, WAGGING THEIR HEADS, AND SAYING, "AH, THOU THAT DESTROYEST THE TEMPLE, AND BUILDEST IT IN THREE DAYS, 30. SAVE THYSELF, AND COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS." 31. LIKEWISE ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS MOCKING SAID AMONG THEMSELVES WITH THE SCRIBES, "HE SAVED OTHERS;... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 33. AND WHEN THE SIXTH HOUR WAS COME, THERE WAS DARKNESS OVER THE WHOLE LAND UNTIL THE NINTH HOUR. 34. AND AT THE NINTH HOUR JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" WHICH IS, BEING INTERPRETED, MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? 35. AND SOME OF THEM THAT ST... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 38. AND THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE WAS RENT IN TWAIN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. 39. AND WHEN THE CENTURION, WHICH STOOD OVER AGAINST HIM, SAW THAT HE SO CRIED OUT, AND GAVE UP THE GHOST, HE SAID, "TRULY THIS MAN WAS THE SON OF GOD." 40. THERE WERE ALSO WOMEN LOOKING ON AFAR OFF: AMONG WHOM WAS MARY... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 42. AND NOW WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, BECAUSE IT WAS THE PREPARATION, THAT IS, THE DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH, 43. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA, AN HONORABLE COUNSELLOR, WHICH ALSO WAITED FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD, CAME, AND WENT IN BOLDLY UNTO PILATE, AND CRAVED THE BODY OF JESUS. 44. AND PILATE MARVELLED IF HE... [ Continue Reading ]