15:1 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:

15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest:

15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing:

15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee:

15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled:

15:6 Now at [that] feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired:

15:7 And there was [one] named Barabbas, [which lay] bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection:

15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire [him to do] as he had ever done unto them:

15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews:

15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy:

15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them:

15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do [unto him] whom ye call the King of the Jews:

15:13 And they cried out again, Crucify him:

15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him:

15:15 And [so] Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged [him], to be crucified:

15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band:

15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his:

15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews:

15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him:

15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him:

15:21 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:

15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull:

15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received [it] not:

15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take:

15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him:

15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS:

15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left:

15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors:

15:29 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:

15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross:

15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save:

15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him:

15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour:

15:34 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:

15:35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard [it], said, Behold, he calleth Elias:

15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down:

15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost:

15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom:

15:39 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:

15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome:

15:41 Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem:

15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath:

15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus:

15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead:

15:45 And when he knew [it] of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph:

15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre:

15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld where he was laid: