Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

As soon then as he had said unto them, ‘I am he,’ they went backward, and fell to the ground.

And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, ‘Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, hold him fast, and lead him away safely.’

And Judas drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, “Master, master; Hail, master;” and kissed him.

Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, “Lord, shall we smite with the sword?”

Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

And he touched his ear, and healed him.

Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

And they all forsook him, and fled.

And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

And Peter followed afar off.

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

But Peter stood at the door without.

Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.

Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, “Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?”

He saith, “I am not.”

And he denied him, saying, “Woman, I know him not.”

And after a little while another saw him, and said, “Thou art also of them.”

And Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

At the last came two false witnesses, And said, “This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, “Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?”

But he held his peace, and answered nothing.

And the high priest answered and said unto him, “I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.”

Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, “Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, “He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye?”

They answered and said, “He is guilty of death.” And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, “Prophesy:” and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Saying, “Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?”

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, “And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.”

But he denied, saying, “I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest.”

But he denied before them all, saying, “I know not what thou sayest.”

And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, “This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.”

And again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the man.”

And he denied it again.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, “Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.”

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, “I know not this man of whom ye speak.”

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Answerest thou the high priest so?”

Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself.

They said therefore unto him, “Art not thou also one of his disciples?”

He denied it, and said, “I am not.”

Peter then denied again.

And Peter said, “Man, I know not what thou sayest.”

And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter.

And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, ‘Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.’ And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, ‘Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.’

And when he thought thereon, he wept.

And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, “Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?”

And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, “Art thou the Christ? tell us.”

“Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

Then said they all, “Art thou then the Son of God?”

And they said, “What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.”

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.”

And they said, “What is that to us? see thou to that.”

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, “It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

Wherefore that field was called, ‘The field of blood.’

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, “What accusation bring ye against this man?”

They answered and said unto him, “If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.”

Then said Pilate unto them, “Take ye him, and judge him according to your law.”

The Jews therefore said unto him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:” That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.”

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Art thou the King of the Jews?”

And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Then said Pilate unto him, “Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?”

And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

And Pilate asked him again, saying, “Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.”

But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, “Art thou a king then?”

“To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.”

Pilate saith unto him, “What is truth?”

And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, “I find in him no fault at all.”

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they smote him with their hands.

Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, “Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.”

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe.

And Pilate saith unto them, “Behold the man!”

When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him.”

Pilate saith unto them, “Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.”

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, “If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.”

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, “Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”

Pilate saith unto them, “What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?”

They all say unto him, “Let him be crucified.”

And the governor said, “Why, what evil hath he done?”

But they cried out the more, saying, “Let him be crucified.”

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?”

And they cried out again, “Crucify him.”

And they cried out the more exceedingly, “Crucify him.”

But they cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him.”

Pilate saith unto them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” And they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.”

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, Said unto them, “Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.”

“I will therefore chastise him, and release him.”

But they cried, saying, “Crucify him, crucify him.”

And he said unto them the third time, “Why, what evil hath he done?”

“I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.”

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”

Then answered all the people, and said, “His blood be on us, and on our children.”

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

And they stripped him, And they clothed him with purple, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

And after that they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, and on him they laid the cross, and him they compelled to bear his cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, ‘a place of a skull,’ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.

And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, “Write not, ‘The King of the Jews;’ but that he said, I am King of the Jews.”

Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be:” that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, “They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.”

These things therefore the soldiers did.

And sitting down they watched him there.

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.”

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, And saying, “If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.”

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS

Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, “And he was numbered with the transgressors.”

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, Save thyself, If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, “He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.”

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, “If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.”

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, “Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.”

And he said unto Jesus, “Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.”

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, “This man calleth for Elias.” And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he calleth Elias.”

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.”

The rest said, “Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.”

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

And Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, he bowed his head, and yielded up the ghost.

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.”

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

And all his acquaintance, And many women were there beholding afar off, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children, and Salome; (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, “A bone of him shall not be broken.”

And again another scripture saith, “They shall look on him whom they pierced.”

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was a rich man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved and begged the body of Jesus, and besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus.

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

And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

And Pilate gave him leave, and commanded the body to be delivered.

He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, wherein was never man yet laid, even Joseph’s own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock.

There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

And Joseph rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

And again, that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

And women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, “Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”

“Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, ‘He is risen from the dead:’ so the last error shall be worse than the first.”

Pilate said unto them, “Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.”

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.