VER 1. WHEN THE MORNING WAS COME, ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE TOOK COUNSEL AGAINST JESUS TO PUT HIM TO DEATH: 2. AND WHEN THEY HAD BOUND HIM, THEY LED HIM AWAY, AND DELIVERED HIM TO PONTIUS PILATE THE GOVERNOR. 3. THEN JUDAS, WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS CONDEMN... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 6. 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." 7. AND THEY TOOK COUNSEL, AND BOUGHT WITH THEM THE POTTER'S FIELD, TO BURY STRANGERS IN. 8. WHEREFORE THAT FIELD WAS CALLED, THE FIELD OF BLOOD, UNTO... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 11. AND JESUS STOOD BEFORE THE GOVERNOR: AND THE GOVERNOR ASKED HIM, SAYING, "ART THOU THE KING OF THE JEWS?" AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, "THOU SAYEST." 12. AND WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS, HE ANSWERED NOTHING. 13. THEN SAID PILATE UNTO HIM, "HEAREST THOU NOT HOW MANY THINGS... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver 15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, "Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 27. THEN THE SOLDIERS OF THE GOVERNOR TOOK JESUS INTO THE COMMON HALL, AND GATHERED UNTO HIM THE WHOLE BAND OF SOLDIERS. 28. AND THEY STRIPPED HIM, AND PUT ON HIM A SCARLET ROBE. 29. AND WHEN THEY HAD PLATTED A CROWN OF THORNS, THEY PUT IT UPON HIS HEAD, AND A REED IN HIS RIGHT HAND: AND THEY BO... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 31. AND AFTER THAT THEY HAD MOCKED HIM, THEY TOOK THE ROBE OFF FROM HIM, AND PUT HIS OWN RAIMENT ON HIM, AND LED HIM AWAY TO CRUCIFY HIM. 32. AND AS THEY CAME OUT, THEY FOUND A MAN OF CYRENE, SIMON BY NAME: HIM THEY COMPELLED TO BEAR HIS CROSS. 33. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME UNTO A PLACE CALLED GOL... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 35. AND THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, AND PARTED HIS GARMENTS, CASTING LOTS: THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET, THEY PARTED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND UPON MY VESTURE DID THEY CAST LOTS. 36. AND SITTING DOWN THEY WATCHED HIM THERE; 37. AND SET UP OVER HIS HEAD HIS ACCUSATION WRIT... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 39. AND THEY THAT PASSED BY REVILED HIM, WAGGING THEIR BEADS, 40. AND SAYING, "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." 41. LIKEWISE ALSO THE CHIEF PRIESTS MOCKING HIM, WITH THE SCRIBES AND ELDERS, SAID, 4... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 45. NOW FROM THE SIXTH HOUR THERE WAS DARKNESS OVER ALL THE LAND UNTO THE NINTH HOUR. 46. AND ABOUT THE NINTH HOUR JESUS CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" THAT IS TO SAY, MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME? 47. SOME OF THEM THAT STOOD THERE, WHEN THEY HEARD TH... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 51. 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; 52. AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED; AND MANY BODIES OF THE SAINTS WHICH SLEPT AROSE, 53. AND CAME OUT OF THE GRAVES AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, AND WENT INTO THE HOLY CITY,... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 57. WHEN THE EVEN WAS COME, THERE CAME A RICH MAN OF ARIMATHEA, NAMED JOSEPH, WHO ALSO HIMSELF WAS JESUS' DISCIPLE: 58. HE WENT TO PILATE AND BEGGED THE BODY OF JESUS. THEN PILATE COMMANDED THE BODY TO BE DELIVERED. 59. AND WHEN JOSEPH HAD TAKEN THE BODY, HE WRAPPED IT IN A CLEAN LINEN CLOTH, 60... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 62. NOW THE NEXT DAY, THAT FOLLOWED THE DAY OF THE PREPARATION, THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES CAME TOGETHER UNTO PILATE, 63. SAYING, "SIR, WE REMEMBER THAT THAT DECEIVER SAID, WHILE HE WAS YET ALIVE, AFTER THREE DAYS I WILL RISE AGAIN. 64. COMMAND THEREFORE THAT THE SEPULCHRE BE MADE SURE UNTI... [ Continue Reading ]