Part 37

40:027:022 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

40:027:023 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

40:027:024 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.

40:027:025 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

40:027:026 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

40:027:027 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

40:027:028 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

40:027:029 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!

40:027:030 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

40:027:031 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.

40:027:032 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

40:027:033 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,

40:027:034 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

40:027:035 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.

40:027:036 And sitting down they watched him there;

40:027:037 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

40:027:038 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.

40:027:039 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40:027:040 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.

40:027:041 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

40:027:042 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.

40:027:043 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

40:027:044 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

40:027:045 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

40:027:046 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?

40:027:047 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

40:027:048 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

40:027:049 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.