Luke:23
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And the whole multitude of them arose ,
and led him unto Pilate .
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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 .
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And Pilate asked him ,
saying ,
Art thou the King of the Jews ?
And he answered him and said ,
Thou sayest it .
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Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people ,
I find no fault in this man .
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And they were the more fierce ,
saying ,
He stirreth up the people ,
teaching throughout all Jewry ,
beginning from Galilee to this place .
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When Pilate heard of Galilee ,
he asked whether the man were a Galilaean .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then he questioned with him in many words ;
but he answered him nothing .
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And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him .
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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 .
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And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together :
for before they were at enmity between themselves .
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And Pilate ,
when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people ,
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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 :
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No ,
nor yet Herod :
for I sent you to him ;
and ,
lo ,
nothing worthy of death is done unto him .
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I will therefore chastise him ,
and release him .
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For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast .)
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And they cried out all at once ,
saying ,
Away with this man ,
and release unto us Barabbas :
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Who for a certain sedition made in the city ,
and for murder ,
was cast into prison .)
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Pilate therefore ,
willing to release Jesus ,
spake again to them .
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But they cried ,
saying ,
Crucify him ,
crucify him .
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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 .
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And they were instant with loud voices ,
requiring that he might be crucified .
And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed .
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And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required .
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And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison ,
whom they had desired ;
but he delivered Jesus to their will .
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And as they led him away ,
they laid hold upon one Simon ,
a Cyrenian ,
coming out of the country ,
and on him they laid the cross ,
that he might bear it after Jesus .
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And there followed him a great company of people ,
and of women ,
which also bewailed and lamented him .
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But Jesus turning unto them said ,
Daughters of Jerusalem ,
weep not for me ,
but weep for yourselves ,
and for your children .
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For ,
behold ,
the days are coming ,
in the which they shall say ,
Blessed are the barren ,
and the wombs that never bare ,
and the paps which never gave suck .
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Then shall they begin to say to the mountains ,
Fall on us ;
and to the hills ,
Cover us .
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For if they do these things in a green tree ,
what shall be done in the dry ?
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And there were also two other ,
malefactors ,
led with him to be put to death .
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And when they were come to the place ,
which is called Calvary ,
there they crucified him ,
and the malefactors ,
one on the right hand ,
and the other on the left .
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Then said Jesus ,
Father ,
forgive them ;
for they know not what they do .
And they parted his raiment ,
and cast lots .
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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 .
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And the soldiers also mocked him ,
coming to him ,
and offering him vinegar ,
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And saying ,
If thou be the king of the Jews ,
save thyself .
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And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek ,
and Latin ,
and Hebrew ,
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS .
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And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him ,
saying ,
If thou be Christ ,
save thyself and us .
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But the other answering rebuked him ,
saying ,
Dost not thou fear God ,
seeing thou art in the same condemnation ?
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And we indeed justly ;
for we receive the due reward of our deeds :
but this man hath done nothing amiss .
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And he said unto Jesus ,
Lord ,
remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom .
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And Jesus said unto him ,
Verily I say unto thee ,
To day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
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And it was about the sixth hour ,
and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour .
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And the sun was darkened ,
and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst .
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And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice ,
he said ,
Father ,
into thy hands I commend my spirit :
and having said thus ,
he gave up the ghost .
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Now when the centurion saw what was done ,
he glorified God ,
saying ,
Certainly this was a righteous man .
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And all the people that came together to that sight ,
beholding the things which were done ,
smote their breasts ,
and returned .
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And all his acquaintance ,
and the women that followed him from Galilee ,
stood afar off ,
beholding these things .
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And ,
behold ,
there was a man named Joseph ,
a counsellor ;
and he was a good man ,
and a just :
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The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them ;)
he was of Arimathaea ,
a city of the Jews :
who also himself waited for the kingdom of God .
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This man went unto Pilate ,
and begged the body of Jesus .
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And he took it down ,
and wrapped it in linen ,
and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone ,
wherein never man before was laid .
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And that day was the preparation ,
and the sabbath drew on .
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And the women also ,
which came with him from Galilee ,
followed after ,
and beheld the sepulchre ,
and how his body was laid .
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And they returned ,
and prepared spices and ointments ;
and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment .