Matthew 27:24–56

²⁴And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it. ²⁵And all the people answering said, His blood be on us and on our children.

²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus, having scourged him, he delivered up that he might be crucified. ²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with them to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band, ²⁸and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak; ²⁹and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat him on his head. ³¹And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify. ³²And as they went forth they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to go with them that he might bear his cross.

³³And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a skull, ³⁴they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted it, he would not drink. ³⁵And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst themselves, casting lots. ³⁶And sitting down, they kept guard over him there. ³⁷And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews. ³⁸Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left. ³⁹But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross. ⁴¹And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴²He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him. ⁴³He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will have him. For he said, I am Son of God. ⁴⁴And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him. ⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour; ⁴⁶but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ⁴⁷And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias. ⁴⁸And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled it with vinegar and fixed it on a reed, gave him to drink. ⁴⁹But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.

⁵⁰And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. ⁵¹And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent, ⁵²and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose, ⁵³and going out of the tombs after his arising, entered into the holy city and appeared unto many. ⁵⁴But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this man was Son of God. ⁵⁵And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him, ⁵⁶among whom was Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.