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they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

⁶⁵ And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

⁶⁶ ¶ ^[1] And as soon as it was day, ^[2] the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

^{67 [3]} Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

⁶⁸ And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

^{69 [4]} Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

⁷⁰ Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, ^[5] Ye say that I am.

^{71 [6]} And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

CHAP.XXIII.

1 Jesus is accused before Pilate, who sendeth him to Herod. 8 Herod disappointed in his expectations mocketh him, and sendeth him back. 12 Herod and Pilate are made friends. 13 Pilate, willing to release Jesus, is prevailed on by the clamours of the people to release Barabbas, and give Jesus to be crucified. 26 Being led to the place of execution, Jesus biddeth the women who lamented him to weep rather for themselves and their children: 32 he is crucified between two malefactors: 34 prayeth for his enemies; 35 is scoffed at; 39 reviled by one of the malefactors, but confessed by the other, to whom he promiseth a place in paradise. 44 The unusual darkness, and rending of the veil of the temple: 46 Christ crieth unto God, and expireth; 47 the centurion's confession of him. 50 Joseph of Arimathea beggeth his body, and burieth it. 55 The women prepare spices against the end of the sabbath.

AND ^[7] the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

² And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow ^[8] perverting the nation, and ^[9] forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying ^[10] that he himself is Christ a King.

^{3 [11]} And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

⁴ Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, ^[12] I find no fault in this man.

⁵ And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

⁷ And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto ^[13] Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

⁸ ¶ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for ^[14] he was desirous to see him of a long season, because ^[15] he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

⁹ Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.

¹⁰ And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

^{11 [16]} 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.

¹² ¶ And the same day ^[17] Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

¹³ ¶ ^[18] And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴ Said unto them, ^[19] Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, ^[20] I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

¹⁵ No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

^{16 [21]} I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

^{17 [22]} (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)

¹⁸ And ^[23] they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

¹⁹ (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)

²⁰ Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.

²¹ But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

²² 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.

²³ And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

²⁴ And ^[24] Pilate ‖‖ Or, assented. Exod. 23. 2. gave sentence that it should be as they required.

²⁵ And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into pri-

1. g Matth. 27. 1.
2. h Acts 4. 26.
   See Acts 22. 5.
3. i Matth. 26. 63.
   Mark 14. 61.
4. k Matth. 26. 64.
   Mark 14. 62.
   Heb. 1. 3. & 8. 1.
5. l Matth. 26. 64.
   Mark 14. 62.
6. m Matth. 26. 65.
   Mark 14. 63.
7. a Matth. 27. 2.
   Mark 15. 1.
   John 18. 28.
8. b Acts 17. 7.
9. c See Matth. 17. 27. & 22. 21.
   Mark 12. 17.
10. d John 19. 12.
11. e Matth. 27. 11.
    1 Tim. 6. 13.
12. f 1 Peter 2. 22.
13. g ch. 3. 1.
14. h ch. 9. 9.
15. i Matth. 14. 1.
    Mark 6. 14.
16. k Isai. 53. 3.
17. l Acts 4. 27.
18. m Matth. 27. 23.
    Mark 15. 14.
    John 18. 38. & 19. 4.
19. n ver. 1, 2.
20. o ver. 4.
21. p Matth. 27. 26.
    John 19. 1.
22. q Matt 27. 15.
    Mark 15. 6.
    John 18. 39.
23. r Acts 3. 14.
24. s Matth. 27. 26.
    Mark 15. 15.
    John 19. 16.