⁴⁷ And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and sticks from the chief priests and elders of the people.

⁴⁸ Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

⁴⁹ And immediately coming up to Jesus he said, Hail, Rabbi, and covered him with kisses.

⁵⁰ But Jesus said to him, [My] friend, for what purpose art thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him.

⁵¹ And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smiting the bondman of the high priest took off his ear.

⁵² Then saith Jesus to him, Return thy sword to its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword.

⁵³ Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵⁴ How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?

⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily [with you] teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

⁵⁶ But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.

⁵⁷ Now they that had seized Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

⁵⁸ And Peter followed him at a distance, even to the palace of the high priest, and entering in sat with the officers to see the end.

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

⁶⁰ And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward

⁶¹ and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.

⁶² And the high priest standing up said to him, Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us if *thou* art the Christ the Son of God.

⁶⁴ Jesus says to him, *Thou* hast said. Moreover, I say to you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy.

⁶⁶ What think ye? And they answering said, He is liable to the penalty of death.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,

⁶⁸ saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, Who is it who struck thee?

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus with [them] to the praetorium, gathered against him the whole band,

²⁸ and having taken off his garment, put on him a scarlet cloak;

²⁹ and 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!

³⁰ And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat [him] on his head.

³¹ And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.

³² And 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.

³³ And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a skull,

³⁴ they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted [it], he would not drink.

³⁵ And having crucified him, they parted his clothes amongst [themselves], casting lots.

³⁶ And sitting down, they kept guard over him there.

³⁷ And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

³⁸ Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁹ But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads

⁴⁰ and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.

⁴¹ [And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

⁴² He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.

⁴³ He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.

⁴⁴ And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

⁴⁵ Now from [the] sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour;

⁴⁶ but 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?

⁴⁷ And some of those who stood there, when they heard [it], said, This [man] calls for Elias.

⁴⁸ And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave him to drink.

⁴⁹ But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.

⁵⁰ And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.

⁵¹ And 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,

⁵² and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,

⁵³ and going out of the tombs after his arising, entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.

⁵⁴ But 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.