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ANd anon in the dawning the high Priests helde a counsaile with the Elders, * 1.1 and the Scribes, and the whole congregation, and bound Iesus and led him away, and de∣liuered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Iewes•• And hee answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou sayest it. And the high Priestes accused him of many things. So Pilate asked him againe, saying, Answerest thou nothing? Behold,
how many things they lay to thy charge. Iesus answered yet nothing, so that Pilate marueiled. At that feast Pilate did deliuer vnto them a Prisoner, whomsoeuer they would desire. And there was one that was named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that made insurrection: hee had commit∣ted murder. And the people called vnto him, and began to de∣sire, him that he would doe acording as he had euer done vn∣to them. Pilate answered them, saying Will yee that I let loose vnto you the King of the Iewes? For he knew that the hie Priests had deliuered him of enuie. But the high Priests mooued the people, that he should rather deliuer Barabbas vnto them. Pilate answered againe, and sayd vnto them, What will ye then that I doe vnto him, whome yee call the King of the Iewes? And they cryed againe, Crucifie him. Pilate sayd vnto them, What euil hath he done: And they cryed the more feruently, Crucifie him. And so Pilate willing to content the people, let loose Barabbas vnto them, and de∣lieured vp Iesus (when he had scourged him) for to be cruci∣fied. And the souldiers led him away into the common hall, and called together the whole multitude. And they clothed him with purple, and they platted a crowne of thornes, and crowned him withal, and began to salute him, Haile King of the Iewes. And they smote him on the head with a reede, and did spit vpon him, and bowed their knees, and wor∣shipped him. And when they had mocked him, they tooke the purple oft him, and put his owne clothes on him, and led him out to crucifie him. And they compelled one that passed by, called Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus) which came out of the field, to beare his crosse. And they brought him to a place named Golgotha, (which if a man interprete, is, the place of dead mens skuls.) And they gaue him drinke, wine mingled with myrrhe: but he receiued it not. And when they had crucified him, they parted his gar∣mentes, casting lots vpon them, what euery man shoulde take. And it was about the third houre, & they crucified him, and the title of his cause was written,The King of the Iewes. And they crucified with him two thieues, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left: And the Scripture was
fulfilled, which sayeth, Hee was counted among the wicked. And they that went by, railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, A wretch, thou that destroyest the Temple, and buildest it againe in three dayes, saue thy selfe, and come down from the crosse. Likewise also mocked him the high Priestes among themselues, with the Scribes, and sayd, He saued o∣ther men, himselfe he cannot saue. Let Christ the king of Is∣rael descend now from the crosse, that we may see & beleeue. And they that were crucified with him, checked him also. And when the sixt houre was come, darkenesse arose ouer all the earth, vntill the ninth houre. And at the ninth houre, Ie∣sus cried with a loud voyce, saying,Eloi, Eloi, Iamasabachthani, which is (if one interpret it) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard that, said, Behold, he calleth for Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reede, and gaue him to drinke, saying, Let him alone, let vs see whether Eli∣as will come and take him downe. But Iesus cried with a loude voyce, and gaue vp the ghost. And the vaile of the Temple rent in two pieces, from the top to the bottome. And when the Centurion (which stoode before him) saw that he so cryed, and gaue by the ghost, hee sayd, Truely this man was the Sonne of GOD. There were also women a good way off, beholding him: Among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames the little, and of Ioses, and Marie Salome (which also when hee was in Galilee, had followed him, and ministred vnto him) and ma∣ny other women, which came vp with him to Hierusalam. And now when the euen was come, (because it was the day of preparing that goeth before the Sabboth) Ioseph of the citie of Arimathea, a noble counsailour, which also looked for the kingdome of God, came and went in boldly vnto Pilate, and begged of him the body of Iesus. And Pilate marueiled that he was already dead, and called vnto him the Centuri∣on, and asked of him whether hee had bene any while dead. And when he knew the trueth of the Centurion, hee gaue the body to Ioseph. And he bought a linnen cloth, and tooke him downe, & wrapped him in the linnen cloth, and layd him
in a sepulchre that was hewen out of a rocke, and rolled a stone before the doore of the sepulchre. And Mary Magda∣lene, and Mary Ioses beheld where he was laid.
Mar. 15.1