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and again he came and found them sleeping, their eyes were so very heavy; and they didn't know what to answer him.

Then they laid hold of Yeshua and arrested him;

And they all deserted him and ran away.

There was one young man who did try to follow him; but he was wearing only a nightshirt; and when they tried to seize him,

They led Yeshua to the cohen hagadol, with whom all the head cohanim, elders and Torah-teachers were assembling.

The head cohanim and the whole Sanhedrin tried to find evidence against Yeshua, so that they might have him put to death, but they couldn't find any.

You heard him blaspheme! What is your decision?" And they all declared him guilty and subject to the death penalty.

Then some began spitting at him; and after blindfolding him, they started pounding him with their fists and saying to him, "Let's see you prophesy!" And as the guards took him, they beat him too.

As soon as it was morning, the head cohanim held a council meeting with the elders, the Torah-teachers and the whole Sanhedrin. Then they put Yeshua in chains, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

and Pilate again inquired of him, "Aren't you going to answer? Look how many charges they are making against you!"

They dressed him in purple and wove thorn branches into a crown, which they put on him.

They hit him on the head with a stick, spat on him and kneeled in mock worship of him.

When they had finished ridiculing him, they took off the purple robe, put his own clothes back on him and led him away to be nailed to the execution-stake.

A certain man from Cyrene, Shim‘on, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country; and they forced him to carry the stake.

and they gave him wine spiced with myrrh, but he didn't take it.

Then they nailed him to the execution-stake; and they divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to determine what each man should get.

On execution-stakes with him they placed two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

Then they looked up and saw that the stone, even though it was huge, had been rolled back already.

On entering the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right; and they were dumbfounded.

Trembling but ecstatic they went out and fled from the tomb, and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.