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Jesus said to him, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from here.

They all cried out saying, Not him, but Bar-Abbas. Now this Bar-Abbas was a bandit.

So he entered again into the praetorium, and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.

And because of this, Pilate wanted to release him; but the Jews cried out, If you release this man you are not a friend of Caesar; for whoever makes himself a king is against Caesar.

When Pilate heard this word, he brought Jesus outside; then he sat down on the judgment seat, at a place which is called the Stone Pavement but in Hebrew it is called, Gabbatha.

But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The high priests said to him, We have no king except Caesar.

Carrying his cross, to the place which is called The Skull, but in Hebrew it is called Golgotha;

The high priests then said to Pilate, Do not write that he is the king of the Jews; but that he said, I am the king of the Jews.

Now when the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part to each of the soldiers; but his robe was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

So they said one to another, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose lot it shall be. And the scripture was fulfilled, which said, They divided my clothes among them, and for my robe they cast lots. These things the soldiers did.

But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already, so they did not break his legs.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away the body of Jesus.

And they were both running together; but that disciple outran Simon, and came first to the tomb.

And he looked in and saw the linen cloths lying; but he did not enter in.

And the burial napkin which was bound around his head, was not with the linen cloths, but was wrapped up and put in a place by itself.

But Mary was standing near the tomb weeping; and as she wept, she looked into the tomb;

She said this and turned around, and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, Do not come near me; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called the Twin, was not there with them when Jesus came.