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You all heard his impious words. What is your judgement?" Then with one voice they condemned Him as deserving of death.

they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,

At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.

Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.

Over His head was the notice in writing of the charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.

Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."

But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you."

Now while he was doing priestly duty before God in the prescribed course of his class,

it fell to his lot--according to the custom of the priesthood--to go into the Sanctuary of the Lord and burn the incense;

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your petition has been heard: and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call his name John.

Gladness and exultant joy shall be yours, and many will rejoice over his birth.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

and he will be His forerunner in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn fathers' hearts to the children, and cause the rebellious to walk in the wisdom of the upright, to make a people perfectly ready for the lord."

When his days of service were at an end, he went to his home;

and in course of time his wife Elizabeth conceived, and kept herself secluded five months.

She was greatly agitated at his words, and wondered what such a greeting meant.