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and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jihudoyee !

and they struck him upon the head with a cane, and spat in his face, and kneeled upon their knees and worshipped him.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and clothed him with his own vestments, and led him forth to crucify him.

AND they constrained one who was passing, Shemun Kurinoia, who was coming from the field, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to bear his cross.

And they brought him to Gogultha, a place which is interpreted A skull.

And they gave him to drink wine which was mixed with myrrh; but he would not receive.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and cast for them lots who should take them.

And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

And they crucified with him two thieves, one on his right and one on his left;

AND they also who passed by blasphemed against him, wagging their heads and saying, Ho, undoer of the temple and builder of it in three days,

The Meshicha King of Isroel, let him descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe on him; and they also who were crucified with him reviled him.

but one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and bound it on a rod that he might drink. And they said, Let alone, we will see if Elia cometh to take him down.

and they said between themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulchre ? [fn]

And they looked and saw that the stone was rolled away, for it was very great.

And they went into the sepulchre, [fn] and saw a youth sitting on the right. And he was clothed in a white robe. And they were astonished.

And when they had heard, they fled, and went forth from the sepulchre, for astonishment and tremor had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

And they, when they had heard what they told, that he lived and had appeared to them, believed them not.

After these things he appeared to two of them in another fashion as they walked and went to a village.

And they went and told the rest, neither did they believe.

BUT afterward he appeared to the eleven as they reclined, and he reproved the littleness of their faith and the hardness of their heart, because those who had seen that he had arisen they had not believed.