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And returning he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they knew not what to say to him.

And they laid hands on him and took him.

And a young man followed after him, who was clad with a linen cloth on [fn] naked [fn] : and they laid hold of him.

And they led away Jesus to Caiaphas the high priest. And with him were assembled all the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders.

And the chief priests and all the assembly sought for testimony against Jesus, to put him to death: but they found it not.

Behold, from his own mouth ye have heard blasphemy. How doth it appear to you? And they all decided, that he deserved to die.

And forthwith, in the morning, the chief priests with the Elders and the Scribes, and the whole Sanhedrim, held a consultation. And they bound Jesus, and led him away, and delivered him over to Pilate the president.

And Pilate again questioned him, and said to him: Makest thou no reply? See how much they testify against thee!

And it was his custom, at each festival, to release to them one prisoner, whom they might desire.

And they again cried out: Crucify him.

And Pilate said to them: But what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more: Crucify him.

And the soldiers led him into the hall which was the Praetorium; and they called together the whole regiment;

and they clothed him in purple, and braided a crown of thorns and put upon him;

And they smote him on the head with a reed and spit in his face, and bowed upon their knees and worshipped him.

And having mocked him, they divested him of the purple, and clothed him in his own garments, and led him forth to crucify him.

And they compelled a passer-by, Simon the Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming from the fields, to bear his cross.

And they brought him to Golgotha, the place which is interpreted a Skull.

And they gave him to drink wine in which myrrh was mixed; and he would not receive it.

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments; and cast the lot upon them, what each should take.

And it was the third hour when they crucified him.