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Then they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him,

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean."

When he had gone out to the gateway, another slave woman saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."

And again he denied it, with an oath: "I do not know the man."

And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.

And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "See that you have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him."

Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Crucify Him!"

they gave Him wine mixed with bile to drink; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink it.

At that time two rebels were being crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

And the rebels who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him in the same way.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LEMA SABAKTANEI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

And immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit.

Now as for the centurion and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

And they went and made the tomb secure with the guard, sealing the stone.

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.

And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."