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And one of them struck a blow at the High Priest's servant and cut off his right ear.

"What need have we of further evidence?" they said; "for we ourselves have heard it from his own lips."

But they violently insisted. "He stirs up the people," they said, "throughout all Judaea with His teaching--even from Galilee (where He first started) to this city."

Then, laughing to scorn the claims of Jesus, Herod (and his soldiers with him) made sport of Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous costume, and sent Him back to Pilate.

As soon as they led Him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenaean, who was coming in from the country, and on his shoulders they put the cross, for him to carry it behind Jesus.

When they reached the place called `The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.

Jesus prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing." And they divided His garments among them, drawing lots for them;

There was moreover a writing over His head: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

and Jesus cried out in a loud voice, and said, "Father, to Thy hands I entrust my spirit." And after uttering these words He yielded up His spirit.

But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.

The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

Then they remembered His words,

Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

and, finding that His body was not there, they came and declared to us that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

And then He showed them His hands and His feet.

and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

And He brought them out to within view of Bethany, and then lifted up His hands and blessed them.

He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;