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And the high priest interrogated Jesus respecting his disciples, and respecting his doctrine.

And Simon Cephas was standing and warming himself; and they said to him: Art not thou also one of his disciples? And he denied, and said: I am not.

And the soldiers braided a crown of thorns, and put it on his head; and they clothed him in purple garments:

and they said: Hail, king of the Jews! and smote him on his cheeks.

Jesus said to him: Thou wouldst have no authority at all over me, if it were not given to thee from on high: therefore his sin who delivered me up to thee, is greater than thine.

bearing his cross, to a place called a Skull, and in Hebrew called Golgotha;

And Pilate also wrote a tablet, and affixed it to his cross. And thus it was written: THIS IS JESUS THE NAZAREAN, KING OF THE JEWS.

And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parcels of them, a parcel for each of the soldiers. And his tunic was without seam from the top, woven throughout.

And there were standing near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary [fn] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalena.

And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved, standing by, and he said to his mother: Woman, behold, thy son.

And a vessel was standing there, full of vinegar. And they filled a sponge with the vinegar, and put it on a hyssop [fn] , and bore it to his mouth.

And when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said: Lo; Done. And he bowed his head, and yielded up his spirit.

But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead; and they broke not his legs.

But one of the soldiers thrust a spear into his side; and immediately there issued out blood and water.

And he who saw [fn] , hath testified: and his testimony is true: and he knoweth, that he speaketh the truth, that ye also may believe.

and the napkin, that had been wrapped about his head, was not with the linen cloths, but was folded up, and laid in a place by itself.

Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. And the disciples rejoiced, when they saw our Lord.

And the disciples said to him: We have seen our Lord. But he said to them: Unless I see in his hands the places of the nails, and put my fingers into them, and extend my hand to his side, I will not believe.

And many other signs did Jesus before his disciples, which are not written in this book.

But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye believe, ye may have life eternal by his name.