1 And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.
2 And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.
3 And the chief priests said a number of things against him.
4 And Pilate again put a question, Do you say nothing in answer? see how much evil they say you have done.
5 But Jesus gave no more answers, so that Pilate was full of wonder.
6 Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.
7 And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.
8 And the people went up, requesting him to do as he had done for them in other years.
9 And Pilate said in answer to them, Is it your desire that I let the King of the Jews go free?
10 For he saw that the chief priests had given him up through envy.
11 But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.
12 And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?
13 And they said again loudly, To the cross with him!
14 And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But their cry was the louder, To the cross!
15 And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.
16 And the men of the army took him away into the square in front of the building which is the Praetorium, and they got together all the band.
17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
18 And, as if honouring him, they said, Long life to the King of the Jews!
19 And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.
20 And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.
21 And they made one, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was going by, coming from the country, go with them, so that he might take his cross.
22 And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.
23 And they gave him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it.
24 And he was nailed to the cross; and they made a division of his clothing among them, putting to the decision of chance what everyone was to take.
25 And it was the third hour when they put him on the cross.
26 And the statement of his crime was put in writing on the cross, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.
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29 And those who went by made sport of him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ha! you who give the Temple to destruction, and put it up again in three days,
30 Keep yourself from death, and come down from the cross.
31 In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.
33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me?
35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.
36 And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
37 And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
38 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.
39 And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.
40 And there were women watching from a distance: among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
41 Who went with him when he was in Galilee and took care of him; and a number of other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
43 There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.
45 And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.
46 And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.
1 E SUBITO la mattina, i principali sacerdoti, con gli anziani, e gli Scribi, e tutto il concistoro, tenuto consiglio, legarono Gesù, e lo menarono, e lo misero in man di Pilato.
2 E Pilato gli domandò: Sei tu il Re de’ Giudei? Ed egli, rispondendo, gli disse: Tu lo dici.
3 E i principali sacerdoti l’accusavano di molte cose; ma egli non rispondeva nulla.
4 E Pilato da capo lo domandò, dicendo: Non rispondi tu nulla? vedi quante cose costoro testimoniano contro a te.
5 Ma Gesù non rispose nulla di più, talchè Pilato se ne maravigliava.
6 Or ogni festa egli liberava loro un prigione, qualunque chiedessero.
7 Or vi era colui, ch’era chiamato Barabba, ch’era prigione co’ suoi compagni di sedizione, i quali avean fatto omicidio nella sedizione.
8 E la moltitudine, gridando, cominciò a domandare che facesse come sempre avea lor fatto.
9 E Pilato rispose loro, dicendo: Volete che io vi liberi il Re de’ Giudei?
10 Perciocchè riconosceva bene che i principali sacerdoti glielo aveano messo nelle mani per invidia.
11 Ma i principali sacerdoti incitarono la moltitudine a chieder che più tosto liberasse loro Barabba.
12 E Pilato, rispondendo, da capo disse loro: Che volete adunque che io faccia di colui che voi chiamate Re de’ Giudei?
13 Ed essi di nuovo gridarono: Crocifiggilo.
14 E Pilato disse loro: Ma pure, che male ha egli fatto? Ed essi vie più gridavano: Crocifiggilo
15 Pilato adunque, volendo soddisfare alla moltitudine, liberò loro Barabba. E dopo aver flagellato Gesù, lo diede loro in mano, per esser crocifisso.
16 Allora i soldati lo menarono dentro alla corte, che è il Pretorio, e raunarono tutta la schiera.
17 E lo vestirono di porpora; e contesta una corona di spine, gliela misero intorno al capo.
18 Poi presero a salutarlo, e a dire: Ben ti sia, Re de’ Giudei.
19 E gli percotevano il capo con una canna, e gli sputavano addosso; e postisi inginocchioni, l’adoravano.
20 E dopo che l’ebbero schernito, lo spogliarono della porpora, e lo rivestirono de’ suoi propri vestimenti, e lo menarono fuori, per crocifiggerlo.
21 ED angariarono a portar la croce di esso, un certo passante, detto Simon Cireneo, padre di Alessandro e di Rufo, il qual tornava da’ campi
22 E menarono Gesù al luogo detto Golgota; il che, interpretato, vuol dire: Il luogo del teschio.
23 E gli dieder da bere del vino condito con mirra; ma egli non lo prese.
24 E dopo averlo crocifisso, spartirono i suoi vestimenti, tirando la sorte sopra essi, per saper ciò che ne torrebbe ciascuno.
25 Or era l’ora di terza, quando lo crocifissero.
26 E la soprascritta del maleficio che gli era apposto era scritta di sopra a lui, in questa maniera: IL RE DE’ GIUDEI.
27 Crocifissero ancora con lui due ladroni, l’un dalla sua destra, e l’altro dalla sinistra.
28 E si adempiè la scrittura che dice: Ed egli è stato annoverato fra i malfattori.
29 E coloro che passavano ivi presso l’ingiuriavano, scotendo il capo, e dicendo: Eia! tu che disfai il tempio, ed in tre giorni lo riedifichi,
30 salva te stesso, e scendi giù di croce.
31 Simigliantemente ancora i principali sacerdoti, con gli Scribi, beffandosi, dicevano l’uno all’altro: Egli ha salvati gli altri, e non può salvar sè stesso.
32 Scenda ora giù di croce il Cristo, il Re d’Israele; acciocchè noi lo vediamo, e crediamo. Coloro ancora ch’erano stati crocifissi con lui l’ingiuriavano
33 Poi, venuta l’ora sesta, si fecero tenebre per tutta la terra, infino all’ora di nona.
34 Ed all’ora di nona, Gesù gridò con gran voce, dicendo: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabactani? il che, interpretato, vuol dire: Dio mio, Dio mio, perchè mi hai abbandonato?
35 Ed alcuni di coloro ch’eran quivi presenti, udito ciò, dicevano: Ecco, egli chiama Elia.
36 E un di loro corse; ed empiuta una spugna d’aceto, e postala intorno ad una canna, gli diè da bere, dicendo: Lasciate; vediamo se Elia verrà, per trarlo giù.
37 E Gesù, gettato un gran grido, rendè lo spirito.
38 E la cortina del tempio si fendè in due, da cima a fondo.
39 E il centurione, ch’era quivi presente di rincontro a Gesù, veduto che dopo aver così gridato, egli avea reso lo spirito, disse: Veramente quest’uomo era Figliuol di Dio.
40 Or quivi erano ancora delle donne, riguardando da lontano; fra le quali era Maria Maddalena, e Maria madre di Giacomo il piccolo, e di Iose, e Salome;
41 le quali, eziandio mentre egli era nella Galilea, l’aveano seguitato, e gli aveano ministrato; e molte altre, le quali erano salite con lui in Gerusalemme
42 POI, essendo già sera perciocchè era la preparazione, cioè l’antisabato,
43 Giuseppe, da Arimatea, consigliere onorato, il quale eziandio aspettava il regno di Dio, venne, e, preso ardire, entrò da Pilato, e domandò il corpo di Gesù.
44 E Pilato si maravigliò ch’egli fosse già morto. E chiamato a sè il centurione, gli domandò se era gran tempo ch’egli era morto;
45 e, saputo il fatto dal centurione, donò il corpo a Giuseppe.
46 Ed egli, comperato un panno lino, e tratto Gesù giù di croce, l’involse nel panno, e lo pose in un monumento, che era tagliato dentro una roccia; e rotolò una pietra all’apertura del monumento.
47 E Maria Maddalena, e Maria madre di Iose, riguardavano ove egli sarebbe posto