15 And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered [him] to Pilate;

² and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say [it].'

³ And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, [but he answered nothing.]

⁴ And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

⁵ and Jesus did no more answer anything, so that Pilate wondered.

⁶ And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking;

⁷ and there was [one] named Barabbas, bound with those making insurrection with him, who had in the insurrection committed murder.

⁸ And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

⁹ and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

¹⁰ for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up;

¹¹ and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

¹² And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye [that] I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?'

¹³ and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'

¹⁴ And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'

¹⁵ and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged [him] -- that he might be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,

¹⁷ and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put [it] on him,

¹⁸ and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.'

¹⁹ And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him,

²⁰ and when they [had] mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.

²¹ And they impress a certain one passing by -- Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus -- that he may bear his cross,

²² and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, `Place of a skull;'

²³ and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

²⁴ And having crucified him, they were dividing his garments, casting a lot upon them, what each may take;

²⁵ and it was the third hour, and they crucified him;