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116 unto them. And Pilate answered them, and said: Wil you that I release to you the King of the Jewes? For he knew that the cheefe Priests for envy had delivered him. But the ″ cheefe Priests moved the People, that he should release Barabbas rather to them. And Pilate againe answering, said to them: What wil you then that I doe to the King of the Jewes? But they againe cried: Crucifie him. And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried the more: Crucifie him. And Pilate willing ″ to satisfie the People, released to them Barabbas, and delivered, having whipped him, for to be crucified.

And * the souldiars led him into the court of the Palace, and they cal togeather the whole band: and they clothe him in purple, and platting a crowne of thornes, they put it upon him. And they began to salute him: Haile King of the Jewes. And they smote his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing the knees, they adored him. And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and put on him his owne garments, and they lead him forth to crucifie him. And they forced a certaine man that passed by, Simon a Cyrenéan comming from the countrie, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his crosse. And they bring him into the place Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvarie. And they gave him to drinke wine mingled with myrrhe; and he tooke it not.

And crucifying him, they devided his garments, casting lots upon them, who should take which. And it was the third houre, and they crucified him. And the title of his cause was superscribed, And with him they crucifie two theeves; one on the right hand, and an other on his left. And the Scripture was fulfilled that saith: And with the wicked he was reputed. And they that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, ‘he that destroyeth’ the temple, and in three dayes ‘buildeth’ it:  save thy self, comming downe from the crosse. In like manner also the cheefe Priests mocking said with the Scribes one to an other: He saved others, himself he can not save. Let Christ the King of Israel come downe now from the crosse that we may see and beleeve. And they that were crucified with him, railed at him.

And when it was the sixt houre, there was made darknes upon the whole earth until the ninth houre. And at the ninth houre cried out with a mightie voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lamma-sabacthani? Which is being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And certaine of the standers about hearing, said: Behold, he calleth Elias. And one running and filling a spunge with vinegre, and putting it about a reed, gave him drinke, saying: Let be, let us see if Elias come to take him downe. And putting forth a mightie voice, gave up the ghost. And the vele of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottome. And the Centurion that stood over against him, seeing that so crying he had given up the ghost, said: In deed this man was the Sonne of God.

And there were also women looking on a farre off: among whom was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of James the lesse and Rh