21 Then the governor asked them, 'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' They said, Barabbas.

22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" Everyone said to him: let him be crucified.

23 And the governor said, 'What evil has he done?' But they cried out even more loudly: let him be crucified.

24 And Pilate, seeing that nothing was of avail, but that the confusion was increasing, took some water, and washed his hands before the people, and said, 'I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; See you.

25 And answering, all the people said, 'His blood be on us and on our children.'

26 Then he released Barabbas to them, and having beaten Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.

27 And the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the praetorium, gathered together against him all the army

28 And having undressed him, they put a scarlet robe on him;

29 And having wove a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and gave him a reed in his right hand. and kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

30 And they spat on him, and took a reed, and smote him on the head.

31 And when they mocked him, they took off his scarlet robe, and clothed him in his garments, and led him away to be crucified.

32 As they went out, they met a certain Cyrenean, named Simon; they compelled him to bear his cross.

33 And having come to a place called Golgotha, which means, the place of the skull,

34 They gave him vinegar mixed with gall to drink; and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.

35 And they that crucified him divided his garments, casting lots;

36 and sitting there, they kept watch over him;

37 And they put an inscription over his head, signifying his guilt: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

38 Then two thieves were crucified with him, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

39 And those who passed by cursed him, shaking their heads

40 And saying, 'He who destroys the temple, and buildeth in three days.' save thyself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

41 Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, and the elders, and the Pharisees, mocking, said,