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Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”

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But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

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Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

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There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

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The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

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Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

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For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

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Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

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They cried out again, “Crucify him!”

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Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

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Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

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The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

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They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

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They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

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They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

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When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

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They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

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They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

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They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

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Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

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It was the third hour, and they crucified him.

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The superscription of his accusation was written over him, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

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The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “He was numbered with transgressors.”

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Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

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save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

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Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.

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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

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When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

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Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

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One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”

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Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

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The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

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When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

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There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

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who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

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When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

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Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

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Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

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When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

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He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

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When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

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Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

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They were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”

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for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

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Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

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He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

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But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’”

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They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.

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Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

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She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

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When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

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After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.

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They went away and told it to the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.

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Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

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He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

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He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

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These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

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they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

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They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

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Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

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even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

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it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

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that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

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But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

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Now it happened, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,

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according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

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The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

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Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

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But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

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For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

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He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

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He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

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Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

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The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

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Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

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The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

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When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

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It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

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After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

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“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

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Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

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Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

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But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

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The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’

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He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

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and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

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Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

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The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

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Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.