[15:6] Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him. [15:7] There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. [15:8] The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. [15:9] Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" [15:10] For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. [15:11] But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. [15:12] Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"
[15:13] They cried out again, "Crucify him!"
[15:14] Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
[15:15] Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified. [15:16] The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. [15:17] They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. [15:18] They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" [15:19] They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. [15:20] 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. [15:21] 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. [15:22] They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." [15:23] They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it.
[15:24] Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. [15:25] It was [the third hour,] and they crucified him. [15:26] The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." [15:27] With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. [15:28] The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors."
[15:29] Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, [15:30] save yourself, and come down from the cross!"
[15:31] Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself. [15:32] 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.
[15:33] When the [sixth hour] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the [ninth hour.] [15:34] 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?"[*]
[15:35] Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah."