§ 149. Pilate delivers up Jesus to death. He is scourged and mocked. Jerusalem.

Matthew.Mark.
CH. XXVII. 26-30.CH. XV. 15-19.
26 And when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.15 And delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band;
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees, worshipped him.
John.
CH. XIX. 1-3.
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him.
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

§ 150. Pilate again seeks to release Jesus. (Sixth Day Of The Week.) Jerusalem.

John.
CH. XIX. 4-16.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour:[284] and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.

§ 151. Judas repents, and hangs himself. (Sixth Day Of The Week.) Jerusalem.

Matthew.
CH. XXVII. 3-10.
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy[285] the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.[286]

§ 152. Jesus is led away to be crucified. (Sixth Day Of The Week.) Jerusalem.

Matthew.Mark.
CH. XXVII. 31-34.CH. XV. 20-23.
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus,[287] to bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, A place of a skull,22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
34 They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.23 And they gave him to drink, wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
Luke.John.
CH. XXIII. 26-33.CH. XIX. 16-17.
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.16 And they took Jesus, and led him away.
27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.17 And he bearing his cross
28 But Jesus turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.[288]
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.[289]
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33 And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary,went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha.