1 And when it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took council against Yeshua, so that they might put him to death. 2 And they bound him, and took him and delivered him up to the governor Pilatos.
3 Then Yudah the betrayer, when he saw that Yeshua was convicted, repented. And he went and returned those thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders; 4 and said: "I have sinned, due to the fact that I have betrayed innocent blood." And they said: "What is it to us? See to your own issues." 5 And he threw the silver into the Temple, and leaving, he went and hanged himself. 6 And the chief priests picked up the silver, and said: "It is not lawful to put it in the treasury, because it is the price of blood." 7 And they took counsel, and bought the potter's field with it, to serve as a burial ground for strangers. 8 Therefore that field is called the Field of Blood to this day.
9 Then it was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet [[Zechariah]], saying: "I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the precious one, which they of the B'nai Yisrael had agreed upon;
10 and I gave them for the field of the potter, as Mar-Yah directed me."*
11 Now Yeshua stood before the governor. And the governor said to him: "Are you the king of the Judeans?" And Yeshua said to him: "You have said it." 12 And when the chief priests and elders were accusing him, he would not return a reply. 13 Then Pilatos said to him: "Do you not hear how much they testify against you?" 14 But he did not answer him, not even a single word, and therefore the governor* was greatly amazed.
15 And at each festival the governor was accustomed to set one prisoner free to the people, whoever they desired. 16 And they had a well-known prisoner who had been imprisoned, called Bar Abba. 17 And when they were gathered together, Pilatos said to them: "Whom do you desire that I release to you, Bar Abba, or Yeshua who is called the Messiah?" 18 For Pilatos knew that it was because of hate that they had handed over Yeshua*. 19 And while the governor was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, and said: "Have nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered very much today in a dream because of him." 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they ask for Bar Abba, and to destroy Yeshua. 21 And the governor answered, and said to them: "Whom do you desire to be freed to you?" And they said: "Bar Abba!" 22 Pilatos said to them: "And Yeshua, who is called the Messiah, what should I do to him?" They all said: "Let him be crucified." 23 The governor said to them: "Indeed, what evil has he committed?" And they cried out all the more, and said: "Let him be crucified." 24 And Pilatos, when he saw that nothing was helpful, but rather that uproar was produced, he took water, and washed his hands before the crowds, and said: "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; do as you will." 25 And all the people answered, and said: "His blood be upon us, and upon our children!" 26 Then he released Bar Abba to them; and scourged Yeshua with whips and gave him over to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and assembled the entire brigade against him. 28 And they stripped him, and clothed him with a purple robe*. 29 And they wove a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and they bowed down upon their knees before him, and they were mocking him, saying: "Hail, King of the Judeans." 30 And they spit in his face, and took the reed, and struck him on his head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they removed the robe, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to be crucified.
32 And as they went out, they found a man from Qurinya* whose name was Shimon; and they compelled him to carry his cross. 33 And they came to a place which is called Golgotha, which is interpreted The Skull. 34 And they gave him to strong vinegar drink mixed with gall. And he tasted it but did not desire to drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by casting lots. 36 And sitting down, they were watching him there. 37 And they placed over his head the reason for his death in writing:
THE KING OF THE JUDEANS
38 And there were crucified with him two bandits, one on his right, and one on his left. 39 And those who were passing by were blaspheming against him, and were nodding their heads 40 and saying: "You who would tear down the Temple, and rebuild it in three days, deliver yourself if you are the Son of God, and come down from the cross." 41 Likewise the chief priests were mocking, along with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, 42 and they were saying: "He saved others, but his very life he is not able to save. If he is the King of Yisrael, let him come down now from the cross, so that we may see it and believe in him. 43 He trusted in God; let him save him now, if he is pleased with him, for he said: 'I am the Son of God.'"
44 Likewise the bandits that were also crucified with him, criticised him. 45 And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour, Yeshua cried out with a loud voice and said: "Eli, Eli; why have you spared me?" 47 And some of those men that were standing there, when they heard this, said: "He calls for Eliyahu." 48 And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and offered it to him. 49 But the rest were saying: "Let him be; let us see if Eliyahu will come to save him."
50 And again Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. 51 And immediately, the lintel of the Temple fell and broke into pieces; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks split. 52 And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who were sleeping arose, 53 and went out; and after his resurrection, they entered into the Holy City, and many saw them. 54 And the centurion, and those that were with him who were watching Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and all that had occurred, became afraid, and said: "Truly, this was the Son of God."
55 And there were also many women there, who were observing from a distance; the same who had followed Yeshua from Galil, and had ministered to him. 56 One of them was Miriam of Magdala, also Miriam the mother of Ya'aqub and Yoseh, and the mother of the sons of Zavddai.
57 And when it became evening, a rich man came from Ramatayim, whose name was a Yoseph, who was also a talmid of Yeshua. 58 This man drew near to Pilatos, and requested the body of Yeshua. And Pilatos instructed that the body be given to him. 59 And Yoseph took the body, and wrapped it in a shroud of fine linen; 60 and he laid it in his new sepulchre that had been hewn from rock. And they rolling a large boulder, they placed it against the entrance of the sepulchre, and departed: 6l And Miriam of Magdala and the other Miriam were there, who sat on the other side of the sepulchre.
62 And on the next day that was after sunset*, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together with Pilatos, 63 and said to him: "Our lord, we remember that this deceiver said, when he was alive, 'After three days, I will arise.' 64 Therefore, instruct that they guard the sepulchre until the third day; in case his talmidim come and steal him during the night, and say to the people that he has risen from the dead; and the last deception should become worse than the first.'" 65 Pilatos said to them: "You have guards! Go and guard it as you see fit." 66 And they went and appointed guards by the sepulchre, and set a seal on the stone and placed the guards on watch.