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Redaction: The Lord’s Passover

MATTHEW MARK LUKE JOHN

- The King of the Jews -

Matt 27:02-31 • Mark 15:01-20 • Luke 23:01-25 • John 18:28-19:16
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¶ And the whole multitude of them arose, • [a]nd when they had bound him, • [t]hen lead they
Jesus • and carried him away, • from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: • [A]nd delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.
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¶ 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, [s]aying, I have
sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? [S]ee thou to that.
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 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. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury

strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that
which was spoken by Jeremy 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; [a]nd gave them for the potter’s
field as the Lord appointed me. • [A]nd it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment

hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they may eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and
said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a
malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him,
and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any
man to death: That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he

should die. • And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and
forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. • Then Pilate entered into
the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, • And Jesus stood before the governor: • And Pilate • the
governor asked him, saying, • unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou

this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and

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