Pilate therefore, wanting to release Jesus, spoke again
to them. But they cried louder, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him.
Pilate said to them the third time, Why, what evil has He done? I have
found no cause to put Him to death. I will chastise Him and let Him go.
Immediately and with loud voices, they demanded that He be crucified.
The voices of the chief priests prevailed and Pilate gave sentence that
it be as they demanded. He released to them Barabbas, who was in prison
for sedition and murder, and turned Jesus over to them. And as they led
Him away, they laid hold upon a man named Simon, a Cyrenian, who was
coming out of the country. They laid the cross on him to carry for
Jesus.
Many women followed Jesus, crying and lamenting. Jesus turned to them
and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for
yourselves and your children. The days are coming, in which they shall
say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the
breasts that never nursed. Then they shall say to the mountains, Fall
on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if these things happen when the
wood is green, what will happen when it is dry? There were also two
others, both criminals, who were led with Him to be put to death.
When they came to the place called Calvary, they crucified Him and the
two criminals, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
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