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1 Early in da mornin', da chief priest, wit da eldas an' scibes an' all da Jewish council talk wit each udda. Den dey tie up Jesus an' sen' him away. Dey gee him ta Pilate. 2 Pilate aks Him, "Youse da King uh da Jews?" He say, " Wateva you say." 3 Da chief priests was sayin' He do all kinda tings. 4 Pilate aks Jesus again, "You een ga talk? Dey say you do alotta tings!" 5 Jesus een ansa Pilate no more, an' Pilate was too shock.

6 Roun' da festival time, Pilate is let one prisoner out fa da people, whoever prisoner dey aks for. 7 One man from prison name Barabbas, who was wit da udda rebels, did kill people wen dey was rebellin' agains' da guvmen'. 8 Da crowd did come ta Pilate an' aks him ta da what he always usta do. 9 Pilate say ta dem, "You wan me gee you da King uh da Jews?"

10 He did know dat only cuz dem chief priests was jealous, dey gee him Jesus. 11 But da chief priests tell da people dem ta beg fa Barabbas to get let go an' not Jesus. 12 Pilate did ansa dem again an' say, "Wat yall wan me do wit da King uh da Jews?"

13 Dey shout again, "Crucify Him!" 14 Pilate say ta dem, "What bad tings He even do?" But dey keep shoutin' more an' more, "Crucify Him." 15 Pilate did wan make da people happy, so he gee dem Barabbas. He whip Jesus an' gee Him ova ta be crucify.

16 Da soldiers did take Him in da guvment headquarters an' dey call da whole team uh soldiers ta come. 17 Dey put a purple robe on Jesus, an' twis' da torns togedda ta make one crown ta put on He head. 18 Dey start salutin' Him an' say, "Hail, King uh da Jews!" 19 Dey was hitting He head dead hard wit a stick an' was spittin' on Him. Dey gone on dey knees an' bow down in da fron' uh Him.

20 When dey finish mockin' Him, dey take da purple robe off Him an' put He oon clothes back on Him, an' take Him to get crucify. 21 One man who name Simon uh Cyrene, was comin' in from da country (he was da fadda uh Alexander an' Rufus) an' dey make him carry Jesus cross. 22 Da soldiers bring Jesus ta da place call Golgotha (wat mean "Place uh da Skull").

23 Dey offa Him wine mix wit myrrh, but He een drink it. 24 Dey crucify Him an' share up all He clothes by bettin' to see what piece each uh dem soldiers ga get. 25 Dey crucify Him at nine a clock in da mornin'.

26 Dey write what dey charge Him fa on a sign an' it say, "Da King uh da Jews." 27 Dey crucify two robbas wit Him, one on da right uh Him an' one on da lef'. 28 1

29 Da people who was walkin' pass Him, shake dey head an' talk ta Him dead bad an' say, "Een you da one who say you ga destroy da temple an' buil' it back in tree days, 30 so save yasef an' come down from da cross den!" 31 Jus' like dem, da chief priests an' da scibes was talkin' ta each udda an' makin' fun uh him, an' say, "He save udda people, but He cyan save Hesef.

32 Nah let da Christ, da King uh Israel, come down from da cross, so we ga see an' believe." Da people who was crucify wit Him was makin' fun uh Him, too. 33 At 12 a clock, darkness come ova da whole lan' til tree a clock. 34 At tree a clock, Jesus cry out dead loud, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" what mean, "My God, my God why you leave me?" 35 Some uh dem who was standin' close did hear what He was sayin' an' dey say, "Look, He callin' fa Elijah."

36 Someone did run, put some wine on one sponge, put it on a stick, an' gee it ta Him ta drink. Da man say, "Less see if Elijah come ta take him down". 37 Den Jesus holla dead loud an' die. 38 Da curtain in da temple tear in two from top ta bottom. 39 When da centurion, who is command 100 men, stan' an' face Jesus an' see He die like dat, he say, "Dis man was da Son uh God fa tru."

40 Dere was some woman dem who look from far away. Mary Magdalene, Mary (da mudda uh James da young one an' uh Joses 2 ), an' Salome, was wit dem, too. 41 Wen Jesus was in Galilee dey did follow Him an' serve Him. Many udda woman dem did come up wit Him ta Jerusalem. 42 When dark did fall, cuz it was da Day uh Preparation, das da day before da Sabbath, 43 Joseph uh Arimathea did come dere. People did respeck him in da council, an' he was waitin' for da Kingdom uh God. He was bold when he gone ta Pilate an' aks fa Jesus body.

44 Pilate was shock dat Jesus was dead already. He call da centurion, an' aks him if Jesus was dead. 45 When Pilate learn from da centurion dat Jesus was dead, he gee da body ta Joseph. 46 Joseph did bring a piece uh linen. He take him down from da cross, wrap Him in da cloth, an' put Him in a tomb dat dey cut outta da rock. Den he roll da stone in fronta da tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene an' Mary da mudda uh Joses did see da place where dey bury Jesus.


1The best ancient copies do not have verse 28.
2The man called Joses here is called Joseph in Mark 6:3. The name Joseph represents how the name was spelled in Hebrew, an' the name Joses represents how his name was spelled in Greek