Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

But neither so did their witness agree together.

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

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.

And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: