[Although not sanctioned under Jewish law, crucifixion was a common sight in Palestine from the first century BC on. It was a Roman...

16  And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters [the Praetorium] ), and they called together...

Barnabas 6  Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked.  7  And among the rebels in prison, who...

Pilate 1   And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council ....

[The scene turns from Jesus who stood firm to Peter who does not.] 66  And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls...

53  And they led Jesus to the high priest   [Caiaphas, the son-in-law of Annas] . And all the chief priests and the elders and the...

51  And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,  52  but he left the linen cloth...

Judas the Betrayer 43  And immediately , while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd  with swords...

32  And they went to a place called Gethsemane [olive press] . And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”  [This was probably...

26  And when they had sung a hymn [presumably Psalms 115-118, which were sung at the end of the Passover meal] , they went out to the...