Lactantius, Divine Institutes 4.18
When Christ fulfilled all that God had willed and had foretold through His prophets many centuries before, His enemies were stirred up and, because they did not know the divine Scriptures, conspired to condemn their own God. Jesus knew this would happen and repeatedly said that He must suffer and be killed for the salvation of many; yet He withdrew with His disciples, not to avoid what He was bound to endure, but to show that in every persecution one must act in this way, so that no one may appear to have fallen through his own fault. He also foretold that one of them would betray Him. And so Judas, enticed by a reward, handed Him over to the Jews. They seized Him and brought Him before Pontius Pilate, who was then governing Syria as legate, and demanded that He be crucified, accusing Him of nothing else than saying that He is the Son of God, the King of the Jews, and because He had said, "If you destroy this temple, which was built in forty-six years, I will raise it up in three days without hands" (John 2:19), signifying His coming passion and that He would rise on the third day after being killed by the Jews — for He Himself was the true temple of God. They attacked these words as unlucky and impious. When Pilate heard this and Jesus offered no defense, Pilate declared that he found nothing in Him worthy of condemnation. But those most unjust accusers, together with the crowd they had stirred up, began to shout and to demand His cross with violent cries. Then Pilate, overcome by their clamor and by the instigation of Herod the tetrarch, who feared being driven from his kingdom, gave way; yet he himself did not pronounce sentence, but handed Jesus over to the Jews to judge Him according to their own law. They led Him away, scourged with whips, and before they crucified Him they mocked Him: they clothed Him in a purple robe, crowned Him with thorns, and saluted Him as if He were a king (John 19:2-3); they gave Him gall for food and mixed vinegar for Him to drink. After this they spat in His face and struck Him with their palms. When the executioners themselves quarreled over His garments, they cast lots for His tunic and cloak. Throughout all this He uttered no sound from His mouth, as if He were mute. Finally they suspended Him between two criminals condemned for robbery, fixing Him to the cross.
Latin
Cum igitur ea quae deus fieri uoluit quaeque per prophetas suos multis saeculis ante praedixit, Christus inpleret, ob ea incitati et diuinas litteras nescientes coierunt, ut deum suum condemnarent. quod cum sciret futurum ac subinde diceret oportere se pati atque interfici pro salute multorum, secessit tamen cum discipulis suis, non ut uitaret quod necesse erat perpeti ac sustinere, sed ut ostenderet quod ita fieri oporteat in omni persecutione, ne sua quis culpa incidisse uideatur; ac denuntiauit fore ut ab uno eorum proderetur. itaque ludas praemio inlectus tradidit eum Iudaeis. at illi conprehensum ac Pontio Pilato, qui tum legatus Syriam regebat, oblatum cruci adfigi postulauerunt obicientes ei nihil aliut nisi quod diceret se filium dei esse, regem Iudaeorum; item quia dixerat: si solueritis hoc templum, quod aedificatum est annis XLVI, ego illut in triduo sine manibus resuscitabo, significans futuram breui passionem suam et se a Iudaeis interfectum tertio die resurrecturum. ipse enim fuerat uerum dei templum. has uoces eius tamquam infaustas et inpias insectabantur. quae cum Pilatus audisset et ille in defensionem sui nihil diceret, pronuntiauit nihil in eo damnatione dignum uideri. at illi iniustissimi accusatores cum populo, quem incitauerant, subclamare coeperunt et crucem eius uiolentis uocibus flagitare. tum Pontius et illorum clamoribus et Herodis tetrarchae instigatione metuentis, ne regno pelleretur; uictus est, nec tamen ipse sententiam protulit, sed tradidit eum Iudaeis, ut ipsi de illo secundum legem suam iudicarent. duxerunt igitur eum flagellis uerberatum et priusquam cruci adfigerent, inluserunt: indutum enim coloris punicei ueste ac spinis coronatum quasi regem salutarunt et dederunt ei cibum fellis et miscuerunt ei aceti potionem. post haec conspuerunt faciem eius et palmis ceciderunt. cumque ipsi carnifices de uestimentis eius contenderent, sortiti sunt inter se de tunica et pallio. et cum haec omnia fierent, nullam uocem ex ore suo, tamquam si mutus esset, emisit. tum suspenderunt eum inter duos noxios medium, qui ob latrocinia damnati erant, crucique fixerunt.