SECT. XI. CH. 19. for this I came into the world, to give testimony to the truth. Whosoever is of the truth, harken38 eth to me. Pilate asked him, What is truth? and so saying, went out again to the Jews, and said to them, For my part, I find nothing culpable 39 in this man. But, since it is customary that I Mat. 27; 15. release to you one at the passover, will ye that I Lu. 23; 17° 40 release to you the king of the Jews? Then they Acts, 3; 14. all cried, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Mar. 15; 6. XIX. Then Pilate caused him to be scourged. And Mat. 27; 27 the soldiers crowned him with a wreath of thorn Mar. 15; 15which they had platted; and having thrown a pur 3 ple mantle about him, said, Hail! king of the Jews, 4 and gave him blows on the face. Pilate, therefore, went out again and said to them, Lo, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find in him 5 nothing culpable. Jesus then went forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple mantle; and 6 Pilate said to them, Behold the man! When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him; as 7 for me, I find no fault in him. The Jews answered, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he assumed the title of Son of God. When Pilate heard this, he was the more afraid, 9 and having returned to the pretorium, said to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no 10 answer. Then Pilate said to him, Wilt thou not speak unto me? Knowest thou not that I have 8 CH. 19, SECT. XI. power to crucify thee, and power to release thee? 11 Jesus replied, Thou couldst have no power over me, unless it were given thee from above; wherefore he who delivered me unto thee hath the 12 greater sin. Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews exclaimed, If thou release this man, thou art not Cesar's friend. Whoever calleth himself king, opposeth Cesar. 13 57 58 Pilate, on hearing these words, ordered Jesus to be brought forth, and sat down on the tribunal in a place named the pavement, in Hebrew Gabba14 tha 5. (Now it was the preparation 5 of the paschal Sabbath, about the sixth hour 59.) And he 15 said to the Jews, Behold your king. But they cried out, Away, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? 16 The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. He delivered him, therefore, to them to be crucified. Mat. 27; 33. 17 Then they took Jesus and led him away. And he carrying his cross, went out to a place called the place of sculls 6o, which is in Hebrew Golgotha, 18 where they crucified him and two others with him, 19 one on each side, and Jesus in the middle. Pilate also wrote a title, and put it upon the cross. The words were, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE 20 KING OF THE JEWS. And many of the Jews read this title (for the place where Jesus was cru 57 A raised place. 58 Friday. SECT. XI. GH. 19. cified was nigh the city; and it was written in 21 Hebrew, Greek, and Latin); whereupon the chief priests said to Pilate, Write not "the king "of the Jews," but "who calleth himself king 22" of the Jews." Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. 23 Mar. 15; 24. Lu. 23; 34. When the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, Mat. 27; 35, they took his mantle, and divided it into four parts, one to every soldier: they also took the coat, which was seamless, woven from the top throughout, and 24 said among themselves, Let us not tear it, but determine by lot whose it shall be; thereby verify ing the Scripture which saith, "They shared They shared my Ps. 22; 18. "mantle among them, and cast lots for my ves"ture." Thus therefore acted the soldiers. 25 Now there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and her sister Mary the wife of Cleophas, 26 and Mary Magdalene. Then Jesus observing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing 27 by, said to his mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then he said to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all was now accomplished; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 29 said, I thirst. As there was a vessel there full of Ps.69; 21 vinegar, they filled a spunge with vinegar, and having fastened it to a twig of hyssop, held it to 30 his mouth. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and bowing his head, yielded up his spirit. сн. 19. 31 SECT. XII. The Jews, therefore, lest the bodies should remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for it was the preparation 62 (and that Sabbath was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be 32 broken, and the bodies might be removed. Accordingly the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who were crucified with 33 him. But when they came to Jesus, and found that he was already dead, they did not break his 34 legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierc ed his side, whence blood and water immediately 35 issued. He was an eye-witness who attesteth this, and his testimony deserveth credit: nay, he is conscious that he speaketh truth, that ye may beEx. 12; 46. 36 lieve. For these things happened that the Scripture might be verified, "None of his bones shall 37" be broken." Again, the Scripture saith elsewhere, "They shall look on him whom they "have pierced.". Num. 9; 12. SECTION XII. THE RESURRECTION. Mat. 27; 57 38 AFTER this Joseph the Arimathean, who was a Mar. 15; 43. Lu. 23; 50. ch. 3; 1' disciple of Jesus, but a concealed disciple, for fear of the Jews, asked permission of Pilate to take SECT. XII. CH. 20. away the body of Jesus; which Pilate having granted, he went and took the body of Jesus. 39 Nicodemus also, who had formerly repaired to Je sus by night, came and brought a mixture of myrrh 40 and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. These men took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen rollers with the spices, which is the Jewish man41 ner of embalming. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new monument wherein no one had ever yet been 42 laid. There they deposited Jesus on account of the Jewish preparation 63, the monument being near. 64 XX. The first day of the week Mary Magdalene went early to the monument, while it was yet dark, and saw that the stone had been removed from the 2 entrance. Then she came running to Simon Peter, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken the Master out of the monument, and we know not where they have 3 laid him. Immediately Peter went out, and the 4 other disciple, to go to the monument. And both ran together, but the other disciple out-ran Peter, 5 and came first to the monument; and stooping down, he saw the linen rollers lying, but went not 6 in. Then came Simon Peter, who followed him, 7 and went into the monument, where he observed the rollers lying, and the handkerchief which had been wrapped about his head, not laid beside them, but 8 folded up in a place by itself. Then the other dis64 Sunday. 63 Friday. Mat. 28; 1 Mar. 16; 1. Lu. 24; 1. |