Barabbas released. CHAP. XV. behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 Put Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marvelled. 6 Now at that feat he released unto them one pritoner, whomfeever they defired. 7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made infurrection with him, who had committed munder in the infurrection.. 8 And the multitude, crying alord, began to delre him to do as he bad ever done unto them. But Pilate anfwered them, saying, Will ye that I rele afe unto you the King of the Jews? Le For he knew that the chief priefts had delivered him for envy. II fut the chief priests moved the people, that he thould rather releafe Barabbas unto them. 12 Aud Pilate anfwered, and faid again unto them, What will yethen that I shall do ento him whom ye call the King of the Jews? 13 And they cried out again, Cruci him. 14 1 hen Pilate said unto them, Why? what evil hath be done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. 15 And Plate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had fcourged him, to be cruel Sed. Chrift is crucified. 20 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. 21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who paffed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a scull. 23 And they gave him to drink wire mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. 24 And when they had crucified him they parted his garments, caftinglots upon them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour; and they crucified him. 26 And the fuperfcription of his accufation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the fcripture was fulfilled, which faith, And he was numbered with the tranfgreffors. 29 And they that pafsed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that deftroyed the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself, and come down from the crofs. 31 Likewife also the chief priests, mocking, frid among them elves, with the cribes, He faved others; himfelf he cannot fave. 32 Let Chrift the King of Ifrael defcendnow from the crofs, that we may fee and believe. And they that werecrucified with him reviledhim. 33 And when the fixthhourwaa come, there was darkneisever the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hou jefus cried with a loud voice, thing, Chrift confeffed by S. MARK. the centurion, &c Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which in the linen, and laid him in a fe is, being interpreted, My God, my pulchre which was hewn out of a God, why hast thou forfaken me? rock, and rolled a stone unto the 35 And fome of them that ftood door of the fepulchre. by, when they heard it, iaid, Be- 47 And Mary Magdalene, and hold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us fee whether Elias will come to take him down. 37 And Jefus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghoft. 38 And the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 39 And when the centurion, which flood over against him, faw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghoft, he faid, Truly this man was the Son of God. 40 There were also women looking on afar off; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joses and Salome; 41 (Who alfo, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerufalem. 42 And now, when the even was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Labbath,) Mary the mother of Joses, beheld A very carly in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the fepulchre at the rifing of the fun. 3 And they faid among themselves, Who shall roll us away the ftone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 (Ard when they looked, they faw that the stone was rolled away:) for it was very great. 5 And, entering into the sepulchre, they faw a young man fitting on the right fide, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he faith unto them, Be not affrighted: ye feek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is rifen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, tell his difciples and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye fee him, as he faid unto you. 43 Jofeph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unt. Pi- 8 And they went out quickly, and late, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto bim the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Jofeph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither faid they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. 91 Now, when Jefus was risen early, the firft day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, outofwhomhe had cast sevendevils. To And the went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. The apostles fent fortb. CHAP. XVI. Chrift's afcenfion. II And they, when they had 16 He that believeth, and is bapheard that he was alive, and tized, shall be saved; but he that had been seen of her, believed believeth not shall be damned. not. 121 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them as they walked, and went into the country. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they castout devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up ferpents; 13 And they went and told it and if they drink any deadly thing unto the refidue: neither believed it shall not hurt them: they shall they them. lay hands on the fick, and they 141 Afterward he appeared un- shall recover. to the eleven as they fat at meat, 19 1 So then, after the Lord had and upbraided them with their spoken unto them, he was received unbelief and hardness of heart, up into heaven, and fat on the right because they believed not them hand of God. which had seen him after he was 20 And they went forth, and rifen. preached every where, the Lord 15 And he said unto them, Go working with them, and confirmye into all the world, and preach ing the word with figns following.. the gospel to every creature. Amen. The GOSPEL according to Saint LUKE 6 And they were both righteous before God, walkingin alltnecommandments and ordinances of the 7 And they had no child, because that Elifabeth wasbarren; and they bothwere now wellstrickenin years. 8 And it came to pass, that, while heexecutedthe priest's office before God in the order of his course, 9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn in cenfe when he went into the temple of the Lord. 10. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incenfe. II And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right fide of the altar of incente 12 And when Zachariasfaw bim he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel faid unto him, Fear not, 7 acharias: for thy praef is heard; and thy wife Elifabeth D S. LUKE. Conception of John, chali bear thee a fon, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15. For he shall be great in the fight of the Lord, and thall drink neither wine now trong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghoft, eyen from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of frael shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to tarn the hearts of the fathers to the ahildren, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 18 And Zacharias faid unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well ftricken in years. am 19 And the angel answering faid anto him, I Gabriel, that ftand in the prefence of God; and am fent to fpeak untothee, and to shew thee thefe glad tidings. 20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to fpeak, until the day that these things hall be performed, because thou believest not my words which shall be fulfilled in their season. 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried fo long in the temple. 22 And when he came out he could notipeakuntothem and they perceived that he had feen a vifion in the temple; for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. 23 And it came to pafs, that, as foon as the days of his miniftration were accomplished, he departed to his own houme. 24 And after those days his wife Elifabeth conceived, and hid herfeif five months, saying, and of Chriff. 25 Thushath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. 26 And in the fixth month the angel Gabriel was fent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was, Mary. 28 And the angelcamein unto her, and faid, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blefied art thou among women. 29 And when the law him the was troubled at his saying, and caft in her mind what manner of falutation this should be. 30 And the angel faid unto her, Icar not, Mary for thou haft favour with God. 1 And, behold, thou shalt conceivonthy womb, and bring fortha fon, and fhalt call his name JESUS. 32 He thall be great, and thall be called The Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there ihall be no end. 34 Then faid Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel anfwered, and faid unto her, The Holy Ghoft shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; thereforealfothathely thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called The Son of God. 36 And, behold, thy coufen Elifabeth, the hath alfo conceived a fon in her old age: and this is the fixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing shall be imposible. The prophecy of Elifabeth. CHA P. I. The nativity of John. 38 And Mary faid, Behold the 53 Hehath filled the hungry with handmaid of the Lord; be it unto good things; and the rich he hath me according to thy word. And fent empty away. the angel departed from her. 39 And Mary arofe in those days, and went into the hill-country with hafte, into a city of Juda; 54 He hath holpen his servant Ifrael, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his feed for ever. 40 And entered into the house of 56 And Mary abode with her Zacharias, and faluted Elifabeth. about three months, and returned 41 Andit came to pass, that when to her own house. Elifabeth heard the falutation of 57 Now Elifabeth's full time Mary, the babeleaped in her womb; came that she should be delivered; and Elifabeth was filled with the and she brought forth a fon. Holy Ghost: 42 And the spake out with a loud voice, and faid, Bleffed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 58 And her neighbours and her coufins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 Andit came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcife the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his fat her. 44 For, lo, as foon as the voice 60 And his mother answered and of thy falutation founded in mine faid, Noto; but he shall be called ears the babe leaped in my womb John. for joy. 45 And bleffed s she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. 46 And Mary faid, My foul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my fpirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low eftate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me bleffed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to genesation. 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath fcattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their feats, and exalted them of low degree. 61 And they faid unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made figns to his father how he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writingtable, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. 64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loufed, and he fpake and praited God. 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noifed abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judea. 66 And all they that had heard them laid them up in their hearts, faying, What manner of child thall this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophefied, faying, 68 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, |