9 unto them. And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the 10 Jews? For he perceived that for envy the II chief priests had delivered him up. But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. 12 And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom 13 ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried 14 out again, Crucify him. And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they 15 cried out exceedingly, Crucify him. And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the 1Prætorium; and they call 17 together the whole 'band. And they clothe him with purple, and plaiting a crown of thorns, 18 they put it on him; and they began to salute 19 him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote his head with a reed, and did spit upon him, 20 and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him. 21 2 3 'Or, palace Or, cohort And they compel one passing by, Simon of Gr. impress. Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he 22 might bear his cross. And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being inter23 preted, The place of a skull. And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received 24 it not. And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon them, 25 what each should take. And it was the third 26 hour, and they crucified him. And the super scription of his accusation was written over, Many ancient authorities in sert ver. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was reckoned with trans 2 THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they 27 crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.1 And they that passed 29 by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and 30 come down from the cross. In like manner 31 also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let the 32 Or, can he not Christ, the King of Israel, now come down save himself? from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him. gressors. See Luke xxii. 37. 2 Or, sanctuary * Or, earth Or, why didst thou forsake me? And when the sixth hour was come, there 33 was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried 34 with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And 35 some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah. And one 36 ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down. And Jesus uttered a loud 37 voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil 38 of the 2 temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, 39 which stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this authorities man was the Son of God. And there were 40 out, and gave also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and 41 ministered unto him; and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 6 Many ancient read so cried up the ghost. 7 Or, a son of 42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the 43 sabbath, there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honourable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for 44 the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he read were were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been 'Many ancient 45 any while dead. And when he learned it of authorities the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. already dead. 46 And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of 47 the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. 16 I And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come 2 and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when 3 the sun was risen. And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the 4 stone from the door of the tomb? and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled 5 back for it was exceeding great. And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white 6 robe; and they were amazed. And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, which hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where 7 they laid him! But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8 And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them and they said nothing to any one; for 1 The two oldest Greek manuscripts, authorities, 1Now when he was risen early on the first 9 day of the week, he appeared first to Mary and some other Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven 2devils. She went and told them that had 10 been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they heard that he was alive, 11 and had been seen of her, disbelieved. omit from ver. 9 to the 2 Gr. demons. And after these things he was manifested in 12 another form unto two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. And they went 13 away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them. And afterward he was manifested unto the 14 eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And 15 he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He that believeth and is baptized shall be 16 saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that 17 believe in my name shall they cast out 'devils ; Some ancient they shall speak with new tongues; they shall 18 take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. authorities omit new. So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken 19 unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they 20 went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO S. LUKE. FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters 2 which have been 'fulfilled among us, even as 'Or, fully they delivered them unto us, which from the established beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of 3 the word, it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most 4 excellent Theophilus; that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein Gr. words. thou wast instructed. 5 2 3 Or, which thou wast taught by word THERE was in the days of Herod, king of of mouth Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisa6 beth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and 7 ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his 9 course, according to the custom of the priest's Gr. advanced in their days. office, his lot was to enter into the temple 'Or, sanctuary 10 of the Lord and burn incense. And the |