35 And while they were thus speaking, he himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, Peace be to you! 36 but they were affrighted and terrified, and thought that they saw a spirit:

37 and he said to them, Why are ye troubled? and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

38 behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: feel me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have:

39 and saying this, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

40 And as they believed not yet for joy, and were in amazement, he said to them, Have ye here any thing to eat?

41 and they gave him a piece of a dried fish; and he took it, and eat it before them:

42 and he said to them, These are the words which I spake to you, while I was yet with you; that all the things which were written in the law of

c. cxvill. 31. Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me, must be fulfilled.

43 Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures; and said to them, It is thus written, that the Christ should suffer, and on the third day rise from the dead:

44 and that repentance, and remission of sins, should be preached in his name to all the Gentiles, beginning from Jerusalem:

45 and ye are witnesses of c. i. 2. these things: and, behold, I will send forth the promise of my Father upon you;

46 but abide ye in the City, Acts, i. 4. until ye are endued with power from on high.

47 And he led them out as far as to Bethany; and lifting up his hands, he blessed them:

48 and it came to pass, while he blessed them, that he was parted from them, and carried up to heaven:

49 and they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

50 And they were continually in the temple, blessing God. Amen.

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CHAPTER I.

N the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God:

2 the same was in the beginning with God:

3 all things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made, that was made: 4 in himself was Life; and the Life was the Light of men, 5 and the Light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness overcame him not.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John:

7 the same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all might believe through him:

8 he was not the Light, but he came to bear witness of the Light:

9 the true Light, was that which lighteth every man that cometh into the world:

10 he was in the world, and the world was made by him, yet the world knew him not:

11 he came to his own, yet his own received him not: 12 but, to as many as received him, he gave power to become the sons of God;

13 even to those that believe in his name, who was begotten, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God:

14 and the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we beheld his glory, as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who cometh after me is preferred before me; because he was before

me:

16 for we all have received, from his fulness, even grace above grace:

17 for, the law was given Deut. iv. 32. through Moses; but grace and truth came through Jesus Heb. ii. 1-4. Christ.

18 No one hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is at the bosom of

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the Father, he hath declared him.

19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

20 and he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ:

21 and they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he saith, I am not: Art thou the prophet? and he answered, No: 22 then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 23 he said, I am "The voice of "him who crieth in the wilderness, Make straight the way "of the Lord," as said the prophet Isaiah :

24 and they that were sent, were of the Pharisees:

25 and they asked him, and said to him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, neither the prophet?

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water only; 27 but one standeth among you, whom ye know not, who cometh after me; the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.

28 These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

30 this is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me :

31 and I had not known him but, for this cause, that he should be made manifest to Israel, I am come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare testimony, saying, I saw the Spirit de- Matt. iii. 16. scending from heaven like a dove, and it rested upon him :

33 and I had not known him, but that he who sent me to baptize with water, said to me,

Upon whom thou shalt see "the Spirit descending, and "resting on him, the same is "he who baptizeth with the Holy Spirit :"

34 and I saw it, and have borne testimony, that this is the Son of God.

35 Again, the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples;

36 and looking on Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

37 and the two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus:

being interpreted, signifieth Master,) where dwellest thou? 39 he saith to them, Come and see they went and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day; for it was 4 Afternoon. about the tenth hour:

40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two that heard what John said, and followed him.

41 Early in the morning he findeth his brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah, (which, being interpreted, is the Christ, or, Anointed):

42 he brought him to Jesus: and Jesus beholding him, said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Kephas, (which, by interpretation, is Petros, that is, a Stone.)

43 On the following day, he pleased to go from thence into Galilee; and he findeth Philip,

and saith to him, Follow me: 44 and Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter:

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets; Jesus, of Nazareth, the son of Joseph:

46 and Nathanael said to him, Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see.

47 And when Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48 Nathanael saith to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the figtree, I saw thee:

49 Nathanael answered, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel!

50 Jesus answered and said to him, Because I told thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these:

51 and he saith to him, Verily, verily, I tell you all, Ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.

servants, Whatsoever he saith to you, do it:

6 and six waterpots of stone, containing two or three firkins apiece, were standing there, according to the purifying custom of the Jews:

7 Jesus saith to them, Fill the waterpots with water: and they filled them up to the brim:

and he saith to them, Pour out now, and bear it to the chief guest and they bare it : 9 and when the chief guest had tasted the water that was become wine, but knew not from whence it was, (though the servants that had poured out the water knew ;) the chief guest called to the bridegroom, and saith to him ;

10 Every man first setteth down the good wine; and when they have well drunk, that which is less good: but thou hast kept the good wine until

now :

11 this beginning of miracles Jesus wrought, and manifested his glory in Cana of Galilee; and his disciples believed on him.

12 After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; but remained there not many days.

13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem:

4 and he found those that

sold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, sitting in the temple:

15 and making a scourge of small cords, he drove all, both the sheep and the oxen, out of the temple; and cast out the changers' money, and overturned their tables :

16 and to them that sold doves he said, Take these things from hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise:

17 and his disciples remembered that it was written, "The Ps. Ixix. 9. "zeal of thine house hath "eaten me up."

18 The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign shewest thou to us, that thou doest these things?

19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up:

20 then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up within three days?

21 but he spake of the temple of his body:

22 when therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

23 And while he was in Jerusalem, during the feast of the passover, many believed in his