38 and all the people came to him in the temple, early in the morning, to hear him. CHAPTER XXII. bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house into which he entereth: 11 and ye shall say to the owner of the house, The Master saith to thee, Where is the AND the feast of the days of guestchamber, where I shall unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near; 2 and the chief priests and scribes were seeking how they might kill him; but they feared the people. 3 And Satan entered into Judas surnamed Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve ; 4 and he went, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them: 5 and they were glad, and agreed to give him money; 6 and he promised, and sought an opportunity, to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. 7 And the first day of unleavened bread came, in which the passover was to be sacrificed; 8 and he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat it : 9 and they said to him, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover? 10 and he said to them, Behold, when ye have entered the City, a man will meet you, eat the passover with my disciples ? 12 and he will shew you a large upper room ready spread; there prepare ye: 13 and they went, and found as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover. 14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him: 15 and he said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffer: 16 yet I tell you, that I will not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God: 17 and he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves : 18 for I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God is come. 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and 1 Cor. xi. 22. gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me: 20 in like manner, also, after they had supped, he took the cup, saying, This cup, is the New Covenant in my blood which is shed for you; 21 nevertheless, behold, the hand of him who betrayeth me, is with me on the table: 22 and truly, the Son of man goeth, as hath been determined; but, wo to that man by whom he is betrayed! 23 and they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it could be, that was about to do this thing. 24 And there had been even a contention among them, which of them should be accounted Matt. xviii. 1. greatest: 25 and he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that employ authority upon them, are called benefactors: 26 but ye shall not do so: but, let the greatest among you be as the youngest; and he that is chief, as he that serveth : 27 for, which is greater, he who sitteth at table, or he who serveth? is not he who sitteth John, xiii. 12. at table? yet I am among you as one that serveth. 28 But ye are they who have continued with me throughout my trials: 29 and, as my Father hath ordained for me a kingdom; so also I ordain for you, that ye shall eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom; and Rev. iii. 21. shall sit on thrones, judging Matt. xix. 28. the twelve tribes of Israel. 30 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to sift you all as corn: 31 but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and, when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren: 32 and he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both to prison, and to death: 33 and he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until thou hast thrice denied that thou knowest me. 34 And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and wallet, and shoes, needed ye any thing? and they said, Nothing: 35 and he said to them, But now, let him that hath a purse take it, and likewise a wallet; and let him that hath no sword sell his garment, and buy one : v. 37. 39 and when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray ye, that ye may not enter into temptation. 40 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 41 saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done! 42 and when he rose up from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow; 43 and he said to them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation. 44 While he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him: 45 and Jesus said to him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? 46 and they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? 47 and one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear: 48 and Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far; and thus far; and he touched his ear, and healed him. 49 And Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, who were come to him, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? 50 when I was with you daily in the temple, ye stretched not out your hands against me: but, this is your hour, and the power of darkness: 51 and they took him, and led him away, and brought him to the house of the high priest: and Peter followed at a distance. 52 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them : 53 and a maid, seeing him sitting by the fire, and fixing her eyes on him, said, This man also was with him: 54 and he denied, saying, Woman, I know him not: 55 and after a little while, another saw him, and said, Thou also art one of them: and Peter said, Man, I am not: 56 and about one hour after, another insisted, saying, Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean: 57 and Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest: and immediately, while he was yet speaking, the cock crew: 58 and the Lord turned, and looked at Peter: 59 and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the cock crow this day, thou wilt deny me thrice; and he went out, and wept bitterly. 60 And the men that held Jesus, mocked him, and smote him: 61 and they blindfolded him, and struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Tell which it is that struck thee? 62 and many other things they said blasphemously to him. 63 And when it was day, the elders of the people, and chief priests, and scribes, assembled together, and brought him into the council, saying, Tell us if thou art the Christ? 64 and he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not believe; and if I also ask you any thing, ye will not answer me : 65 but, from this time, the Son of man will be seated on the right hand of the power of God: 66 and they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? and he said to them, Ye say that I am : 67 and they said, What further need have we oftestimony? for we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. CHAPTER XXIII. 2 and they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to render tribute to Cesar; and saying, that he himself is Christ, a King: 3 and Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? and he answered him and said, Thou sayest. 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no guilt in this man: 5 and they were the more earnest, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, even to this place. 6 When Pilate heard this, he inquired if the man were a Galilean? 7 and when he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at that time in Jerusalem: 8 and when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had been for a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard of him; and hoped to see some miracle done by him: 9 and he questioned him, with many words; but he answered him nothing: 10 and the chief priests and scribes stood by, and vehe AND the whole body of them mently accused him: arose, and brought him to Pilate : 11 and Herod, with his soldiers, set him at nought; and mocking him, arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him back to Pilate : 12 and Herod and Pilate were made friends that day: for before, they were at enmity between themselves. 13 And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14 said to them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one who perverteth the people: and, behold, I have examined him before you, and have found in this man no guilt of the things of which ye accuse him: 15 nor yet Herod; for he hath sent him back to you, and, lo, nothing worthy of death hath been done by him: 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him: 17 and they all cried out, saying, Away with this man! and release to us Barabbas ; (who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.) 18 Then Pilate, wishing to Acts, iii. 13. release Jesus, spake to them. again; 19 but they cried out, saying, Crucify him! crucify him! 20 and he said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no guilt of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and release him: 21 and they were urgent, with loud voices, requiring that he should be crucified: 22 and their voices prevailed; and Pilate gave sentence, that it should be done as they required; 23 and he released to them him whom they desired, who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison; but he delivered up Jesus to their will. 24 And as they led him away, they seized on one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and laid on him the cross, that he should bear it after Jesus: 25 and a great number of the people followed him : also of women, who bewailed and lamented him; 26 but Jesus turning to these, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children: 27 for behold, the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps that never gave suck: 28 then will they begin to say to the mountains, "Fall Hos. x. 8. "on us; and to the hills, Cover "us:" 29 for, if they do these things in a green tree, what will befall the dry! c. xix. 41. |