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possible, the hour might pass

from him:

36 and he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take this cup from me : nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt!

37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping; and saith to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak:

39 and he went away again, and prayed, and spake the same words:

40 and when he returned, he again found them asleep, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him.

41 And he cometh the third Matt. xxvi. time, and saith to them, Sleep ye afterward and take your rest; the time is past: behold, the hour is come when the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners:

John, xviii. 4. 42 arise, let us go forward; lo, he who betrayeth me is at hand:

43 and immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders:

44 and he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, is he; take him, and lead him away safely:

45 and when he was come, he went straightway to him, and saith, Master! and kissed him: 46 and they laid their hands on him, and took him.

47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answered and said to them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves to take me?

49 I was with you daily in the temple, teaching you, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled:

50 and they all forsook him, and fled :

51 but a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast round his naked body, and they laid hold on him:

52 and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest and with him were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes :

54 and Peter followed him, at a distance, into the court of the high priest; and sat down. with the attendants, and warmed himself at the fire.

55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but they found none: 56 for, many bare false witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree.

57 And some arose, and bare false witness against him, saying,

58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands:

65 And some began to spit on him; and some to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him, Tell which it is: and the attendants smote him with the palms of their hands.

66 And as Peter was below in the court, one of the maids of the high priest cometh;

67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth :

68 but he denied, saying, I

testimonies agree.

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing to that which these testify against thee? but he was silent, and answered nothing.

61 The high priest again asked him, and said to him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

62 and Jesus said, I am : Matt. xxvi. and ye all will see the Son of

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man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, Why have we any further need of witnesses?

64 ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? and they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

what thou sayest:

69 and he went out into the fore-court; and the maid there, beholding him, said to them that stood by, This is one of them and he denied again: 70 and a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Truly thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean:

71 but he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak: 72 and immediately the cock crew a second time; and Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, Before the cock crow twice, thou wilt deny me thrice; and when he thought thereon, he wept.

having consulted with the elders and scribes, even the whole council, bound Jesus, and brought him away, and delivered him to Pilate:

2 and Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? and he answered and said to him, Thou sayest.

3 And the chief priests accused him of many things:

4 and Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they testify against thee:

5 but Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

6 And at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whichever they asked:

7 and one, named Barabbas, had been imprisoned with the insurgents that had committed murder in the insurrection :

8 and the multitude went up, and began to ask him to do as he had always done to them :

9 and Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews?

10 for he knew that they had delivered him through malice: 11 but the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.

12 And Pilate again answered, and said to them, What then, say ye, shall I do with the King of the Jews?

13 and they again cried out, Crucify him!

14 and Pilate said to them, Why, what evil hath he done? but they cried out the more vehemently, Crucify him! 15 and Pilate, willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas; and after he had scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

16 And the soldiers led him away, into the hall which is called Pretorium; and they call together the whole band: 17 and they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it round his head;

18 and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19 and they struck him on the head with a reed, and spat on him; and bending their knees, made obeisance to him:

20 and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.

21 And they impress one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, (the father of Alexander and Rufus,) to bear his cross:

22 and they bring him to the place called Golgotha, which, being interpreted, is, The place of a Skull.

23 And they gave him wine

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received it not.

24 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, what each should take.

25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him :

26 and the inscription of his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS:

27 and with him they crucify two thieves; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

28 And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying,

29 Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; save thyself, and come down from the cross.

30 Likewise also the chief priests, with the scribes, mocking him among themselves, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save:

31 let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe they, also, that were crucified with him, reviled him.

32 And when it was the sixth hour, darkness came over the

3, Afternoon. whole land, until the ninth hour:

33 and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Elo-i, Elo-i, la-ma sa

terpreted, is, " My God, my "God, why hast thou for"saken me?"

34 and some of them that stood by, when they heard him, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah;

35 and as one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on a reed, and gave it him to drink, they say, Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come and take him down: 36 and Jesus, crying out again with a loud voice, expired:

37 and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

38 And when the centurion that stood by, over against him, saw that he so expired, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God!

39 And certain women also were looking on from a distance; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

40 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

41 And as it was now evening, because it was the preparation day, (that is, the day before the sabbath,)

42 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who

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also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus:

43 and Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling to him the centurion, asked him, if he was already dead?

44 and when he knew it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph:

45 and he bought linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which had been hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre:

46 and Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

CHAPTER XVIII.

AND when the sabbath was

set, Saturday. past, Mary Magdalene, Luke, xxiii. and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that they might go and

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anoint him:

week, long before the rising of the sun, they went to the sepulchre;

3 and they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulchre?

4 but looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled away: (for it was very great :)

5 And going into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, clothed in a white robe, and they were affrighted:

6 and he saith to them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they had laid him:

7 but go, tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee ye will see him there, as he told you. c. xvi. 28. 8 And they came out, and fled from the sepulchre, for tremor and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to any one as they went, for Matt. xxviii.