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compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alex22 ander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him unto the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, the place of a skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled 24 with myrrh: but he received it not. And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every 25 man should take. And it was the third hour, 26 and they crucified him. And the superscrip

tion of his accusation was written over, THE 27 KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they

crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand. 28 and the other on his left. And the scripture

was fulfilled, which saith, he was numbered 29 with the transgressors. And they who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Aha, thou that destroyest the tem30 ple, and buildest it in three days, save thy31 self, and come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking, said among themselves, with the scribes, He saved others; 32 himself he cannot save. Let this Christ, this King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they who 33 were crucified with him reviled him. And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land, until the 34 ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, (being interpreted,) My God, My God, why hast thou $5 forsaken me? And some of them that stood

by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he call36 eth Elijah. 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 see whether Elijah will come to take him down. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and expired. 38 And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom.

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And when the centurion, who stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and expired, he said, Truly this man was the Son 40 of God. There were also women looking on afar off, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less, and 41 of Joses, and Salome; who also when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many other women who came up with him unto Jerusalem.

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And now, when the even was come (because it was the preparation, that is, the day 43 before the sabbath) Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave 46 the body to Joseph. And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the

'That is, a prophet, a righteous man-See Luke xxiii, 47.

47 door of the sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

CHAP. XVI.

1 AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they 2 might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre, before the rising of 3 the sun :* And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the 4 door of the sepulchre ?* And when they look. ed, they saw that the stone was rolled away 5 (for it was very great.) And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; 6 and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: ye seck Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid 7 him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him as he said unto you. 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled, and were amiazed: neither did they say any thing to any one; for they were afraid.

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Now when Jesus was risen early, the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary

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Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven deAnd she went and told them who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

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After that, he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked and went 13 into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

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Afterwards he appeared unto the eleven, as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardness of heart, because they believed not them who had seen him 15 after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gos16 pel to every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believ17 eth not, shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak 18 with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

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So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat 20 on the right hand of God.* And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the doctrine with contemporaneous miracles. Amen.

* That is, was endowed with great power. ii. 83, 36.

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PREFACE TO LUKE'S GOSPEL.

MOST learned men in the Christian church have believed Luke, the writer of this gospel, to be the "beloved physician," mentioned by the apostle Paul, in one of his epistles; and he is supposed to have been favored with a learned education. Some assert that he was among the first who preached Christ to the heathens. See Acts xiii. 1. It is a common opinion also, that he was a citizen of Antioch, in Syria; and that there he first became acquainted with St. Paul, whom he afterwards accompanied in many of his missionary journies. In the Acts of the Apostles, universally ascribed to him, he speaks as one who attended that apostle in many of his journies to christianise the gentile world. He had, therefore, an opportunity of obtaining a perfect knowledge of the doctrines of the gospel. He informs us that he was also acquainted with those who were eye-witnesses of our Savior's miracles, and from whom he received the account given in his history.

In the introduction to his gospel, St. Luke speaks of other narratives concerning Christ, which he considers imperfect. He certainly does not refer to the gospel of Matthew or Mark, though probably written a short time before his ; for he would not have spoken of them in this manner. The probability is, that when he wrote his gospel he had not seen those of Matthew and Mark; but some very concise and partial accounts, which had been written by those not fully acquainted with the whole history of Christ. We are not to suppose, that these accounts contained any false relations; but only that they were incomplete. This consideration induced him to give a more perfect narrative. And to this he was probably solicited by Theophilus, to whom his gospel and his history of the early labors of the apostles are addressed. This indeed is the reason suggested in the beginning of his gospel. Christian writers of the second and third century were of opinion, that Luke wrote his gospel soon after Matthew and Mark, but without any

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