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And they come unto an enclosed piece of ground which was named Gethsemane, and He saith unto His disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray. And He taketh with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed and sore troubled, and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch. And He went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from Him, and said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; remove this cup from Me: howbeit not what I will, but what Thou wilt. And He cometh and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. And again He went away and prayed, saying the same words. And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they knew not what to answer Him. And He cometh the third time and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hand of sinners. Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth Me is at hand. And straightway 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. Now he that betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely. And when he was come, straightway he came to Him, and saith, Rabbi; and kissed Him again and again. And they laid hands on Him and took Him. But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword and smote

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the servant of the high priest and struck off his ear. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize Me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took Me not but this is done that the scriptures might be fulfilled. And they all left Him, and fled. And a certain young man followed with Him, having a linen garment cast about him over his naked body; and they lay hold on him ; but he left the linen cloth and fled naked.

And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and there come together with him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And Peter had followed Him afar off even within into the court of the high priest, and was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire. Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought witness against Jesus to put Him to death, and found it not for many bare false witness against Him, and their witness agreed not together. And there stood up certain and bare false witness against Him, saying, We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands and in three days I will build another made without hands and not even so did their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But He held His peace and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him and saith unto Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am, and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven. And the high priest rent his clothes and saith, What further need have we of witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?

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And they all condemned Him to be worthy of death. And some began to spit on Him and to cover His face and to buffet Him and to say unto Him, Prophesy; and the officers received Him with blows of their hands.

And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest, and seeing Peter warming himself she looked upon him, and saith, Thou also wast with the Nazarene, Jesus: but he denied, saying, I neither know nor understand what thou sayest: and he went out into the porch. And the maid saw him and began again to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. But he again denied it. And after a little while again they that stood by said to Peter, Of a truth thou art one of them, for thou art a Galilæan: but he began to curse and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And straightway the second time the cock crew: and Peter called to mind the word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And when he thought thereon he wept.

And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin held a consultation and bound Jesus and carried Him away and delivered Him up to Pilate. And Pilate asked Him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And He answering saith unto him, Thou sayest. And the chief priests accused Him of many things. And Pilate again asked Him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they accuse Thee of. But Jesus no more answered anything, insomuch that Pilate marvelled. Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner whom they asked of him. And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. And the multi

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tude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them. And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered Him up. But the chief priests stirred up the multitude that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto Him whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify Him? And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath He done? But they 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.

And the soldiers led Him away within the court, which is the Prætorium, and they call together the whole cohort. And they clothe Him with purple, and plaiting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; and they began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote His head with a reed, and did spit upon Him, 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. And they impress one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear His And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. And they offered Him wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not. And they crucify Him, and part His garments among them, casting lots upon them what each should take. And it was the third hour and they crucified Him. And the superscription of His accusation was written

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over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with Him they crucify two robbers, one on His right hand and one on His left. And they that passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads and saying, Ha! Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself and come down from the cross. In like manner also the chief priests mocking Him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others, himself he cannot save : let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with Him reproached Him. And when the sixth hour was come there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, He calleth for Elijah. And one 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 voice and breathed out His life. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion who stood by over against Him saw that He so breathed out His life, he said, Truly this man was a Son of God. And there were 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 ministered unto Him; and many other women who came up with Him unto Jerusalem.

And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, there came Joseph of Arimathæa, a councillor of honorable