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estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God, and he boldly went in unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if He were already dead, and calling unto him the centurion he asked him whether He were already dead: and when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. And he bought a linen cloth, and taking Him down, wound Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices that they might come and anoint Him. And very early on the first day of the week they come to the tomb when the sun was risen. And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb? and looking up they see that the stone is rolled back, for it was exceeding great. And entering into the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the Crucified: He is risen, He is not here: behold, the place where they laid Him! But go, tell His disciples and Peter, He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.

And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had hold upon them and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid :

Now when He was risen early on the first day of the week He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom

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She went and told them

He had cast out seven demons. that had been with Him, as they mourned and wept and they when they heard that He is alive and had been seen by her disbelieved. And after these things He was manifested in another form unto two of them as they walked, on their way into the country: and they went away and told it unto the rest neither believed they them. And afterward He was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and He upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they believed not them that had seen Him after He was risen. And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that believe in My Name shall they cast out demons, they shall speak with tongues, and in their hands they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.

[The two oldest Greek manuscripts, and some other authorities, omit the last paragraph, from verse 9 to the end. Some other authorities have a different ending to the Gospel as follows:

And they shewed forth in a few words to Peter and them that were with him all the things that had been commanded. And after these things Jesus Himself also sent forth by them from the east even unto the west the holy and incorruptible message of eternal salvation.]

ACCORDING TO MATTHEW.

[Matthew, one of the Twelve Apostles, was a member of the despised class of "publicans "when called to be a disciple (Matt. ix., 9). He is usually identified with Levi of Mark ii., 14, and Luke v., 27. In the three lists of the Apostles given in the Gospels he is associated with Thomas as one of the fourth pair of disciples; in his own Gospel his name follows, in the others it precedes, that of Thomas (Matt. x., 3; Mark iii., 18; Luke vi., 15). In the list in Acts i., 13, he is paired with Bartholomew, who is commonly thought to be identical with Nathanael, the " Israelite in whom is no guile" (John i., 47) ].

THE BOOK of the generation of Jesus Christ the Son of David the Son of Abraham.

THE ROYAL GENEALOGY OF THE MESSIAH.

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Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren, and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar, and Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king.

And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah, and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa, and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah, and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, and Hezekiah begat

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Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.

And after the carrying away to Babylon Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations, and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.

THE MESSIAH-CHILD.

His Birth-Homage to the New-Born King by Gentile Magi from Afar-The King of Israel Seeks to Take His Life. Flight into Egypt. Return and Settlement at Nazareth in Galilee of the Gentiles. I. 18-2. 23.

NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST was on this wise. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit and

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she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call His name JESUS, for it is He that shall save His people from their sins. Now all this is come to pass that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bring

forth a son,

And they shall call His name Emmanuel : which is, being interpreted, God with us. And Joseph arose from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called His name Jesus.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is the new-born King of the Jews? for we saw His star in the east and are come to pay homage to Him. And when Herod the king heard it he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him, and gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,

Art in no wise least among the princes of Fudah : For out of thee shall come forth a governor,

Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

Then Herod privily called the Magi and learned of them carefully what time the star appeared, and sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search out carefully concerning the young Child; and when ye have found Him bring me word, that I also may come and pay homage to