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SECTION XIV.
The Crucifixion.

THEN they seized him, and led him away to the high priest's house. 55 And Peter followed, at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the

middle of the court, and were sitting round it, Peter sat down among 66 them. And a maid servant, baving observed him sitting by the fire, and 57 viewed him attentively, said, This man also was with him. But he dis58 owned him, saying, Woman, I know him rot. A little while after, an

other seeing him, said, You also, are one of them. Peter answered, Man, 59 I am not. About an hour after, another averred the same thing, say. 60 ing, This man was surely with him, for he is a Galilean. Peter answered, Man, I know nothing of this matter. And just as he spoke the 61 word, a cock crew. Then the Lord, turning, looked upon Peter, and Peter called to mind the word which the Lord had said to him, Before 62 the cock crow, you will disown me thrice. And he went out and wept bitterly.

63. Meantime, they who had Jesus in charge, mocked and beat him; and, having blindfolded him, struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, 65 Divine who it is that smote you. And many other abusive things they said against him.

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As soon as it was day, the national senate, with the chief priests and scribes, were assembled, and having caused him to be brought into their 67 council-chamber, said to him, If you be the Messiah, tell us. He an68 swered, If I tell you, you will not believe: and if I put a question, you 69 will neither answer me, nor acquit me. Hereafter the Son of Man shall 70 be seated at the right hand of Almighty God. They all replied, You are, 71 then, the Son of God? He answered, You say the truth. Then they cried, What further need have we of evidence? We have heard enough our selves, from his own mouth.

XXIII. And the assembly broke up, and conducted Jesus to Pilate: 2 And they accused him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, calling himself Messiah the king. 3 Then Pilate, asking him, said, You are the King of the Jews? He ad 4 swered, You say right. Pilate said to the chief priests and the multi 5 tude, I find nothing criminal in this man. But they became more vehement, adding, He raised sedition among the people, by the doctrine which he spread through all Judea, from Galilee, where he began, to 6 this place. When Pilate heard them mention Galilee, he asked, whe 7 ther the man were a Galilean. Ad finding that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also then at Je rusalem.

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And Herod was very glad to see Jesus: it was what he had long desired; having heard much of him, and hoping to see him perform some 9 miracle. He, therefore, asked him many questions, but Jesus returned 10 him no answer. Yet the chief priests and the scribes, who were present, 11 accused him with eagerness. But Herod and his military train despised

him and having in derision arrayed him in a splendid robe, remanded 12 him to Pilate. On that day Pilate and Herod became friends; for before, they had been at enmity.

13 Pila e, having convened the chief priests, the magistrates, and the 14 people, said to them, You have brought this man before me, as one who excites the people to revolt; yet, having examined him in your presence, I have not found him guilty of any of those crimes, of which you ac 15 cuse him. Neither has Herod; for I referred you to him. Be assured, 16 then, that he has done nothing to deserve death. I will therefore chas 17 tise him, and release him. For it was necessary, that he should release 18 one to them, at the festival. Then all cried out together, Away with this 19 man, and release to us Barabbas. Now Barabbas had been imprisoned 20 for raising sedition in the city, and for murder. Pilate, willing to release

21 Jesus, again expostulated. But they cried, saying, Crucify! crucify him! 22 A third time he repeated, Why? What evil has this man done? I do not

find him guilty of any capital crime; I will therefore chastise him, and 23 release him. But they persisted, demanding, with much clamor, that he might be crucified. At last their clamors, and those of the chief priests, 24 prevailed: and Pilate pronounced sentence, that it should be as they 25 desired. Accordingly, be released a man, who had been imprisoned for sedition and murder, whom they required, and gave up Jesus to their will.

26 As they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him, that he might bear it 27 after Jesus. And a great multitude followed him, amongst whom were 28 many women, who lamented and bewailed him. But Jesus turning to

them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for 29 yourselves, and for your children: for the days are coming, in which

they shall say, Happy the barren, the wombs which never bare, and the 30 breasts which never gave suck! Then they shall cry to the mountains, 31 Fall on us; and to the bills, Cover us for if it fare thus with the green 32 tree, how shall it fare with the dry? And two malefactors were also led with him to execution.

33 When they came to the place called Calvary, they there nailed him to a cross, and the malefactors also; one at his right hand, the other at his 34 left. And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they 35 do. And they parted his garments by lot. While the people stood ga

zing, even their rulers joined them in ridiculing him, and saying, This man saved others: let him save himself, if he be the Messiah, the elect of 36 God. The soldiers likewise mocked him, coming and offering him vine37 gar, and saying, If you be the King of the Jews, save yourself. There was also an inscription over his head in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

39 Now, one of the malefactors who suffered with him, reviled him, 40 saying, If you be the Messiah, save yourself and us. The other, rebuking

him, answered, Have you no fear of G d, you who are undergoing the 41 same punishment? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due re42 ward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss. And he said

to Jesus, Remember me, Lord, when thou comest to thy kingdom. Jesus 43 answered, Indeed, I say to you, To-day you shall be with me in paradise. 44 And, about the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land, which 45 lasted till the ninth. The sun was darkened, and the veil of the tem46 ple was rent in the midst. And Jesus said with a loud voice, Father,

into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having thus said, he expired. 47 Then, the centurion, observing what had happened, gave glory to God; 48 saying, Assuredly this was a righteous man. Nay, all the people who were present at this spectacle, and saw what passed, returned, beating 49 their breasts. And all his acquaintance, and the women who had fol lowed him from Galiler, standing at a distance, beheld these things.

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SECTION XV.

The Resurrection.

NOW, from Arimathea, a city of Judea, there was a senator, named 51 Joseph, a good and just man; who had not concurred in the resolutions and proceedings of the rest; and who, himself, also expected the Reign 62 of God. This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And

having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb cut 54 in stone, in which no man had ever been deposited. Now that day was the 56 preparation, and the Sabbath approached. And the women, who had ac

companied Jesus from Galilee, followed Joseph, and observed the tomb, 66 and how the body was laid. When they returned, they provided spicer and ointments, and then rested the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

XXIV. But the first day of the week, they went by day-break, with some others, to the tomb, carrying the spices which they had provided; 2 and found the stone rolled away from the tomb; and having entered, they 4 found not the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were in perplexity on this account, behold, two men stood by them, in robes of a dazzling 5 brightness. The women being affrighted, and fixing their eyes on the ground, these said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen; remember how he spoke to you, before he 7 left Galilee, saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands 8 of sinners, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. Then they re

membered his words. 9 On their return from the tomb, they reported the whole matter to the 10 eleven, and to all the other disciples. It was Mary the Magdalene, and Jo

anna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them, who 11 told these things to the Apostles: but their account appeared to them as 12 idle tales; they gave them no credit. Peter, however, arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, saw nothing there but the linen lying. And he went away, musing with astonishment on what had happened.

The same day, as two of the disciples were travelling to a village 14 named Emmaus, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, they conversed together 15 about all these events. While they were conversing and reasoning, Je16 sus himself joined them, and went along with them. But their eyes 17 were so affected, that they did not know him. And he said to them, What subjects are these, about which you confer together? and why are 18 you dejected? And one of them, named Cleopas, answered, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and do not know the things which have happen19 ed there so lately? What things? said he. They answered, Concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet, powerful in word and deed, be fore God and all the people; how our chief priests and magistrates have delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. As for us, we trusted that it had been he, who should have redeemed Israel. Beside all this, to-day being the third day since these things happened, 22 some women of our company have astonished us; for having gone early 23 to the tomb, and not found his body, they came and told us, that they had 24 seen a vision of angels, who said that he is alive. And, some of our men went to the tomb, and found matters exactly as the women had related; but him they saw not.

Then he said to them, O thoughtless men, and backward to believe 26 things which have been all predicted by the prophets! Ought not the 27 Messiah thus to suffer, and so to enter into his glory? Then beginning

with Moses, and proceeding through all the prophets, he explained to 28 them all the passages relating to himself. When they came near the

village, whither they were travelling, he seemed as intending to go far 29 ther; but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it grows late, 30 and the day is far spent. And he went to abide with them. While they

were at table together, he took the loaf, and blessed and broke it, and dis 31 tributed to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they knew him; 32 and he disappeared. And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us on the road, and expounded to us the scriptures?

Immediately they arose, and returned to Jerusalem, where they found 34 the eleven, and the rest of their company assembled, who said, The Mas35 ter is actually risen, and has appeared to Simon. These also recounted what had happened on the road, and how he was made known to them in breaking the loaf.

While they discoursed in this manner, he stood in the midst of them, 37 and said, Peace be to you. But they were amazed and affrighted, ima38 gining that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, Why are you alarm. 39 ed? And wherefore do suspicions arise in your hearts? Behold my hands

and my feet; it is I myself; handle me and be convinced; for a spirit has

40 not flesh and bones as you see me have. Saying this, he showed them 41 his hands and his feet. While yet they believed not, for joy and amazo42 ment, he said to them, Have you here any thing to eat? And they gave 43 him a piece of broiled fish, and of a honey comb, which he took and eat in 44 their presence. And he said to them, This is what I told you while I re

mained with you, that all the things which are written concerning me, in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, must be 45 accomplished. Then he opened their minds, that they might under46 stand the scriptures; and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it be. 47 hoved the Messiah to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that reformation, and the remission of sins, should be proclaimed, in his 48 name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Now you are wit 49 nesses of these things; and behold I send you that which my Father has promised; but do you continue in this city, until you be invested with power from above.

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He then led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up his hands, and bless 51 ed them. And while he was blessing them, he was parted from them, and 52 carried up into heaven. And having worshipped him, they returned to 53 Jerusalem with great joy; and were constantly in the temple, praising and blessing God.

THE

TESTIMONY

OF

JOHN,

THE APOSTLE.

[FIRST PUBLISHED IN EPHESUS, A. D. 68.]

JOHN'S PREFACE.

L-IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 2 and the Word was God. This was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without him not a single creature was 4 made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shone in darkness; but the darkness received it not.

SECTION I.

The Testimony of John the Immerser.

6. A MAN, named John, was sent from God. This man came as a wit ness to testify concerning the light, that through him all might believe 8 He was not himself the light, but came to testify concerning the light. 9 The true light was he, who, coming into the world, enlightens every

man.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world 11 knew him not. He came to his own land, and his own people did not 12 receive him; but to as many as received him, believing in his name, be 13 granted the privilege of being children of God; who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.

And the Word became incarnate, and sojourned amongst us (and we bebeld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.) full of fa 15 vor and truth. (It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He, of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to nie; 16 for he was before me.) Of his fulness we all have received, even favor 17 for favor's sake: for the law was given by Moses;-the favor and the 18 truth came by Jesus Christ, No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.

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Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and 20 Levites, from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you? he acknowledged, 21 and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah. And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are 22 you the Prophet? He answered, No. They said. Tell then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you