20 his doctrine. Jesus answered, I spoke openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, whither, the Jews constantly 21 resort. I said nothing in secret. Why do you examine me? Examine 22 them who heard me teach. They know what I said. When he had

spoken thus, one of the officers who attended, gave him a blow, and said, 23 Do you answer the high priest thus? Jesus replied, If I have spoken amiss, show in what the wrong consists: but if well, why do you smite 24 me? Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

25 As Peter stood warming himself, they asked him, Are not you also one 26 of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not. One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman to him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, Did 27 not I see you in the garden with him? Peter denied again; and immedi ately the cock crew.

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Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the pretorium: it was now morning; but the Jews entered not the pretorium, lest they 29 should be defiled, and so not in a condition to eat the passover. Pilate,

therefore, went out to them, and said, Of what do you accuse this man? 30 They answered, If he were not a criminal, we would not have delivered 31 him to you. Pilate said, Then take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews replied, We are not permitted to put 32 any man to death. And thus, what Jesus had spoken, signifying what death he should die, was accomplished.

33 Then Pilate returned to the pretorium, and having called Jesus, said to 34 him, Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus answered, Do you say this 35 of yoursell, or did others tell you concerning me? Pilate replied, "Am I

a Jew? Your own nation, yes, the chief priests, have delivered you to 36 me. What have you done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my adherents would have fought to prevent my falling into the hands of the Jews; but my kingdom 37 is not hence. Then Pilate said, You are a King then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a King. For this I was born; and for this I came into the world, to give testimony to the truth. Whosoever is of the truth, 38 hearkens to me. Pilate asked him, What is truth? and so saying, went out again to the Jews, and said to them, For my part, I find nothing cul39 pable in this man. But since it is customary, that I release to you one at 40 the passover, will you that I release to you the King of the Jews? Then they all cried, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

XIX. Then Pilate caused him to be scourged. And the soldiers crowned him with a wreath of thorn, which they had platted; and hav 3 ing thrown a purple mantle about him, said, Hail! King of the Jews! 4 and gave him blows on the face. Pilate went out again, and said to them, Lo, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find in him 5 nothing culpable. Jesus then went forth, wearing the crown of thorns 6 and the purple mantle, and Pilate said to them, Behold the man! When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify 7 him; fer my part, I find no fault in him. The Jews answered, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he assumed the title of Son of God.

8. When Pilate heard this, he was the more afraid; and having returned 10 to the pretorium, said to Jesus, Whence are you? But Jesus gave him no 11 answer. Then Pilate said to him, Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to crucify you, and power to release you? Jesus replied, You could have no power over ine, unless it were given you from above; wherefore he, who delivered me to you, has the greater sin. 12 From that fime Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews exclaimed, li you release this man, you are not Cesar's friend. Whoever calls himself King, opposes Cerar.

13 Pilate, on bearing these words, ordered Jesus to be brought forth, an!

sat down on the tribunal, in a place named The Pavement, in Hebrew, 14 Gabbatha. (Now it was the preparation of the Paschal Sabbath, about 15 the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, Behold your King. But they

cried out. Away, away with him; crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no 16 King but Cesar. He delivered him, therefore, to them, to be crucified. 17 Then they took Jesus and led him away. And he carrying his cross, went out to a place called The Place of Skulls, which is in Hebrew, 18 Golgotha, where they crucified him, and two others with him; one on 19 each side, and Jesus in the middle. Pilate also wrote a title, and put it

upon the cross. The words were, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE 20 KING OF THE JEWS. And many of the Jews read this title, (for the place, where Jesus was crucified was nigh the city,) and it was written 21 in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin: then the chief priests said to Pilate, Write not The King of the Jews; but Who calls himself King of the 22 Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. 23 When the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his mantle, and divided it into four parts, one to every soldier: they also ook the 24 coat, which was seamless, woven from the top throughout; ad said, among themselves, Let us not tear it, but determine by lot whom it shall be; by this verifying the scripture, which says, "They shared my mantle among them, and cast lots for my vesture." Thus, therefore, acted the soldiers.

Now, there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and her sister 26 Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene. Then Jesus observing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing by, said to 27 his mother, Woman, behold your son. Then he said to the disciple, Behold your mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to hit own home.

28 After this, Jesus, (knowing that all was now accomplished,) that the 29 scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. As there was a vessel there full of vinegar, they filled a sponge with vinegar, and, having fastened 30 it to a twig of hyssop, held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and bowing his head, yielded up his spirit.

31 The Jews, therefore, lest the bodies should remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for it was the preparation, (and that Sabbath was a great day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and the bodies might be 32 removed. Accordingly, the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, 33 and of the other, who were crucified with him. But when they came to

Jesus, and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs 34 But one of the soldiers, with a spear, pierced his side, whence blood and 35 water immediately issued. He was an eye-witness, who attests this, and

his testimony deserves credit: nay, he is conscious that he speaks truth, 36 that you may believe. For these things happened, that the scripture 37 might be verified, "None of his bones shall be broken." Again, the scrip ture elsewhere says, "They shall look on him whom they have pierced.

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SECTION XII.

The Resurrection.

AFTER this, Joseph, the Arimathean, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed disciple for fear of the Jews, asked permission of Pilate to take away the body of Jesus; which Pilate having granted. he went, 39 and took the body of Jesus. Nicodemus also, who had formerly repaired to Jesus by night, came, and brought a mixture of myrrh and 40 aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds. These men took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen rollers, with the spices, which is the 41 Jewish manner of embalming. Now, in the place where he was cruci fied, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, wherein ro que

42 had ever yet been laid. There they deposited Jesus, on account of the Jewish preparation, the tomb being near.

XX. The first day of the week, Mary, the Magdalene, went early to the sepulchre, while it was yet dark, and saw that the stone had been 2 removed from the entrance. Then she came running to Simon Peter, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken the Master out of the sepulchre, and we know not where 3 they have laid him. Immediately Peter went out, and the other disciple, 4 to go to the sepulchre. And both ran together, but the other disciple 5 outran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre; and stooping down, he saw 6 the linen rollers lying, but went not in. Then came Simon Peter, who followed him, and went into the sepulchre, where he observed the rollers 7 lying; and the handkerchief which had been wrapped about his head, not 8 laid beside them, but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who came first to the sepulchre, entered also; and he saw, and be 9 lieved the report. For, as yet, they did not understand from the scrip10 tures, that he was to ri e from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their companions.

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But Mary stood without, near the sepulchre, weeping. As she wept, 12 stooping down to look into the sepulchre, she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head, the other at the 13 feet. And they said to her, Woman, why do you weep? She answered,

Because they have taken away my Master, and I know not where they 14 have laid him. Having said this, she turned about, and saw Jesus stand15 ing, but knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, Woman, why do

you weep? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, answered, Sir. if you have conveyed him hence, tell me where you have 16 laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus said to her, Mary. She, turn 17 ing, said to him, Rabboni; that is, Teacher. Jesus said to her, Touch. me

not. for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and your 18 God. Mary, the Magdalene, wènt and informed the disciples, that she had seen the Master, and that he had spoken these things to her.

19 In the evening of that day, the first of the week, Jesus caine where the disciples were convened, (the doors having been shut for fear of the Jews,) 20 and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you. Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples, therefore, 21 rejoiced when they saw it was their Master, Jesus said again to them, 22 Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, so do I send you. After these words he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy 23 Spirit. Whose sins soever you remit, are remitted to them; and whose sins soever you retain, are retained.

24 Now Thomas, that is, Didymus, one of the twelve, was not with 25 them, when Jesus came. The other discipies, therefore, said to him, We

have seen the Master. But he answered, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger to the print of the nails, and my 26 hand to his side, I will not believe. Eight days after, the disciples be ing again in the house, and Thomas with them, Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you. 27 Then turning to Thomas, Reach hither your finger, he said, and look at my hands; reach also your hand, and feel my side; and be not incredu 28 lous, but believe. Thomas answered, and said to him, My Lord, and 29 my God! Jesus replied, Because you see me, you believe: happy they, who, having never seen, shall nevertheless believe.

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Many other miracles Jesus likewise performed in the presence of his 31 disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are recorded, that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and, that believing, you may have life through his name.

XXI.-Afterwards, Jesus again appeared to the disciples, at the sea of 2 Tiberias; and in this manner he appeared. Sinion Peter and Thomas,

that is, Didymus, Nathanael of Cana, in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and 3 two other disciples of Jesus, being together, Simon Peter said, I am going a-fishing. They answered, We will go with you. Immediately they 4 went, and got aboard a bark, but that night caught nothing. In the morning Jesus stood on the shore; the disciples, however, knew not that it 6 was Jesus. Jesus said to them, My children, have you any victuals? They 6 answered, No. Cast the net, cried he, on the right side of the bark, and you will find. They did so, but were not able to draw it, by reason of 7 the multitude of fishes. Then that disciple whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, It is the Master. Simon Peter, hearing that it was the 'Master, girt on his upper garment (which he had laid aside) and threw himself 8 into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, (for they were not farther from land than about two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with 9 the fishes. When they came ashore, they saw a fire burning, and fish 10 laid thereon, and bread. Jesus said to them, Bring of the fishes which If you have now taken. Simon Peter went back, and drew the net to land, full of large fishes, a hundred and fifty-three; and the net was not rent, 12 notwithstanding the number. Jesus said to them, Come and dine. Meantime none of the disciples ventured to ask him, Who are you? 13 knowing that it was the Master. Jesus drew near, and taking bread and 14 fish, distributed among them. This is the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples, after his resurrection.

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When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He answered, Yes, Lord, you know 16 that I love you. Jesus replied, Feed my lambs. A second time he said, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He answered, Yes, Lord, you 17 know that I love you. Jesus replied, Tend my sheep. A third time be said, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter, grieved at his asking this question a third time, answered, Lord, you know all things; you know 18 that I love you. Jesus replied, Feed my sheep. Most assuredly, I say to you, in your youth you girt yourself, and went whither you would; but in your old age, you shall stretch out your hands, and another will gird you, 19 and carry you whither you would not. This he spoke, signifying by what death he should glorify God. After these words he said to him, Follow me.

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And Peter turning about, saw the disciple, whom Jesus loved, follow. ing, (the same who, leaning on his breast at the supper, had asked who it 21 was, that would betray him.) Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, And what, 22 Lord, shall become of this man? Jesus answered, If I will that he wait 23 my return, what is that to you? Follow me. Hence arose the rumor among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; nevertheless Jesus said not, that he should not die; but, If I will, that he wait my return, what is that to you?

24 It is this disciple, who attests these things, and wrote this account; 25 and we know that his testimony deserves credit. There were many other things also performed by Jesus, which, were they to be severally related, I imagine, the world itself could not contain the volumes that would be written.

THE

ACTS OF APOSTLES,

WRITTEN BY LUKE.

[PUBLISHED IN ROME, A. D. 64.]

LUKE'S PREFACE.

And Recapitulation of the close of his former Narrative.

I-THE former narrative I composed, O Theophilus, concerning all 2 things which Jesus began both to do and teach, even to the day in which he was taken up, after he had, by the Holy Spirit, given charge to the 3 Apostles, whom he had chosen. To whom also he presented himself alive after his sufferings, by many infallible proofs; being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. 4 And having assembled them together, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said 5 he, you have heard from me. For John, indeed, immersed in water, but 6 you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, within a few days. They, therefore, being assembled together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou, 7 at this time, restore the kingdom to Israel? But he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father has reserved 8 to himself. But you shall receive power by the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 9 Samaria, and even to the remotest parts of the earth. And, having said these things, while they beheld, he was lifted up, and a cloud received 10 him out of their sight. And while they were stedfastly looking up to heaven, as he ascended, behold two men in white raiment stood near 11 them; who also said, Galileans, why do you stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall also come, in the 12 same manner as you have seen him going to heaven. Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the Mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.

13 And when they were come into the city, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alpheus, and 14 Simon the Zealot, and Judas brother of James. These all unanimously persevered in prayer, with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

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SECTION I.

The appointment of an Apostle in room of Judas.

AND in these days Peter, rising up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of persons assembled, was about a hundred and twenty.) 16 said, Brethren, it was necessary this scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit formerly spoke, by the mouth of David, with respect to 17 Judas, who became the guide of those that apprehended Jesus: (for he