(12)And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they killed the pa.s.sover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the pa.s.sover? (13)And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them: Go into the city, and there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.

(14)And where he shall go in, say to the master of the house: The Teacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, in which I may eat the pa.s.sover with my disciples? (15)And he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready; there prepare for us. (16)And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said to them; and they made ready the pa.s.sover.

(17)And at evening he comes with the twelve. (18)And as they were reclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me, one that eats with me! (19)And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one: Is it I? And another said: Is it I? (20)And he answering said to them: It is one of the twelve, one that dips with me into the dish. (21)The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born.

(22)And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke, and gave it to them, and said: Take it; this is my body. (23)And taking the cup, he gave thanks, and gave it to them; and they all drank of it. (24)And he said to them: This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many. (25)Verily I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of G.o.d.

(26)And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.

(27)And Jesus says to them: All ye will be offended; because it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

(28)But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

(29)And Peter said to him: Though all shall be offended, yet will not I. (30)And Jesus says to him: Verily I say to thee, that thou this day, in this night, before a c.o.c.k crows twice, wilt thrice deny me.

(31)But he said the more vehemently: If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. Likewise also said they all.

(32)And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples: Sit ye here, while I shall pray. (33)And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be troubled. (34)And he says to them: My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, unto death; tarry here, and watch. (35)And going forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pa.s.s from him. (36)And he said: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.

(37)And he comes, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? (38)Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

(39)And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. (40)And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.

(41)And he comes the third time, and says to them: Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest[14:41]? It is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

(42)Rise, let us go; behold, he that betrays me is at hand.

(43)And immediately, while he was yet speaking, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a mult.i.tude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (44)And his betrayer had given them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold of him, and lead him away securely. (45)And coming, he goes straightway to him, and says: Master, Master; and kissed him.

(46)And they laid their hands on him, and held him fast. (47)And one of those standing by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and took off his ear. (48)And Jesus answering said to them: Came ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me?

(49)I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold of me; but that the Scriptures might be fulfilled! (50)And all forsook him, and fled.

(51)And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men lay hold of him. (52)And leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

(53)And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him a.s.sembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. (54)And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest, and was sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.

(55)And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none.

(56)For many bore false witness against him; but their testimonies agreed not together. (57)And certain ones rose up, and bore false witness against him, saying: (58)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. (59)And not even so did their testimony agree.

(60)And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?

(61)But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? (62)And Jesus said: I am; and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. (63)And the high priest, rending his clothes, says: What further need have we of witnesses? (64)Ye heard the blasphemy. What think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

(65)And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.

(66)And Peter being below in the court, there comes one of the maid-servants of the high priest; (67)and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene. (68)But he denied, saying: I do not know, nor do I understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the fore-court; and a c.o.c.k crowed.

(69)And the maid-servant, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by: This is one of them. (70)And he again denied it.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean. (71)But he began to invoke curses, and to swear: I do not know this man of whom ye speak.

(72)And a c.o.c.k crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him: Before a c.o.c.k crows twice, thou wilt thrice deny me. And as he thought thereon, he wept.

XV.

AND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. (2)And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: Thou sayest it. (3)And the chief priests accused him of many things.

(4)And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold what things they testify against thee. (5)But Jesus no longer made any answer; so that Pilate marveled.

(6)And at the feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they asked. (7)And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his companions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder.

(8)And coming up, the mult.i.tude began to make request, according as he had always done for them. (9)And Pilate answered them, saying: Will ye that I release to you the King of the Jews? (10)For he knew that through envy the chief priests had delivered him up. (11)But the chief priests stirred up the mult.i.tude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas. (12)And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will ye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

(13)And they cried again: Crucify him. (14)And Pilate said to them: What evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly: Crucify him.

(15)And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mult.i.tude, released to them Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified. (16)And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. (17)And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him. (18)And they began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews! (19)And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him. (20)And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments.

And they lead him out to crucify him. (21)And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was pa.s.sing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (22)And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, Place of a skull. (23)And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. (24)And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what any one should take. (25)And it was the third hour; and they crucified him. (26)And the inscription of the accusation against him was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(27)And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. (28)And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: And he was reckoned with transgressors. (29)And they that pa.s.sed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; (30)save thyself, and come down from the cross. (31)Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he can not save. (32)Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.

(33)And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. (34)And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Which is interpreted: My G.o.d, my G.o.d, why didst thou forsake me? (35)And some of those standing by, hearing it, said: Behold, he calls Elijah.

(36)And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down. (37)And Jesus, uttering a loud cry, expired. (38)And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. (39)And the centurion who was standing near, over against him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of G.o.d.

(40)And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome; (41)who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

(42)And evening having now come, since it was the preparation (which is the day before the sabbath[15:42]), (43)Joseph from Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of G.o.d, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. (44)And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead. (45)And having learned it from the centurion, he gave the dead body to Joseph.

(46)And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre. (47)And Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, beheld where he was laid.

XVI.

AND the sabbath being past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

(2)And very early, on the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, when the sun was risen. (3)And they said to one another: Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre?

(4)And looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled away. For it was very great. (5)And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were affrighted. (6)And he says to them: Be not affrighted. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. (7)But go, say to his disciples, and to Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him, as he said to you. (8)And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre; for trembling and astonishment seized them. And they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

(9)And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

(10)She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. (11)And they, hearing that he is alive, and was seen by her, believed not.

(12)After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked, going into the country. (13)They also went and reported it to the rest; nor did they believe them.

(14)Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at table, and upbraided their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who saw him after he was risen. (15)And he said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the good news to every creature. (16)He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. (17)And these signs shall accompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; (18)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.

(19)The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of G.o.d; (20)and they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE.

I.

FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration concerning the things fully believed among us[1:1], (2)as they, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us; (3)it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; (4)that thou mightest know the certainty concerning those things[1:4] wherein thou wast instructed.