{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_30561/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_30561","id":"gutenberg_30561","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30561","summary":null,"tags":["Category: History - Religious","Category: Religion/Spirituality","Jesus Christ -- Passion -- Texts"],"text":"Produced by Larry B. Harrison and the Online Distributed\nProofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  His Last Week\n\n  THE STORY OF THE PASSION AND\n  RESURRECTION OF JESUS\n\n  IN THE WORDS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS\n\n  PREPARED BY\n  WILLIAM E. BARTON, THEODORE G. SOARES\n  SYDNEY STRONG\n\n  HOPE PUBLISHING COMPANY\n  CHICAGO\n\n\n\n\nPREFACE.\n\n\nONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND.\n\nThe evangelists have devoted one-third of the Gospel record to our Lord's\nPassion and Resurrection. A comparison of the four narratives clearly\nindicates the order of events upon the several days of the Holy Week. The\ndevotional reading of the story is a most natural and helpful observance of\nthe Easter season. As an aid to such observance this booklet has been\nprepared. It is the story, day by day, of the last week in our Lord's\nearthly life in the words of the four evangelists, containing all that they\nrecord, but without repetition. Messrs. Thomas Nelson and Sons have\ngenerously co-operated in permitting the use of the best translation.\n\nOriginally planned for the churches of all denominations in a single\ncommunity, the booklet has proved a blessing to many thousands of\nChristians. May this new edition help in the fulfillment of the great\npurpose which the Gospel epilogue expresses.\n\n    ------------------------------------------------------\n    | COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE OAK PARK PASTORS' UNION.   |\n    | THE TEXT OF THE AMERICAN STANDARD REVISED BIBLE,   |\n    | COPYRIGHT 1901, BY THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, IS USED |\n    | BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT AND WITH THEIR PERMISSION.  |\n    ------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\nHIS LAST WEEK\n\n\nGOING UP TO JERUSALEM.\n\nAnd it came to pass when the days were well nigh come that Jesus should\nbe received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he\ndeparted from Galilee, and passed through the borders of Samaria and\nGalilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan. And great\nmultitudes followed him, and he healed them there.\n\nAnd they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going\nbefore them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid.\n\nAnd he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that\nwere to happen unto them, saying, \"Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and\nthe Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the\nscribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto\nthe Gentiles; and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall\nscourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.\"\n\nThomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples,\n\"Let us also go, that we may die with him.\"\n\nAnd he entered and passed through Jericho and went on before, going up\nto Jerusalem.\n\nNow the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem\nout of the country before the passover, to purify themselves. They\nsought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with another, as they stood in\nthe temple, \"What think ye? That he will not come to the feast?\"\n\nNow the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if\nany man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.\n\n\nTHE FEAST AT BETHANY.\n\nJesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus\nwas, whom Jesus raised from the dead. So they made him a supper there in\nthe house of Simon the leper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of\nthem that sat at meat with him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of\npure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his\nfeet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.\n\nBut Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,\n\"Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given\nto the poor?\"\n\nNow this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was\na thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.\n\nJesus therefore said, \"Suffer her to keep it against the day of my\nburying. For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not\nalways. She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body\nbeforehand for the burying. And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the\ngospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which\nthis woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.\"\n\nThe common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and\nthey came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus\nalso, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests took\ncounsel that they might put Lazarus also to death; because that by\nreason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.\n\n\n\n\nPALM SUNDAY--THE DAY OF TRIUMPH.\n\n\nTHE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.\n\nOn the morrow when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and\nBethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith\nunto them, \"Go your way into the village that is over against you: and\nstraightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man\never yet sat; loose him, and bring him. And if any one say unto you, 'Why\ndo ye this?' say ye, 'The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will\nsend him back hither.'\"\n\nNow this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken\nthrough the prophet, saying,\n\n        \"Tell ye the daughter of Zion,\n        Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,\n        Meek, and riding upon an ass,\n        And upon a colt the foal of an ass.\"\n\nAnd they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the\nopen street: and they loose him. And certain of them that stood there\nsaid unto them, \"What do ye, loosing the colt?\" And they said unto them\neven as Jesus had said: and they let them go. And they bring the colt\nunto Jesus, and cast on him their garments; and he sat upon him.\n\nAnd the most part of the multitude spread their garments upon the way;\nand others branches, which they had cut from the fields. And as he was\ndrawing nigh, even at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole\nmultitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud\nvoice for all the mighty works which they had seen. And they that went\nbefore, and they that followed, cried, \"Hosanna to the Son of David;\nBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Blessed is the kingdom\nthat cometh, the kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest.\"\n\nThese things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus\nwas glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of\nhim, and that they had done these things unto him.\n\nThe multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called Lazarus out\nof the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness. For this\ncause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he\nhad done this sign.\n\nAnd some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, \"Teacher,\nrebuke thy disciples.\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"I tell you that, if these shall hold their\npeace, the stones will cry out.\"\n\nAnd when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, \"If thou\nhadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but\nnow they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, when\nthine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and\nkeep thee in on every side, and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy\nchildren within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon\nanother; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.\"\n\nAnd when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying,\n\"Who is this?\"\n\nAnd the multitude said, \"This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of\nGalilee.\"\n\nThe Pharisees therefore said among themselves, \"Behold, how ye prevail\nnothing; lo, the world is gone after him.\"\n\nAnd he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked\nround about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto\nBethany with the twelve.\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY--THE DAY OF AUTHORITY.\n\n\nTHE CURSING OF THE FIG TREE.\n\nAnd on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.\nAnd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might\nfind anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but\nleaves; for it was not the season of figs. And he answered and said unto\nit, \"No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for ever.\"\n\nAnd his disciples heard it.\n\n\nTHE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE.\n\nAnd they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to\ncast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and\noverthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that\nsold the doves: and he would not suffer that any man should carry a\nvessel through the temple. And he taught, and said unto them, \"Is it not\nwritten, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the\nnations'? but ye have made it a den of robbers.\"\n\nAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed\nthem. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful\nthings that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and\nsaying, \"Hosanna to the son of David\": they were moved with indignation,\nand said unto him, \"Hearest thou what these are saying?\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto them, \"Yea: did ye never read, 'Out of the mouth of\nbabes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise'?\"\n\nAnd the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the\npeople sought to destroy him: and they could not find what they might\ndo; for the people all hung upon him, listening.\n\nAnd he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged\nthere.\n\n\n\n\nTUESDAY--THE DAY OF CONTROVERSY.\n\n\nTHE LESSON FROM THE WITHERED FIG TREE.\n\nAnd as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered\naway from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him,\n\"Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.\"\n\nAnd Jesus answering saith unto them, \"Have faith in God. Verily I say\nunto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 'Be thou taken up\nand cast into the sea'; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall\nbelieve that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it. Therefore\nI say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe\nthat ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And whensoever ye stand\npraying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father\nalso who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.\"\n\n\nTHE CHALLENGE OF CHRIST'S AUTHORITY.\n\nAnd they came again to Jerusalem. And all the people came early in the\nmorning to him in the temple to hear him. And as he was teaching the\npeople in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the\nchief priests and the scribes with the elders; and they spake, saying\nunto him, \"Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is\nhe that gave thee this authority?\"\n\nAnd Jesus answered, and said unto them, \"I also will ask you one question,\nwhich if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these\nthings. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men?\"\n\nAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, \"If we shall say, 'From\nheaven'; he will say unto us, 'Why did ye not believe him?' But if we\nshall say, 'From men'; all the people will stone us: for they are\npersuaded that John was a prophet.\"\n\nAnd they answered Jesus, and said, \"We know not.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Neither tell I you by what authority I do\nthese things.\"\n\n\nTHE TWO SONS.\n\n\"But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and\nsaid, 'Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.' And he answered and said,\n'I will not': but afterward he repented himself, and went. And he came\nto the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I go, sir':\nand went not. Which of the two did the will of his father?\"\n\nThey say, \"The first.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and\nthe harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto\nyou in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the\npublicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye saw it, did not\neven repent yourselves afterward that ye might believe him.\"\n\n\nTHE WICKED HUSBANDMEN.\n\n\"Hear another parable: There was a man who was a householder, who\nplanted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress\nin it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into\nanother country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent\nhis servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. And the\nhusbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and\nstoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and\nthey did unto them in like manner. But afterward he sent unto them his\nson, saying, 'They will reverence my son.' But the husbandmen, when\nthey saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let\nus kill him, and take his inheritance.' And they took him, and cast\nhim forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the lord\nof the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and\nwill let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him\nthe fruits in their seasons.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Did ye never read in the scriptures,\n\n        'The stone which the builders rejected,\n        The same was made the head of the corner;\n        This was from the Lord,\n        And it is marvellous in our eyes'?\n\nTherefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from\nyou, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.\nAnd he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on\nwhomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.\"\n\nAnd when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they\nperceived that he spake of them. And when they sought to lay hold on\nhim, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.\n\n\nTHE MARRIAGE OF THE KING'S SON.\n\nAnd Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying, \"The\nkingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast\nfor his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to\nthe marriage feast: and they would not come. Again he sent forth other\nservants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, 'Behold, I have made ready my\ndinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come\nto the marriage feast.' But they made light of it, and went their ways, one\nto his own farm, another to his merchandise; and the rest laid hold on his\nservants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. But the king was\nwroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned\ntheir city. Then saith he to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but they\nthat were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the partings of the\nhighways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.' And\nthose servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as\nmany as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with\nguests. But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man\nwho had not on a wedding-garment: and he saith unto him, 'Friend, how\ncamest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment?' And he was speechless.\nThen the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him\nout into the outer darkness'; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing\nof teeth. For many are called, but few chosen.\"\n\n\nTRIBUTE TO CAESAR.\n\nThen went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him\nin his talk so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority\nof the governor. And they send to him their disciples, with the\nHerodians, saying, \"Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest\nthe way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou\nregardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest\nthou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?\"\n\nBut Jesus perceived their craftiness, and said, \"Why make ye trial of\nme, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute money.\"\n\nAnd they brought unto him a denarius. And he saith unto them, \"Whose is\nthis image and superscription?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"Caesar's.\"\n\nThen he saith unto them, \"Render therefore unto Caesar the things that\nare Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.\"\n\nAnd when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.\n\n\nTHE QUESTION OF THE RESURRECTION.\n\nAnd there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that\nthere is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, \"Teacher, Moses\nwrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be\nchildless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto\nhis brother. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a\nwife, and died childless; and the second; and the third took her; and\nlikewise the seven also left no children, and died. Afterward the\nwoman also died. In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them\nshall she be? for the seven had her to wife.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto them, \"Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the\npower of God. The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage; but\nthey that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the\nresurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: for\nneither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are\nsons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised,\neven Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the\nLord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he\nis not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.\"\n\nAnd when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.\n\n\nTHE GREATEST COMMANDMENT.\n\nAnd one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and\nknowing that he had answered them well, asked him, \"What commandment is\nthe first of all?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the\nLord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,\nand with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy\nstrength.' The second is this, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as\nthyself.' There is none other commandment greater than these.\"\n\nAnd the scribe said unto him, \"Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said\nthat he is one: and there is none other but he: and to love him with all\nthe heart, and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and\nto love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole\nburnt-offerings and sacrifices.\"\n\nAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, \"Thou\nart not far from the kingdom of God.\"\n\n\nTHE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION OF JESUS.\n\nNow while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them a\nquestion, saying, \"What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he?\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"The son of David.\"\n\nHe saith unto them, \"How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord,\nsaying,\n\n        'The Lord said unto my Lord,\n        Sit thou on my right hand,\n        Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?'\n\nIf David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son?\"\n\nAnd no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from\nthat day forth ask him any more questions.\n\nAnd the common people heard him gladly.\n\n\nDISCOURSE OF JESUS AGAINST THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.\n\nThen spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, \"The\nscribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat: all things therefore\nwhatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their\nworks; for they say, and do not. Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous\nto be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not\nmove them with their finger. But all their works they do to be seen of men:\nfor they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their\ngarments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the\nsynagogues, and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called of\nmen, 'Rabbi.' But be not ye called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, and\nall ye are brethren. And call no man your father on the earth: for one is\nyour Father, even he who is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for\none is your master, even the Christ. But he that is greatest among you\nshall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled:\nand whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.\n\n\"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut\nthe kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves,\nneither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and\nland to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him\ntwofold more a son of hell than yourselves.\n\n\"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, 'Whosoever shall swear by the\ntemple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the\ntemple, he is a debtor.' Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the\ngold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, 'Whosoever\nshall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by\nthe gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.' Ye blind: for which is\ngreater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore\nthat sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.\nAnd he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that\ndwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the\nthrone of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and\nanise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law,\njustice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not\nto have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, that strain out the\ngnat, and swallow the camel!\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the\noutside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from\nextortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of\nthe cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto\nwhited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are\nfull of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also\noutwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of\nhypocrisy and iniquity.\n\n\"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the\nsepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,\nand say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not\nhave been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' Wherefore\nye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the\nprophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye\noffspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?\nTherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and\nscribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them\nshall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:\nthat upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from\nthe blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of\nBarachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. Verily I\nsay unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.\n\n\"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them\nthat are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children\ntogether, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye\nwould not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto\nyou, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, 'Blessed is he\nthat cometh in the name of the Lord.'\"\n\n\nTHE WIDOW'S TWO MITES.\n\nAnd he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude\ncast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And\nthere came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.\nAnd he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, \"Verily, I say\nunto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into\nthe treasury: for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her\nwant did cast in all that she had, even all her living.\"\n\n\nTHE GENTILES SEEK JESUS.\n\nNow there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the\nfeast: these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee,\nand asked him, saying, \"Sir, we would see Jesus.\"\n\nPhilip cometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they\ntell Jesus.\n\nAnd Jesus answereth them, saying, \"The hour is come, that the Son of man\nshould be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of\nwheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it\ndie, it beareth much fruit. He that loveth his life loseth it: and he\nthat hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If\nany man serve me, let him follow me: and where I am, there shall also my\nservant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor. Now is my\nsoul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But\nfor this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name.\"\n\nThere came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, \"I have both\nglorified it, and will glorify it again.\"\n\nThe multitude, therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had\nthundered: others said, \"An angel hath spoken to him.\"\n\nJesus answered and said, \"This voice hath not come for my sake, but for\nyour sakes. Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of\nthis world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will\ndraw all men unto myself.\"\n\nBut this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.\n\nThe multitude therefore answered him, \"We have heard out of the law that\nthe Christ abideth forever: and how sayest thou, 'The Son of man must be\nlifted up'? who is this Son of man?\"\n\nJesus therefore said unto them, \"Yet a little while is the light among\nyou. Walk while ye have the light that darkness overtake you not: and he\nthat walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye\nhave the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light.\"\n\nThese things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.\n\n\nTHE JEWS REJECT JESUS.\n\nBut though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on\nhim: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he\nspake,\n\n        \"Lord, who hath believed our report?\n        And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?\"\n\nFor this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,\n\n        \"He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart;\n        Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their\n              heart,\n        And should turn,\n        And I should heal them.\"\n\nThese things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.\nNevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the\nPharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the\nsynagogue: for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that\nis of God.\n\nAnd Jesus cried and said, \"He that believeth on me, believeth not on me,\nbut on him that sent me. And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that\nsent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on\nme may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my sayings, and\nkeep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but\nto save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings,\nhath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge\nhim in the last day. For I spake not from myself; but the Father that\nsent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I\nshould speak. And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things\ntherefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.\"\n\n\nDISCOURSE CONCERNING THE FUTURE.\n\nAnd Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his\ndisciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.\n\nBut he answered and said unto them, \"See ye not all these things? Verily\nI say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another,\nthat shall not be thrown down.\"\n\nAnd as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and\nJames and John and Andrew asked him privately, \"Tell us, when shall\nthese things be? and what shall be the sign when these things are all\nabout to be accomplished?\"\n\nAnd Jesus began to say unto them, \"Take heed that no man lead you\nastray. Many shall come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and shall lead\nmany astray. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not\ntroubled: these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.\nFor nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there\nshall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these\nthings are the beginning of the travail.\n\n\"But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to\ncouncils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors\nand kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them. And\nthe gospel must first be preached unto all the nations. And when they\nlead you to judgment, and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand\nwhat ye shall speak; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,\nthat speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. But\nye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk,\nand friends: and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And\nye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.\n\n\"And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall\nhate one another. And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many\nastray. And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many\nshall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.\n\n\"But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her\ndesolation is at hand. Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the\nmountains; let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the\nthings that are in his house; and let him that is in the field not\nreturn back to take his cloak. For these are days of vengeance, that all\nthings which are written may be fulfilled.\n\n\"But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in\nthose days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither\non a Sabbath: for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been\nfrom the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. And\nexcept those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved:\nbut for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man\nshall say unto you, 'Lo, here is the Christ,' or, 'Here,' believe it\nnot. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall\nshow great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even\nthe elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things\nbeforehand. If, therefore, they shall say unto you, 'Behold, he is in\nthe wilderness,' go not forth: 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,'\nbelieve it not. For as the lightning cometh forth from the east and is\nseen even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.\nWheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.\n\n\"But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be\ndarkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall\nfall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and\nthen shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall\nall the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man\ncoming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he\nshall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and shall\ngather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part\nof the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.\n\n\"Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become\ntender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; even\nso ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at\nthe doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till\nall these things be accomplished. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my\nwords shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not\neven the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.\n\n\"But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with\nsurfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come\non you suddenly as a snare; for so shall it come upon all them that\ndwell on the face of all the earth. But watch ye at every season, making\nsupplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall\ncome to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.\n\n\"And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.\nFor as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and\ndrinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered\ninto the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all\naway; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Then shall two men be in\nthe field; one is taken, and one is left; two women shall be grinding at\nthe mill; one is taken, and one is left. Watch therefore: for ye know not\non what day your Lord cometh.\n\n\"But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch\nthe thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered\nhis house to be broken through. Therefore be ye also ready; for in an\nhour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.\n\n\"Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. It is as\nwhen a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given\nauthority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter\nto watch. Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house\ncometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the\nmorning; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you\nI say unto all, Watch.\n\n\"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the lord hath set over his\nhousehold, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that servant,\nwhom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you,\nthat he will set him over all that he hath. But if that evil servant shall\nsay in his heart, 'My lord tarrieth'; and shall begin to beat his\nfellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that\nservant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he\nknoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the\nhypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.\"\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS.\n\n\"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who\ntook their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of\nthem were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took\ntheir lamps, took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their\nvessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all\nslumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, 'Behold, the\nbridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.' Then all those virgins arose,\nand trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, 'Give us\nof your oil; for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered,\nsaying, 'Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye\nrather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.'\n\n\"And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that\nwere ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was\nshut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open\nto us.' But he answered and said, 'Verily I say unto you, I know you not.'\n\n\"Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.\"\n\n\nTHE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS.\n\n\"For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own\nservants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five\ntalents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several\nability; and he went on his journey. Straightway he that received the five\ntalents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. In like\nmanner he also that received the two gained other two. But he that received\nthe one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.\n\n\"Now after a long time the lord of these servants cometh, and maketh a\nreckoning with them. And he that received the five talents came and brought\nother five talents, saying, 'Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:\nlo, I have gained other five talents.' His lord said unto him, 'Well done,\ngood and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I\nwill set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'\n\n\"And he also that received the two talents came and said, 'Lord, thou\ndeliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.'\n\n\"His lord said unto him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant: thou\nhast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things;\nenter thou into the joy of thy lord.'\n\n\"And he also that had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I\nknew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow,\nand gathering where thou didst not scatter; and I was afraid, and went\naway and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.'\n\n\"But his lord answered and said unto him, 'Thou wicked and slothful\nservant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did\nnot scatter; thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers,\nand at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest. Take\nye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the\nten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have\nabundance; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be\ntaken away. And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer\ndarkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'\"\n\n\nTHE JUDGMENT SCENE.\n\n\"But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with\nhim, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before him shall be\ngathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as\nthe shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set the\nsheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say\nunto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the\nkingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was\nhungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a\nstranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye\nvisited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.'\n\n\"Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee\nhungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? And when saw we\nthee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And when\nsaw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?' And the King shall\nanswer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it\nunto one of these my children, even these least, ye did it unto me.'\n\n\"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 'Depart from me, ye\ncursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his\nangels: for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and\nye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye\nclothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.' Then shall\nthey also answer, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a\nstranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?'\nThen shall he answer them, saying, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye\ndid it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.' And these shall\ngo away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.\"\n\n\nTHE CONSPIRACY AGAINST JESUS.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said\nunto his disciples, \"Ye know that after two days the passover cometh,\nand the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.\"\n\nThen were gathered together the chief priests, the elders of the people,\nunto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas; and they took\ncounsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. But\nthey said, \"Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.\"\n\nAnd Satan entered into Judas, who was called Iscariot, being of the number\nof the twelve. And he went away and communed with the chief priests and\ncaptains, how he might deliver him unto them. And they were glad, and they\nweighed unto him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought\nopportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.\n\n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY--THE DAY OF RETIREMENT.\n\n\n[There is no record of the events of this day. Jesus spent it in\nretirement, almost certainly in the home of his friends at Bethany.]\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY--THE DAY OF FELLOWSHIP.\n\n\nPREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER.\n\nAnd on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the\npassover, his disciples say unto him, \"Where wilt thou that we go and\nmake ready that thou mayest eat the passover?\"\n\nAnd he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, \"Go into the\ncity, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow\nhim; and wheresoever he shall enter in, say to the master of the house,\n'The Teacher saith, My time is at hand. Where is my guest-chamber, where\nI shall eat the passover with my disciples?' And he will himself show\nyou a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.\"\n\nAnd the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he\nhad said unto them: and they made ready the passover.\n\n\nSTRIFE AMONG THE DISCIPLES.\n\nAnd when it was evening he cometh with the twelve. And there arose also\na contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest. And\nhe said unto them, \"The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them;\nand they that have authority over them are called Benefactors. But ye\nshall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as\nthe younger: and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For which is\ngreater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that\nsitteth at meat? But I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. But ye\nare they that have continued with me in my temptations; and I appoint\nunto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me, that ye may\neat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones\njudging the twelve tribes of Israel.\"\n\n\nJESUS WASHING THE DISCIPLES' FEET.\n\nNow before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was\ncome that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having\nloved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.\n\nAnd during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas\nIscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had\ngiven all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and\ngoeth unto God, riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and\nhe took a towel, and girded himself. Then he poureth water into the\nbasin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the\ntowel wherewith he was girded.\n\nSo he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, \"Lord, dost thou wash my\nfeet?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"What I do thou knowest not now; but\nthou shalt understand hereafter.\"\n\nPeter saith unto him, \"Thou shalt never wash my feet.\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.\"\n\nSimon Peter saith unto him, \"Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands\nand my head.\"\n\nJesus saith to him, \"He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his\nfeet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.\" For he\nknew him that should betray him; therefore said he, \"Ye are not all clean.\"\n\nSo when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down\nagain, he said unto them, \"Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me\nTeacher, and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, the Lord\nand the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one\nanother's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye also should do\nas I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not\ngreater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that\nsent him. If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.\n\n\"I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture\nmay be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.\nFrom henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to\npass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that\nreceiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me\nreceiveth him that sent me.\"\n\n\nTHE BETRAYER POINTED OUT.\n\nWhen Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and\nsaid, \"Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.\"\n\nThe disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. And\nthey were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one,\n\"Is it I, Lord?\"\n\nAnd he answered and said, \"He that dipped his hand with me in the dish,\nthe same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of\nhim: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! Good\nwere it for that man if he had not been born.\"\n\nAnd Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, \"Is it I, Rabbi?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Thou hast said.\"\n\nThere was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples,\nwhom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoneth to him, and saith unto\nhim, \"Tell us who it is of whom he speaketh.\"\n\nHe leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, \"Lord, who\nis it?\"\n\nJesus therefore answereth, \"He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and\ngive it him.\"\n\nSo when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, the son\nof Simon Iscariot. And after the sop, then entered Satan into him.\n\nJesus therefore saith unto him, \"What thou doest, do quickly.\"\n\nNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For\nsome thought because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, \"Buy\nwhat things we have need of for the feast,\" or that he should give\nsomething to the poor. He then having received the sop went out\nstraightway: and it was night.\n\nWhen therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, \"Now is the Son of man\nglorified, and God is glorified in him; and God shall glorify him in\nhimself, and straightway shall he glorify him.\"\n\n\nTHE LORD'S SUPPER.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"With desire I have desired to eat this passover\nwith you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I shall not eat it until\nit be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.\"\n\nAnd he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave\nto them, saying, \"This is my body; which is given for you; this do in\nremembrance of me.\"\n\nAnd he took a cup, in like manner after supper, and gave thanks, and gave\nto them, saying, \"Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new\ncovenant, which is poured out for you, for many, unto remission of sins.\nTake this and divide it among yourselves; for I say unto you, I shall not\ndrink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God\nshall come.\"\n\n\nTHE FAREWELL CONVERSATION.\n\n\"Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and\nas I said unto the Jews, 'Whither I go, ye cannot come,' so now I say unto\nyou. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I\nhave loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know\nthat ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.\"\n\nSimon Peter saith unto him, \"Lord, whither goest thou?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou\nshalt follow afterwards.\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto them, \"All ye shall be offended: for it is written,\nI will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.\nHowbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.\"\n\nBut Peter said unto him, \"Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.\"\n\nAnd Jesus saith unto him, \"Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day,\neven this night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice.\nSimon, Simon, behold Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as\nwheat: but I make supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not: and do\nthou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.\"\n\nBut he spake vehemently, \"If I must die with thee, I will not deny\nthee.\" And in like manner also said they all.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet,\nand shoes, lacked ye anything?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Nothing.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it,\nand likewise a wallet; and he that hath none, let him sell his cloak,\nand buy a sword. For I say unto you, that this which is written must be\nfulfilled in me, 'And he was reckoned with transgressors': for that\nwhich concerneth me hath fulfillment.\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Lord, behold, here are two swords.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"It is enough.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\"Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In\nmy Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have\ntold you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a\nplace for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that\nwhere I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go, ye know the way.\"\n\nThomas saith unto him, \"Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know\nwe the way?\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one\ncometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye would have\nknown my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.\"\n\nPhilip saith unto him, \"Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou\nnot know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how\nsayest thou, 'Show us the Father'? Believest thou not that I am in the\nFather, and the Father in me? The words that I say unto you I speak not\nfrom myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. Believe me\nthat I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for\nthe very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth\non me, the works that I do shall he do also: and greater works than\nthese shall he do; because I go unto the Father. And whatsoever ye shall\nask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the\nSon. If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do. If ye love\nme, ye will keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he\nshall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever, even\nthe Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him\nnot, neither knoweth him: ye know him, for he abideth with you, and\nshall be in you. I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.\n\n\"Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me:\nbecause I live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I am in\nmy Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and\nkeepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved\nof my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.\"\n\nJudas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, \"Lord, what is come to pass that\nthou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?\"\n\nJesus answered and said unto him, \"If a man love me, he will keep my\nword: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make\nour abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the\nword which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding with you. But\nthe Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my\nname, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all\nthat I said unto you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you:\nnot as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be\ntroubled, neither let it be fearful. Ye heard how I said to you, I go\naway, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced,\nbecause I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.\n\n\"And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come\nto pass, ye may believe. I will no more speak much with you, for the\nprince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me; but that the\nworld may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me\ncommandment, even so I do.\"\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\n\"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me\nthat beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth\nfruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean\nbecause of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in\nyou. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the\nvine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the\nbranches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit:\nfor apart from me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast\nforth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them\ninto the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide\nin you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my\nFather glorified, that ye bear much fruit: and so shall ye be my disciples.\nEven as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my\nlove. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have\nkept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy may be in you, and\nthat your joy may be made full. This is my commandment, that ye love\none another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than\nthis, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends,\nif ye do the things which I command you. No longer do I call you\nservants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have\ncalled you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have\nmade known unto you. Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and\nappointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit\nshould abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name,\nhe may give it you. These things I command you, that ye may love one\nanother. If the world hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before\nit hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own:\nbut because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,\ntherefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto\nyou, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me,\nthey will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep\nyours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's\nsake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and\nspoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse\nfor their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not\ndone among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin:\nbut now have they both seen and hated me and my Father. But this\ncometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in\ntheir law, 'They hated me without a cause.' But when the Comforter is\ncome, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of\ntruth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:\nand ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to\nstumble. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour\ncometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth\nservice unto God. And these things will they do, because they have not\nknown the Father, nor me. But these things have I spoken unto you,\nthat when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told\nyou. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because\nI was with you. But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you\nasketh me, 'Whither goest thou?' But because I have spoken these\nthings unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell\nyou the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not\naway, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send\nhim unto you. And he, when he is come, will convict the world in\nrespect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because\nthey believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to the Father,\nand ye behold me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this\nworld hath been judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye\ncannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,\nhe shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from\nhimself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak:\nand he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. He shall\nglorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.\nAll things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that\nhe taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you. A little while, and\nye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.\"\n\nSome of his disciples therefore said one to another, \"What is this that\nhe saith unto us, 'A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a\nlittle while, and ye shall see me': and 'Because I go to the Father'?\"\n\nThey said therefore, \"What is this that he saith, 'A little while'? We\nknow not what he saith.\"\n\nJesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them,\n\"Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little\nwhile, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see\nme'? Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the\nworld shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned\ninto joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is\ncome: but when she is delivered of the child she remembereth no more the\nanguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. And ye therefore\nnow have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice,\nand your joy no one taketh away from you. And in that day ye shall ask me\nno question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of\nthe Father, he will give it you in my name. Hitherto have ye asked nothing\nin my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.\n\n\"These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh,\nwhen I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you\nplainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say\nnot unto you, that I will pray the Father for you; for the Father\nhimself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I\ncame forth from the Father. I came out from the Father, and am come into\nthe world; again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.\"\n\nHis disciples say, \"Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark\nsaying. Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any\nman should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.\"\n\nJesus answered them, \"Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is\ncome, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me\nalone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things\nhave I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have\ntribulation: but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.\"\n\n\nTHE INTERCESSORY PRAYER.\n\nThese things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said,\n\"Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee:\neven as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou\nhast given him, he should give eternal life. And this is life eternal, that\nthey should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even\nJesus Christ. I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work\nwhich thou hast given me to do. And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine\nown self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I\nmanifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world:\nthine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.\nNow they know that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are from thee:\nfor the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they\nreceived them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they\nbelieved that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the\nworld, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine: and all\nthings that are mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in\nthem. And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come\nto thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that\nthey may be one, even as we are. While I was with them, I kept them in thy\nname which thou hast given me; and I guarded them, and not one of them\nperished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.\nBut now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they\nmay have my joy made full in themselves. I have given them thy word, and\nthe world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not\nof the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but\nthat thou shouldest keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world,\neven as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is\ntruth. As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the\nworld. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may\nbe sanctified in truth. Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also\nthat believe on me through their word; that they may all be one; even as\nthou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that\nthe world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou\nhast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are\none; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that\nthe world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou\nlovedst me. Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with\nme where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for\nthou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the\nworld knew thee not, but I knew thee; and these knew that thou didst send\nme; and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the\nlove wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.\"\n\nAnd when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY--THE DAY OF SUFFERING.\n\n\nTHE AGONY IN GETHSEMANE.\n\nAnd they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto\nhis disciples, \"Sit ye here, while I pray.\"\n\nAnd he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly\namazed, and sore troubled. And he saith unto them, \"My soul is exceeding\nsorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.\"\n\nAnd he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,\nif it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.\n\nAnd he said, \"Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove\nthis cup from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.\"\n\nAnd there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.\n\nAnd being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as\nit were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.\n\nAnd when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and\nfound them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto Peter, \"Simon, sleepest\nthou? Couldest thou not watch one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter\nnot into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.\"\n\nAgain a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, \"My Father, if\nthis cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.\"\n\nAnd he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.\nAnd he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying\nthe same words.\n\nThen cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, \"Sleep on now,\nand take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is\nbetrayed into the hands of sinners.\n\n\"Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me.\"\n\n\nTHE BETRAYAL AND ARREST.\n\nAnd straightway, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,\nand with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests\nand the scribes and the elders.\n\nNow he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, \"Whomsoever I\nshall kiss, that is he; take him, and lead him away safely.\" And when he\nwas come, straightway he came to him, and saith, \"Rabbi,\" and kissed him.\n\nBut Jesus said unto him, \"Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a\nkiss?\"\n\nJesus, therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went\nforth, and saith unto them, \"Whom seek ye?\"\n\nThey answered him, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\"\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"I am he.\"\n\nAnd Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When therefore\nhe said unto them, \"I am he,\" they went backward, and fell to the ground.\n\nAgain therefore he asked them, \"Whom seek ye?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Jesus of Nazareth.\"\n\nJesus answered, \"I told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let\nthese go their way\": that the word might be fulfilled which he spake,\n\"Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.\"\n\nAnd when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said,\n\"Lord, shall we smite with the sword?\"\n\nSimon Peter therefore having a sword drew it, and struck the high priest's\nservant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.\n\nBut Jesus answered and said, \"Suffer ye them thus far.\" And he touched\nhis ear, and healed him.\n\nThen saith Jesus unto Peter, \"Put up again thy sword into its place:\nfor all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Or\nthinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father and he shall even now\nsend me more than twelve legions of angels? How then should the\nscriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? The cup which the\nFather hath given me, shall I not drink it?\"\n\nAnd Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the temple, and\nelders, that were come against him, \"Are ye come out as against a\nrobber, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the\ntemple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your\nhour, and the power of darkness.\"\n\nThen all the disciples left him, and fled.\n\nAnd a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast\nabout him, over his naked body: and they lay hold on him; but he left\nthe linen cloth, and fled naked.\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES.\n\nSo the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews,\nseized Jesus and bound him, and led him to Annas first; for he was\nfather in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. Now Caiaphas\nwas he that gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one\nman should die for the people.\n\nAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that\ndisciple was known unto the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into\nthe court of the high priest; but Peter was standing at the door\nwithout. So the other disciple, who was known unto the high priest,\nwent out and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.\n\nThe maid therefore that kept the door saith unto Peter, \"Art thou also\none of this man's disciples?\"\n\nHe saith, \"I am not.\"\n\nNow the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a\nfire of coals; for it was cold; and they were warming themselves; and\nPeter also was with them standing and warming himself.\n\nThe high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his\nteaching. Jesus answered him, \"I have spoken openly to the world; I even\ntaught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together;\nand in secret spake I nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them that have heard\nme, what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said.\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus\nwith his hand, saying, \"Answerest thou the high priest so?\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil;\nbut if well, why smitest thou me?\"\n\nAnnas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.\n\nNow the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to\nput him to death; and found it not. For many bare false witness against\nhim, and their witness agreed not together. And there stood up certain, and\nbare false witness against him, saying, \"We heard him say, I will destroy\nthis temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another\nmade without hands.\" And not even so did their witness agree together.\n\nAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,\n\"Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee?\"\n\nBut he held his peace, and answered nothing.\n\nAnd the high priest said unto him, \"I adjure thee by the living God,\nthat thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the\nright hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.\"\n\nAnd the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, \"What further need have\nwe of witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?\"\n\nAnd they all condemned him to be worthy of death.\n\nThen did they spit in his face and buffet him. And they blindfolded him\nand smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, \"Prophesy unto us,\nthou Christ: who is he that struck thee?\"\n\n\nTHE DENIAL OF PETER.\n\nAnd as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of\nthe high priest; and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him,\nand saith, \"Thou also wast with the Nazarene, even Jesus.\"\n\nBut he denied, saying, \"I neither know nor understand what thou sayest,\"\nand he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.\n\nAnd after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, \"Of\na truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.\"\n\nThen began he to curse and to swear, \"I know not the man.\" And\nstraightway the cock crew.\n\nAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the\nword of the Lord, how that he said unto him, \"Before the cock crow twice\nthou shalt deny me thrice.\"\n\nAnd he went out, and wept bitterly.\n\nAnd straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and\nscribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus,\nand carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate, the governor.\n\n\nTHE REMORSE OF JUDAS.\n\nThen Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented\nhimself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests\nand elders, saying, \"I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.\"\n\nBut they said, \"What is that to us? See thou to it.\"\n\nAnd he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed;\nand he went away and hanged himself.\n\nAnd the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, \"It is not\nlawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.\"\nAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to\nbury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, \"The field of\nblood,\" unto this day.\n\nThen was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet,\nsaying, \"And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him\nthat was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price; and\nthey gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.\"\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE.\n\nThey led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was\nearly; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they\nmight not be defiled, but might eat the passover. Pilate therefore went\nout unto them, and saith, \"What accusation bring ye against this man?\"\n\nThey answered and said unto him, \"If this man were not an evil-doer, we\nshould not have delivered him up unto thee.\"\n\nPilate therefore said unto them, \"Take him yourselves, and judge him\naccording to your law.\"\n\nThe Jews said unto him, \"It is not lawful for us to put any man to\ndeath\": that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,\nsignifying by what manner of death he should die.\n\nAnd they began to accuse him, saying, \"We found this man perverting our\nnation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he\nhimself is Christ a king.\"\n\nAnd when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered\nnothing. Then saith Pilate unto him, \"Hearest thou not how many things\nthey witness against thee?\" And he gave him no answer, not even to one\nword: insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.\n\nPilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and\nsaid unto him, \"Art thou the King of the Jews?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee\nconcerning me?\"\n\nPilate answered, \"Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests\ndelivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of\nthis world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered\nto the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.\"\n\nPilate therefore said unto him, \"Art thou a king then?\"\n\nJesus answered, \"Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been\nborn, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear\nwitness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.\"\n\nPilate saith unto him, \"What is truth?\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith\nunto them, \"I find no crime in him.\"\n\nBut they were the more urgent, saying, \"He stirreth up the people, teaching\nthroughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee, even unto this place.\"\n\nBut when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. And\nwhen he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto\nHerod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.\n\n\nJESUS BEFORE HEROD.\n\nNow when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad; for he was of a long time\ndesirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to\nsee some miracle done by him. And he questioned him in many words; but he\nanswered him nothing. And the chief priests and the scribes stood,\nvehemently accusing him. And Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and\nmocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate.\n\nAnd Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for\nbefore they were at enmity between themselves.\n\n\nTHE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE RESUMED.\n\nAnd Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,\nand said unto them, \"Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth\nthe people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, found no fault\nin this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: no, nor yet Herod:\nfor he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy of death hath been\ndone by him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him.\"\n\nNow at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one\nprisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called\nBarabbas, lying bound with them that had made insurrection, men who in\nthe insurrection had committed murder. And the multitude went up and\nbegan to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto them.\n\nAnd Pilate answered them, saying, \"Will ye that I release unto you the\nKing of the Jews?\" For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had\ndelivered him up.\n\nNow the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they\nshould ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.\n\nBut the governor answered and said unto them, \"Which of the two will ye\nthat I release unto you?\"\n\nAnd they said, \"Barabbas.\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called\nChrist?\"\n\nThey all say, \"Let him be crucified.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them a third time, \"Why, what evil hath this man done? I\nhave found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise and release\nhim.\"\n\nThen Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.\n\nAnd the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium;\nand they call together the whole band.\n\nAnd they stripped him, and arrayed him in a purple garment. And they\nplatted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his\nright hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying:\n\"Hail, King of the Jews!\" and they struck him with their hands. And they\nspat upon him, and took the reed and smote him upon the head.\n\nAnd Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, \"Behold, I bring him out\nto you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him.\"\n\nJesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple\ngarment. And Pilate saith unto them, \"Behold, the man!\"\n\nWhen therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried\nout, saying, \"Crucify him, crucify him!\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I\nfind no crime in him.\"\n\nThe Jews answered him, \"We have a law, and by that law he ought to die,\nbecause he made himself the Son of God.\"\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid; and he\nentered into the Praetorium again, and saith unto Jesus, \"Whence art thou?\"\n\nBut Jesus gave him no answer.\n\nPilate therefore saith unto him, \"Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou\nnot that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee?\"\n\nJesus answered him, \"Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it\nwere given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee\nhath greater sin.\"\n\nUpon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying,\n\"If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend: every one that\nmaketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.\"\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat\ndown on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in\nHebrew, Gabbatha.\n\nAnd while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him,\nsaying, \"Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have\nsuffered many things this day in a dream because of him.\"\n\nNow it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour.\nAnd he saith unto the Jews, \"Behold, your King.\"\n\nThey therefore cried out, \"Away with him, away with him, crucify him!\"\n\nPilate saith unto them, \"Shall I crucify your King?\"\n\nThe chief priests answered, \"We have no king but Caesar.\"\n\nSo when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult\nwas arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,\nsaying, \"I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.\"\n\nAnd all the people answered and said, \"His blood be on us, and on our\nchildren.\"\n\nAnd they were urgent with loud voices asking that he might be crucified.\nAnd their voices prevailed.\n\nAnd Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, gave sentence that what\nthey asked for should be done. And he released unto them Barabbas, him\nthat for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they\nasked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.\n\nAnd when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put\non him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.\n\n\nTHE SORROWFUL WAY.\n\nThey took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself.\n\nAnd as they came out, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, the\nfather of Alexander and Rufus, who was passing by, coming from the\ncountry; him they compelled to go with them, and laid on him the cross,\nthat he might bear it after Jesus.\n\nAnd there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who\nbewailed and lamented him.\n\nBut Jesus turning unto them said, \"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not\nfor me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold,\nthe days are coming, in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren,\nand the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.'\nThen shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to\nthe hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do these things in the green tree,\nwhat shall be done in the dry?\"\n\nAnd there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to\ndeath.\n\n\nTHE CRUCIFIXION.\n\nAnd when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say,\nThe place of a skull, they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and\nwhen he had tasted it, he would not drink.\n\nThere they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and\nthe other on the left.\n\nAnd Jesus said, \"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.\"\n\nAnd Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And there was\nwritten:\n\n    --------------------------------------------\n    | JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. |\n    --------------------------------------------\n\nThis title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus\nwas crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and in\nLatin, and in Greek.\n\nThe chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, \"Write not, 'The\nKing of the Jews,' but that he said, 'I am King of the Jews.'\"\n\nPilate answered, \"What I have written I have written.\"\n\nThe soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments\nand made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the\ncoat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said\ntherefore one to another, \"Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,\nwhose it shall be\": that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith,\n\n        \"They parted my garments among them,\n        And upon my vesture did they cast lots.\"\n\nThese things therefore the soldiers did; and they sat and watched him\nthere.\n\nAnd the people stood beholding.\n\nAnd they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying,\n\"Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save\nthyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.\"\n\nIn like manner also, the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and\nelders, said, \"He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let the Christ,\nthe King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and\nbelieve. He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth\nhim: for he said, I am the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, \"Art\nnot thou the Christ? Save thyself and us.\"\n\nBut the other answered, and rebuking him said, \"Dost thou not even fear\nGod, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for\nwe receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing\namiss.\" And he said, \"Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.\"\n\nAnd he said unto him, \"Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with\nme in Paradise.\"\n\nBut there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his\nmother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. When\nJesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he\nloved, he saith unto his mother, \"Woman, behold thy son!\"\n\nThen saith he to the disciple, \"Behold thy mother!\"\n\nAnd from that hour the disciple took her unto his owns home.\n\nAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land\nuntil the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud\nvoice, \"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?\" which is, being interpreted, \"My\nGod, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?\"\n\nAnd some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, \"Behold, he\ncalleth Elijah.\"\n\nAfter this, Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the\nscripture might be accomplished, saith, \"I thirst.\"\n\nThere was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full\nof the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. When Jesus\ntherefore had received the vinegar, he said, \"It is finished.\"\n\nAnd Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, \"Father, into thy hands I\ncommend my spirit,\" and having said this, he gave up the ghost.\n\nAnd behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the\nbottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; and the tombs\nwere opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were\nraised; and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they\nentered into the holy city and appeared unto many.\n\nNow the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they\nsaw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly,\nsaying, \"Truly this was the Son of God.\"\n\nAnd all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they\nbeheld the things that were done, returned smiting their breasts. And\nmany women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from\nGalilee, ministering unto him; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary\nthe mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.\n\nThe Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies\nshould not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that\nsabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be\nbroken, and that they might be taken away.\n\nThe soldiers therefore came, and brake the legs of the first, and of\nthe other that was crucified with him: but when they came to Jesus, and\nsaw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs; howbeit one of\nthe soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came\nout blood and water. And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and his\nwitness is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye also may\nbelieve. For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be\nfulfilled, \"A bone of him shall not be broken.\" And again another\nscripture saith, \"They shall look on him whom they pierced.\"\n\n\nTHE BURIAL.\n\nAnd after these things, when even was come, there came a rich man from\nArimathaea, named Joseph, a councillor of honorable estate, a disciple of\nJesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews; and he boldly went in unto Pilate\nand asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already\ndead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been\nany while dead. And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the\ncorpse to Joseph.\n\nHe came therefore, and took away his body. And there came also Nicodemus,\nhe who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and\naloes, about a hundred pounds. So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it\nin linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.\n\nNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden: and in the\ngarden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. There then because of\nthe Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand), they laid Jesus;\nand rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.\n\nAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld the tomb, and how\nhis body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments.\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY--THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW.\n\n\nTHE WATCH AT THE TOMB.\n\nNow on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief\npriests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, saying, \"Sir,\nwe remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, 'After three\ndays I rise again.' Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until\nthe third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say\nunto the people, 'He is risen from the dead,' and the last error will be\nworse than the first.\"\n\nPilate said unto them, \"Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.\"\n\nSo they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard\nbeing with them.\n\n\n\n\nSUNDAY--THE DAY OF RESURRECTION.\n\n\nTHE EARTHQUAKE.\n\nAnd behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord\ndescended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon\nit. His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and\nfor fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.\n\n\nTHE EMPTY TOMB.\n\nNow on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it\nwas yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the\ntomb. She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other\ndisciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, \"They have taken away\nthe Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.\"\n\nPeter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went toward\nthe tomb. And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran\nPeter, and came first to the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he seeth\nthe linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.\n\nSimon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, and entered into the\ntomb: and he beholdeth the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, that was\nupon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by\nitself. Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first\nto the tomb, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the\nscripture, that he must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went\naway again unto their own home.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO MARY.\n\nBut Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she\nstooped and looked into the tomb; and she beholdeth two angels in white\nsitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus\nhad lain. And they say unto her, \"Woman, why weepest thou?\"\n\nShe saith unto them, \"Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know\nnot where they have laid him.\"\n\nWhen she had thus said, she turned herself back, and beholdeth Jesus\nstanding, and knew not that it was Jesus.\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?\"\n\nShe, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, \"Sir, if thou hast\nborne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him\naway.\"\n\nJesus saith unto her, \"Mary.\"\n\nShe turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, \"Rabboni\"; which is\nto say, \"Teacher.\"\n\nJesus saith to her, \"Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the\nFather; but go unto my brethren, and say to them, 'I ascend unto my\nFather, and your Father, and my God and your God.'\"\n\nMary Magdalene cometh and telleth the disciples, \"I have seen the Lord\";\nand that he had said these things unto her.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE WOMEN.\n\nAnd the women which had come with him out of Galilee came unto the tomb,\nbringing the spices which they had prepared. And they were saying among\nthemselves, \"Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?\"\nand looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was\nexceeding great. And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting\non the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he\nsaith unto them, \"Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been\ncrucified; he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid\nhim! But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goeth before you into\nGalilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.'\"\n\nAnd they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran\nto bring his disciples word.\n\nAnd behold, Jesus met them, saying, \"All hail.\" And they came and took\nhold of his feet, and worshipped him.\n\nThen saith Jesus unto them, \"Fear not: go tell my brethren that they\ndepart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.\"\n\n\nREPORT OF THE WATCH.\n\nNow while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city,\nand told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.\nAnd when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,\nthey gave much money unto the soldiers, saying, \"Say ye, 'His disciples\ncame by night, and stole him away while we slept.' And if this come to\nthe governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.\"\n\nSo they took the money and did as they were taught: and this saying was\nspread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE AT EMMAUS.\n\nAnd behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named\nEmmaus, which was three-score furlongs from Jerusalem. And they communed\nwith each other of all these things which had happened.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that\nJesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden\nthat they should not know him.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"What communications are these that ye have one\nwith another, as ye walk?\"\n\nAnd they stood still, looking sad. And one of them, named Cleopas,\nanswering, said unto him, \"Dost thou alone sojourn in Jerusalem and not\nknow the things which are come to pass there in these days?\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"What things?\"\n\nAnd they said unto him, \"The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who\nwas a prophet mighty in deed and word before God, and all the people:\nand how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be\ncondemned to death, and crucified him. But we hoped that it was he who\nshould redeem Israel. Yea, and besides all this, it is now the third\nday since these things came to pass. Moreover, certain women of our\ncompany amazed us, having been early at the tomb; and when they found\nnot his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of\nangels, who said that he was alive. And certain of them that were with\nus went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but\nhim they saw not.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in\nall that the prophets have spoken! Behooved it not the Christ to suffer\nthese things, and to enter into his glory?\"\n\nAnd beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to\nthem in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nAnd they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he\nmade as though he would go further. And they constrained him, saying,\n\"Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent.\"\n\nAnd he went in to abide with them. And it came to pass, when he had sat\ndown with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it,\nhe gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he\nvanished out of their sight.\n\nAnd they said one to another, \"Was not our heart burning within us,\nwhile he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?\"\n\nAnd they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found\nthe eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, \"The\nLord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.\" And they rehearsed\nthe things that happened in the way, and how he was known of them in the\nbreaking of the bread.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES.\n\nWhen therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and\nwhen the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,\nJesus came and stood in the midst and saith unto them, \"Peace be unto you.\"\n\nBut they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a\nspirit. And he said unto them, \"Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do\nquestionings arise in your heart? See my hands and my feet, that it is I\nmyself: handle me, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye\nbehold me having.\"\n\nAnd when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.\n\nAnd while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto\nthem, \"Have ye here anything to eat?\"\n\nAnd they gave him a piece of broiled fish. And he took it, and ate\nbefore them.\n\nJesus therefore said to them again, \"Peace be unto you: as the Father hath\nsent me, even so send I you.\" And when he had said this, he breathed on\nthem, and saith unto them, \"Receive ye the Holy Spirit: whose soever sins\nye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they\nare retained.\"\n\n\n\n\nAFTER THE RESURRECTION DAY.\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES AND TO THOMAS.\n\nBut Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus\ncame. The other disciples therefore said unto him, \"We have seen the Lord.\"\n\nBut he said unto them, \"Except I shall see in his hands the print of the\nnails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand\ninto his side, I will not believe.\"\n\nAnd after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with\nthem. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and\nsaid, \"Peace be unto you.\"\n\nThen saith he to Thomas, \"Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and\nreach hither thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless,\nbut believing.\"\n\nThomas answered and said unto him, \"My Lord and my God.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:\nblessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.\"\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE SEVEN BY THE SEA.\n\nAfter these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at\nthe sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself on this wise. There were\ntogether Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus and Nathanael of Cana in\nGalilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.\n\nSimon Peter saith unto them, \"I go a fishing.\"\n\nThey say unto him, \"We also come with thee.\"\n\nThey went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took\nnothing. But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach: yet\nthe disciples knew not that it was Jesus.\n\nJesus therefore saith unto them, \"Children, have ye aught to eat?\"\n\nThey answered him, \"No.\"\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and\nye shall find.\"\n\nThey cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the\nmultitude of fishes.\n\nThat disciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, \"It is the\nLord.\" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his coat\nabout him (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.\n\nBut the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from\nthe land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net full of\nfishes.\n\nSo when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and\nfish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, \"Bring of the fish\nwhich ye have now taken.\"\n\nSimon Peter therefore went up, and drew the net to land, full of great\nfishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and for all there were so many,\nthe net was not rent.\n\nJesus saith unto them, \"Come and break your fast.\"\n\nAnd none of the disciples durst inquire of him, \"Who art thou?\" knowing\nthat it was the Lord.\n\nJesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise.\n\nThis is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples,\nafter that he was risen from the dead.\n\nSo when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, \"Simon,\nson of John, lovest thou me more than these?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee.\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Feed my lambs.\"\n\nHe saith unto him again a second time, \"Simon, son of John, lovest thou\nme?\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee.\"\n\nHe saith unto him, \"Tend my sheep.\"\n\nHe saith unto him the third time, \"Simon, son of John, lovest thou me?\"\n\nPeter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, \"Lovest thou\nme?\" And he said unto him, \"Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest\nthat I love thee.\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When\nthou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest;\nbut when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another\nshall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.\"\n\nNow this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify\nGod. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, \"Follow me.\"\n\nPeter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who\nalso leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, \"Lord, who is he\nthat betrayeth thee?\" Peter therefore seeing him saith to Jesus, \"Lord,\nand what shall this man do?\"\n\nJesus saith unto him, \"If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that\nto thee? Follow thou me.\"\n\nThis saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple\nshould not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die,\nbut, \"If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?\"\n\n\nTHE APPEARANCE TO THE ELEVEN ON THE MOUNTAIN.\n\nThe eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus\nhad appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some\ndoubted. And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, \"All\nauthority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye\ntherefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the\nname of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them\nto observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you\nalways, even unto the end of the world.\"\n\n\nTHE LAST APPEARANCE AND ASCENSION.\n\nAnd he said unto them, \"These are my words which I spake unto you, while I\nwas yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are\nwritten in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning\nme.\"\n\nThen opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;\nand he said unto them, \"Thus it is written, that the Christ should\nsuffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; and that repentance\nand remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the\nnations, beginning from Jerusalem. Ye are witnesses of these things. And\nbehold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in\nthe city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.\"\n\nAnd he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted\nup his hands, and blessed them.\n\nAnd it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was\ncarried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to\nJerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, blessing God.\n\n       *       *       *       *       *\n\nMANY OTHER SIGNS THEREFORE DID JESUS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DISCIPLES,\nWHICH ARE NOT WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK: BUT THESE ARE WRITTEN, THAT YE MAY\nBELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD; AND THAT BELIEVING YE\nMAY HAVE LIFE IN HIS NAME.\n\n\n\n\n[Transcriber's Note:\n\n\n* p. 11: Replaced the word \"Caesar\" with \"Caesar\" located in the phrase\n\"Tribute to Caesar\" to be consistent with other similar spellings.\n\n* p. 14: Corrected spelling of word \"cribes\" to \"scribes\" located in the\nphrase \"But woe unto you, cribes\".\n\n* p. 23: Added missing closing quotation after the word \"hour\" located\nin the phrase \"not the day nor the hour\".\n\n* p. 24: Added missing closing quotation after the word \"teeth\" located\nin the phrase \"and the gnashing of teeth\".\n\n* p. 34: Corrected spelling of word \"m\" to \"me\" located in the phrase\n\"If a man abide not in m\".\n\n* p. 43: Corrected spelling of word \"ever\" to \"even\" located in the\nphrase \"I ever taught in synagogues\".]","title":"His Last Week: The Story of the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus in the Words of the Four Gospels","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":19364}