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servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath; the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

12 Then the band, and the captain, and officers of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him,

13 And led him away to Annas first; (for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.)

14 Now Caiaphas was he which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient, that one man should die for the people.

15 ¶ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, & so did another disciple; that disciple was known unto the high priest, & went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

16. But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, & spake unto her that kept the

17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I

am not.

18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold; and they warmed themselves; and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

of Peter.

19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.

20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them; behold, they know what I said.

22 And, when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me ?

24 (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.)

25 ¶ And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said, therefore, unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said,

I am not.

26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

27 Peter then denied again; & immediately the cock crew.

28 ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment; and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest

Christ is falsely

Chap. xix.

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29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews, therefore, said unto him, It is not lawful for us b to put any man to death:

32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake,c signifying what death he should die.

33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment-hall again, and called Jesus, & said unto him, Art thou the king of the Jews? 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

85 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me. What hast thou done?

a Lest they should be defiled. Lest their going into the judgment-hall of the Romans, who were heathen, should defile or pollute them, and render them unfit to eat the passover.

Since we are under the authority and jurisdiction of the Romans, it is not now law for us to put any man to death.

Which he spake, Matt. xx. 19, that he should be delivered to the Genles, or Romans, to be mocked, scourged and crucified.

accused before Pilate. 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.

37 Pilate, therefore, said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And, when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover; will ye, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews?

40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

CHAP. XIX. 1 Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten; 16 delivered to be crucified: 30 he dieth, 38 and is buried. THEN Pilate, therefore, took Jesus, and scourged him.

2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

3 And said, Hail, king of

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the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

4 Pilate, therefore, went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

6 When the chief priests, therefore, and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him.

7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8¶ When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

9 And went again into the judgment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, & have power to release thee?

11 Jesus answered, Thou ❤ouldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above; therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying,

and crucified.

thou

If thou let this man go, art not Cesar's friend; whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cesar.

13¶ When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.a

14 And it was the preparation b of the passover, and about the sixth hour ;c and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your king!

15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar.

16 Then delivered he him, therefore, unto them to be crueified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

17 And he, bearing his cross, went forth into a place called the place of a scull,d which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha;

18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.

19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS

a Gabbatha, a raised, or somewhat,、 elevated place.

b Preparation was Friday, the day before the Jewish Sabbath.

Sixth hour, twelve o'clock, noon d The place of stulls, Calvary.

He commendeth his

Chap. xix.

OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

20 This title then read many of the Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat; now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said, therefore, among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith,e They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things, therefore, the soldiers did.

25 ¶ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

26 When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

27 Then saith he to the dise Which saith. See Ps, xxii. 18.

mother to John.

ciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

28 ¶ After this Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, ƒ saith, I thirst.

29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put

it to his mouth.

30 When Jesus, therefore, had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished ;g and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.h

31 The Jews, therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbathday was an high day,i) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

34 But one of the soldiers

f That the scripture might be fulfil led. See. Ps. Ixix. 21.

g It is finished. All written concerning me, my labours and my sufferings are fulfilled.

b Gave up the ghost, expired or died.

i An high day. A great day,

Christ's burial

S. John.

and resurrection:

with a spear pierced his side,

CHAP. XX.

and forthwith came thereout 1 Mary cometh to the sepulchre,

blood and water.

35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled; A bone of him shall not be broken.

37 And again, another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.j

38 ¶ And after this, Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came, therefore and took the body of Jesus.

39 And there came also Nicodemus, (which at the first came to Jesus by night,) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight..

40 Then took they the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now, in the place, where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

42 There laid they Jesus, therefore, because of the Jews' preparation-day; k for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

j Whom they have pierced. Zec. xii. 10. k Preparation, the day before the Sabbath.

3 and Peter, and John. 24 The incredulity of Thomas. THE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved; and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

3 Peter, therefore, went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together; and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

5 And he, stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not

in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie;

7 And the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

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