till the kingdom of God come. Simon, behold satan hath desired 19 And taking bread, he gave to have you that he may sift you as thanks and brake and gave to wheat. them, saying: This is my body which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me. 20 In like manner the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed for you. 21 But yet behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And the Son of man indeed goeth, according to that which is determined: but yet wo to that man by whom he shall be betrayed. 23 And they began to enquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing. 24 And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should seem to be greater. 25 And he said to them: The kings of the gentiles lord it over them; and they that have power over them, are called beneficent. 26 But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. 27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? but I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth : 28 And you are theywho have continued with me in my temptations. 29 And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a king dom: 30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 And the Lord said : Simon, 32 But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not: and thou being once converted, confirm thy brethren. 33 Who said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee both into prison and to death. 34 And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,till thou thricedenyest that thou knowest me. And he said to them: 35 When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes, did you want any thing? 36 But they said: Nothing. Then said he unto them: But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip, and he that hath not, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword. 37 For I say to you, that this that is written, must yet be fulfilled in me, And with the wicked was he reckoned. For the things concerning me have an end. 38 But they said: Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them: It is enough. 39 And going out he went according to his custom to the mount of olives. And his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast: and kneeling down he prayed. 42 Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: But yet not my will, but thine be done. 43 And there appeared to him an Angel from heaven, strengthen Ver. 19. Do this for a commemoration of me. This sacrifice and sacrament is to be continued in the church, to the end of the world, to shew forth the death of Christ, until he cometh. But this commemoration or remembrance is by no means inconsistent with the real presence of his body and blood, under these sacramental vails, which represents him death: on the contrary, the best way we can have of commemorating and celebrating his death, is by offering in sacrifice, and receiving in sacrament that body and blood by which we were redeemed ing him. And being in an agony, said: This man also was with him. he prayed the longer. 44 And his sweat became as drops of blood trickling down upon the ground. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. 46 And he said to them: Why sleep you? arise, pray, lest you enter into temptation. 47 As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude: and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to JESUS, for to kiss him. 48 And JESUS said to him: Judas dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss? 49 And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him: Lord, shail we strike with the sword? 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. 51 But JESUS answering, said: Suffer ye thus far.. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. 52 And JESUS said to the chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and the ancients that were come unto him, Are you come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs ? 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me, but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. 54 And apprehending him, they led him to the high-priest's house: But Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of them. 56 Whom when a certain servantmaid had seen sitting at the light, and had earnestly beheld him, she 57 But he denied him, saying: Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while another seeing him, said: Thou also art one of them. But Peter said: O man, I am not. 59 And after the space as it were of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying: Of a truth this man was also with him: for he is also a Galilean. 60 And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. 61 And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as he had said: before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62 And Peter going out wept bitterly. 63 And the men that held him, mocked him, and struck him. 64 And they blind-folded him, and smote his face. And they asked him, saying: Prophesy, who is it that struck thee? 65 And blaspheming many other things they said against him. 66 And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people, and the chief priests, and scribes came together, and they brought him into their council, saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us. 67 And he said to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me : 68 And if I shall ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. 69 But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. 70 Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say, that I am. 71 And they said: What need we any farther testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. CHAP. XXIII. Continuation of the history of the passion. sented unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people, and behold I have examined him before you, find wherein you accuse hith ND the whole multitude of no cause in this man in those things A the rising up, led him to Pi late. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, and saying that he is Christ the king. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews! But he answering, said: Thou sayest it. 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find no cause in this man. 5 But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. 6 But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee. 7 And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. 8 And Herod seeing JESUS, was very glad, for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. 9 And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood by earnestly accusing him. 11 And Herod with his army set him at nought: and mocked him, putting on him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate. 12 And Herod and Pilate, were made friends that same day for before they were enemies one to another. 15 No, nor Herod neither. For I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him. 16 I will chastise him therefore and release him. 17 Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day. 18 But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. 19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for a murder, was cast into prison. 20 And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus. 21 But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. 22 And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him, I will chastise him therefore and let him go, 23 But they were instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified: and their voices prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but JESUS he de livered up to their will. 26 And as they led him away they laid hold of one Simon of Cy. rene coming from the country: and they laid the cross on him to carry after JESUS. 27 And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. 13 And Pilate calling together the chief priests. and the magis- 28 But JESUS turning to them, trates, and the people, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, 14 Said to them: You have pre-weep not over me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. receive the due reward of our deeds: 29 For behold the days shall but this man hath done no evil. come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us and to the hills, Cover us. 31 For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry? 32 And there were also two other malefactors led with him, to be put to death. 33 And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there; and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 42 And he said to JESUS: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. 43 And JESUS said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. 44 And it was almost the sixth hour and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 And the sun was darkened : and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 46 And JESUS crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost. 47 Now the centurion seeing. what was done, glorified God, say34 And JESUS said: Father, for-ing: Indeed this was a just man. give them, for they know not what 48 And all the multitude of them they do. But they dividing his gar- that were come together to that ments, cast lots. sight, and saw the things that were 35 And the people stood behold-done, returned striking their breasts. ing, and the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others, let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him coming to him, and offering him vinegar. 37 And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. 33 And there was also a superscription written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself, and us. 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art under the same condemnation ? 41 And we indeed justly, for we 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that had followed him from Galilee, stood afar off beholding these things. 50 And behold there was a man named Joseph, who was a counsellor, a good and a just man. 51 (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of Arimathea a city of Judea, who also himself looked for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of JESUS. 53 And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid. 54 And it was the day of the parasceve, and the sabbath drew on. 55 And the women that were Ver. 43. In paradise. That is, in the happy state of rest, joy, and peace everlasting. Christ was pleased, by a special privilege, to reward the faith and confession of the good thief with a full discharge of all his sins, both as to the guilt and punishment; and to introduce him immediately after death into the happy society of the saints. Ver. 54. Parasceve. That is, the eve, or day of preparation for the sabbath. come with him from Galilee, fol- I went the same day to a town which lowing after, saw the sepulchre, was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, and how his body was laid. named Emmaus. 56 And returning they prepared 14 And they talked together of spices and ointments: and on the all these things which had hapsabbath-day they rested according pened. to the commandment. CHAP. XXIV. Christ's resurrection. 15 And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, JESUS himself also AND on the first day of the week drawing near went with them. very early in the morning they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. 3 And going in, they found not the body of the Lord JESUS. 4 And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold two men stood by them in shining apparel. 5 And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee. 7 Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words. 69 And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 10 And it was Mary Magdalen, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. 11 And these words seemed to them as idle tales, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter rising up ran to the sepulchre ; and stooping down he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves, and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 18 And behold, two of them 16 But their eyes were held that they should not know him. 17 And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad? 18 And the one of them whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?. 19 To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning JESUS of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people. 20 And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death,and crucified him. 21 But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. 22 Yea and certain women also of our company, affrighted us, who before it was light, were at the sepulchre, 23 And not finding his body, came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. 24 And some of our people went to the sepulchre and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not. 25 Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken. 26 Ought not Christ to have suf |