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CHAP. his hand with me in the dish will means deny thee." And so said all CHAP. deliver me up. The son of man is the disciples. 24 going to suffer death, as it is writIsa. liii. 8. ten of him; but alas! for that man by whom the son of man is delivered up. It were better for that man, if he had not been born." Upon this Judas who delivered him up, said, "Master, is it I?" Jesus saith unto him, "It is."

Daniel ix. 26.

Lord's supper.

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Then cometh Jesus to a place 36 called Gethsemane, and saith to Jesus shews his disciples, "Stay here, while I great sensibility and go and pray yonder." And he resignation. took with him, Peter, and the two 37 sons of Zebedee, and was in an agony of excessive anguish. Then 38 saith he unto them, "My soul is exceedingly dismayed with a deadly sorrow; tarry here and watch with me." And he went forward a 39 little, and fell on his face and prayed, saying, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup be removed from me! nevertheless not my will, but thine be done." And 40 returning to his disciples, and finding them asleep, he saith, to Peter,

And as they were eating, Jesus Institution took bread, and gave thanks to of the God, brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is the representation of my body. 27 He took also the cup, and when he had given thanks, gave it to them, 28 saying, "Drink ye all of it, for this is the representation of my blood, that blood which is to be shed for the benefit of all, a seal of the" So, could ye not watch with me new covenant which relates to the such a short time as this! Watch 29 remission of sins. And I say unto ye and pray that ye may not come you, I shall not drink henceforth of to a trial too hard for you. The 41 this produce of the vine till that spirit indeed may be ready, but the day in which I drink it with you, flesh is weak." after a new order of things has arisen in my Father's kingdom." 30 And after using a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

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Peter and the rest

Then saith Jesus unto them, "Ye will all forsake me this very night, as it is written, I will smite promise to be faithful the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.' But after I am raised I will up, before into Galilee." you

to him. Zech.

He went away from them a se-42 cond time, and prayed, saying, “ O my Father, if this cup cannot be removed from me, and I must drink it, thy will be done." And on his 43 return he findeth them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. And 44 he left them and went away again; and prayed a third time in the same words. go Then he cometh to his 45 disciples and saith unto them, . said unto him, "Though all others" Are ye still asleep, and giving forsake thee, yet will I never for- yourselves to rest? behold! the 34 sake thee." Jesus said unto him, moment is come for the son of man "Verily I say unto thee, This to be delivered up into the hands of very night, beforeth e cock crow, the heathen. Arise, let us be gone, 46 35 thou wilt deny me thrice." Peter behold! he that is going to deliver saith unto him, "Though I must me up is at hand." even die with thee, I will by no

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While he was yet speaking, lo! 47

A proverbial way of speaking, not to be strictly interpreted.

The second watch of the night, which was at twelve o'clock, was called the cockcrowing. The third watch, or three o'clock in the morning, was called the second

cock-crowing, which if we suppose to be
here meant, this place is perfectly consistent
with Mark xiv. 30.

3 He first kneeled down, and then bent
forward with his body to the ground. See
Luke xxii. 41.

CHAP. Judas, one of the twelve, came, and XXVI. with him a great multitude, with He is ap- swords and clubs, from the chief prehended. priests and elders of the people. 48 And he had given them a sign, saying, "The man whom I shall 49 kiss, is he; lay hold on him." And immediately he came up to Jesus, and said, "Hail, master!" and 50 fondly kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, for what art thou come?" Then they went up, and laid hands on Jesus and apprehended him.

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And behold! one of them with Does not Jesus stretched out his hand, and allow Peter drew his sword, and smote the serto resist. vant of the high priest, and cut off 52 his ear. Then saith Jesus unto him, "Put up thy sword again into its place, for all those who take the sword are in danger of perishing 53 by the sword. Dost thou think that I am not able at this moment to pray to my Father, and he would furnish me with more than 54 twelve legions of angels? But how then could the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that thus it must be?"

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the elders, and the whole council, CHAP.
sought false testimony against Je- XXVI.
sus, to put him to death, but found 60
it not, though many false witnesses
came up. At last came up two false 61
witnesses, saying, " This man said,
I am able to destroy the temple of
God, and to build it in three days."
And the high priest rose, and said
unto him, "Dost thou make no 62
answer? what is it which these
witness against thee?" But he 63
kept silence. And the high priest
said unto him, "I require thee to
swear by the living God, and tell
us whether thou be the Christ, the
son of God." Jesus saith unto 64
him, "I am; moreover I say unto
you, Hereafter ye will see the son
of man sitting on the right hand of
divine power, and coming on the
clouds of heaven."

contempt.

Then the high-priest rent his 65 clothes, saying, "He hath spoken He is treat evil against God. What need have ed with we of more witnesses? Behold! ye have now heard his wicked speech. What think ye?" They 66 answered, "He is guilty of a crime worthy of death." Then they 67 55 At the same time Jesus said to spat in his face; and some buffeted Remon- the multitudes, "Am I a murder-him, and others beat him with the the crowd, er, that ye are come out in a body palms of their hands, saying, and is for- against me, with swords and clubs," Tell us, thou prophet Christ, 68 saken by to seize me? I was with you day who smote thee?" his friends. after day, teaching in the temple, 56 and ye did not seize me. But by this the writings of the prophets are fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

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Now Peter was sitting at a dis- 69 tance in the hall; and one of the Peter de maid-servants came to him and nies his said, "Thou also wast with Jesus thrice. the Galilean." But he denied it in 70 And they who had seized Jesus the presence of them all, saying, Jesus de- carried him away to Caiaphas, with" I know not what thou meanest. clares him- whom the scribes and the elders And after he had gone out into the 71 the Mes- were assembled. But Peter follow- porch, another maid-servant saw siah. ed him at a distance to the palace him, and saith unto them that were 58 of the high priest, and went in and there," This man also was with sat with the attendants to see the Jesus of Nazareth." And he de- 72 59 end. Now the chief priests, and nied it again with an oath, saying,

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CHAP. "I know not the man." A little the children of Israel valued, and CHAP, while after, some, who were stand-gave them for the potter's field as ing by, came up, and said to the Lord commanded me." Peter, "Surely thou art one of them, and indeed thy speech dis74 covereth thee." Then he began to curse himself, and to swear, saying, "I do not know the man." 75 And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, who had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou wilt Hearest thou not how many deny me thrice." And he went things they witness against thee?" out and wept bitterly. And he did not answer a single 14 question, so that the governor wondered greatly.

And Jesus stood before the go- 11 vernor, and the governor asked Jesus calls him, saying, "Art thou the king king of the of the Jews?" Jesus said unto Jews in a him, "I am." And, when he spiritual was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, 13

CHAP.

Early in the morning, all the XXVIL chief priests and the elders of the Jesus is people consulted about Jesus to put him to death. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate the governor.

taken before the Roman governor.

of Judas.

3 Then Judas, who had delivered Remorse him up, when he saw that Jesus and death was condemned, repented, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the 4 elders, saying, "I have sinned in delivering up innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to 5 us? look thou to that." Then he threw down the pieces of money in the temple, and withdrew, and 6 went and strangled himself. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the sacred treasury, because they are 7 the price of blood;" and after consultation upon it, they bought with them the potter's field, to bury 8 strangers in. Wherefore that field hath been called the field of blood 9 to this day. Then was fulfilled this saying of the prophet: "And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom

Zech.

xi. 13.

I The trumpet sounded, which announced the second watch, or three o'clock in the morning.

* Pilate was a man of a fierce and cruel temper, guilty of many flagrant crimes. After having governed Judea for ten years,

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wishes to release

Jesus;

Now during the festival, the 15 governor used to release unto the Pilate multitude one prisoner whom they would. And they had then a noted prisoner named Barabbas. There- 17 fore while they were assembled, Pilate said unto them, "Which do ye wish me to release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?" (Pilate was anxious to release Jesus, because he knew 18 that they had delivered him up through hatred; and because, while 19 he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife had sent unto him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much in a dream this

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the chief priests and the elders
persuaded the multitudes to ask
for Barabbas, and leave Jesus to
die.

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for them, and sat down there to CHAP
guard him. And they placed over
his head his accusation, written, 37
"This is Jesus the king of the
Jews."

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CHAP be crucified." And thegovernor said, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, "Let 24 him be crucified." When Pilate saw that he did no good, but only caused a greater uproar, he took water, Then two murderers were cruci- 38 and washed his hands before the fied with him, one on the right He is remultitude, saying, "I am guiltless hand, and one on the left. And proced of the blood of this righteous those who passed by reviled him, spectators. 25 man; look ye to it." And all the shaking their heads, and saying, 40 people answered, "His blood be" Thou who canst destroy the upon us, and upon our children." temple, and build it in three days, 26 Then released he Barabbas unto save thyself; if thou be the son of them; and when he had command- God, come down from the cross." ed Jesus to be scourged, he deliver- Likewise the chief priests also, 41 ed him up to be crucified. with the scribes and elders, mocked

led to

death.

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Then the soldiers of the gover-him and said, "He saved others, 42 Jesus is in- nor took Jesus with them into cannot he save himself? If he be sulted and the judgment-hall, and assembled against him the whole band; and 28 they stript him, and put on him a 29 scarlet robe, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and a cane in his right-hand, and they kneeled before him, and invoked him, saying, "Hail, king of the 30 Jews!" And they spat on him, and took the cane and struck him 21 on the head. And after mocking him, they took off the robe, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they were going out of" Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ?" the city, they met with a man of that is, "My God! my God! Cyrene, named Simon, whom they why hast thou forsaken me?" compelled to carry the upper part Then some of those who stood 47 of the cross after Jesus had borne there, when they heard it, said, it as long as his strength would" He is calling Elijah." And im- 48 33 permit. And after they were mediately one of them ran, and come to a place called Golgotha, took a spunge, and put it filled which signifies a place of skulls, with vinegar on a reed, and gave 34 they gave him vinegar mingled him to drink. And others said, 49 with bitters to drink; and when he Hold! let us see whether had tasted it, he refused to drink. Elijah will come and save him." 50 35 And after they had nailed him to And when Jesus had cried out the cross, they parted his garments again with a loud voice, he examong themselves, by casting lots pired.

king of Israel, let him now come
down from the cross, and we will
believe him. He trusted in God, 43
let him now deliver him, if he ap-
proveth him, for he said, 'I am
the son of God." The murderers 44
also that were crucified with him,
reproached him in the same man-
ner.

Now there was a darkness over 45
all the land of Judea, from the The death
sixth hour unto the ninth hour. of Jesus
And about the ninth hour, Jesus 46
cried out with a loud voice, saying,

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* It consisted of 200 soldiers.

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* A mixture of vinegar and water, called posca, was the common drink of the Roman soldiers.

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CHAP. And behold the vail of the
temple was rent in two from the
is attended top to the bottom, and the earth
and follow- quaked, and the rocks were split;
ed by asto-
nishing cir- and the sepulchres were opened,
cumstances. and many bodies of holy persons people,
bodies of holy persons
52 who were asleep awoke, and went
out of their graves after they
awoke, and were seen by many.
54 When the centurion, and the sol-go make the sepulchre as safe as
diers that were with him guarding
Jesus, perceived the earthquake,
and what had happened, they were
greatly afraid, and said, "Truly
this was a son of God."

days I shall rise again.' Order, CHAP.
therefore, that the sepulchre be
made safe until the third day, lest
his disciples come by night, and
steal him away, and say to the
people, He is risen from the
dead;' so the last deceit will be
worse than the first." Pilate said 65
unto them," Ye have a guard :

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And several women were there, Women looking on at a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, and waited upon him; among 56 whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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Now when it was evening, there The body came a rich man of Arimathea, is buried named Joseph, who had been also by Joseph. 58 a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate commanded the body to be given him. 59 So Joseph took the body, and wrapt it in a clean linen cloth, and 60 laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he caused to be rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb, 61 and went away. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary was sitting over against the sepulchre.

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On the next day, the day after A guard is the preparation, the chief priests placed at and the scribes came together unto the sepulchre. Pilate, saying, "Sir, we remem63 ber that this deceiver said, while he was yet alive, Within three

I A very extraordinary and excellent person.

Such a man would not have committed the body of Jesus to the sepulchre without plain marks of death.

3 Our F.iday, the preparation-day for the

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you can." So they went and se- 66 cured the sepulchre, by sealing the stone, and setting a guard.

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informs the

women of

After the end of the Sabbath, as CHAP. the first day of the following week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene, An angel and the other Mary, went to see the sepulchre. And lo! there had the resur been a great commotion; for an rection of angel of the Lord had descended Jesus; from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone from the entrance, and was sitting upon it; and his 3 appearance was was like lightning, and his raiment bright as snow. Through fear of him the keepers 4 had been alarmed and become like dead men. And the angel said 5 unto the women, "Be not ye afraid, for I know that ye are seeking Jesus who was crucified. He 6 is not here. He hath been raised up, as he said he should be. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.' And make haste to tell his disci- 7 ples, that he hath been raised from the dead; and behold! he will go before you into Galilee, there ye shall see him. Lo! I have told you."

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