[their dissatisfaction], and said to them: Why trouble ye the woman? She hath performed a 11 good deed towards me. (11) For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you 12 always. (12) And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for 13 burial. (13) Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world,d this thing that she hath done shall be told for a memorial of her. my с Sy. 2 Sy. Bols 14 Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, was evening, he reclined with his twelve disciples. 21 (21) And as they were eating, he said: Verily I say to you, That one of you will betray me. 22 (22) And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord, 23 is it I? (23) And he answered and said: One that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, he will 24 betray me. (24) And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born. 25 (25) Judas the betrayer answered and said: Rabbi, is it I? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. 26 (26) And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake; and gave to his disciples, 27 and said: Take, eat; this is my body. (27) And he took the cup, and offered thanks; and gave [it] to them, saying: Take, drink of this all of you. 28 (28) This is my blood of the new testament,s which, in behalf of many, is shed for the remission of sins. 29 (29) But I say to you, that I will henceforth not drink of this producth of the vine, until the day in e Sy. Sy. Lo Sy i which I shall drink it with you new in the kingdom of God. And they sang praises, and went forth to the 30 mount of Olives. (31) Then said Jesus to them: 31 or, stumbled. Ye will all be offendedi in me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of his flock will be dispersed. (32) But after I am 32 arisen, I will go before you into Galilee. (33) Ce- 33 phask replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee. (34) Jesus said to him: Verily I say to 34 thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt thrice deny me. (35) Cephas said to him: If 35 I were to die with thee, I would not deny thee: and so also said all the disciples. k Gr. Peter. n 1 Sy. Luoj Then came Jesus with them to a place called 36 Sy. So Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray. (37) And he took Če- 37 phas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful. (38) And he said to 38 m Sy. them: There is anguish in my soul,m even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me. (39) And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and 39 prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou. (40) And he came to his disciples, and 40 found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour? (41) Wake 41 ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm. (42) Again he went away the second time, and 42 prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done. (43) And he came again and found them sleeping, 43 for their eyes were heavy. (44) And he left them, 44 and went again and prayed the third time, and used the same language. (45) Then he came to 45 his disciples, and said to them: Sleep on now, and take rest. Behold, the hour is come: and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (46) Arise, let us go. Behold, he that betrayeth 46 me hath come. (47) And while he was yet speak- 47 ing, lo, Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, arrived; and a great multitude with him, with swords and clubs, from the presence of the chief priests and elders of the people. (48) And Judas 48 Sy. spoke. the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: He it 49 is, whom I shall kiss: him seize ye. (49) And forthwith he approached Jesus, and said: Hail,PP Sy. 50 Rabbi; and kissed him. (50) And Jesus said to him: My friend, is it for this thou hast come? Then they came up, and laid their hands on Jesus, 51 and took him. (51) And lo, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off 52 his ear. (52) Then Jesus said to him: Return the sword to its place; for all they that take swords, 53 shall die by swords. (53) Supposest thou that I cannot ask of my Father, and he now assign me 54 more than twelve legions of angels? (54) But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that 55 thus it must be? (55) At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me. (56) And this occurred, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled. 56 57 And they who apprehended Jesus carried him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and 58 Elders were assembled. (58) And Simon Cephas followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants 59 within, that he might see the issue. (59) And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they 60 might put him to death; (60) and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two 61 came forward, (61) and said: This man said, I can destroy the temple of God, and in three days re62 build it. (62) And the high priest rose up and r Gr. Peter. said to him: Respondest thou nothing? What do 63 these testify against thee? (63) And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of 64 God. (64) Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, or, might. 65 and coming on the clouds of heaven. (65) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said: Behold, he hath blasphemed! Why therefore should we V tor, opinion. seek for witnesses? Behold, ye have now heard his blasphemy. (66) What is your pleasure?t 66 or, obnoxious. They answered and said: He is liable to death. w Gr. Peter. (67) Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him; 67 and others smote him, (68) and said to him: 68 Prophesy to us, thou Messiah, who is it smote thee? And Cephas was sitting without in the hall, 69 and a certain maid approached him, and said to him: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarean. (70) But he denied [it] before them all, and said: 70 I know not what thou sayest. (71) And as he 71 went out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them: This man was also there with Jesus the Nazarean. (72) And again he denied, 72 with oaths: I know not that man. (73) And a 73 little after, those standing [there] came up and said to Cephas: Certainly, thou too art one of them; and thy speech maketh thee manifest. (74) Then 74 he began to imprecate, and to swear, I know not xor, immediate- that man. And in that hour the cock crew. (75) And Cephas remembered the declaration of 75 Jesus, who said to him: Before the cock croweth, thou wilt three times deny me. And he went out, ly. and wept bitterly. And when it was morning, the chief priests XXVII. and the elders of the people held a council against Jesus, how they might put him to death. (2) And 2 they bound him, and carried him and delivered Los him up to Pilate, the president. for Gr. ἡγεμόνα. * Sy. 3 Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, repented. And he went and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders; (4) and said: I have sinned, by 4 betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself. (5) And he cast 5 down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself. (6) And the chief priests 6 took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury,b because it is the price of blood. (7) And they took counsel, and bought 7 with it the potter's field, for a place to bury strangers. (8) Wherefore that field is called the field of blood, unto this day. (9) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I 8 9 took the thirty [shekels] of silver, the price of the precious one, which they of the children of Israel 10 had stipulated; (10) and I gave them for the pot ter's field, as the Lord directed me. 11 And Jesus stood before the president. And the president asked him, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: 12 Thou hast said. (12) And when the chief priests 13 and elders accused him, he made no reply. (13) Then Pilate said to him: Hearest thou not how 14 much they testify against thee? (14) But he gave him no answer, not even one word: and therefore 15 Pilate wondered greatly. (15) And at each festival, the president was accustomed to release to the 16 people one prisoner, such as they preferred. (16) And they had then in bonds a noted prisoner, 17 called Bar Abas.d (17) And when they were Gr. assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom will ye, that Bapaßsas. I release to you, Bar Abas, or Jesus who is called 18 Messiah? (18) For Pilate knew that it was from 19 enmity they had delivered him up. (19) And as the president was sitting on his tribunal,e his wife sent to him, and said: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered much this 20 day in a dream because of him. (20) But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitude, that they should demand Bar Abas, and 21 destroy Jesus. (21) And the president answered, Sy. Song, Gr. Bua. and said to them: Which of the two, will ye, that 22 I release to you? And they said: Bar Abas. (22) Pilate said to them: And what shall I do to Jesus who is called Messiah? They all replied: Let 23 him be crucified. (23) The presidentf said to them: i. e. Pilate. But what hath he done, that is evil? And they cried out the more, and said: Let him be crucified. 24 (24) And Pilate, when he saw that it availed nothing, but rather that tumult was produced, took water, and washed his hands before the eyes of the multitude, and said: I am pure from the blood of 25 this just man: see ye to it. (25) And all the people answered, and said: His blood be on us, 26 and on our children! (26) Then released he to them Bar Abas; and scourged Jesus with whips,g 27 and delivered him to be crucified. (27) Then the soldiers of the president took Jesus into the Prætorium, and assembled the whole regimenti against h Sy. P from Greek. Sy. Sy.al, |