25 dation of the world. (25) My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send 26 me. (26) And I have made known to them thy name; and I will make it known; so that the love, with which thou lovedst me, may be in them, and I in them.

XVIII. These things spake Jesus, and went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, a where Sy. CIP there was a garden, into which he and his disciples

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2 entered. (2) And Judas also, the betrayer, knew the place; because Jesus often there met with his 3 disciples. (3) Then Judas received a regiment, b and from the presence of the chief priests and Pharisees he had officials; and he came to the place 4 with lanterns and lamps and weapons.-(4) And Sy. län? Jesus, as he knew every thing that was to befall him, went forth and said to them: Whom seek ye? 5 (5) They say to him: Jesus the Nazarean. Jesus said to them: I am he. And Judas the betrayer 6 was also standing with them. (6) And when Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell 7 upon the ground. (7) And again Jesus asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus the 8 Nazarean. (8) Jesus said to them: I have told you that I am he; and if ye seek me, let these go 9 away: (9) that the speech might be fulfilled, which he uttered: Of them, whom thou hast given me, I 10 have lost not even one.-(10) And Simon Cephas had upon him a sword; and he drew it, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the servant's name was Malchus.d 11 (11) And Jesus said to Cephas: Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

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Then the regiment and the chiliarchse and the officials of the Jews laid hold of Jesus, and bound 13 him; (13) and they led him first to the presence of Annas;f for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, 14 who was the high priest of that year. (14) And it was Caiaphase who counselled the Jews, that it was expedient, one man should die for the people. 15 (15) And Simon Cephas and one other of the disciples went after Jesus. And that other disciple knew the high priest; and he entered with Jesus

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into the hall. (16) But Simon stood without at 16
the door; and that other disciple, who knew the
high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper,
and brought in Simon. (17) And the maid who 17
kept the door, said to Simon: Art not thou also
one of this man's disciples? And he said: I am
not. (18) And the servants and officials were 18
standing, and had placed a fire to warm themselves.
(19) And the high priest interrogated Jesus re- 19
specting his disciples, and respecting his doctrine.
(20) And Jesus said to him: I have discoursed 20
openly with the people, and have at all times
taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where
all the Jews assemble; and I have uttered nothing
in private. (21) Why dost thou interrogate me? 21
Ask them who have heard, what I said to them:
lo, they know what I have said. (22) And as he 22
said these things, one of the officials standing by,
smote the cheek of Jesus, and said to him: Givest
thou such an answer to the high priest? (23) Jesus 23
replied, and said to him: If I have spoken evil,
bear witness of that evil; but if well, why smitest
thou me? (24) Now Annas had sent Jesus bound 24
to Caiaphas the high priest.-(25) And Simon 25
Cephas was standing and warming himself; and
they said to him: Art not thou also one of his disci-
ples? And he denied, and said. I am not. (26) And 26
one of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman
of him whose ear Simon cut off, said to him: Did
I not see thee with him in the garden? (27) And 27
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And they led Jesus from the presence of Caia- 28
iphas unto the Prætorium;i and it was morning.
But they did not enter the Prætorium, lest they
should defile themselves before they had eaten the
passover. (29) And Pilate went forth to them 29
without, and said to them: What accusation have
ye against this man? (30) They replied, and said 30
to him: If he were not a malefactor, we should not
have delivered him up to thee. (31) Pilate said to 31
them: Take ye him, and judge him according to
your law. The Jews said to him: It is not lawful
for us to put a man to death: (32) that the speech 32
of Jesus might be fulfilled, when he made known
by what death he was to die. (33) And Pilate 33

went into the Prætorium, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? 34 (34) Jesus said to him: Sayest thou this of thyself, 35 or have others said [it] to thee of me? (35) Pilate said to him: Am I a Jew? Thy countrymen and the chief priests have delivered thee to me. What 36 hast thou done? (36) Jesus said to him: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews: but now, 37 my kingdom is not from hence. (37) Pilate said to him: Then thou art a king? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said, that I am a king. For this was I born; and for this came I into the world, that I might bear testimony to the truth. Every one that 38 is of the truth, heareth my voice. (38) Pilate said to him: What is the truth?

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And as he said this, 15 also he went out again to the Jews, and said to them: 39 I find not any crime in him. (39) And ye have custom that I should release one to you at the passover; will ye, therefore, that I release to you this 40 king of the Jews? (40) And they all cried out, and said: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now this XIX. Barabbas was a robber.m-XIX. Then Pilate 2 scourged Jesus. (2) And the soldiers braided a crown of thorns, and put it on his head; and they 3 clothed him in purple garments: (3) and they said: Hail, king of the Jews! and smote him on his 4 cheeks. (4) And Pilate went out again, and said to them: Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find against him no offence whatever. 5 (5) And Jesus went forth, having on him the crown of thorns, and the purple garments. And 6 Pilate said to them: Behold, the man! (6) And when the chief priests and officials saw him, they soundly

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cried out, and said: Hangb him; hang him. Pilate said to them: Take ye him, and crucify 7 him; for I find no offence in him. (7) The Jews say to him: We have a law, and, according to our law, he deserveth death, because he made himself 8 the Son of God. (8) And when Pilate heard that 9 declaration, he feared the more. (9) And he went again into the Prætorium; and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? And Jesus gave him no an10 swer.

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thorityd to release thee, and have authority to crucify thee? (11) Jesus said to him: Thou wouldst 11 have no authority at all over me, if it were not given to thee from on high: therefore his sin who delivered me up to thee, is greater than thine. (12) And for this reason, Pilate was disposed to 12 release him. But the Jews cried out: If thou release this man, thou art not Cæsar's friend: for whoever maketh himself a king, is the adversary of Cæsar. (13) And when Pilate heard this dec- 13 laration, he brought Jesus forth, and sat upon the tribunal, in a place called the pavement of stones; but in Hebrew it is called Gabbatha. (14) And 14 it was the preparation for the passover; and it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your king. (15) But they cried out: 15 Away with him, away with him; hangf him, hang him. Pilate said to them: Shall I crucify g 8 Sy. 2011 your king? The chief priests said to him: We have no king, but Cæsar. (16) Then he delivered 16 him to them, that they might crucify him.

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And they took Jesus, and led him away, (17) 17 bearing his cross, to a place called a Skull, and in Hebrew called Golgotha; h (18) where they cru- 18 cified him; and two others with him, the one on Gagultha. this side, and the other on that, and Jesus in the middle. (19) And Pilate also wrote a tablet, and 19 affixed it to his cross. And thus it was written: THIS IS JESUS THE NAZAREAN, KING OF THE JEWS. (20) And many of the Jews read this label; be- 20 cause the place where Jesus was crucified, was Sy. A near to Jerusalem; and it was written in Hebrew Aloo and Greek and Latin.i (21) And the chief priests 21 said to Pilate: Write not that he is king of the Jews, but that he SAID I am king of the Jews. (22) Pilate said: What I have written, I have 22 written. (23) And the soldiers, when they had 23 crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parcels of them, a parcel for each of the soldiers. And his tunick was without seam from the top, woven throughout. (24) And they said one to 24 another: We will not rend it, but will cast the lot upon it, whose it shall be. And the scripture was fulfilled, which said: They divided my garments among them; and upon my vesture they cast the lot. These things did the soldiers.-(25) And 25

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there were standing near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary [the 26 wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalena. (26) And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved, standing by, and he said to his mother: 27 Woman, behold, thy son. (27) And he said to that disciple: Behold, thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her near himself.28 (28) After these things, Jesus knew that every thing was finished; and, that the scripture might 29 be fulfilled, he said: I thirst. (29) And a vessel was standing there, full of vinegar. And they filled a sponge with the vinegar, and put it on a 30 hyssop [stalk], and bore it to his mouth. (30) And when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said: Lo; Done. And he bowed his head, and yielded up his spirit.'

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the cross: because the sabbath was dawning; and or, coming on. the day of that sabbath was a great day. And they requested of Pilate, that they should break the legs of those crucified, and take them down. 32 (32) And the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with 33 him. (33) But when they came to Jesus, they

saw that he was already dead; and they broke not 34 his legs. (34) But one of the soldiers thrust a

spear into his side; and immediately there issued 35 out blood and water.-(35) And he who saw [it], hath testified: and his testimony is true: and he knoweth, that he speaketh the truth, that ye also 36 may believe. (36) For these things occurred, that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said: A 37 bone of him shall not be broken. (37) And again another scripture, which saith: They will look on him, whom they pierced.

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After these things, Joseph of Ramath, (for he was a disciple of Jesus, and kept concealed through fear of the Jews,) requested of Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. And he came, and bore away the body 39 of Jesus. (39) And there came also Nicodemus, (he who previously came to Jesus by night,) and he brought with him a compound of myrrh and Syded 40 aloes, about a hundred pounds. (40) And they = Gr. λίτρα