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mingled with myrrh; but he received it not.

24 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, what each should take.

25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him :

26 and the inscription of his accusation was written, THE KING OF THE JEWS:

27 and with him they crucify two thieves; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

28 And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying,

29 Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days; save thyself, and come down from the cross.

30 Likewise also the chief priests, with the scribes, mocking him among themselves, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save:

31 let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe they, also, that were crucified with him, reviled him.

32 And when it was the sixth hour, darkness came over the

3, Afternoon. whole land, until the ninth hour:

33 and at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Elo-i, Elo-i, la-ma sa

bachtha-ni? which, being interpreted, is, "My God, my

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God, why hast thou for"saken me?"

34 and some of them that stood by, when they heard him, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah;

35 and as one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar and put it on a reed, and gave it him to drink, they say, Let him alone; let us see if Elijah will come and take him down: 36 and Jesus, crying out again with a loud voice, expired :

37 and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.

38 And when the centurion that stood by, over against him, saw that he so expired, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God!

39 And certain women also were looking on from a distance; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

40 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many other women, who had come up with him to Jerusalem.

41 And as it was now evening, because it was the preparation day, (that is, the day before the sabbath,)

42 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who

The sabbath ended at sunset, Saturday.

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also himself waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus:

43 and Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling to him the centurion, asked him, if he was already dead? 44 and when he knew it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph:

45 and he bought linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which had been hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre :

46 and Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

CHAPTER XVIII.

AND when the sabbath was

past, Mary Magdalene, Luke, xxiii. and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that they might go and anoint him:

week, long before the rising of the sun, they went to the sepulchre;

3 and they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulchre?

4 but looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled away: (for it was very great :)

5 And going into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, clothed in a white robe, and they were affrighted :

6 and he saith to them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they had laid him:

7 but go, tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee ye will

:

Heb. ii. 3.

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as many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things which are fully confirmed amongst us;

2 according as they, who from Acts, 1. 21, 22. the beginning were eye-wit1 John, i. 1-3. nesses of them, and ministers of the Word, delivered them

Acts, i. 1.

to us;

ordinances of the Lord blameless :

7 and they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren; and both were advanced in their days.

8 And it came to pass, in executing the priest's service before God, in the order of his weekly course,

9 that it fell to his lot, ac

who have traced them all accurately from the first, to write them to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;

4 that thou mayest know the certainty of the things in which thou hast been instructed.

5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zachariah, of the weekly course of Abijah: his wife also was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth :

6 and they were both just in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and

priesthood, to go in to the temple of the Lord, and to burn the incense:

10 and the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of the incense.

11 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right hand of the altar of incense :

12 and when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him :

13 but the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a

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name JOHN :

14 and thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth:

15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord: he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb:

16 and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God;

17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn all hearts, from fathers even to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; that he may make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

18 And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced in her days:

19 and the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I am sent to speak to thee, and to tell thee these good tidings:

20 and, behold, thou shalt be mute and unable to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass; because thou believedst not my words, which will be fulfilled in their

season.

21 And the people were wait

22 And when he came out, he was not able to speak to them and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to them, and remained speechless.

23 And it came to pass, as soon as the days of his ministry were accomplished, that he departed to his own house.

24 And after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived; and she concealed herself five months, saying,

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days in which he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

26 And in her sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to the city of Galilee, whose name is Nazareth,

27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary: 28 and, going in to her, he said, Hail! thou highly favoured, the Lord is with thee!

29 and she was terrified at his word, and questioned in her mind what kind of salutation this might be:

30 and the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God:

31 and, behold, thou shalt

forthwith conceive in thy womb; and thou shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS:

32 he will be great, and will be called, Son of the Highest: and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David :

33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.

34 And Mary said to the angel, How shall this be, since I know not a husband?

35 and the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow thee: wherefore, also, the holy thing begotten, will be called, Son of God:

36 and, behold, thy kinswoman Elisabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren:

40 and she entered into the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elisabeth:

41 and it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb :

42 and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and called out with a loud voice, and said; Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb! 43 and whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 for, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy:

45 and blessed is she that believed; for there will be a fulfilment of the things which were told her from the Lord.

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour;

47 for he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden:

all generations will call me Blessed :

48 for, he who is mighty hath done for me great things; and holy is his name:

49 and his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

50 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scat