Matthew 27 Cross References - MNT

¹ And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death. ² After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor. ³ Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. ⁴ "I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that." ⁵ And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself. ⁶ The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood." ⁷ So after the consultation they bought the Potter's Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers. ⁸ That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood." ⁹ Then was fulfilled the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had been priced, whom certain of the Children of Israel had priced; ¹⁰ and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me. ¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked. ¹² "It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear what they are testifying against you?" ¹⁴ But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished. ¹⁵ Now it was the Governor's custom, during the Passover, to release to the people any one prisoner whom they selected. ¹⁶ At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas. ¹⁷ So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" ¹⁸ He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him. ¹⁹ And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him." ²⁰ But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus. ²¹ So when Pilate said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release unto you?" they said, "Barabbas." ²² And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!" ²³ But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!" ²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it." ²⁵ All the people answered, "His blood be upon us and upon our children." ²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged, and delivered to be crucified. ²⁷ Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered all the battalion together. ²⁸ They stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. ²⁹ And they twisted a thorny crown for him, and put it on his head, and placed a reed in his right hand. Then they knelt before him, in mockery, crying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" ³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head, again and again. ³¹ At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him. ³² And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them to carry his cross. ³³ And when they came to a place called Golgotha (the word means "Place of a Skull"), ³⁴ they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it. ³⁵ After crucifying him, they parted his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat and watched him there. ³⁷ They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews ³⁸ At that time two robbers, also, were crucified with him; one on his right hand, the other on his left. ³⁹ Those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads saying. ⁴⁰ "You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him. ⁴² "He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him! ⁴³ He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'" ⁴⁴ In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him. ⁴⁵ Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon. ⁴⁶ But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?") ⁴⁷ When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!" ⁴⁸ At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the rest said: "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!" ⁵⁰ And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. ⁵¹ And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom; ⁵² the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. ⁵³ And coming forth out of the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴ When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son." ⁵⁵ And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him. ⁵⁶ among them being Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. ⁵⁷ When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵⁹ Pilate then commanded that it be given over to him. ⁶⁰ So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a great stone against the opening of the tomb, he went away. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. ⁶² The day after—that is, the day following the Preparation—the chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said: ⁶³ "We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.' ⁶⁴ Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first." ⁶⁵ "You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

¹⁶ And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

²⁰ And while he was having this in mind, behold! an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying.

²² All this happened that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled.

² "Where is the new-born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him."

¹² But because they were forbidden by God in a dream to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route. ¹³ When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."

¹⁹ But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

²² But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into Galilee and settled in a town called Nazareth,

³ So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

⁵ Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple, ⁶ and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

⁵ When he entered Capernaum, an army captain came, and entered him,

¹⁸ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

²⁵ "It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.

¹⁴ "and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

⁴⁵ "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

⁵⁵ "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁴ A wicked and faithless generation is seeking a sign, but no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.

²¹ After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

²³ "and they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again." And they were greatly grieved.

¹⁹ "and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will rise from the grave." ²⁰ Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, kneeling down and begging a favor of him. ²¹ "What is it you wish?" he said. She answered, "Command that these my two sons may sit upon your right hand and your left in your kingdom."

²⁸ "just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

³⁸ But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.' ³⁹ "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

³⁹ "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

⁴⁴ "He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."

¹³ "But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.

²⁴ "You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

³⁰ "'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their comrades in the murder of the prophets.' ³¹ "So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets! ³² "Fill up then the measure of your fathers! ³³ "You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell? ³⁴ "For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city; ³⁵ "that upon your heads may come every drop of innocent blood spilt upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the just, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ "In solemn truth I tell you that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death; ⁵ but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

¹⁴ It was then that one of the Twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariot, ¹⁵ went to the chief priests and said, "What are you ready to give me for betraying him to you?" So they weighed him thirty pieces of silver;

¹⁵ went to the chief priests and said, "What are you ready to give me for betraying him to you?" So they weighed him thirty pieces of silver; ¹⁶ and from that time he kept looking for a chance to betray him. ¹⁷ On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparation for you eat the Passover?"

²⁵ In answer, Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"

⁴⁷ Barely had he spoken these words when Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, accompanied by a great crowd of men with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying. "Whoever I kiss is the man; arrest him." ⁴⁹ So he came straight up to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him eagerly.

⁴⁹ So he came straight up to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him eagerly. ⁵⁰ "Friend, do that for which you came," said Jesus. Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him.

⁶¹ However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'" ⁶² Rising to his feet the high priest asked Jesus. "Do you make no answer? What is it that these are testifying against you?" ⁶³ But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

⁶³ But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!" ⁶⁴ "I am He," Jesus answered; "yet I tell you that from this time on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven."

⁶⁴ "I am He," Jesus answered; "yet I tell you that from this time on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven."

⁶⁷ Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some struck him with the palms of their hands, and cried.

¹ And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death. ² After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.

⁴ "I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

⁹ Then was fulfilled the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had been priced, whom certain of the Children of Israel had priced;

¹⁴ But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.

¹⁷ So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?"

¹⁹ And while he was seated upon the judgment-seat, his wife had sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered many things today, in a dream, because of him."

²¹ So when Pilate said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release unto you?" they said, "Barabbas." ²² And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!" ²³ But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!" ²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it." ²⁵ All the people answered, "His blood be upon us and upon our children."

³⁴ they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it.

³⁶ Then they sat and watched him there. ³⁷ They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews ³⁸ At that time two robbers, also, were crucified with him; one on his right hand, the other on his left.

⁴⁰ "You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

⁴² "He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him! ⁴³ He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'" ⁴⁴ In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him.

⁴⁸ At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

⁵⁴ When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

⁵⁶ among them being Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

⁶⁰ So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a great stone against the opening of the tomb, he went away. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶⁶ So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

¹ At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came down to see the sepulcher, when lo! ² There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

¹¹ Now while they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and told the high priest all that had happened.

¹¹ Now while they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and told the high priest all that had happened. ¹² And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say, ¹³ "His disciples came by night and stole him away, while we were asleep."

¹³ "His disciples came by night and stole him away, while we were asleep." ¹⁴ "If this should reach the Governor's ears," they said, "we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment." ¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.

¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.

³¹ and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.

³⁴ who will mock him, spit upon him, flog him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

¹⁰ Now Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the high priests to betray Jesus to them; ¹¹ and they were glad when they heard it, and promised to pay him money. So he kept looking for an opportunity to betray him.

⁴³ At that instant, while he was yet speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a mob armed with swords and clubs, sent by the high priests and Scribes and elders. ⁴⁴ Now the betrayer had given them a sign. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man. Arrest him, and take him away safely." ⁴⁵ So he came and going straight up to Jesus he said: ⁴⁶ "Rabbi," and kissed him. Then they laid hands on him and took him.

⁵⁵ Meanwhile the high priests and all of the Sanhedrin were trying to get evidence against Jesus, so as to have him put to death, but they found none;

⁶² "I am," Jesus answered, "and you all shall see the Son of man seated on the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

¹ As soon as it was down, after the high priests had conferred with the elders and the whole Sanhedrin, they bound Jesus, and took him away, and handed him over to Pilate. ² Pilate questioned him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" In reply Jesus said, "It is as you say." ³ When the chief priests continued making many accusations against him, Pilate repeatedly questioned him. ⁴ "Do you make no answer?" he said, ⁵ "See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered. ⁶ Now at the time of the feast it was customary to release to them a prisoner, whatever one they asked for. ⁷ A man named Barabbas was there in prison, with some rioters who had committed murder during an uprising.

⁷ A man named Barabbas was there in prison, with some rioters who had committed murder during an uprising. ⁸ So when the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to follow his usual custom, ⁹ he asked them, "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews?"

⁹ he asked them, "Do you wish me to release the King of the Jews?" ¹⁰ For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.

¹⁰ For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over.

¹⁰ For he recognized that it was through spite that the high priests had handed him over. ¹¹ But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.

¹¹ But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.

¹¹ But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead. ¹² So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call 'King of the Jews'?"

¹² So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call 'King of the Jews'?"

¹² So Pilate spoke to them once more, "What them shall I do to him you call 'King of the Jews'?" ¹³ Then they shouted again, "Crucify him!"

¹³ Then they shouted again, "Crucify him!" ¹⁴ "Why, what wrong has he done?" Pilate kept saying. But they shouted furiously, "Crucify him!"

¹⁴ "Why, what wrong has he done?" Pilate kept saying. But they shouted furiously, "Crucify him!" ¹⁵ So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him.

¹⁵ So Pilate, who wished to make himself strong with the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and gave Jesus over for crucifixion, after he had scourged him. ¹⁶ The soldiers then led him away into the courtyard (Praetorium), and called together the whole battalion. ¹⁷ They clothed Jesus in purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head.

¹⁷ They clothed Jesus in purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head. ¹⁸ Then they began to salute him. "Hail, King of the Jews," they said.

¹⁸ Then they began to salute him. "Hail, King of the Jews," they said. ¹⁹ They kept striking him on the head with a rod, and spitting upon him; and on bended knee they did him homage.

¹⁹ They kept striking him on the head with a rod, and spitting upon him; and on bended knee they did him homage. ²⁰ And after their sport with him, they stripped off the purple robe, and put on his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. ²¹ Simon a Cyrenian, a passer-by, who was coming from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus), they commandeered to carry the cross of Jesus. ²² So they led him to the place called Golgotha—a name which means "the place of a skull." ²³ There they attempted to give him wine mingled with myrrh; but he refused it.

²³ There they attempted to give him wine mingled with myrrh; but he refused it. ²⁴ Then they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots upon them to see what each should take. ²⁵ It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him.

²⁵ It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. ²⁶ Over his head there was written the words of the charge against him. "The King of the Jews"

²⁶ Over his head there was written the words of the charge against him. "The King of the Jews" ²⁷ Now with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left.

²⁷ Now with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left. ²⁸ OMITTED TEXT. ²⁹ And the passers-by kept jeering at him, wagging their heads and saying. "Ah! you who were to 'destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,' save yourself!

²⁹ And the passers-by kept jeering at him, wagging their heads and saying. "Ah! you who were to 'destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,' save yourself! ³⁰ Come down from the cross!

³⁰ Come down from the cross! ³¹ In the same way the high priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on mocking him to themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but himself he cannot save. ³² The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

³² The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him. ³³ At noon a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon. ³⁴ At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

³⁴ At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ³⁵ When they heard this, some of the bystanders said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah." ³⁶ Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!" ³⁷ But Jesus uttered a loud cry and expired. ³⁸ And the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹ Then the army captain, who was standing facing Jesus when he thus died, said, "in truth this man was a Son of God." ⁴⁰ There were some women also watching from a distance. Among them were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹ women who used to follow him when he was in Galilee, and minister to him; and many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him. ⁴² Toward sunset, as it was the preparation (that is the day preceding the Sabbath),

⁴² Toward sunset, as it was the preparation (that is the day preceding the Sabbath), ⁴³ there came Joseph of Arimathea, a Councilor, honorable in rank, who was himself also looking for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ But Pilate wondered whether he were already dead. So he summoned the army captain, and inquired if he had been any time dead;

⁴⁴ But Pilate wondered whether he were already dead. So he summoned the army captain, and inquired if he had been any time dead;

⁴⁴ But Pilate wondered whether he were already dead. So he summoned the army captain, and inquired if he had been any time dead; ⁴⁵ and when he learned the fact from the army captain he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁵ and when he learned the fact from the army captain he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶ So Joseph bought him a sheet, and took Jesus down, wound him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and then rolled a stone against the opening of the tomb;

⁴⁶ So Joseph bought him a sheet, and took Jesus down, wound him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and then rolled a stone against the opening of the tomb; ⁴⁷ and Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where he was laid.

⁴⁷ and Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where he was laid.

³ and they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" ⁴ But then as they looked up they saw that the stone, which was a very large one, was already rolled away;

⁹ Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

⁹ to enter into the sanctuary of the Lord and to burn incense.

²¹ Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zachariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;

⁷ Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him. ⁸ He was all along aware of their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand there in the midst." ⁹ So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?"

² The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven, ³ and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who used to minister to him out of their substance.

²² and he said, "The Son of man must suffer much, and be restricted by the elders and high priests and scribes and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again."

¹ Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

²⁹ "Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying, ³⁰ "'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'

²⁵ "'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ "But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

³¹ "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

³² "He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon;

³² "He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon; ³³ "and they will scourge and kill him; and the third day he will rise again."

³³ "and they will scourge and kill him; and the third day he will rise again."

³⁸ They cried, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest"

²⁰ So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

² The high priest and the Scribes continually sought means to put him to death. ³ Satan however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot), who was one of the twelve. ⁴ And he went out and conferred with the chief priests and commanders ⁵ They were delighted, and agreed to give him money. ⁶ He consented to this, and looked for an opportunity to betray him, when the people were not present.

³⁷ "For I say to you that this word of Scripture must find it's fulfilment in me. "And he was numbered among the transgressors, For that which concerns me has its accomplishment."

⁴⁷ While he was still speaking there came a crowd, and he who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus in order to kiss him, ⁴⁸ but Jesus said to him, "Judas, you are betraying the Son of man with a kiss?"

⁵² Then Jesus said to the corps of priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come out to arrest him. "Have ye come for me with swords and clubs to arrest me like a robber?

⁶⁶ When it became the day the elders if the people met with the high priests and the Scribes and had brought before the Sanhedrin, saying.

⁷⁰ Then they all said, "Are you then the Son of God."

¹ Then the whole company rose up and brought him to Pilate, ² and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."

² and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."

² and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King." ³ Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am."

¹¹ Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

¹⁶ I will therefore, after flogging him, release him."

¹⁸ Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

¹⁸ Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas." ¹⁹ (This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)

¹⁹ (This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.) ²⁰ Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus;

²⁰ Then Pilate spoke to them again, because he wished to release Jesus; ²¹ but they continued to shout out and say, "Crucify! Crucify him!" ²² For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

²² For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go." ²³ But they kept shouting the more insistently, demanding that he should be crucified, and their shouts won the day. ²⁴ So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.

²⁴ So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done. ²⁵ He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

²⁵ He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will. ²⁶ And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him.

²⁷ He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him. ²⁸ But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;

²⁸ But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; ²⁹ "but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.' ³⁰ "Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' ³¹ "For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?" ³² And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also.

³² And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also. ³³ When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left.

³³ When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left. ³⁴ Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

³⁴ Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, ³⁵ and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

³⁵ and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

³⁵ and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!" ³⁶ Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine,

³⁶ Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine,

³⁶ Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine,

³⁶ Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine, ³⁷ saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

³⁷ saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

³⁷ saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself." ³⁸ For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸ For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

³⁸ For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁹ And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

³⁹ And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us." ⁴⁰ But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he? ⁴¹ "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

⁴¹ "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong." ⁴² Then he added, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom." ⁴³ "In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise." ⁴⁴ It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

⁴⁴ It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵ And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple.

⁴⁵ And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple. ⁴⁶ Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit. ⁴⁷ When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"

⁴⁷ When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!" ⁴⁸ And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast. ⁴⁹ But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on. ⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good man and a righteous, ⁵¹ he who came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and who was on the watch for the kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the designs and deed of the council. ⁵² This man went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus.

⁵² This man went to Pilate, and begged for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.

⁵³ Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid. ⁵⁴ And it was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was near at hand. ⁵⁵ Then the women who had accompanied him out of Galilee followed after, and noted the tomb, and how his body was placed. ⁵⁶ Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.

² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

⁶ "He is not here; he is risen. Do you remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and to rise on the third day?"

¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James, and the rest of the women who were telling all this to the apostles.

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," answered Nathanael, "you are the Son of God; you are King of Israel."

¹⁹ "Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up."

¹⁹ "Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up." ²⁰ The Jews retorted, "This Temple took forty-six years to build, and will you 'raise it in three days'?" ²¹ But he was speaking about the temple of his body; and when the disciples recalled what he had said, ²² after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

¹⁷ But he answered them, "My Father has continued working until now, and I am working too." ¹⁸ For this reason the Jews continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God's equal. ¹⁹ So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also. ²⁰ "For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder. ²¹ "For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive. ²² "The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ "in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ "I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ "Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.

²⁵ "Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live. ²⁶ "For as the Father has life in himself, so also has he granted to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷ "And he has given him authority to pronounce judgment, because he is Son of man. ²⁸ "Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again; ²⁹ "those who have done good into a resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

¹² and there was much disputing about him among the crowd. Some would say, "He is a good man." Others. "No! he is misleading the people." "While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

⁴⁷ "Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees.

²⁴ So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him.

¹¹ "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

³⁰ "I and my Father are one."

³⁶ do you mean to tell me, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

¹³ and taking branches from the palm trees went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Even Israel's King!"

⁴⁷ And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

² So while supper was proceeding, and the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,

²⁷ So when he had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. And after he had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "What you do, do quickly," said Jesus.

³ So after getting troops and some Temple police from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

¹² So the troops and their commandant and the Jewish police took Jesus, and bound him,

²⁴ Then Annas sent him in chains to Caiaphas, the high priest.

²⁸ From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover. ²⁹ So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?" ³⁰ In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you." ³¹ "Take him yourselves," answered Pilate, "and judge him according to your law." ³² The Jews answered him, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death" (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled in which he predicted the kind of death he was to die). ³³ So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said.

³³ So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said. ³⁴ Jesus answered, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" ³⁵ "I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

³⁵ "I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins." ³⁷ "You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice." ³⁸ Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" As he said this, he went outside again to the Jews and said to them.

³⁸ Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" As he said this, he went outside again to the Jews and said to them. ³⁹ "I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?" ⁴⁰ Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

⁴⁰ Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

¹ After that Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged; ² and the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, placed it on his head, and threw a purple cloak about him, and kept marching up to him,

² and the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, placed it on his head, and threw a purple cloak about him, and kept marching up to him, ³ saying, "Hail! King of the Jews!" They also gave him blow after blow with their hands.

³ saying, "Hail! King of the Jews!" They also gave him blow after blow with their hands. ⁴ Pilate again came forth and said to the people, "See, I am going to bring his out to you, that you may clearly know that I find no crime in him,"

⁴ Pilate again came forth and said to the people, "See, I am going to bring his out to you, that you may clearly know that I find no crime in him," ⁵ Then as Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "BEHOLD, THE MAN!"

⁷ The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be God's Son," ⁸ Now when Pilate heard these words he was more alarmed than ever, ⁹ and entering the Praetorium again, he said to Jesus, "What is your origin?"

⁹ and entering the Praetorium again, he said to Jesus, "What is your origin?" ¹⁰ Jesus made no answer. So Pilate said to him. "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, or power to crucify you?" ¹¹ "You would have no power over me," answered Jesus, "unless it had been given you from above. For this reason he who has betrayed me to you has the greater sin."

¹³ On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out and made him sit on the judge's seat in a place called the Mosaic Pavement (the Hebrew name is Gabbatha). ¹⁴ And it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about six o'clock in the morning. Then he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"

¹⁴ And it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about six o'clock in the morning. Then he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!" ¹⁵ Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

¹⁵ Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

¹⁵ Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!" ¹⁶ So then he gave him over to them to be crucified.

¹⁶ So then he gave him over to them to be crucified. ¹⁷ So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull—in the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha.

¹⁷ So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull—in the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha. ¹⁸ There they crucified him; and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

¹⁸ There they crucified him; and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. ¹⁹ And Pilate moreover wrote an inscription and placed it above the cross. What he wrote was, "JESUS, THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS"

¹⁹ And Pilate moreover wrote an inscription and placed it above the cross. What he wrote was, "JESUS, THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS" ²⁰ This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write 'King of the Jews,' but 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'" ²² Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!" ²³ After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, to each soldier a part, and the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom; ²⁴ so the soldiers said one to another. "Let us not tear it. Let us draw lots, to see whose it shall be"—that the Scripture might be fulfilled. They divided my garments among them, For my raiment did they cast lots. This was what the soldiers did. ²⁵ Now there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁵ Now there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother, and standing near her the disciple whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman behold your son." ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.

²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her to his home. ²⁸ After that, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished, he said in fulfilment of the words of Scripture, "I am thirsty." ²⁹ There was a jar full of vinegar standing there; and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon a stalk of hyssop, and put it to his lips. ³⁰ Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.

³⁰ Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit. ³¹ It was Preparation Day, so in order to prevent the bodies' hanging on the cross during the Sabbath (for the Sabbath was a great day) the Jews begged Pilate to have the legs broken, and the bodies taken away.

³¹ It was Preparation Day, so in order to prevent the bodies' hanging on the cross during the Sabbath (for the Sabbath was a great day) the Jews begged Pilate to have the legs broken, and the bodies taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³ But upon coming to Jesus they saw that he was already dead, and did not break his legs. ³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out. ³⁵ And he who saw it has borne testimony, and his testimony is trustworthy, and he knows that he is telling the truth in order that you may believe.

³⁸ After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but in secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took the body. ³⁹ Nicodemus also (the one who visited Jesus by night, at first) came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen with the spices, according to the Jewish mode of burial. ⁴¹ There was a garden near the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. ⁴² Here, because of its being Preparation Day, and as the tomb was near by, they placed Jesus.

⁴² Here, because of its being Preparation Day, and as the tomb was near by, they placed Jesus.

¹ On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, while it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and discovered that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

¹⁸ Away went Mary Magdalene to the disciples with the tidings, "I have seen the Master!" and that he said these things to her.

²⁰ As he said this he showed them his hands and his side. Then were the disciple glad, when they saw the Lord.

²⁵ Accordingly the other disciples kept telling him, "We have seen the Lord." But he told them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

²⁷ Then to Thomas he said: "Place your finger here, and see my hands; and place your hand here, and thrust it into my side, and become not unbelieving, but believing."

¹⁸ "Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹ "This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

¹⁹ "This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

¹⁰ in Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the district of Lybia around Cretans and Arabians,

³⁷ When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

¹³ "The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go; ¹⁴ "but you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favor the release of a murderer.

¹⁴ "but you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favor the release of a murderer. ¹⁵ "The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact.

¹⁰ "be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand before you strong and well.

¹⁴ But since they saw the man standing with them who had been healed, they had nothing to answer.

²⁴ And when they heard it they all lifted up their voices in prayer to God, saying. "O Sovereign Lord, who madest heaven and earth and sea, and all that in them is, ²⁵ "who saidest through the Holy Spirit, by the lips of thy servant David, our forefather. "Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples form futile plans? ²⁶ "The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together Against the Lord and against his Christ. ²⁷ "In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel—

²⁷ "In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel— ²⁸ "to do all that thy power and thy will had predetermined should be done.

¹⁷ This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees,

²¹ When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles.

²⁸ "We strictly forbade you, did we not, to teach about this Name, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."

⁹ But certain men from the so-called "Synagogue of the Freedmen" and certain Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, Cilicians, and men from Roman Asia, started to dispute with Stephen,

⁹ "The patriarchs out of jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt.

⁵² "Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become—

⁵⁷ With a loud outcry they stopped their ears, and rushed upon Stephen in a body, ⁵⁸ dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁶⁰ Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."

³² Now the portion of Scripture which he was reading was as follows. He was led a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, So he opened not his mouth.

² and begged of him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any that were of the Way, either men or women, he could bind them and bring them to Jerusalem.

¹ Now there was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment.

²⁰ Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.

⁶ Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison,

¹ Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.

²⁸ "Though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate to put him to death.

³⁸ "Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man;

⁴⁵ When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.

¹⁸ Even with saying this they with difficulty restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them. ¹⁹ And now a party of Jews came down form Antioch and Iconium, and after persuading the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

²⁹ So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

⁵ But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill-favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. ⁶ And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also. ⁷ "Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."

¹⁵ but as these are merely questions about words and names and your own law, you yourselves must see to it. I am not willing to be a judge of these matters." ¹⁶ And he drove them from the tribunal. ¹⁷ Then they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the warden of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.

²³ Now just at this time, there arose no small commotion concerning the Way. ²⁴ There was a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, and brought rich profit to his workmen. ²⁵ He gathered them together with others of like occupation, and said: "Men, you know that by this business we make our money. ²⁶ "And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost throughout all of Asia, this fellow Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, by telling them that they are no gods at all who are made with hands. ²⁷ "So there is danger not only that our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be brought into disrepute, and that she herself may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world now worships." ²⁸ After listening to this they were filled with rage, and cried out again and again, saying, ²⁹ The city was filled with commotion. They rushed like one man into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's companions in travel.

²⁸ "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place." ²⁹ (For they had formerly seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) ³⁰ The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut. ³¹ While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ³² At once he took soldiers and centurions, and rushed down upon them. When they saw the tribune and the troops, they left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?"

²² Until they heard this last statement, the people were listening to Paul, but now they roared out. "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!" ²³ When they continued to shout, throwing their clothes into the air, and flinging dust around, ²⁴ the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and examined under the lash, to learn for what reason the people were thus crying out against him. ²⁵ But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near, "If a man is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned, is it lawful for you to scourge him?"

²⁹ Then those who were about to scourge him, immediately left him. And the tribune too, was afraid, when he learned that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.

¹⁰ But when the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul in pieces, ordered the troops to march down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

¹² When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. ¹³ And there were more than forty who had sworn this oath. ¹⁴ They went to the high priests and elders, and said to them. "We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ "Now do you and the Sanhedrin ask the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly; and we are ready to kill him, before he comes near the place."

¹⁷ And Paul called one of the centurions, and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."

²³ Then he called two centurions to him and said: "Get ready by nine o'clock tonight two hundred infantry to march as far as Caesarea, and also seventy troopers and two hundred spearmen."

³⁵ "I will hear your case when your accusers also are come." And he ordered him to be kept in custody in Herod's palace.

²⁷ But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

⁹ But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment.

⁴³ But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;

²⁰ This is the reason why I begged you to see and speak with me. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

⁴ but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

³² Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

⁹ But it seems to me that God has exhibited us apostles, last of all, like men doomed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the whole world, both to men and to angels.

³⁰ This is why many among you are feeble and sickly, and many sleep.

²⁰ But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.

⁵¹ Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,

²¹ Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

⁸ amid honor or dishonor, amid evil report and good report; as a deceiver and yet true;

¹⁰ For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death.

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our Peace, who has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition between us. ¹⁵ In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace. ¹⁶ Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity. ¹⁷ So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near; ¹⁸ because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father.

¹⁵ The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out—they are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind. ¹⁶ They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

¹⁴ For if we really believe that Jesus died and rose again, so even so will God through Jesus bring with him those also who have fallen asleep.

¹⁰ He died for us, in order that whether we are keeping vigil in life or sleeping in death we may ever be living together with him.

² speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

¹³ In the presence of God who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus who bore witness to the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

⁹ For preaching it I am suffering, and am even put in chains as a malefactor.

¹⁹ Nevertheless God's firm foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS, and this also, LET EVERY ONE WHO NAMES THE NAME OF THE LORD RENOUNCE WICKEDNESS.

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him; in that they are detestable, disobedient, and reprobate for good work of any sort.

¹⁴ Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

⁷ In the days of his flesh, with better cries and weeping Jesus offered up prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him out of death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.

¹⁹ This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, secure and strong, and passing into the sanctuary which is beyond the veil;

²⁶ For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

³ and behind the second veil was the tent called the Holy of Holies.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!

¹⁹ Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh); ²¹ and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God; ²² let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

²⁸ Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much surer, think you, will be the punishment of one who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has profaned that covenant blood with which he was sanctified, and has done despite to the spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge his people.

² looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.

²⁵ See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven; ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, but now he has promised, saying, Once again, once for all, I make not only earth, but heaven also to tremble. ²⁷ That phrase, "Once again," signifies the removal of the things which can be shaken, created things, in order that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

³ Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

¹¹ For the bodies of the animals whose blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy Place are burned outside the camp, ¹² and so Jesus suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.

¹² and so Jesus suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.

⁵ Or do you suppose that it is in vain that the Scripture says, "The spirit which has its home in us yearns over us unto jealousy?"

¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish, even the blood of Christ.

²² He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth.

²² He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth. ²³ He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly.

²³ He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly. ²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁸ because Christ also once for all suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but make alive in spirit.

¹ My children, I am writing this to you that you may not continue to sin; but if any one sin, we ever have a Comforter before the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.

¹² We are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? It was because his own deeds were evil, and his brother's, righteous.

¹² And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and the third part of the sun was blasted, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars; so that the third part of them should be darkened, and for a third part of the day there was no light, and at night it was the same.

² And he opened the bottomless pit, and out of the pit there went up a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air grew dark, because of the smoke out of the pit.

² But the court which is outside the temple, omit, and do not measure that, for it has been given up to the Gentiles, and they shall tread under foot the Holy City for forty and two months.

¹⁰ "And those who dwell on the earth are rejoicing over them, and making merry; and they will send gifts to one another; because these two prophets were a torment to those who dwell on the earth.

¹³ And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons; and the rest were frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his sanctuary; and there followed lightnings and voices and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

² And I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

¹⁹ and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree of Life, and in the Holy City, about which this book is written.