Luke 22 Cross References - YLT

¹ And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover, ² and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people. ³ And the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve, ⁴ and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them, ⁵ and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money, ⁶ and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.
⁷ And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed, ⁸ and he sent Peter and John, saying, `Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;' <sup>9</sup> and they said to him, `Where wilt thou that we might prepare?' ¹⁰ And he said to them, `Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in, <sup>11</sup> and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat? <sup>12</sup> and he shall show you a large upper room furnished, there make ready;' <sup>13</sup> and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover. <sup>14</sup> And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him, <sup>15</sup> and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering, ¹⁶ for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.' ¹⁷ And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves, <sup>18</sup> for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.' <sup>19</sup> And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, `This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye—to remembrance of me.' ²⁰ In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.
<sup>21</sup> `But, lo, the hand of him delivering me up is with me on the table, ²² and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but woe to that man through whom he is being delivered up.' ²³ And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing. ²⁴ And there happened also a strife among them—who of them is accounted to be greater. ²⁵ And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors; <sup>26</sup> but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you—let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering; <sup>27</sup> for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I—I am in your midst as he who is ministering. <sup>28</sup> `And ye—ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations, ²⁹ and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom, ³⁰ that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.' ³¹ And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat, <sup>32</sup> and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.' <sup>33</sup> And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;' ³⁴ and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.' <sup>35</sup> And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?' and they said, `Nothing.' <sup>36</sup> Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take it up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword, ³⁷ for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.' ³⁸ And they said, `Sir, lo, here are two swords;' and he said to them, `It is sufficient.'
³⁹ And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him, ⁴⁰ and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.' <sup>41</sup> And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying, <sup>42</sup> saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me—;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' — ⁴³ And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him; ⁴⁴ and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground. ⁴⁵ And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow, ⁴⁶ and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
<sup>47</sup> And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him, <sup>48</sup> and Jesus said to him, `Judas, with a kiss the Son of Man dost thou deliver up?' ⁴⁹ And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, `Sir, shall we smite with a sword?' <sup>50</sup> And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear, <sup>51</sup> and Jesus answering said, `Suffer ye thus far,' and having touched his ear, he healed him. ⁵² And Jesus said to those having come upon him—chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders—`As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks? <sup>53</sup> while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'
<sup>54</sup> And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off, <sup>55</sup> and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them, <sup>56</sup> and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, `And this one was with him!' ⁵⁷ and he disowned him, saying, `Woman, I have not known him.' <sup>58</sup> And after a little, another having seen him, said, `And thou art of them!' and Peter said, `Man, I am not.' <sup>59</sup> And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, `Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;' ⁶⁰ and Peter said, `Man, I have not known what thou sayest;' and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew. <sup>61</sup> And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him—`Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;' ⁶² and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.
⁶³ And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, beating him; ⁶⁴ and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, `Prophesy who he is who smote thee?' <sup>65</sup> and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him. <sup>66</sup> And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim, <sup>67</sup> saying, `If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, `If I may tell you, ye will not believe; <sup>68</sup> and if I also question you, ye will not answer me or send me away; <sup>69</sup> henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.' <sup>70</sup> And they all said, `Thou, then, art the Son of God?' and he said unto them, `Ye say it, because I am;' <sup>71</sup> and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear it from his mouth.'

⁶ `And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings; <sup>7</sup> and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it. <sup>8</sup> `And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it; ⁹ ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards; ¹⁰ and ye do not leave of it till morning, and that which is remaining of it till morning with fire ye do burn. ¹¹ `And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover, <sup>12</sup> and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I am Jehovah. <sup>13</sup> `And the blood hath become a sign for you on the houses where ye are, and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My smiting in the land of Egypt. ¹⁴ `And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; —a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast. <sup>15</sup> Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only—in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel. <sup>16</sup> `And in the first day is a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person—it alone is done by you, ¹⁷ and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations—a statute age-during. ¹⁸ `In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening; <sup>19</sup> seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented—that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; <sup>20</sup> anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'
<sup>21</sup> And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, `Draw out and take for yourselves from the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice; ²² and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped it in the blood which is in the basin, and have struck it on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which is in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning. ²³ `And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.

⁵ in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to Jehovah; ⁶ and on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat;

² `Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.' <sup>3</sup> Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas; <sup>4</sup> and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him, <sup>5</sup> and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

¹ And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him; ² and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'

¹² And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves; ⁵⁶ they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you—that he may not come to the feast?' ⁵⁷ and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

⁷ cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed—Christ, ⁸ so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

¹ Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? ² Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: ³ `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.' ⁴ He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them. ⁵ Then doth He speak unto them in His anger, And in His wrath He doth trouble them:

¹⁴ And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

³⁸ and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh, ⁴⁶ and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him—also the chiefs of the people— ⁴⁸ and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs? <sup>48</sup> if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.' <sup>49</sup> and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, `Ye have not known anything, ⁵⁰ nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.' ⁵¹ And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation, ⁵² and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one. ⁵³ From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

⁵⁷ and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

²⁷ for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

⁹ Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

¹² For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. ¹³ But thou, a man—as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. ¹⁴ When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

¹⁰ Then saith Jesus to him, `Go—Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said, ¹⁵ `What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings, ¹⁶ and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

²³ And he answering said, `He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up;

¹⁰ And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them, ¹¹ and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

¹⁸ and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you—one of you, who is eating with me—shall deliver me up.' <sup>19</sup> And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?' <sup>20</sup> And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

¹⁶ Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

²¹ `But, lo, the hand of him delivering me up is with me on the table,

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you—the twelve? and of you—one is a devil. ⁷¹ And he spake of Judas, Simon's son, Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.

⁶ and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

² And supper being come, the devil already having put it into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up,

¹⁸ not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

²⁶ Jesus answereth, `That one it is to whom I, having dipped the morsel, shall give it;' and having dipped the morsel, he giveth it to Judas of Simon, Iscariot. <sup>27</sup> And after the morsel, then the Adversary entered into that one, Jesus, therefore, saith to him, `What thou dost—do quickly;'

³ And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,

⁵² And Jesus said to those having come upon him—chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders—`As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

¹ And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees—

²⁴ And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

²⁶ then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

¹² And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire—thirty silverlings. <sup>13</sup> And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them to the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.

³ Then Judas—he who delivered him up—having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying, ⁴ `I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What—to us? thou shalt see!' ⁵ and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

¹⁸ this one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,

²⁰ And Peter said unto him, `Thy silver with thee—may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;

⁹ and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction, ¹⁰ for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

³ and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

¹⁵ having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

¹¹ woe to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

⁵ and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

² and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'

⁶ `And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings;

¹⁸ `In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening;

¹⁷ And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?' <sup>18</sup> and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;' ¹⁹ and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.

¹² And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?' <sup>13</sup> And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, `Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him; ¹⁴ and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house—The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat? ¹⁵ and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared—there make ready for us.' ¹⁶ And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

¹ And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

⁷ cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed—Christ,

¹⁵ But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

⁶ and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

¹ And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour,

¹¹ And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's—greatly amazed,

¹³ And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are men unlettered and plebeian, they were wondering—they were taking knowledge also of them that with Jesus they had been—

¹⁹ and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

¹⁴ And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,

⁴ and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, ⁵ that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;

² In thy going to-day from me—then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son? ³ `And thou hast passed on thence, and beyond, and hast come in unto the oak of Tabor, and found thee there have three men going up unto God to Beth-El, one bearing three kids, and one bearing three cakes of bread, and one bearing a bottle of wine, <sup>4</sup> and they have asked of thee of welfare, and given to thee two loaves, and thou hast received from their hand. <sup>5</sup> `Afterwards thou dost come unto the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is, and it cometh to pass, at thy coming in thither to the city, that thou hast met a band of prophets coming down from the high place, and before them psaltery, and tabret, and pipe, and harp, and they are prophesying; ⁶ and prospered over thee hath the Spirit of Jehovah, and thou hast prophesied with them, and hast been turned to another man; ⁷ and it hath been, when these signs come to thee—do for thyself as thy hand findeth, for God is with thee.

²⁹ And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring it; ³¹ and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it ? thus ye shall say to him—The Lord hath need of it.' ³² And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them, ³³ and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?' <sup>34</sup> and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;' ³⁵ and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it. ³⁶ And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way, ³⁷ and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸ saying, `blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.' <sup>39</sup> And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;' ⁴⁰ and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

⁴ `But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said them to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

²⁶ And a messenger of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, `Arise, and go on toward the south, on the way that is going down from Jerusalem to Gaza,' —this is desert. <sup>27</sup> And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem; <sup>28</sup> he was also returning, and is sitting on his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. <sup>29</sup> And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

³ and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'

⁵ And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;'

³¹ and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it ? thus ye shall say to him—The Lord hath need of it.'

³⁴ and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'

²⁸ And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, `The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

²⁰ lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

²⁵ and because he had no need that any should testify concerning man, for he himself was knowing what was in man.

¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;

¹³ and when they came in, they went up to the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zelotes, and Judas, of James;

¹⁴ and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul; ¹⁵ and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

⁸ and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together,

³² And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,

³³ the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

⁵ His mother saith to the ministrants, `Whatever he may say to you—do.'

⁴⁰ Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'

⁸ By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

⁶ except at the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle—there thou dost sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going in of the sun, the season of thy coming out of Egypt; ⁷ and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents;

²⁰ And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

³⁰ And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

¹⁷ And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve,

⁵⁰ but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

³⁴ Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

¹ And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world—to the end he loved them.

¹ These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said—`Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee,

³⁷ `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

¹⁵ And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy is he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

³⁰ that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.'

²⁷ work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal—even God.'

⁵⁰ this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. ⁵¹ `I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live—to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.' <sup>52</sup> The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us his flesh to eat?' ⁵³ Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves; <sup>54</sup> he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day; <sup>55</sup> for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; <sup>56</sup> he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him. <sup>57</sup> `According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me; ⁵⁸ this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live—to the age.'

⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God—to us who did eat with him, and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;

¹ For the law having a shadow of the coming good things—not the very image of the matters, every year, by the same sacrifices that they offer continually, is never able to make perfect those coming near, ² since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified? ³ but in those sacrifices is a remembrance of sins every year, ⁴ for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. ⁵ Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, `Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me, <sup>6</sup> in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,
<sup>7</sup> then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;' <sup>8</sup> saying above—`Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' —which according to the law are offered— ⁹ then he said, `Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish; ¹⁰ in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once,

⁹ And he saith to me, `Write: Happy are they who to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb have been called;' and he saith to me, `These are the true words of God;'

¹⁰ and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.

¹³ At your going in to the city so ye do find him, before he doth go up in to the high place to eat; for the people do not eat till his coming, for he doth bless the sacrifice; afterwards they eat, who are called, and now, go up, for at this time ye find him.'

⁵ Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

¹³ The cup of salvation I lift up, And in the name of Jehovah I call.

⁷ Nor do they deal out to them for mourning, To comfort him concerning the dead, Nor cause them to drink a cup of consolations For his father and for his mother.

¹⁶ and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

¹⁹ And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, `This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye—to remembrance of me.'

⁶ He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard it, and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it . He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

⁴ because every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received, ⁵ for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.

¹³ And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

¹⁵ And wine—it rejoiceth the heart of man, To cause the face to shine from oil, And bread—the heart of man it supporteth.

⁶ Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, ⁷ He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

¹ I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

⁹ With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it. ¹⁰ It was broken down—a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance. ¹¹ A cry over the wine is in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.

⁶ And made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined.

¹ Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.

⁴⁴ `And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed—to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.

¹⁵ Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.

¹⁷ For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins—make fruitful!

¹⁸ `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

²⁹ and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.'

¹ And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'

²³ And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it—all;

²⁵ verily I say to you, that no more may I drink of the produce of the vine till that day when I may drink it new in the reign of God.'

²³ and they were giving him to drink wine mingled with myrrh, and he did not receive.

²⁷ and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

³¹ so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

¹⁶ for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

³⁰ a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne, ³¹ having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. ³² `This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses; ³³ at the right hand then of God having been exalted—also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father—he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear; ³⁴ for David did not go up to the heavens, and he saith himself: The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make thy foes thy footstool; ³⁶ assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him—this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

¹⁸ and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

¹³ who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

²⁶ the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one; ²⁷ and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

⁴ We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. ⁵ And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. ⁶ So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

⁴ A memorial He hath made of His wonders, Gracious and merciful is Jehovah.

⁴ Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

¹¹ And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.

³⁸ and whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou art this head of gold.

²² `Thou it is, O king, for thou hast become great and mighty, and thy greatness hath become great, and hath reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth; <sup>23</sup> and that which the king hath seen—a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field is his portion, till that seven times pass over him. <sup>24</sup> `This is the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it is that hath come against my lord the king:

⁷ And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.' ⁸ And he saith, `This is the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

¹⁹ And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

²⁶ And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, `Take, eat, this is my body;' <sup>27</sup> and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it—all; ²⁸ for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out—to remission of sins;

²² And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.' <sup>23</sup> And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it—all; <sup>24</sup> and he said to them, `This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

¹⁷ And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves,

²⁰ In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

³⁰ And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,

²³ (and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

⁵¹ `I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live—to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

⁴ and all the same spiritual drink did drink, for they were drinking of a spiritual rock following them, and the rock was the Christ;

¹⁶ The cup of the blessing that we bless—is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break—is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

²³ For I—I received from the Lord that which also I did deliver to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread, ²⁴ and having given thanks, he brake, and said, `Take ye, eat ye, this is my body, that for you is being broken; this do ye—to the remembrance of me.' <sup>25</sup> In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink it —to the remembrance of me;' ²⁶ for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth—till he may come; ²⁷ so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord: ²⁸ and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink; ²⁹ for he who is eating and drinking unworthily, judgment to himself he doth eat and drink—not discerning the body of the Lord.

⁴ who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

²⁵ for this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now is, and is in servitude with her children,

² and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

¹⁸ in every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

¹⁴ who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

²⁴ who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

⁸ And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.'

³¹ Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have made with the house of Israel And with the house of Judah a new covenant,

¹¹ Also thou—by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.

²⁸ for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out—to remission of sins;

¹⁶ The cup of the blessing that we bless—is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break—is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ? ¹⁷ because one bread, one body, are we the many—for we all of the one bread do partake. ¹⁸ See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar? ¹⁹ what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? — ²⁰ no, but that the things that the nations sacrifice—they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not wish you to come into the fellowship of the demons. ²¹ Ye are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of demons;

²⁵ In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink it —to the remembrance of me;'

⁶ who also made us sufficient to be ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

⁶ and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned, ⁷ for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second. ⁸ For finding fault, He saith to them, `Lo, days come, saith the Lord, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant, <sup>9</sup> not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of My taking them by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt—because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard them, saith the Lord, — <sup>10</sup> because this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people; <sup>11</sup> and they shall not teach each his neighbour, and each his brother, saying, Know thou the Lord, because they shall all know Me from the small one of them unto the great one of them, <sup>12</sup> because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' — <sup>13</sup> in the saying `new,' He hath made the first old, and what doth become obsolete and is old is nigh disappearing.

¹⁵ And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,

¹⁷ for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

²⁴ and to a mediator of a new covenant—Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

²⁰ And the God of the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep—in the blood of an age-during covenant—our Lord Jesus,

¹⁹ Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

⁵ Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth. ⁶ For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each are the men of his house.

²¹ and while they are eating, he said, `Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.' <sup>22</sup> And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?' ²³ And he answering said, `He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up; ²⁴ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

¹⁸ and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you—one of you, who is eating with me—shall deliver me up.' <sup>19</sup> And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?' <sup>20</sup> And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish; ²¹ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

¹⁸ not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel. ¹⁹ `From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am he;

²¹ These things having said, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and did testify, and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up;' ²² the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh.

²⁶ Jesus answereth, `That one it is to whom I, having dipped the morsel, shall give it;' and having dipped the morsel, he giveth it to Judas of Simon, Iscariot.

¹⁵ and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee—the head, and thou dost bruise him—the heel.'

¹ To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' —A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? <sup>2</sup> My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me. <sup>3</sup> And Thou art holy, Sitting—the Praise of Israel. <sup>4</sup> In Thee did our fathers trust—they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them. <sup>5</sup> Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed. <sup>6</sup> And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. <sup>7</sup> All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip—shake the head, <sup>8</sup> `Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.' ⁹ For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. ¹⁰ On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.
¹¹ Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, ¹³ They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴ As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵ Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. ¹⁶ And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ I count all my bones—they look expectingly, They look upon me, ¹⁸ They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. ¹⁹ And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste. ²⁰ Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of a lion: —And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
²² I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee. ²³ Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel. ²⁴ For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth. ²⁵ Of Thee my praise is in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers. ²⁶ The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever. ²⁷ Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations, ²⁸ For to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations. ²⁹ And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul. ³⁰ A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation. ³¹ They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

¹² For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. ¹³ But thou, a man—as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. ¹⁴ When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. ¹⁵ Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol—alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

¹ To the Overseer. —`On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul. ² I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me. ³ I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God. ⁴ Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away—I bring back. ⁵ O God, Thou—Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid. ⁶ Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel. ⁷ For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. ⁸ A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. ⁹ For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me. ¹⁰ And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. ¹¹ And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. ¹² Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.
¹³ And I—my prayer is to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation. ¹⁴ Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. ¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. ¹⁶ Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me, ¹⁷ And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress—haste, answer me. ¹⁸ Be near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. ¹⁹ Thou—Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee are all mine adversaries. ²⁰ Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. ²¹ And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
²² Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence—for a trap. ²³ Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou. ²⁴ Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them. ²⁵ Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller. ²⁶ For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones. ²⁷ Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness. ²⁸ They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written. ²⁹ And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.
³⁰ I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving, ³¹ And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock—horned—hoofed. ³² The humble have seen—they rejoice, Ye who seek God—and your heart liveth. ³³ For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised. ³⁴ The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them. ³⁵ For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it. ³⁶ And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

⁶ Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. ⁷ In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin. ⁸ His days are few, his oversight another taketh, ⁹ His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places. ¹¹ An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour. ¹² He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. ¹³ His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out. ¹⁴ The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out. ¹⁵ They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

¹ Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? ² Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him. ³ He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
⁴ Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains—he hath carried them, And we—we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted. ⁵ And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace is on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. ⁶ All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all. ⁷ It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth. ⁸ By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued, ⁹ And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.
¹⁰ And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed—he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper. ¹¹ Of the labour of his soul he seeth—he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear. ¹² Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

²⁴ `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. ²⁵ And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem till Messiah the Leader is seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the broad place hath been built again, and the rampart, even in the distress of the times. ²⁶ And after the sixty and two weeks, cut off is Messiah, and the city and the holy place are not his, the Leader who hath come doth destroy the people; and its end is with a flood, and till the end is war, determined are desolations.

⁷ Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero—My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

²⁴ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

⁵³ dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers? ⁵⁴ how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'

⁵ and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

²¹ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

²⁵ And he said unto them, `O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake! ²⁶ Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?' ²⁷ and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.

⁴⁶ and he said to them—`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,

¹² when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

¹⁶ `Men, brethren, it behoved this Writing that it be fulfilled that beforehand the Holy Spirit spake through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus, <sup>17</sup> because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration, <sup>18</sup> this one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth, <sup>19</sup> and it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, insomuch that that place is called, in their proper dialect, Aceldama, that is, field of blood, <sup>20</sup> for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take. <sup>21</sup> `It behoveth, therefore, of the men who did go with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day in which he was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of his rising again.' ²³ And they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias, ²⁴ and having prayed, they said, `Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two ²⁵ to receive the share of this ministration and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, did fall, to go on to his proper place;'

²³ this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified—ye did slay;

²⁵ who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things? ²⁶ the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ; ²⁷ for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.

²⁷ for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read—having judged him —did fulfil, ²⁸ and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

²² `Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come, ²³ that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

³ for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, ⁴ and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

¹¹ searching in regard to what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ that was in them was manifesting, testifying beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory after these,

²² And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?'

¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?'

²² the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh. ²³ And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving; ²⁴ Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh, ²⁵ and that one having leant back on the breast of Jesus, respondeth to him, `Sir, who is it?'

²⁰ Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him, ²¹ and he said to her, `What wilt thou?' She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit—these my two sons—one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.' ²² And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.' ²³ And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but—to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.' ²⁴ And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

³⁴ and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

³⁷ and they said to him, `Grant to us that, one on thy right hand and one on thy left, we may sit in thy glory;' <sup>38</sup> and Jesus said to them, `Ye have not known what ye ask; are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with—to be baptized?' ³⁹ And they said to him, `We are able;' and Jesus said to them, `Of the cup indeed that I drink of, ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with, ye shall be baptized; ⁴⁰ but to sit on my right and on my left, is not mine to give, but—to those for whom it hath been prepared.' ⁴¹ And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

⁴⁶ And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

¹⁰ in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

⁴ The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

³ nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves— ⁴ each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others. ⁵ For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

⁵ Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,' <sup>6</sup> and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

⁵ In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; ⁶ be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

²⁵ and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them, ²⁶ but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant; ²⁷ and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

⁴¹ And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John, ⁴² but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; ⁴³ but not so shall it be among you; but whoever may will to become great among you, he shall be your minister, ⁴⁴ and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all; ⁴⁵ for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

³ and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens; <sup>4</sup> whoever then may humble himself as this child, he is the greater in the reign of the heavens. <sup>5</sup> `And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

⁸ `And ye—ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director—the Christ, and all ye are brethren; ⁹ and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens, ¹⁰ nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director—the Christ. ¹¹ And the greater of you shall be your ministrant, ¹² and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

³⁵ and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

⁴⁸ and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all—he shall be great.'

² and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God—the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

³ neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,

⁵ In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

⁹ I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them—Diotrephes—doth not receive us; ¹⁰ because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.

²⁸ even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

⁷ `But, who is he of you—having a servant ploughing or feeding—who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat? ⁸ but will not rather say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink? ⁹ Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

⁵ afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded. ⁶ He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou—dost thou wash my feet?' <sup>7</sup> Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;' ⁸ Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet—to the age.' Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;' ⁹ Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.' <sup>10</sup> Jesus saith to him, `He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;' ¹¹ for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, `Ye are not all clean.' <sup>12</sup> When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you? ¹³ ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; ¹⁴ if then I did wash your feet—the Lord and the Teacher—ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ `For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do; ¹⁶ verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

⁹ for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor—being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

⁷ but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made, ⁸ and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death—death even of a cross,

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit—ye also—upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel; ²⁹ and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

¹³ but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

⁶⁷ Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?' <sup>68</sup> Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

³¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

²⁵ to receive the share of this ministration and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, did fall, to go on to his proper place;'

¹⁸ for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

¹⁵ for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner—apart from sin;

⁴⁷ verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

³⁴ `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

¹⁸ And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

³² `Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

¹⁷ and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

²⁵ and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

⁷ and our hope is stedfast for you, knowing that even as ye are partakers of the sufferings—so also of the comfort.

¹² if we do endure together—we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

⁵ Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

⁴ and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

¹⁴ and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

⁹ And the king calleth unto Ziba servant of Saul, and saith unto him, `All that was to Saul and to all his house, I have given to the son of thy lord, ¹⁰ and thou hast served for him the land, thou and thy sons, and thy servants, and hast brought in, and there hath been to the son of thy lord bread, and he hath eaten it; and Mephibosheth son of thy lord doth eat continually bread at my table;' and Ziba hath fifteen sons and twenty servants.

²⁸ for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more—even to cry any more unto the king?'

¹⁴ As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

¹¹ and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit—ye also—upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

¹⁶ for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.' ¹⁷ And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves, ¹⁸ for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.'

² have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments? ³ have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

²⁶ and he who is overcoming, and who is keeping unto the end my works, I will give to him authority over the nations, ²⁷ and he shall rule them with a rod of iron—as the vessels of the potter they shall be broken—as I also have received from my Father;

²¹ He who is overcoming—I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne.

⁴ And around the throne are thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had upon their heads crowns of gold;

⁶ And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst. ⁷ And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.' ⁸ And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?' <sup>9</sup> And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `For nought is Job fearing God? ¹⁰ Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath—round about? ¹¹ The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath—if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!' ¹² And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, all that he hath is in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

¹ And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah. ² And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.' ³ And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!' <sup>4</sup> And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life. ⁵ Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh—if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!' ⁶ And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he is in thy hand; only his life take care of.'

⁹ For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As one doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain to the earth.

¹ And he sheweth me Joshua the high priest standing before the messenger of Jehovah, and the Adversary standing at his right hand, to be an adversary to him.

⁴¹ And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

⁴ and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?'

⁸ Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

¹⁰ And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

³ When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day. ⁴ When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah. ⁵ My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou—Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah. ⁶ For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

¹² Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me. ¹³ I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

² And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: `Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on Jerusalem, Is not this a brand delivered from fire?' <sup>3</sup> And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and is standing before the messenger. <sup>4</sup> And he answereth and speaketh unto those standing before him, saying: `Turn aside the filthy garments from off him.' And he saith unto him, `See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass away from off thee, so as to clothe thee with costly apparel.'

³ and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

⁷⁵ and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him—`Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

⁷² and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him—`Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon—he was weeping.

⁷ and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

¹³ `And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

⁶¹ And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him—`Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;' ⁶² and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.

¹⁹ yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;

⁹ `I ask in regard to them; not in regard to the world do I ask, but in regard to those whom Thou hast given to me, because Thine they are, ¹⁰ and all mine are Thine, and Thine are mine, and I have been glorified in them;
¹¹ and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;

¹⁵ I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil. ¹⁶ `Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
<sup>17</sup> sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth; <sup>18</sup> as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world; <sup>19</sup> and for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth.
<sup>20</sup> `And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; ²¹ that they all may be one, as Thou Father art in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

¹⁵ When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.' <sup>16</sup> He saith to him again, a second time, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Tend my sheep.' ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;

¹⁹ reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

⁹ much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath; ¹⁰ for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

³² He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

³⁴ who is he that is condemning? Christ is He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God—who also doth intercede for us.

⁴ who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God; ⁵ because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort; ⁶ and whether we be in tribulation, it is for your comfort and salvation, that is wrought in the enduring of the same sufferings that we also suffer; whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort and salvation;

¹³ who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief, ¹⁴ and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus: ¹⁵ stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners—first of whom I am; ¹⁶ but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

¹⁸ who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

¹ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,

²⁵ whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God—ever living to make intercession for them.

¹² Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up; ¹³ and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

¹⁵ looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

⁵ who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,

¹³ Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

⁸ Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, ⁹ whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.
¹⁰ And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you;

¹⁰ wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, ¹¹ for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
¹² Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

¹⁴ wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

¹⁷ Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness, ¹⁸ and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him is the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, ² and he—he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

¹⁹ out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but—that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

¹² And Hazael saith, `Wherefore is my lord weeping?' and he saith, `Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel—their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.' ¹³ And Hazael saith, `But what, is thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?' And Elisha saith, `Jehovah hath shewed me thee—king of Aram.'

²⁶ Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

²³ I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

⁹ Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable—who doth know it?

²² And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, `We are able.'

³³ And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.' <sup>34</sup> Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.' ³⁵ Peter saith to him, `Even if it may be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee;' in like manner also said all the disciples.

⁴⁰ And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! ⁴¹ watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

²⁹ And Peter said to him, `And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;'

³¹ And he spake the more vehemently, `If it may be necessary for me to die with thee—I will in no wise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

³⁷ And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour! ³⁸ Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

³⁶ Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.' ³⁷ Peter saith to him, `Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;'

²³ save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain; ²⁴ but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

¹³ and Paul answered, `What do ye—weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

³⁴ Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.'

⁷⁴ Then began he to anathematise, and to swear—`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

³⁰ And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

⁷¹ and he began to anathematize, and to swear—`I have not known this man of whom ye speak;' <sup>72</sup> and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him—`Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon—he was weeping.

³⁸ Jesus answered him, `Thy life for me thou wilt lay down! verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow till thou mayest deny me thrice.'

²⁷ again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

¹⁵ And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

² and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not. ³ `And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

¹⁶ who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

¹ A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack,

⁹ Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him. ¹⁰ Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

³ Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

³¹ therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? ³² for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these; ³³ but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

⁹ `Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, ¹⁰ nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff—for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

⁸ and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only—no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle, ⁹ but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

³ And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

⁴ carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

²⁹ `And ye—seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense, ³⁰ for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things; ³¹ but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

²² and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved. ²³ `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come. <sup>24</sup> `A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord; ²⁵ sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

²⁰ `Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

³³ these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage—I have overcome the world.'

¹⁴ for ye became imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because such things ye suffered, even ye, from your own countrymen, as also they from the Jews, ¹⁵ who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary,

⁴ for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known it;

¹ Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

¹² Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

⁵⁴ how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?' ⁵⁵ In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me; ⁵⁶ but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

²⁷ And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,

³¹ And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed—that have been written through the prophets—to the Son of Man,

²² and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but woe to that man through whom he is being delivered up.'

³² And there were also others—two evil-doers—with him, to be put to death;

⁴⁴ and he said to them, `These are the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.' <sup>45</sup> Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings, <sup>46</sup> and he said to them—`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,

³⁵ if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

⁴ I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do it .

²⁸ After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;' <sup>29</sup> a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put it around a hyssop stalk, did put it to his mouth; <sup>30</sup> when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.

²⁷ for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read—having judged him —did fulfil, ²⁸ and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain, ²⁹ and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

²¹ for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

¹³ Christ did redeem us from the curse of the law, having become for us a curse, for it hath been written, `Cursed is every one who is hanging on a tree,'

⁵² Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

⁴⁹ And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, `Sir, shall we smite with a sword?'

³⁶ Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'

³ for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war, ⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

¹⁰ As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; ¹¹ put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, ¹² because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places; ¹³ because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done—to stand. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness, ¹⁵ and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace; ¹⁶ above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, in which ye shall be able all the fiery darts of the evil one to quench, ¹⁷ and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God, ¹⁸ through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

⁸ and we, being of the day—let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet—a hope of salvation, ⁹ whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

¹ And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

³⁰ And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

³⁶ Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, `Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.' <sup>37</sup> And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; <sup>38</sup> then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul—unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

¹¹ And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.

¹⁹ and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.

³ And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

²⁶ And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

³² And they come to a spot, the name of which is Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;' <sup>33</sup> and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, <sup>34</sup> and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul—to death; remain here, and watch.'

³⁷ And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

¹ These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples, ² and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples.

¹⁰ And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, `If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept me from evil—not to grieve me;' and God bringeth in that which he asked.

⁵ To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

¹³ Also—from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,

¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.

¹³³ My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

⁸ Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, ⁹ Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

¹³ `And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory—to the ages. Amen.

³⁶ Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, `Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.' <sup>37</sup> And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; <sup>38</sup> then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul—unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.' ³⁹ And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.' <sup>40</sup> And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! ⁴¹ watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' ⁴² Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;' <sup>43</sup> and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. <sup>44</sup> And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying the same word; <sup>45</sup> then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering me up.'

³² And they come to a spot, the name of which is Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;' <sup>33</sup> and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, <sup>34</sup> and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul—to death; remain here, and watch.' ³⁵ And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him, ³⁶ and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.' <sup>37</sup> And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour! ³⁸ Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.' ³⁹ And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word saying; ⁴⁰ and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him. ⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest—it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful; ⁴² rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

⁴ and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

⁴⁶ and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

⁷ and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. ⁸ Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me, ⁹ and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: ¹⁰ wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses—for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

¹⁸ through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—
¹⁹ and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

⁷ And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

⁸ Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, ⁹ whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

¹⁰ `Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

³⁹ And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

³⁵ And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

¹¹ the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

⁸ To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

¹⁷ Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.

²² Thus said thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God, He pleadeth for his people: `Lo, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, The goblet, the cup of My fury, Thou dost not add to drink it any more.

¹⁵ `For thus said Jehovah God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and thou hast caused all the nations to drink it unto whom I am sending thee;

⁴² Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;'

⁴⁴ And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying the same word;

³⁶ and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

¹⁷ And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves, <sup>18</sup> for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.' <sup>19</sup> And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, `This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye—to remembrance of me.' ²⁰ In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

³⁰ `I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

³⁸ because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

²⁷ `Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say—Father, save me from this hour? —but because of this I came to this hour; <sup>28</sup> Father, glorify Thy name.' There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, `I both glorified, and again I will glorify it;'

¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?'

²⁸ and charge Jehoshua, and strengthen him, and harden him, for he doth pass over before this people, and he doth cause them to inherit the land which thou seest.

³ Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. ⁴ The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

¹¹ For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways, ¹² On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.

¹⁶ and lo, as the manner of the sons of men, he is striking against my lips, and I open my mouth, and I speak, and say unto him who is standing over-against me: My lord, by the appearance turned have been my pangs against me, and I have retained no power. ¹⁷ And how is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord? as for me, henceforth there remaineth in me no power, yea, breath hath not been left in me. ¹⁸ `And he addeth, and striketh against me, as the appearance of a man, and strengtheneth me, ¹⁹ and he saith: Do not fear, O man greatly desired, peace to thee, be strong, yea, be strong; and when he speaketh with me, I have strengthened myself, and I say, Let my lord speak, for thou hast strengthened me.

¹ `And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing is for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;

⁶ and saith to him, `If Son thou art of God—cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

¹¹ Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

⁵³ dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

¹⁰ for it hath been written—To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee, ¹¹ and—On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'

³² and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

²³ And having made some stay he went forth, going through in order the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

¹⁶ and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety—God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

⁶ and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him—all messengers of God;'

¹⁴ are they not all spirits of service—for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

¹⁷ wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

²⁴ And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn; ²⁵ and he seeth that he is not able for him, and he cometh against the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh is disjointed in his wrestling with him; ²⁶ and he saith, `Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, `I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.' ²⁷ And he saith unto him, `What is thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.' ²⁸ And he saith, `Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

¹ To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' —A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? ² My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, ¹³ They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. ¹⁴ As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵ Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. ¹⁶ And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ I count all my bones—they look expectingly, They look upon me, ¹⁸ They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. ¹⁹ And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste. ²⁰ Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of a lion: —And—from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

¹ To the Overseer. —A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, ² And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation—from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps. ³ And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

¹⁴ Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. ¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. ¹⁶ Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me, ¹⁷ And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress—haste, answer me. ¹⁸ Be near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.

¹ A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' —An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, ² My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, ³ For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. ⁴ I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength. ⁵ Among the dead—free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. ⁶ Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. ⁷ Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. ⁸ Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up—I go not forth. ⁹ Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
¹⁰ To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. ¹¹ Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? ¹² Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. ¹⁴ Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. ¹⁵ I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors—I pine away. ¹⁶ Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, ¹⁷ They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, ¹⁸ Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!

¹ A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. ² Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

⁶ I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
⁷ Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

¹⁰ And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed—he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

¹² Is it nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Look attentively, and see, If there is any pain like my pain, That He is rolling to me? Whom Jehovah hath afflicted In the day of the fierceness of His anger.

⁵³ They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. ⁵⁴ Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
⁵⁵ I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. ⁵⁶ My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing—at my cry.

² And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice. ³ When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

²⁷ `Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say—Father, save me from this hour? —but because of this I came to this hour;

⁷ who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death—with strong crying and tears—having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

⁴⁰ And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

⁴³ and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

³⁷ And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

⁴⁰ and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him. ⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest—it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, ⁵ Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; ⁷ Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, ⁸ She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. ⁹ Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, ¹¹ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

⁶ And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What—to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'

³⁴ `And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, ³⁵ for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land, ³⁶ watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

⁴⁰ and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.'

⁴⁵ then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners. <sup>46</sup> Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering me up.'
<sup>47</sup> And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people. <sup>48</sup> And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;' ⁴⁹ and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him; <sup>50</sup> and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him. ⁵¹ And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear. ⁵² Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish; ⁵³ dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

¹⁰ And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them,

⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest—it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful; <sup>42</sup> rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'
<sup>43</sup> And immediately—while he is yet speaking—cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders; <sup>44</sup> and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,' ⁴⁵ and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him. <sup>46</sup> And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him; <sup>47</sup> and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear. <sup>48</sup> And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me! ⁴⁹ daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me—but that the Writings may be fulfilled.' ⁵⁰ And having left him they all fled;

³ And the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve, ⁴ and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them, ⁵ and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money, ⁶ and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.

² and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples. ³ Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons; ⁴ Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?' <sup>5</sup> they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, `I am he;' —and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; — <sup>6</sup> when, therefore, he said to them—`I am he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground. ⁷ Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;' ⁸ Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;' <sup>9</sup> that the word might be fulfilled that he said—`Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.' ¹⁰ Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest's servant, and cut off his right ear—and the name of the servant was Malchus— ¹¹ Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?'

¹⁶ `Men, brethren, it behoved this Writing that it be fulfilled that beforehand the Holy Spirit spake through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus, ¹⁷ because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration, ¹⁸ this one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,

⁹ And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou in peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; ¹⁰ and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that is in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth rib, and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated it to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

²¹ Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords .

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

⁴⁸ And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;' <sup>49</sup> and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,' and kissed him; ⁵⁰ and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

⁴⁴ and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,' <sup>45</sup> and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him. ⁴⁶ And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

³⁸ And they said, `Sir, lo, here are two swords;' and he said to them, `It is sufficient.'

⁵¹ And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.

⁴⁷ and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance is Mine,

⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

⁸ Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;' <sup>9</sup> that the word might be fulfilled that he said—`Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

²¹ Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

¹ And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you—through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ—who in presence, indeed am humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

²¹ for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps, ²² who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth, ²³ who being reviled—was not reviling again, suffering—was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

¹⁵ And Jehoiada the priest commandeth the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Bring her out unto the outside of the ranges, and him who is going after her, put to death by the sword:' for the priest had said, `Let her not be put to death in the house of Jehovah.'

⁵⁵ In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

⁴⁸ And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me! ⁴⁹ daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me—but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

⁴ and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

²¹ And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.
²² And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven, ²³ and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, `Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.' <sup>24</sup> And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.' ²⁵ And it cometh to pass, when their heart is glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars. <sup>26</sup> And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.' ²⁷ And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither are all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof are about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson. ²⁸ And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged—vengeance at once—because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.' <sup>29</sup> And Samson turneth aside to the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, to the one with his right hand, and one with his left; <sup>30</sup> and Samson saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,' and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who are in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.

⁵ That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves, ¹³ and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.' <sup>14</sup> And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them, <sup>15</sup> and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

²³ And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

³⁷ And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives; ³⁸ and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

²⁵ Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill? ²⁶ and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ?

³⁰ They were seeking, therefore, to seize him, and no one laid the hand on him, because his hour had not yet come,

⁴⁵ the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, `Wherefore did ye not bring him?'

³⁰ I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

²⁰ verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become. ²¹ `The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world. <sup>22</sup> `And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

¹⁸ to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me.

³ and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed, ⁴ in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; ⁵ for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus—Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus; ⁶ because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

¹² because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

⁹ and the great dragon was cast forth—the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world—he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night; ¹¹ and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life—unto death;
¹² because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; woe to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

³¹ and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,

⁵⁷ And those laying hold on Jesus led him away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together, ⁵⁸ and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

⁵³ And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes; ⁵⁴ and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

³³ And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;' <sup>34</sup> and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

¹² The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,
¹³ and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year, ¹⁴ and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people. ¹⁵ And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest, ¹⁶ and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter. ¹⁷ Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;'

²⁴ Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.

¹ O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

⁴ I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. ⁵ I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

³ Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

⁶ Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

²⁰ Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

³ Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

⁶⁹ And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, `And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!' <sup>70</sup> And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.' ⁷¹ And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;' <sup>72</sup> and again did he deny with an oath—`I have not known the man.' ⁷³ And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.' <sup>74</sup> Then began he to anathematise, and to swear—`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow, ⁷⁵ and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him—`Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

⁶⁶ And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest, ⁶⁷ and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!' <sup>68</sup> and he denied, saying, `I have not known him, neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew. ⁶⁹ And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near—`This is of them;' <sup>70</sup> and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;'

⁴⁴ and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

¹⁶ and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter. ¹⁷ Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;' ¹⁸ and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

²⁵ And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.' ²⁶ One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?' ²⁷ again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

³³ Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

¹⁵ and what fellowship to light with darkness? and what concord to Christ with Belial? or what part to a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ and what agreement to the sanctuary of God with idols? for ye are a sanctuary of the living God, according as God said—`I will dwell in them, and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people, ¹⁷ wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I—I will receive you,

⁶⁹ And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, `And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!'

⁶ And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

⁶⁶ And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest, ⁶⁷ and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!' <sup>68</sup> and he denied, saying, `I have not known him, neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.

¹⁷ Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;'

³³ and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

⁷⁰ And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.'

⁹ and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

²⁵ And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.'

¹³ `The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release him, ¹⁴ and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man—a murderer—to be granted to you,

¹⁰ because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that is in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during. ¹¹ Stedfast is the word: For if we died together—we also shall live together; ¹² if we do endure together—we shall also reign together; if we deny him, he also shall deny us;

⁹ if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

⁷¹ And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;' <sup>72</sup> and again did he deny with an oath—`I have not known the man.'

⁶⁹ And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near—`This is of them;' <sup>70</sup> and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;'

⁷³ And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.' <sup>74</sup> Then began he to anathematise, and to swear—`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

³⁴ and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

²⁷ He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

¹⁵ For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,' ¹⁶ For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.
¹⁷ For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding—and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart. ¹⁸ His ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God. ¹⁹ For after my turning back I repented, And after my being instructed I struck on the thigh, I have been ashamed, I have also blushed, For I have borne the reproach of my youth. ²⁰ A precious son is Ephraim to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, I do thoroughly remember him still, Therefore have My bowels been moved for him, I do greatly love him, An affirmation of Jehovah.

⁶³ So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

³¹ And ye have remembered your ways that are evil, And your doings that are not good, And have been loathsome in your own faces, For your iniquities, and for your abominations. ³² Not for your sake am I working, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Be it known to you, Be ashamed and confounded, because of your ways, O house of Israel.

⁸ How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

³⁰ And immediately Jesus having known in himself that out of him power had gone forth, having turned about in the multitude, said, `Who did touch my garments?'

¹³ And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;'

³¹ this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

¹¹ Wherefore, remember, that ye were once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,

⁵ remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place—if thou mayest not reform;

¹⁸ For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

⁵ Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap, ⁶ Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!

¹ A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. ² Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³ If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? ⁴ But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

¹ A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me—in Thy righteousness. ² And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee. ³ For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old. ⁴ And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, `Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.

¹⁶ And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising—each for his iniquity.

¹⁰ And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

⁴ `Happy the mourning—because they shall be comforted.

¹² so that he who is thinking to stand—let him observe, lest he fall.

⁹ I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us; ¹⁰ for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death, ¹¹ for, lo, this same thing—your being made sorry toward God—how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

⁹ His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me. ¹⁰ They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

⁹ And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword. ¹⁰ They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit. ¹¹ Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away. ¹² On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity. ¹³ They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.' ¹⁴ As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.

⁶ And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people. ⁷ All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip—shake the head,

¹³ They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

¹⁵ And—in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased; ¹⁶ With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.

²⁵ They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'

⁷ For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face. ⁸ A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother. ⁹ For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me. ¹⁰ And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me. ¹¹ And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile. ¹² Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

⁷ Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: `Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.'

⁶ My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting. ⁷ And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

¹⁴ As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)

³ He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

¹ Now gather thyself together, O daughter of troops, A siege he hath laid against us, With a rod they smite on the cheek the judge of Israel.

⁵⁹ And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰ and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near, ⁶¹ said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.' <sup>62</sup> And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee? ⁶³ and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ—the Son of God.' <sup>64</sup> Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.' ⁶⁵ Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, —`He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking; <sup>66</sup> what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.' ⁶⁷ Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap, ⁶⁸ saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?'

²⁸ and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak, ²⁹ and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.' ³⁰ And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head; ³¹ and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him .

³⁹ and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰ and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building it, save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.' <sup>41</sup> And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said, <sup>42</sup> `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him; ⁴³ he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said—Son of God I am;' ⁴⁴ with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony—to put him to death, and they were not finding, ⁵⁶ for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike. ⁵⁷ And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying— ⁵⁸ `We heard him saying—I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;' <sup>59</sup> and neither so was their testimony alike. <sup>60</sup> And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?' ⁶¹ and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ—the Son of the Blessed?' <sup>62</sup> and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.' ⁶³ And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses? <sup>64</sup> Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death, <sup>65</sup> and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band, ¹⁷ and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him, ¹⁸ and began to salute him, `Hail, King of the Jews.' ¹⁹ And they were smiting him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and having bent the knee, were bowing to him, ²⁰ and when they had mocked him, they took the purple from off him, and clothed him in his own garments, and they led him forth, that they may crucify him.

²⁷ And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left, ²⁸ and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, `And with lawless ones he was numbered.' <sup>29</sup> And those passing by were speaking evil of him, shaking their heads, and saying, `Ah, the thrower down of the sanctuary, and in three days the builder! ³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross!' ³¹ And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, `Others he saved; himself he is not able to save. ³² The Christ! the king of Israel—let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him.

²² And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'

² looking to the author and perfecter of faith—Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him—did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

²³ who being reviled—was not reviling again, suffering—was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

²¹ And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

²⁵ And it cometh to pass, when their heart is glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.

³¹ Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³² And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

³⁹ and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

¹⁰ and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹ and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

¹³ who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief, ¹⁴ and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus:

¹ Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity? ² Station themselves do kings of the earth, And princes have been united together, Against Jehovah, and against His Messiah: ³ `Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

²² but I—I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

¹ And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

¹ And immediately, in the morning, the chief priests having made a consultation, with the elders, and scribes, and the whole sanhedrim, having bound Jesus, did lead away, and delivered him to Pilate;

²⁸ They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

⁵ as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

³ said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?' <sup>4</sup> And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see, ⁵ blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

⁶¹ and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ—the Son of the Blessed?' <sup>62</sup> and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.' ⁶³ And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses? <sup>64</sup> Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death, <sup>65</sup> and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.
⁶⁶ And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

³¹ And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

³⁹ `Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; <sup>40</sup> and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life; <sup>41</sup> glory from man I do not receive, <sup>42</sup> but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves. <sup>43</sup> `I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive; ⁴⁴ how are ye able—ye—to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not? ⁴⁵ `Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses—in whom ye have hoped; ⁴⁶ for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me; ⁴⁷ but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?'

⁴³ wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word. ⁴⁴ `Ye are of a father—the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar—also his father. <sup>45</sup> `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

²⁷ He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?' <sup>28</sup> They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;

²⁴ the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.' <sup>25</sup> Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me; ²⁶ but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

³⁷ yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him, ³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord—to whom was it revealed?' <sup>39</sup> Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, <sup>40</sup> `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;' ⁴¹ these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
⁴² Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue, ⁴³ for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

³ And he answering said unto them, `I will question you—I also—one thing, and tell me: <sup>4</sup> the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?' <sup>5</sup> And they reasoned with themselves, saying—`If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? ⁶ and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.' ⁷ And they answered, that they knew not whence it was,

⁴¹ And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David, ⁴² and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, ⁴³ till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool; ⁴⁴ David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

¹ A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

¹³ `I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was one coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near. ¹⁴ And to him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages do serve him, his dominion is a dominion age-during, that passeth not away, and his kingdom that which is not destroyed.

⁴⁴ The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.'

⁶² and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.'

¹⁹ The Lord, then, indeed, after speaking to them, was received up to the heaven, and sat on the right hand of God;

⁵⁵ and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, ⁵⁶ and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

²⁰ which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one; ²² and all things He did put under his feet, and did give him—head over all things to the assembly, ²³ which is his body, the fulness of Him who is filling the all in all,

⁸ wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' — ⁹ and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things—

¹ If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,

³ who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might—through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

¹ And the sum concerning the things spoken of is : we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven—messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

¹ And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb:

⁷ I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

¹² Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!

¹⁷ and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son—the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

³ And the Tempter having come to him said, `If Son thou art of God—speak that these stones may become loaves.'

¹¹ And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'

⁴³ he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said—Son of God I am;'

⁵⁴ And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'

² and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say it .'

⁴¹ And demons also were coming forth from many, crying out and saying—`Thou art the Christ, the Son of God;' and rebuking, he did not suffer them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

³ And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say it .'

³⁴ and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and saith to him, `Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.'

³⁰ I and the Father are one.'

³⁶ of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say—Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

³⁷ Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'

⁷ the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

⁶⁵ Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, —`He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking; <sup>66</sup> what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.'

⁶³ And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses? ⁶⁴ Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death,