John 18 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the brook Kedron to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went. ² The place was well known to Judas, the betrayer, for Jesus and his disciples had often met there. ³ So Judas, who had obtained the soldiers of the Roman garrison, and some police-officers from the Chief Priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ⁴ Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them: "For whom are you looking?" ⁵ "Jesus of Nazareth," was their answer. "I am he," said Jesus. (Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.) ⁶ When Jesus said 'I am he,' they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷ So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered: "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸ "I have already told you that I am he," replied Jesus, "so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go." ⁹ This was in fulfillment of his words-- 'Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.' ¹⁰ At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the High Priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. ¹¹ But Jesus said to Peter: "Sheathe your sword. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?" ¹² So the soldiers of the garrison, with their Commanding Officer and the Jewish police, arrested Jesus and bound him, ¹³ And took him first of all to Annas. Annas was the father-in- law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year. ¹⁴ It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews, that it was best that one man should die for the people. ¹⁵ Meanwhile Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple, being well-known to the High Priest, went with Jesus into the High Priest's court-yard, ¹⁶ While Peter stood outside by the door. Presently the other disciple--the one well-known to the High Priest--went out and spoke to the portress, and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ So the maidservant said to Peter: "Are not you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he said. ¹⁸ The servants and police-officers were standing round a char- coal fire (which they had made because it was cold), and were warming themselves. Peter, too, was with them, standing and warming himself. ¹⁹ The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. ²⁰ "For my part," answered Jesus, "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some Synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where all the Jews assemble, and I never spoke of anything in secret. ²¹ Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said." ²² When Jesus said this, one of the police-officers, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. "Do you answer the High Priest like that?" he exclaimed. ²³ "If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it," replied Jesus; "but if not, why do you strike me?" ²⁴ Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest. ²⁵ Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing there, warming himself; so they said to him: "Are not you also one of his disciples?" Peter denied it. "No, I am not," he said. ²⁶ One of the High Priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed: "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden?" ²⁷ Peter again denied it; and at that moment a cock crowed. ²⁸ From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover. ²⁹ Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. "What charge do you bring against this man?" he asked. ³⁰ "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have given him up to you," they answered. ³¹ "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and try him by your own Law." "We have no power to put any one to death," the Jews replied- - ³² In fulfillment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die. ³³ After that, Pilate went into the Government House again, and calling Jesus up, asked him: "Are you the King of the Jews?" ³⁴ "Do you ask me that yourself?" replied Jesus, "or did others say it to you about me?" ³⁵ "Do you take me for a Jew?" was Pilate's answer. "It is your own nation and the Chief Priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ "My kingly power," replied Jesus, "is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the Jews; but my kingly power is not from the world." ³⁷ "So you are a King after all!" exclaimed Pilate. "Yes, it is true I am a King," answered Jesus. "I was born for this, I have come into the world for this--to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice." ³⁸ "What is Truth?" exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the Jews again, and said: "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged. ³⁹ It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?" ⁴⁰ "No, not this man," they shouted again, "but Barabbas!" This Barabbas was a robber.

²³ And there he settled in the town of Nazareth, in fulfillment of these words in the Prophets--'He will be called a Nazarene.'

²³ And Jesus went all through Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people;

³⁹ I, however, say to you that you must not resist wrong; but, if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

³⁵ Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

²¹ At that time Jesus Christ began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and undergo much suffering at the hands of the Councillors, and Chief Priests, and Teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

²² While Jesus and his disciples were together in Galilee, he said to them: "The Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into the hands of his fellow-men, ²³ And they will put him to death, but on the third day he will rise." And the disciples were greatly distressed.

¹⁸ "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ And give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise."

¹⁹ And give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise."

²² "You do not know what you are asking," was Jesus' answer. "Can you drink the cup that I am to drink?" "Yes," they exclaimed, "we can."

¹¹ "Who is this?", to which the crowd replied--"This is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

²³ After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ "I, too," said Jesus in reply, "will ask you one question; if you will give me an answer to it, then I, also, will tell you what authority I have to act as I do. ²⁵ It is about John's baptism. What was its origin? divine or human?" But they began arguing among themselves: "If we say 'divine,' he will say to us 'Why then did not you believe him?' ²⁶ But if we say 'human,' we are afraid of the people, for every one regards John as a Prophet." ²⁷ So the answer they gave Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," he said, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.

²³ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first. ²⁴ You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel! ²⁵ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. ²⁷ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead men's bones and all kinds of filth. ²⁸ It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

²⁶ Therefore, if people say to you 'He is in the Wilderness!', do not go out there; or 'He is in an inner room!', do not believe it;

² "You know that in two days time the Festival of the Passover will be here; and that the Son of Man is to be given up to be crucified." ³ Then the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation met in the house of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,

²¹ And, while they were eating, he said: "I tell you that one of you will betray me."

³⁰ They then sang a hymn, and went out to the Mount of Olives. ³¹ Then Jesus said to them: "Even you will all fall away from me to-night. Scripture says--'I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

³³ "If every one else falls away from you," Peter answered, "I shall never fall away!" ³⁴ "I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times!"

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a garden called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples: "Sit down here while I go and pray yonder."

³⁹ Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. "My Father," he said, "if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as thou willest."

⁴² Again, a second time, he went away, and prayed. "My Father," he said, "if I cannot be spared this cup, but must drink it, thy will be done!"

⁴⁷ And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation. ⁴⁸ Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him." ⁴⁹ So he went up to Jesus at once, and exclaimed: "Welcome, Rabbi!" and kissed him; ⁵⁰ On which Jesus said to him: "Friend, do what you have come for." Thereupon the men went up, seized Jesus, and arrested him. ⁵¹ Suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and striking the High Priest's servant, cut off his ear.

⁵¹ Suddenly one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and striking the High Priest's servant, cut off his ear. ⁵² "Sheathe your sword," Jesus said, "for all who draw the sword will be put to the sword.

⁵² "Sheathe your sword," Jesus said, "for all who draw the sword will be put to the sword. ⁵³ Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵³ Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵³ Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ But in that case how would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?"

⁵⁴ But in that case how would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?" ⁵⁵ Jesus at the same time said to the crowds: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me."

⁵⁵ Jesus at the same time said to the crowds: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me." ⁵⁶ The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the Prophetic Scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

⁵⁶ The whole of this occurred in fulfillment of the Prophetic Scriptures. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled. ⁵⁷ Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the Teachers of the Law and the Councillors had assembled. ⁵⁸ Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the offices, to see the end. ⁵⁹ Meanwhile the Chief Priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,

⁵⁹ Meanwhile the Chief Priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death, ⁶⁰ But they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said:

⁶⁰ But they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said: ⁶¹ "This man said 'I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and to build it in three days.'" ⁶² Then the High Priest stood up, and said to Jesus: "Have you no answer? What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?" ⁶³ But Jesus remained silent. On this the High Priest said to him: "I adjure you, by the Living God, to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." ⁶⁴ "It is true," Jesus answered; "Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you shall 'see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.'"

⁶⁴ "It is true," Jesus answered; "Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you shall 'see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.'" ⁶⁵ Then the High Priest tore his robes. "This is blasphemy!" he exclaimed. "Why do we want any more witnesses? You have just heard his blasphemy!

⁶⁵ Then the High Priest tore his robes. "This is blasphemy!" he exclaimed. "Why do we want any more witnesses? You have just heard his blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What is your decision?" They answered: "He deserves death." ⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face, and struck him, while others dealt blows at him, saying as they did so: ⁶⁸ "Now play the Prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?" ⁶⁹ Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!"

⁶⁹ Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!" ⁷⁰ But Peter denied it before them all. "I do not know what you mean," he replied. ⁷¹ When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him, and said to those who were there: "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth!" ⁷² Again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man!" ⁷³ But soon afterwards those who were standing by came up and said to Peter: "You also are certainly one of them; why, your very way of speaking proves it!"

⁷³ But soon afterwards those who were standing by came up and said to Peter: "You also are certainly one of them; why, your very way of speaking proves it!" ⁷⁴ Then Peter began to swear, with most solemn imprecations: "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed; ⁷⁵ and Peter remembered the words which Jesus had said-- 'Before a cock has crowed, you will disown me three times'; and he went outside, and wept bitterly.

¹ At daybreak all the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation consulted together against Jesus, to bring about his death. ² They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate.

² They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate. ³ Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that Jesus was condemned, repented of what he had done, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests and Councillors. ⁴ "I did wrong in betraying a good man to his death," he said. "What has that to do with us?" they replied. "You must see to that yourself." ⁵ Judas flung down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and left; and went away and hanged himself. ⁶ The Chief Priests took the pieces of silver, but they said: "We must not put them into the Temple treasury, because they are blood-money." ⁷ So, after consultation, they bought with them the 'Potter's Field' for a burial-ground for foreigners; ⁸ And that is why that field is called the 'Field of Blood' to this very day. ⁹ Then it was that these words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled-- 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom some of the people of Israel valued, ¹⁰ And gave them for the Potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.' ¹¹ Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Roman Governor. "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked the Governor. "It is true," answered Jesus.

¹¹ Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Roman Governor. "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked the Governor. "It is true," answered Jesus. ¹² While charges were being brought against him by the Chief Priests and Councillors, Jesus made no reply. ¹³ Then Pilate said to him: "Do not you hear how many accusations they are making against you?" ¹⁴ Yet Jesus made no reply--not even a single word; at which the Governor was greatly astonished. ¹⁵ Now, at the Feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose. ¹⁶ At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

¹⁶ At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. ¹⁷ So, when the people had collected, Pilate said to them: "Which do you wish me to release for you? Barabbas? Or Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" ¹⁸ For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him.

¹⁸ For he knew that it was out of jealousy that they had given Jesus up to him. ¹⁹ While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him." ²⁰ But the Chief Priests and the Councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus. ²¹ The Governor, however, said to them: "Which of these two do you wish me to release for you?" "Barabbas," they answered. ²² "What then," Pilate asked, "shall I do with Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" "Let him be crucified," they all replied. ²³ "Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!"

²³ "Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!" ²⁴ When Pilate saw that his efforts were unavailing, but that, on the contrary, a riot was beginning, he took some water, and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying as he did so: "I am not answerable for this bloodshed; you must see to it yourselves."

²⁶ The Pilate released Barabbas to them; but Jesus he scourged, and gave him up to be crucified. ²⁷ After that, the Governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the Government House, and gathered the whole garrison round him.

³³ "Listen!" he said. "We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death, and they will give him up to the Gentiles,

³³ "Listen!" he said. "We are going up to Jerusalem; and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law, and they will condemn him to death, and they will give him up to the Gentiles, ³⁴ Who will mock him, spit upon him, and scourge him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

³⁸ "You do not know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup that I am to drink? or receive the baptism that I am to receive?" ³⁹ "Yes," they answered, "we can." "You shall indeed drink the cup that I am to drink," Jesus said, "and receive the baptism that I am to receive,

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the Temple Courts; and, after looking round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve. ¹² The next day, after they had left Bethany, Jesus became hungry;

²⁶ They then sang a hymn, and went out up the Mount of Olives,

³⁰ "I tell you," answered Jesus, "that you yourself today--yes, this very night--before the cock crows twice, will disown me three times."

³² Presently they came to a garden known as Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples "Sit down here while I pray."

³⁵ Going on a little further, he threw himself on the ground, and began to pray that, if it were possible, he might be spared that hour. ³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; yet, not what I will, but what thou willest." ³⁷ Then he came and found the three Apostles asleep. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray," he said to them all, "that you may not fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

⁴³ And just then, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up; and with him a crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent by the Chief Priests, the Teachers of the Law, and the Councillors. ⁴⁴ Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him and take him away safely." ⁴⁵ As soon as Judas came, he went up to Jesus at once, and said: "Rabbi!" and kissed him. ⁴⁶ Then the men seized Jesus, and arrested him. ⁴⁷ One of those who were standing by drew his sword, and struck at the High Priest's servant, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁷ One of those who were standing by drew his sword, and struck at the High Priest's servant, and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸ But Jesus interposed, and said to the men: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? ⁴⁹ I have been among you day after day in the Temple Courts teaching, and yet you did not arrest me; but this is in fulfillment of the Scriptures." ⁵⁰ And all the Apostles forsook him, and fled.

⁵⁰ And all the Apostles forsook him, and fled. ⁵¹ One young man did indeed follow him, wrapped only in a linen sheet. They tried to arrest him; ⁵² But he left the sheet in their hands, and fled naked. ⁵³ Then they took Jesus to the High Priest; and all the Chief Priests, the Councillors, and the Teachers of the Law assembled. ⁵⁴ Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire. ⁵⁵ Meanwhile the Chief Priest and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such evidence against Jesus as would warrant his being put to death, but they could not find any;

⁵⁵ Meanwhile the Chief Priest and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such evidence against Jesus as would warrant his being put to death, but they could not find any; ⁵⁶ For, though there were many who gave false evidence against him, yet their evidence did not agree.

⁵⁶ For, though there were many who gave false evidence against him, yet their evidence did not agree. ⁵⁷ Presently some men stood up, and gave this false evidence against him--

⁵⁷ Presently some men stood up, and gave this false evidence against him-- ⁵⁸ "We ourselves heard him say 'I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.'"

⁵⁸ "We ourselves heard him say 'I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days build another made without hands.'" ⁵⁹ Yet not even on that point did their evidence agree.

⁵⁹ Yet not even on that point did their evidence agree. ⁶⁰ Then the High Priest stood forward, and questioned Jesus. "Have you no answer to make?" he asked. "What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?" ⁶¹ But Jesus remained silent, and made no answer. A second time the High Priest questioned him. "Are you," he asked, "the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" ⁶² "I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

⁶² "I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'." ⁶³ At this the High Priest tore his vestments. "Why do we want any more witnesses?" he exclaimed. ⁶⁴ "You heard his blasphemy? What is your verdict?" They all condemned him, declaring that he deserved death. ⁶⁵ Some of those present began to spit at him, and to blindfold his eyes, and strike him, saying, as they did so, "Now play the Prophet!" and even the police-officers received him with blows.

⁶⁵ Some of those present began to spit at him, and to blindfold his eyes, and strike him, saying, as they did so, "Now play the Prophet!" and even the police-officers received him with blows. ⁶⁶ While Peter was in the court-yard down below, one of the High Priest's maidservants came up; ⁶⁷ And, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

⁶⁷ And, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

⁶⁷ And, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!" ⁶⁸ But Peter denied it. "I do not know or understand what you mean," he replied. Then he went out into the porch;

⁶⁸ But Peter denied it. "I do not know or understand what you mean," he replied. Then he went out into the porch;

⁶⁸ But Peter denied it. "I do not know or understand what you mean," he replied. Then he went out into the porch; ⁶⁹ And there the maidservant, on seeing him, began to say again to the by-standers: "This is one of them!" ⁷⁰ But Peter again denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again said to him: "You certainly are one of them; why you are a Galilean!"

⁷⁰ But Peter again denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again said to him: "You certainly are one of them; why you are a Galilean!" ⁷¹ But he began to swear with the most solemn imprecations: "I do not know the man you are speaking about."

⁷¹ But he began to swear with the most solemn imprecations: "I do not know the man you are speaking about." ⁷² At that moment, for the second time, a cock crowed; and Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him-- 'Before a cock has crowed twice, you will disown me three times'; and, as he thought of it, he began to weep.

¹ As soon as it was daylight, the Chief Priests, after holding a consultation with the Councillors and Teachers of the Law--that is to say, the whole High Council--put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

¹ As soon as it was daylight, the Chief Priests, after holding a consultation with the Councillors and Teachers of the Law--that is to say, the whole High Council--put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate. ² "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "It is true," replied Jesus.

² "Are you the King of the Jews?" asked Pilate. "It is true," replied Jesus. ³ Then the Chief Priests brought a number of charges against him;

³ Then the Chief Priests brought a number of charges against him; ⁴ Upon which Pilate questioned Jesus again. "Have you no reply to make?" he asked. "Listen, how many charges they are bringing against you." ⁵ But Jesus still made no reply whatever; at which Pilate was astonished. ⁶ Now, at the Feast, Pilate used to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might ask for. ⁷ A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.

⁷ A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot. ⁸ So, when the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate to follow his usual custom, ⁹ He answered: "Do you want me to release the 'King of the Jews' for you?" ¹⁰ For he was aware that it was out of jealousy that the Chief Priests had given Jesus up to him. ¹¹ But the Chief Priests incited the crowd to get Barabbas released instead. ¹² Pilate, however, spoke to them again: "What shall I do then with the man whom you call the 'King of the Jews'?" ¹³ Again they shouted: "Crucify him!" ¹⁴ "Why, what harm has he done?" Pilate kept saying to them. But they shouted furiously: "Crucify him!"

¹⁴ "Why, what harm has he done?" Pilate kept saying to them. But they shouted furiously: "Crucify him!" ¹⁵ And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and, after scourging Jesus, gave him up to be crucified. ¹⁶ The soldiers then took Jesus away into the court-yard--that is the Government House--and they called the whole garrison together.

² And when Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests, a Command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

¹⁵ And he began to teach in their Synagogues, and was honored by every one.

⁵⁴ When James and John saw this, they said: "Master, do you wish us to call for fire to come down from the heavens and consume them?" ⁵⁵ But Jesus turned and rebuked them. ⁵⁶ And they made their way to another village.

⁵³ When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects, ⁵⁴ Laying traps for him, so as to seize upon anything that he might say.

¹⁴ But Jesus said to him: "Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?"

³⁰ These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.

²⁰ Being once asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was to come, Jesus answered: "The Kingdom of God does not come in a way that admits of observation, ²¹ Nor will people say 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!'; for the Kingdom of God is within you!

³¹ Gathering the Twelve round him, Jesus said to them: "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the Prophets will be done to the Son of Man. ³² For he will be given up to the Gentiles, mocked, insulted and spat upon; ³³ They will scourge him, and then put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again."

³⁸ "Blessed is He who comes--Our King--in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, And glory on high." ³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: "Teacher, reprove your disciples." ⁴⁰ But Jesus answered: "I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out."

⁴⁵ Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling, ⁴⁶ Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" ⁴⁷ Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.

¹ On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the Good News, the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law, joined by the Councillors, confronted him, ² And addressing him, said: "Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it that has given you this authority?" ³ "I, too," said Jesus in reply, "will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it. ⁴ It is about John's baptism--was it of divine or of human origin?" ⁵ But they began arguing together: "If we say 'divine,' he will say 'Why did not you believe him?' ⁶ But, if we say 'human,' the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a Prophet." ⁷ So they answered that they did not know its origin. ⁸ "Then I," said Jesus, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things."

¹⁹ After this the Teachers of the Law and the Chief Priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable. ²⁰ Having watched their opportunity, they afterwards sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor's jurisdiction and authority.

²⁰ Having watched their opportunity, they afterwards sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor's jurisdiction and authority. ²¹ These men asked Jesus a question. They said: "Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a man's position, but teach the Way of God honestly; ²² Are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?" ²³ Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them: ²⁴ "Show me a florin. Whose head and title are on it?" ²⁵ "The Emperor's," they said; and Jesus replied: "Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God." ²⁶ They could not lay hold of this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.

³⁷ During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called the 'Mount of Olives.'

³³ "Master," said Peter, "with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death." ³⁴ "I tell you, Peter," replied Jesus, "the cock will not crow to-day till you have disowned all knowledge of me three times."

³⁹ Jesus then went out, and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, followed by his disciples.

³⁹ Jesus then went out, and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, followed by his disciples. ⁴⁰ And, when he reached the spot, he said to them: "Pray that you may not fall into temptation."

⁴² "Father," he said, "if it is thy pleasure, spare me this cup; only, not my will but thine be done."

⁴⁴ And, as his anguish became intense, he prayed still more earnestly, while his sweat was like great drops of blood falling on the ground.]

⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, a crowd appeared in sight, led by the man called Judas, who was one of the Twelve. Judas approached Jesus, to kiss him; ⁴⁸ On which Jesus said to him: "Judas, is it by a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?" ⁴⁹ But when those who were round Jesus saw what was going to happen, they exclaimed: "Master, shall we use our swords?"

⁴⁹ But when those who were round Jesus saw what was going to happen, they exclaimed: "Master, shall we use our swords?" ⁵⁰ And one of them struck the High Priest's servant and cut off his right ear;

⁵⁰ And one of them struck the High Priest's servant and cut off his right ear; ⁵¹ On which Jesus said: "Let me at least do this"; and, touching his ear, he healed the wound.

⁵¹ On which Jesus said: "Let me at least do this"; and, touching his ear, he healed the wound. ⁵² Then, turning to the Chief Priests and Officers in charge at the Temple and Councillors, who had come for him, he said: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³ When I was with you day after day in the Temple Courts, you did not lay hands on me; but now your time has come, and the power of Darkness." ⁵⁴ Those who had taken Jesus prisoner took him away into the house of the High Priest. Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ But, when they had lit a fire in the center of the court-yard and had all sat down there, Peter seated himself in the middle of them.

⁵⁵ But, when they had lit a fire in the center of the court-yard and had all sat down there, Peter seated himself in the middle of them. ⁵⁶ Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

⁵⁶ Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

⁵⁶ Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!" ⁵⁷ But Peter denied it. "I do not know him," he replied. ⁵⁸ A little while afterwards some one else--a man--saw him and said: "Why, you are one of them!" "No," Peter said, "I am not." ⁵⁹ About an hour later another man declared positively: "This man also was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

⁵⁹ About an hour later another man declared positively: "This man also was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean!" ⁶⁰ But Peter said: "I do not know what you are speaking about." Instantly, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed.

⁶⁰ But Peter said: "I do not know what you are speaking about." Instantly, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed. ⁶¹ And the Master turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the words that the Master had said to him-- "Before a cock has crowed to-day, you will disown me three times"; ⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly. ⁶³ The men that held Jesus kept making sport of him and beating him.

⁶³ The men that held Jesus kept making sport of him and beating him. ⁶⁴ They blindfolded him and then questioned him. "Now play the Prophet," they said; "who was it that struck you?"

⁶⁴ They blindfolded him and then questioned him. "Now play the Prophet," they said; "who was it that struck you?" ⁶⁵ And they heaped many other insults on him. ⁶⁶ At daybreak the National Council met--both the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law--and took Jesus before their High Council.

⁶⁶ At daybreak the National Council met--both the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law--and took Jesus before their High Council. ⁶⁷ "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us so." "If I tell you," replied Jesus, "you will not believe me;

⁶⁷ "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us so." "If I tell you," replied Jesus, "you will not believe me; ⁶⁸ And, if I question you, you will not answer. ⁶⁹ But from this hour 'the Son of Man will be seated on the right hand of God Almighty.'" ⁷⁰ "Are you, then, the Son of God?" they all asked. "It is true," answered Jesus, "I am."

⁷⁰ "Are you, then, the Son of God?" they all asked. "It is true," answered Jesus, "I am." ⁷¹ At this they exclaimed: "Why do we want any more evidence? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!"

¹ Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate. ² And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'"

² And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'" ³ "Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus.

³ "Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus.

³ "Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus.

³ "Are you the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked him. "It is true," replied Jesus. ⁴ But Pilate, turning to the Chief Priests and the people, said: "I do not see anything to find fault with in this man."

⁴ But Pilate, turning to the Chief Priests and the people, said: "I do not see anything to find fault with in this man."

⁴ But Pilate, turning to the Chief Priests and the people, said: "I do not see anything to find fault with in this man." ⁵ But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."

¹⁴ And said to them: "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him; ¹⁵ Nor did Herod either; for he has sent him back to us. And, as a fact, he has not done anything deserving death; ¹⁶ So I shall have him scourged, and then release him."

¹⁶ So I shall have him scourged, and then release him." ¹⁷ OMITTED TEXT ¹⁸ But they began to shout as one man: "Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us."

¹⁸ But they began to shout as one man: "Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us." ¹⁹ (Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)

¹⁹ (Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.) ²⁰ Pilate, however, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again; ²¹ But they kept calling out: "Crucify, crucify him!" ²² "Why, what harm has this man done?" Pilate said to them for the third time. "I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him." ²³ But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamor gained the day.

²⁵ He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.

⁶ [He is not here; but he has risen.] Remember how he spoke to you before he left Galilee-- ⁷ How he said that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day."

⁷ How he said that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day."

⁷ How he said that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered the words of Jesus,

⁴⁴ "This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."

⁴⁶ "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" asked Nathanael. "Come and see," replied Philip.

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," Nathanael exclaimed, "you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!"

¹⁴ And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

³² He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.

¹⁵ But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him King, retired again up the hill, quite alone.

⁶⁴ Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me." For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;

⁴ For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world."

¹⁴ About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.

¹⁷ If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

²⁶ Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?

²⁸ Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.

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¹⁴ "Even if I bear testimony to myself," answered Jesus, "my testimony is trustworthy; for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from, nor where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge by appearances; I judge no one.

²⁶ "I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

²⁸ So Jesus added: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will understand that I am what I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but that I say just what the Father has taught me.

⁴⁷ He who comes from God listens to God's teaching; the reason why you do not listen is because you do not come from God."

¹⁷ This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life- -to receive it again. ¹⁸ No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

²³ It was winter; and Jesus was walking in the Temple Courts, in the Colonnade of Solomon, ²⁴ When the Jews gathered round him, and said: "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so frankly." ²⁵ "I have told you so," replied Jesus, "and you do not believe me. The work that I am doing in my Father's name bears testimony to me. ²⁶ But you do not believe me, because you are not of my flock.

²⁶ But you do not believe me, because you are not of my flock. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me;

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me; ²⁸ And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

²⁸ And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands. ²⁹ What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands. ³⁰ The Father and I are one." ³¹ The Jews again brought stones to throw at him;

³¹ The Jews again brought stones to throw at him; ³² And seeing this, Jesus said: "I have done before your eyes many good actions, inspired by the Father; for which of them would you stone me?" ³³ "It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

³³ "It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God." ³⁴ "Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'? ³⁵ If those to whom God's word were addressed were said to be 'gods'--and Scripture cannot be set aside-- ³⁶ Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the work that my Father is doing, do not believe me; ³⁸ If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father." ³⁹ Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

⁴¹ So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard my prayer; ⁴² I know that thou always headrest me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that thou has sent me as thy Messenger."

⁴⁹ One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said to them: ⁵⁰ "You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed." ⁵¹ Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

⁵¹ Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation-- ⁵² And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.

⁵⁵ But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their 'purification,' before the Festival began.

¹³ And went out to meet him, shouting as they went: "'God save Him! Blessed is He who Comes in the name of the Lord'--The King of Israel!"

¹⁵ 'Fear not, Daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King is coming to thee, Sitting on the foal of an ass.'

²⁷ Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour--yet it was for this very reason that I came to this hour-- ²⁸ Father, honor thine own name." At this there came a voice from Heaven, which said: "I have already honored it, and I will honor it again."

³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men to myself." ³³ By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.

¹ Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last. ² The Devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon;

¹¹ For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said 'You are not all clean.'

²⁷ And it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him: "Do at once what you are going to do." ²⁸ But no one at table understood why he said this to Judas. ²⁹ Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor. ³⁰ After taking the piece of bread, Judas went out immediately; and it was night. ³¹ When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him; ³² And God will exalt him with himself--yes, he will exalt him forthwith. ³³ My children, I am to be with you but a little while longer. You will look for me; and what I said to the Jews--'You cannot come where I am going'--I now say to you. ³⁴ I give you a new commandment--Love one another; love one another as I have loved you. ³⁵ It is by this that every one will recognize you as my disciples--by your loving one another." ³⁶ "Where are you going, Master?" asked Peter. "I am going where you cannot now follow me," answered Jesus, "but you shall follow me later."

³⁸ "Will you lay down your life for me?" replied Jesus. "In truth I tell you, the cock will not crow till you have disowned me three times.

¹ Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. ² In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you. ³ And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I shall return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am; ⁴ And you know the way to the place where I am going." ⁵ "We do not know where you are going, Master," said Thomas; "so how can we know the way?" ⁶ Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

⁶ Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had recognized me, you would have known my Father also; for the future you will recognize him, indeed you have already seen him." ⁸ "Master, show us the Father," said Philip, "and we shall be satisfied." ⁹ "Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'? ¹⁰ Do not you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work. ¹¹ Believe me," he said to them all, "when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me on account of the work itself. ¹² In truth I tell you, he who believes in me will himself do the work that I am doing; and he will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ Whatever you ask, in my Name, I will do, that the Father may be honored in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask anything, in my Name, I will do it. ¹⁵ If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart, ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth. ¹⁷ The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.

³¹ But he is coming that the world may see that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father commanded me. Come, let us be going.

¹⁰ If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father's commands to heart and remain in his love.

³² "Listen! a time is coming--indeed it has already come--when you are to be scattered, each going his own way, and to leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

¹² Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

²⁴ Father, my desire for all those whom thou has given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honor which thou has given me; for thou didst love me before the beginning of the world.

¹ When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the brook Kedron to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.

³ So Judas, who had obtained the soldiers of the Roman garrison, and some police-officers from the Chief Priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ⁴ Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them: "For whom are you looking?" ⁵ "Jesus of Nazareth," was their answer. "I am he," said Jesus. (Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.)

⁷ So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered: "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸ "I have already told you that I am he," replied Jesus, "so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go."

¹⁰ At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the High Priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

¹² So the soldiers of the garrison, with their Commanding Officer and the Jewish police, arrested Jesus and bound him, ¹³ And took him first of all to Annas. Annas was the father-in- law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year.

¹⁶ While Peter stood outside by the door. Presently the other disciple--the one well-known to the High Priest--went out and spoke to the portress, and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ So the maidservant said to Peter: "Are not you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he said. ¹⁸ The servants and police-officers were standing round a char- coal fire (which they had made because it was cold), and were warming themselves. Peter, too, was with them, standing and warming himself.

²⁴ Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest. ²⁵ Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing there, warming himself; so they said to him: "Are not you also one of his disciples?" Peter denied it. "No, I am not," he said. ²⁶ One of the High Priest's servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed: "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden?"

²⁸ From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.

²⁸ From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover. ²⁹ Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. "What charge do you bring against this man?" he asked.

³³ After that, Pilate went into the Government House again, and calling Jesus up, asked him: "Are you the King of the Jews?"

³⁶ "My kingly power," replied Jesus, "is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the Jews; but my kingly power is not from the world." ³⁷ "So you are a King after all!" exclaimed Pilate. "Yes, it is true I am a King," answered Jesus. "I was born for this, I have come into the world for this--to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice."

³⁹ It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?"

³ They kept coming up to him and saying: "Long live the King of the Jews!" and they gave him blow after blow with their hands. ⁴ Pilate again came outside, and said to the people: "Look! I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find nothing with which he can be charged."

⁶ When the Chief Priests and the police-officers saw him, they shouted: "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," said Pilate. "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged."

⁶ When the Chief Priests and the police-officers saw him, they shouted: "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," said Pilate. "For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged." ⁷ "But we," replied the Jews, "have a Law, under which he deserves death for making himself out to be the Son of God."

⁹ And, going into the Government House again, he said to Jesus: "Where do you come from?"

¹¹ "You would have no power over me at all," answered Jesus, "if it had not been given you from above; and, therefore, the man who betrayed me to you is guilty of the greater sin." ¹² This made Pilate anxious to release him; but the Jews shouted: "If you release that man, you are no friend of the Emperor! Any one who makes himself out to be a King is setting himself against the Emperor!"

¹⁴ It was the Passover Preparation Day, and about noon. Then he said to the Jews: "Here is your King!" ¹⁵ At that the people shouted: "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" "What! shall I crucify your King?" exclaimed Pilate. "We have no King but the Emperor," replied the Chief Priests;

¹⁹ Pilate also had these words written and put up over the cross--'JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.'

¹⁹ Pilate also had these words written and put up over the cross--'JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.' ²⁰ These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. ²¹ The Jewish Chief Priests said to Pilate: "Do not write 'The King of the Jews', but write what the man said--'I am the King of the Jews.'" ²² But Pilate answered: "What I have written, I have written."

²⁸ Afterwards, knowing that everything was now finished, Jesus said, in fulfillment of the words of Scripture: "I am thirsty."

¹⁷ "Do not hold me," Jesus said; "for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my Brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."

⁹ When they had come ashore, they found a charcoal fire ready, with some fish already on it, and some bread as well.

¹⁵ When breakfast was over, Jesus said to Simon Peter: "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others?" "Yes, Master," he answered, "you know that I am your friend." "Feed my lambs," said Jesus.

¹⁶ "Brothers," he said, "it was necessary that the prediction of Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit made by the lips of David about Judas, who acted as guide to the men that arrested Jesus,

²⁸ Thou have shown me the path to life, you wilt fill me with gladness in your presence.'

³⁴ It was not David who went up into Heaven; for he himself says- -'The Lord said to my master: "Sit on my right hand, ³⁵ Till I put your enemies as a footstool under they feet."' ³⁶ So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this very Jesus whom you crucified."

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his Servant Jesus--him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honor to his Servant Jesus--him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free. ¹⁴ You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!

⁶ There were present Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of High-Priestly rank.

²³ After they had been set at liberty, the Apostles went to their friends and told them what the Chief Priests and the Councillors had said to them. ²⁴ All who heard their story, moved by a common impulse, raised their voices to God in prayer: "O Sovereign Lord, it is you who has 'made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,' ²⁵ And who, by the lips of our ancestor, your servant David, who spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit, have said-- 'Why did the nations rage, and the peoples form vain designs? ²⁶ The kings of the earth set their array, and its rulers gathered together, against the Lord and against his Christ.' ²⁷ There have indeed gathered together in this city against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you has consecrated the Christ, not Herod and Pontius Pilate only, but the nations and the people of Israel besides-- ²⁸ Yet only to do what thou, by thy power and of thy own will, didst long ago destine to be done. ²⁹ Now, therefore, O Lord, mark their threats, and enable thy servants, with all fearlessness, to tell thy Message, ³⁰ While thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and causest signs and wonders to take place through the Name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord: "Lord Jesus! receive my spirit!"

²⁸ "You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call any man 'defiled' or 'unclean.'

³ On the ground that he had visited people who were not circumcised, and had taken meals with them.

¹³ On his knocking at the door in the gate, a maidservant, named Rhoda, came to answer it.

¹⁹ So they laid hold of him and took him to the Court of Areopagus. "May we hear," they asked, "what new teaching this is which you are giving? ²⁰ For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean."

³² On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.

¹⁴ Just as Paul was on the point of speaking, Gallio said to the Jews: "Jews, if this were a case of misdemeanor or some serious crime, there would be some reason for my listening patiently to you; ¹⁵ But, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own Law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters." ¹⁶ Saying this, he drove them back from the Bench.

²² And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³ Except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me.

³¹ They were bent upon killing him, when it was reported to the Officer commanding the garrison, that all Jerusalem was in commotion.

³⁷ Just as he was about to be taken into the Fort, Paul said to the Commanding Officer: "May I speak to you?" "Do you know Greek?" asked the Commanding Officer. ³⁸ "Are not you, then, the Egyptian who some time ago raised an insurrection and led the four thousand Bandits out into the Wilderness?"

²² Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out: "Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!" ²³ As they were shouting, tearing off their clothes, and throwing dust in the air, ²⁴ The Commanding Officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash, that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.

²⁴ The Commanding Officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash, that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him. ²⁵ But just as they had tied him up to be scourged, Paul said to the Captain standing near: "Is it legal for you to scourge a Roman citizen, unconvicted?" ²⁶ On hearing this, the Captain went and reported it to the Commanding Officer. "Do you know what you are doing?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." ²⁷ So the Commanding Officer went up to Paul and said: "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," replied Paul. ²⁸ "I had to pay a heavy price for my position as citizen," said the Officer. "I am one by birth," rejoined Paul.

² At this, the High Priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth; ³ Whereupon Paul turned to him and said: "God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?" ⁴ The people standing near said to Paul: "Do you know that you are insulting God's High Priest?" ⁵ "I did not know, Brothers, that it was the High Priest," said Paul, "for Scripture says--'Of the Ruler of thy People thou shalt speak no ill'."

¹⁰ The dispute was becoming so violent, that the Commanding Officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.

¹⁷ Paul called one of the Captains of the garrison and asked him to take the lad to the Commanding Officer, as he had something to tell him. ¹⁸ The Captain went with the lad to the Commanding Officer, and said: "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this lad to you, as he has something to tell you." ¹⁹ The Commanding Officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him. ²⁰ "The Jews have agreed," answered the lad, "to ask you to bring Paul down before the Council to-morrow, on the plea of your making further inquiry into his case. ²¹ But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, till they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting upon your promise." ²² The Commanding Officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.

²⁸ Wishing to ascertain exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council, ²⁹ When I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.

²⁹ When I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment. ³⁰ Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.'

¹² Where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with any one, or causing a crowd to collect--either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city; ¹³ And they cannot establish the charges which they are now making against me.

¹⁸ And it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder. ¹⁹ There were, however, some Jews from Roman Asia who ought to have been here before you, and to have made any charge that they may have against me-- ²⁰ Or else let my opponents here say what they found wrong in me when I was before the Council,

²⁵ But, while Paul was speaking at length about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified, and interrupted him--"Go for the present, but, when I find an opportunity, I will send for you again." ²⁶ He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.

¹⁶ My answer to them was, that it was not the practice of Romans to give up any man to his accusers till the accused had met them face to face, and had also had an opportunity of answering the charges brought against him.

¹⁸ But, when his accusers came forward, they brought no charge of wrong-doing such as I had expected; ¹⁹ But I found that there were certain questions in dispute between them about their own religion, and about some dead man called Jesus, whom Paul declared to be alive. ²⁰ And, as I was at a loss how to enquire into questions of this kind, I asked Paul if he were willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be put upon his trial.

²⁶ Indeed, the King knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner.

¹ What is the advantage, then, of being a Jew? or what is the good of circumcision? ² Great in every way. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's utterances.

¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a son which leads us to cry 'Abba, Our Father.' ¹⁶ The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God's children, ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, since we share Christ's sufferings in order that we may also share his Glory. ¹⁸ I do not count the sufferings of our present life worthy of mention when compared with the Glory that is to be revealed and bestowed upon us.

¹⁷ For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

¹³ No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

³³ Do not be deceived. 'Good character is marred by evil company.'

⁷ By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

¹⁵ What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? or what can those who accept the Faith have in common with those who reject it? ¹⁶ What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;

¹ Now, I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ--I who, "in your presence, am humble in my bearing towards you, but, when absent, am bold in my language to you"--

⁴ The weapons for our warfare are not earthly, but, under God, are powerful enough to pull down strongholds.

⁹ But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.

¹¹ But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned. ¹² Before certain persons came from James, he had been in the habit of eating with the Gentile converts; but, when they came, he began to withdraw and hold aloof, for fear of offending those who still held to circumcision. ¹³ The rest of the Jewish converts were guilty of the same hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led away by it.

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

¹¹ Take no part in deeds of Darkness, from which no good can come; on the contrary, expose them. ¹² It is degrading even to speak of the things continually done by them in secret.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,

¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the Devil. ¹² For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high. ¹³ Therefore take up the full armor of God, that, when the evil day comes, you may be able to withstand the attack, and, having fought to the end, still to stand your ground. ¹⁴ Stand your ground, then, 'with truth for your belt,' and 'with righteousness for your breast-plate,' ¹⁵ And with the readiness to serve the Good News of Peace as shoes for your feet. ¹⁶ At every onslaught take up faith for your shield; for with it you will be able to extinguish all the flaming darts of the Evil One. ¹⁷ And receive 'the helmet of Salvation,' and 'the sword of the Spirit'--which is the Message of God--always with prayer and supplication.

¹² And you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ's People in the realms of Light. ¹³ For God has rescued us from the tyranny of Darkness, and has removed us into the Kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love, ¹⁴ And through whom we have found deliverance in the forgiveness of our sins.

¹³ I urge you, as in the sight of God, the source of all life, and of Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate made the great profession of Faith--

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

⁵ and you have forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as God's Children-- 'My child, think not lightly of the Lord's discipline, do not despond when he rebukes you; ⁶ for it is him whom he loves that he disciplines, and he chastises every child whom he acknowledges.' ⁷ It is for your discipline that you have to endure all this. God is dealing with you as his Children. For where is there a child whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ If you are left without that discipline, in which all children share, it shows that you are bastards, and not true Children. ⁹ Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Shall we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live? ¹⁰ Our fathers disciplined us for only a short time and as seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our true good, to enable us to share his holiness.

¹⁹ but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ.

²² Now that, by your obedience to the Truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine brotherly affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

²⁰ What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God. ²¹ For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. ²² He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.' ²³ He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.

¹ Since, then, Christ suffered in body, arm yourselves with the same resolve as he; for he who has suffered in body has ceased to sin,

⁷ laying all your anxieties upon him, for he makes you his care.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.

¹⁹ By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God's sight,

⁶ We come from God. He who knows God listens to us; the man who does not come from God does not listen to us. By that we may know the true inspiration from the false.

²⁰ We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.

⁴ From John, to the seven Churches which are in Roman Asia. Blessing and peace be yours from him who is, and who was, and who shall be, and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne,

¹⁴ To the Angel of the Church in Laodicaea write:-- "These are the words of the Unchanging One, 'the Witness faithful and true, the Beginning of the Creation of God':--