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7 er whom they desired. And there was one Barabbas confined with his fellow insurgents, who in their insurrection had com8 mitted murder. So when the people with a loud clamour, began 9 to demand what was usually granted to them, Pilate address

ing them, said, Is it your pleasure that I release to you the 10 king of the Jews? For he knew that out of envy the chief 11 priests had delivered him up. But the chief priests instigated

the populace to desire that he would rather release to them 12 Barabbas. And when Pilate addressing them again, said,

What then do you wish me to do with him whom you call 13 king of the Jews? They again cried, Crucify him. Then Pi14 late said to them, Why? What evil hath he done? But they 15 cried more vehemently, Crucify him. Thereupon Pilate wil

ling to satisfy the populace, released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up to be crucified. 16. Then the soldiers led him away to the court called the 17 Pretorium, and having assembled the whole cohort, they ar18 rayed him in purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put

it on his head, and began with saluting him, "Hail, king of 19 the Jews." Then they smote him on the head with a reed,

and spat upon him, and bowing their knees, made obeisance 20 to him. And when they had mocked him they stripped him of the 21 purple, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to cru

cify him. And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to 22 carry his cross. So they bring him to Golgotha (the meaning 23 of which is, The place of a scull) and offered him myrrhed 24 wine to drink. But he did not take it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments into parcels, casting lots on them, to decide what each should take.

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Now it was the third hour* when they nailed him to the 26 cross: and the inscription of the charge against him, which 27 was written over him, was, The king of the Jews. And together with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right 28 hand and the other on his left. Thus was the scripture fulfilled which saith, "And he was numbered with transgres

*The third hour, nine o'clock in the morning.

29 sors.*" And they who passed by kept reviling him, shaking 30 their heads, and saying, Ah! thou destroyer of the temple;

and rebuilder of it in three days, save thyself, and come down 31 from the cross. And in like manner the chief priests, and the Scribes, jesting with one another, said, He saved others, Cannot he save himself? Let this Christ, this king of Israel, now 32 come down from the cross that we may see and believe. Even they who were crucified with him, reviled him.

33 But when the sixth hourt was come, there was darkness 34 over the whole land, until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, Lama sabachthani," which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, 35 Why hast thou forsaken me? Which, when some of the by36 standers heard, they said, Hark! he is calling Elias. Then one

ran, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it on a 37 reed, offered him drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether 38 Elias cometh to take him down. Then Jesus, having uttered a

loud cry, expired. Upon which the veil of the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion 39 who stood opposite to him, saw that he cried thus, and expired, he said, This man was certainly a son of a God.

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Now there were women looking on at a distance, among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James 41 the younger, and of Joses, and Salome; (these had attended

him when he was in Galilee, and ministered to him) and many 42 others who had come up with him to Jerusalem. And in the

course of the evening, during preparation time (that is, the 43 cessation from labour which is usual before the sabbath,) came Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable senator, who himself also was expecting the reign of God-(he had taken courage, 44 and gone in to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus: upon which Pilate expressed wonder if he could be dead, and call45 ing for the centurion, asked him, If he had been dead any time.

And being informed by the centurion, he had granted the body 46 to Joseph)-and he, having bought a sindon, and taken Jesus down, wrapped him in the sindon and laid him in a sepulchre

*Esaias 53. 12.

The sixth hour, twelve o'clock, the ninth, three o'clock, P. M.

47 which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone on the door of the sepulchre. Now Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.

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So when the sabbath was over,* Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that 2 they might go and embalm him. And very early in the morning of the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre. 3 When the sun was rising; and just as they were saying to one 4 another, Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the sepulchre, (for it was very large) upon looking up, they 5 see that the stone hath been rolled away. And going into the sepulchre, they saw a youth sitting on the right side, clothed 6 with a white robe, and they were terrified. Whereupon he said to them, Be not terrified. You are seeking Jesus, the Na7 zarene, who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples, Peter in particular, that he goeth before you to Galilee. There 8 you shall see him, as he said to you. Thereupon, having come out in haste, they ran from the sepulchre; but they were seized with such terror and consternation that they said nothing to any one, they were so frightened.

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Now Jesus, having risen very early in the morning of the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out 10 of whom he had cast seven demons. She went and told his at11 tendants who were mourning and weeping; but when they 12 heard that he is alive, and was seen by her, they did not believe. After that, he appeared in another form, to two of them 13 as they were walking into the country. Whereupon these 14 came and told the rest; but they did not believe them. At

length he appeared to the eleven, when they were at table, and upbraided them for their incredulity and obstinacy, because 15 they did not believe them who had seen him after his resur16 rection. Then he said to them, Go to all the world, and pro

claim the glad tidings to all mankind. He who believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he who disbelieveth shall be

*That is, after the setting of the sun, at which time the Jewish sabbath ended.

17 condemned. Now these signs shall accompany them who be lieve-by my name they will expel demons; they will speak 18 with new tongues: they will take up serpents: though they drink deadly poison, it shall not hurt them: upon sick persons they will lay their hands, and they shall recover.

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So after the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up to heaven, and sat at the right hand of God; and they went forth and proclaimed the tidings every where, the Lord co-operating with them, and confirming the word with those concomitant signs.

VOL. IV.

THE GOSPEL

ACCORDING TO

LUKE.

I.

WHEREAS many have undertaken to compose a history 2 of those things which have been accomplished among us, as they who were from the beginning eye witnesses, and are mi3 nisters of the word, have delivered them to us; it seemed good to me also, when I had accurately traced every thing from the very first, immediately afterwards to write to thee, 4 most excellent Theophilus, that thou mayst know the certainty of those doctrines in which thou hast been instructed.

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In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia;* and his wife, whose name was Elizabeth, was of the race of Aaron. 6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all

the commandments and precepts of the Lord, without blame. 7 Now they had no child, as Elizabeth was barren. And they were 8 both advanced in years. And it came to pass that when he was per

forming the priest's office before God, in the order of his course, 9 it fell to his lot, according to the order of the priesthood, to go into 10 the temple of the Lord, to burn incense, while the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of the

*See 1. Chron. 23. 6. 24. 10.

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