17 her who kept the door, and brought in Peter. Then the maidservant who kept the door saith to Peter, "Art not thou also one of this man's disciples?" He saith, "I am not.” 18 And the servants and officers stood and warmed themselves, having made a fire of coals; for it was cold. And Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

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Now the high-priest asked Jesus concerning his disci20 ples, and concerning1 his doctrine. Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews 21 resort; and in secret I spoke nothing. Why askest thou

me? ask those that heard me, what I have spoken to them: 22 behold, they know what I said." And when he had said these words, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, and said, "Answerest thou the 23 high-priest thus ?" Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well,, why dost thou 24 smite me?" (Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high-priest.)

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And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. Then they said to him, " Art not thou also one of his disciples ?" 26 He denied it, and said, "I am not." One of the servants of the high-priest, being the kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, "Did not I see thee in the garden with him?” 27 Peter then denied it again; and immediately the cock crew *. [Then] the Jews bring Jesus from Caiaphas, to the judgement-hall; and it was early : and they themselves went not into the judgement-hall, lest they should be defiled; but 29 that they might eat the passover. Pilate therefore went out unto them, and said, "What accusation bring ye against 30 this man?" They answered and said unto him, "If he were

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1 of, N.
ways, R. T.

"I have spoken, N. 3 whither the Jews from all parts; or, al4 Annas therefore, R. T.

The trumpet sounded at the beginning of the third watch, called the cockcrowing: this was at midnight,

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not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto 31 thee." Then Pilate said unto them, "Take ye him, and

judge him according to your law." The Jews therefore said unto him, "We are not allowed to put any man to 32 death." (So that the words of Jesus were fulfilled', which 33 he spake, signifying what death he was to die.) Then Pilate

entered again into the judgement-hall, and called Jesus, 34 and said unto him, "Art thou the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered [him], "Sayest thou this of thyself; or have 35 others told it thee of me?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew?

Thine own nation, and the chief-priests, have delivered 36 thee up unto me. What hast thou done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom had been of this world, then my servants would have contended, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews: but indeed my 37 kingdom is not hence." Pilate therefore said unto him, "Art thou a king then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest truly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, hearkeneth to 38 my voice." Pilate saith unto him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and 39 saith unto them, "I find no fault in him. But ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release to you the King of the 40 Jews?" Then all cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.

CH. XIX. Then Pilate upon this took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns*, and put it on

Gr. that the words of Jesus might be fulfilled.

2 Or, Thou sayest truly; for I am a king, N. m. 3 in their turn, N. The word wάλ” is omitted in some Mss. of good authority.

* Most probably of acanthus or bearsfoot, a soft and flexible herb, which grew in abundance in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The design of the Roman soldiers was not so much to torment Jesus, as to insult him, and to deride his

his head; and they clothed him with a purple garment, and 3 said, "Hail, King of the Jews." And they struck him. 4 with the palms of their hands. Then Pilate went out again,

and saith unto them, "See, I bring him out to you, that ye 5 may know that I find no fault in him." Then Jesus came

out, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple garment. 6 And Pilate saith unto them, "See, the man." When therefore the chief-priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Take ye him, and crucify him: for I 7 find no fault in him." The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself a 1 son of God."

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When Pilate therefore heard these words, he was the 9 more afraid; and went again into the judgement-hall, and saith to Jesus, "Whence art thou?" But Jesus gave him 10 no answer. Pilate saith to him, "Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have authority to crucify 11 thee, and have authority to release thee?" Jesus answered, "Thou couldest have no authority against me, unless it had been given thee from above: for this reason*, he 12 that delivered me up unto thee hath greater sin." Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out saying, "If thou release this man, thou art not Cæsar's friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Cæsar."

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When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgement-seat, in a place which is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gab14 batha: (Now it was the preparation-day of the passover,

the, N. 2 Pilate therefore, R. T. cerning this matter, N.

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power, N.

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pretensions to royalty. Pilate still wished to release him. See ver. 4. Bishop Pearce on Matt. xxvii. 29.

and about the third hour*:) and he saith unto the Jews, 15 "See, your king." But they cried out, "Away, away with himt, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief-priests answered, "We have 16 no king but Cæsar." Then upon this Pilate delivered him up unto them to be crucified.

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And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he, carrying his cross, went out to a place called The place of 18 skulls; which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha; where they crucified him, and two others with him, on each side 19 one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross: and the writing was, JESUS OF 20 NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And many of the Jews read this title: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and . 21 Greek, and Latin. Upon this the chief-priests of the Jews

said to Pilate, "Write not, The King of the Jews;' but 22 that he said, 'I am King of the Jews."" Pilate answered, 23 "What I have written, I have written." Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his outer garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and his vest also: now the vest was without seam, woven from the top through24 out. They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be." So that the scripture was fulfilled', which saith, "They divided my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots." These things therefore the soldiers did.

Gr. that the scripture might be, &c.

*The sixth hour, R. T. "To the authorities for rgírn in Griesbach, Birch adds cod. Palatinus 220, Vindebonensis Lambecii 30 in margine a prima manu. The Greek episema, or mark for six, and the gamma, or mark for three, might easily be confounded." N. Griesbach retains "the sixth hour" in the text, though he marks “ the third” as the more probable reading.

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

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, "I 29 thirst." Now a vessel was set, full of vinegar. And some

filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and 30 raised it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished:" and he bowed his head, and expired.

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The Jews therefore, because it was the day of preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath, (for that sabbath was a great day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might 32 be taken away. Then the soldiers came, and brake the

legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with 33 Jesus: but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 34 dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the sol

diers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there 35 came out blood and water. And he who saw these things beareth witness; (and his witness is true, and he knoweth 36 that he saith truly ;) that ye also may believe. For these things were done, so that the scripture was fulfilled, "A 37 bone of it shall not be broken." And again another part of scripture saith, "They shall look on him whom they pierced."

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[Now] after this, Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed one for fear of the Jews,) be

Now his mother stood, N.

? Or, what is true, N.m.

* yielded up his spirit, N. See Wakefield. 4 that ye may, R. T.