no longer answered any thing: so that Pilate wondered. Simon a Cyrenian, as he passed by coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, when translated, the place of a skull. 23 And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not receive it. 24 And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting a lot on them what each should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation written on him was, THE KING OF the Jews. 6 But at every feast he released to them one prisoner whom they chose. 7 And there was one called Barabbas bound with the insurgents who, in the insurrection, had committed murder. 8 And the multitude coming up began to ask that he would do as he was accustomed to do for them. 9 And Pilate answered them, saying: Will you that I release to you the King of the Jews? 10 for he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 11 But the chief priests instigated the multitude that 27 And with him they crucify he should rather release Barabbas to two robbers, one on his right and them. 12 And Pilate again answered one on his left. 29 And they that and said to them: What then will you passed by reviled him, wagging that I shall do with him whom you their heads and saying: Aha, thou call King of the Jews? 13 They that destroyest the temple and again cried out: Crucify him. 14 buildest it in three days, 30 save But Pilate said to them: Why, what thyself by coming down from the evil has he done? But they cried cross. 31 In like manner also the out vehemently: Crucify him. 15 chief priests deriding among themAnd Pilate, willing to satisfy the selves with the scribes said: Others multitude, released to them Barab- he saved, himself he cannot save. bas, and delivered Jesus, after he 32 Christ the King of Israel, let had scourged him, to be crucified. him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him. 16 And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Pretorium, and called together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him in purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns they put it on him: 18 and began to salute him: Hail, King of the Jews. 19 And they struck his head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing the knees they worshipped him. 20 And when they had derided him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his own clothes. And they led him out to crucify him, 21 And they impressed one, 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there came a darkness over the whole land till the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice: Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthanei, which is, translated: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of those that stood by, hearing it, said: Lo, he calls for Elijah. 36 But some one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave him to drink, say ing: Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down. 37 But Jesus having uttered a loud cry expired. 38 And the vail of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom. 39 And the centurion that stood by opposite to him, seeing that he thus expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of God. 40 And there were women also looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and the mother of Jesus, and Salome; 41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and ministered to him; and many others came up with him to Jerusalem. 42 And evening having now come, because it was the preparation, which is sabbath-eve, 43 came Joseph who was of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God, and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 But Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he inquired if he had been dead any time; 45 and learning from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph. 46 And he bought linen, took him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher that had been hewed out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. 47 And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Jesus saw where he was laid. him. 2 And very early on the first of the week they came to the sepulcher, the sun having risen. 3 And they said among themselves: Who shall roll away for us the stone from the door of the sepulcher? 4 (And looking up they see that the stone had been rolled away); for it was very great. 5 And they entered the sepulcher and saw a young man, sitting at the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed. 6 But he says to them: Be not amazed. You seek Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified; he has risen, he is not here: see the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples, especially Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you. 8 And going out they fled from the sepulcher; for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid. [According to Tischendorf, the remaining twelve verses were not written by Mark. Codex Sinaiticus and Raticamus have them not. The learned reader can see the proof as given by Tischendorf. See, also, Tregelles and Alford.] 9 But after he had risen early on the first of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons. 10 She went and told it to those that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And these, hearing that he was alive and had been seen by her, believed not. 12 And after this he showed himself in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. 13 And these went and told it to the rest: neither believed they them, 14 Afterward he showed himself to the eleven as they reclined at table, and reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those that had seen him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. 17 And these signs shall accompany the believers in my name they shall 1 cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God; but they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the accompanying signs. ACCORDING TO LUKE 1 Since many have undertaken | to the custom of the priesthood his to draw up a narrative of the lot was to burn incense when he matters that have been fully accom- went into the temple of the Lord; plished among us, 2 as those, who, 10 and all the multitude of the from the beginning became eye-people were praying without at the witnesses and ministers of the word, delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, after having accurately traced all things from the first, to write them in order for thee, most noble Theophilus, 4 that thou mightst know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed. 5 There was in the days of Herod king of Judea a priest, named Zachariah, of the class of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizebeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because Elizebeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days. 8 But it came to pass while he acted as priest, in the order of his class, before God, 9 according hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizebeth shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name John; 14 and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. 15 For he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he shall by no means drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb: 16 and many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God; 17 and he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the dis obedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. 18 And Zachariah said to the angel: By what means shall I know this? for I am an aged man, and my wife is advanced in her days. 19 And the angel answered and said to him: I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and I am sent to speak to thee, and bring thee these good tidings. 20 And behold, thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall be accomplished, because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. 21 And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and wondered that he stayed so long in the temple. 22 But when he came out he was not able to speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he made signs to them, and remained speechless. 23 And it came to pass when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his house. 24 And after those days his wife Elizebeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying: 25 Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days in which he looked on me to take away my reproach among men. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And coming in to her, the angel said: Hail, highly favored, the Lord is with thee. 29 But she was troubled at the word, and was reasoning what manner of salutation this could be. 30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God. 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus. 32 He shall be great, and Son of the Highest shall he be called; and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 But Mary said to the angel: How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said to her: The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy one that is born shall be called the Son of God. 36 And behold, thy relative Elizebeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: 37 for no word from God shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: let it be done for me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. 39 And Mary arose in those days and went into the mountainous country with haste to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zachariah, and saluted Elizebeth. 41 And it came to pass when Elizebeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe in her womb leaped. And Elizebeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and spoke out with a loud cry, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, 43 And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, as the voice of thy salutation came into my ears, the babe in my womb leaped with joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoiced in God my Saviour, 48 because he looked upon the lowly condition of his handmaid. For behold, from this time shall all generations call me blessed, 49 because the mighty One has done great things for me. And holy is his name; 50 and his mercy is from generation to generation on them that fear him. 51 He has shown might with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the understanding of their heart: 52 he has cast down the mighty from thrones, and exalted the lowly: 53 the poor has he filled with good things and the rich has he sent empty away. 54 He has helped Israel his servant, by remembering mercy. 55 (as he spoke to our fathers), to Abraham and to his posterity for ever. 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her house. 57 But the time for Elizebeth to bring forth was completed, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors, and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy to her. and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child, and they called it by the name of its father, Zachariah. 60 And its mother answered and said: No; but it shall be called John. 61 And they said to her: There is no one of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they made signs to his father what he would have him called. 63 And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: His name is John. And they all wondered. 64 But his mouth was immediately opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. 65 And fear came on all that dwelt about them; and all these things were much talked of in all the mountainous country of Judea; 66 and all that heard laid them up in their heart, saying: What then will this child be? for the hand of the Lord was with him. 67 And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people; 69 and has raised up for us, in the house of David his servant, a horn of salvation, 70 as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of ancient times, 71 salvation from our enemies, and_from_the hand of all that hate us, 72 to show mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us 74 that being delivered from the hand of enemies we might serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And thou also. O child, shalt be called prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. 77 to give to his people the knowledge of salvation in remission of their sins, 78 through |