Fifty-eighth

Medal.

Christ's agnoy in the Garden.

CHRIST'S

AGONY IN THE

GARDEN.

And Jesus came and found them asleep a second time. And again Jesus went to pray, and came and found them asleep a third time. And Jesus said, Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners; arise, let us be going; behold he is at hand that doth betray me. And while he yet spake, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people, to take him. And Judas gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou And they laid hands on Jesus and took him. Jesus said, Ye come out against me with swords

come.

and staves; behold I sat teaching you in tne temple, and ye laid no hold on me. They led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Peter, however, followed afar off, and went into the high priest's palace, knowing one of the servants, and sat with the servants to see the end. The chief priests and elders tried to find out false witnesses to swear against him, but could find none. At last there came two false witnesses, and said, This fellow said I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days. A woman looked at Peter in the hall, and said, This man was also with him. Peter denied, saying, Woman, I know not the man. And a little while after another woman also said to Peter, Thou art also one of them. Peter answered, I am not. And about an hour after another confidently affirmed that of a truth this fellow was also with him, for he is a Galilean. Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest and while he yet spake, immediately the cock crew. And the Lord turned round, and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the words of the Lord, that he had told him that before the cock crew he should deny him thrice. And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

And the men who held Jesus mocked him, and smote him; and when they had blindfolded him, they struck him in the face. And the chief priests criminal chamber, and

and elders led him into the

said unto him, Art thou the Christ, tell us? And

he said, Hereafter shall the Son of right hand of the power of God.

Man sit at the

They all said,

Art thou the Son of Man? Jesus said, I am. They all then said, What need we of further witnesses, for we have heard blasphemy of his own mouth? And the multitude arose, and led him to Pilate,, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

As soon as Pilate heard that Jesus was a Galilean, he sent him to Herod, for it being the feast of the passover at Jerusalem, Herod was at Jerusalem. Therefore Pilate managed to send Jesus to him unseen by the people, and without being opposed by the multitude, as Galilee was in Herod's jurisdiction. Herod was glad to see Jesus, as, from what he had heard, he hoped to have some miracle performed by him; but as he declined answering any questions, Herod mocked him, arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him back to Pilate. And Pilate stated to the chief priests, and scribes and rulers, and said, I find no fault touching this man, nor does Herod; nothing worthy of death. I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. However, there was a usual custom among the Jews at the feast to release a prisoner that the people demanded; Pilate was willing, and recommended to release Jesus, but the people demanded the release of the robber Barabbas, and to crucify Jesus. Pilate, fearing the people, delivered up Jesus. The people clothed him with purple, and put a crown of thorns about his head; they mocked him, and spit upon him, and smote him, and then put his own clothes upon him; and the authorities led him away, and compelled Simon, a Cyrenean,

who passed by, to bear his cross.

And there were two others (malefactors) led with him, one to be crucified on his right and the other on his left side, and Jesus in the middle and they crucified them at Mount Calvary.

CHRIST CRUCIFIED

The

And Jesus cried out, and said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. soldiers parted his raiment among them, and the people derided him, saying, He saved others, himself he cannot save; let him come down from the cross, and we will believe him that he is Christ, the chosen of God. And the superscription which Pilate ordered to be written over him was in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, "This is the King of the Jews."

Fifty-nint
Medal.

Christ cruci-
fied.

One of the malefactors that was crucified with him, cried unto Jesus, and said, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour, when Jesus gave up the ghost. And the sun was darkened, and the carth shook, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and appeared unto the people in the holy city.

When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, a disciple of Jesus, who went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus; and when Joseph had taken it, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, hewn out of a rock, and rolled a great stone against the rock, and departed, and there were Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. And in the morning, the chief priests and Pharisees came unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was alive, After three days I will rise again. Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and say unto the people that he is risen from the dead. Pilate said, Ye have a watch. Go your way, and make it as sure as you can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn,