Christ comforts his disciples. S. JOHN. The parable of the vine. sions: if it were not so, I would have told Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest you. I go to prepare a place for you. thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, you, I will come again and receive you If a man love me, he will keep my words: unto myself; that where I am, there ye and my Father will love him, and we will may be also. come unto him, and make our abode with 4 And whither I go ye know, and the him. way ye know. 24 He that loveth me not, keepeth not 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we my sayings: and the word which ye hear know not whither thou goest; and how is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. can we know the way? 25 These things have I spoken unto 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, you, being yet present with you. and the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace! give unto you: not as the world giveth, 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so give I unto you. Let not your heart be long time with you, and yet hast thou not troubled, neither let it be afraid. known me, Philip? he that hath seen me, 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, hath seen the Father; and how sayest I go away, and come again unto you. If thou then, Shew us the Father? ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because ! 10 Believest thou not that I am in the said, I go unto the Father: for my Father Father, and the Father in me? the words is greater than I. that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father, that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 31 But that the world may know that I that believeth on me, the works that I do love the Father; and as the Father gave shall he do also; and greater works than me commandment, even so I do. Arise, these shall he do; because I go unto my let us go hence. Father. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; CHAP. XV. husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: know him; for he dwelleth with you, and He that abideth in me, and I in him, the shall be in you. same bringeth forth much fruit: for with18 I will not leave you comfortless: Iout me ye can do nothing. will come to you. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast 19 Yet a little while, and the world forth as a branch, and is withered; and seeth me no more; but ye see me: because men gather them, and cast them into the I live, ye shall live also. fire, and they are burned. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it 21 He that hath my commandments, shall be done unto you. and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that and he that loveth me, shall be loved of ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my my Father, and I will love him, and will disciples. manifest myself to him. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) I loved you: continue ye in my love. 1 Christ's love to his church. CHAP. XVI. The sufferings of his disciples. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye gogues: yea, the time cometh, that whoshall abide in my love; even as I have soever killeth you, will think that he doeth kept my Father's commandments, and God service. abide in his love. 3 And these things will they do unto 11 These things have I spoken unto you, you, because they have not known the that my joy might remain in you, and that Father, nor me. your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning because I was with you. 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go- not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say unto not of the world, but I have chosen you out you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth: 20 Remember the word that I said unto for he shall not speak of himself; but you, The servant is not greater than his whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he ford. If they have persecuted me, they speak: and he will shew you things to come. will also persecute you: if they have kept 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall remy saying, they will keep yours also. ceive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. 23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto 24 If I had not done among them the us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : works which none other man did, they had and again, a little while, and ye shall see not had sin: but now have they both seen, me: and, Because I go to the Father? and hated both me and my Father. 18 They said therefore, What is this 25 But this cometh to pass, that the that he saith, A little while? we cannot word might be fulfilled that is written in tell what he saith. their law, They hated me without a cause. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were de26 But when the Comforter is come, sirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do whom I will send unto you from the Fa-ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, ther, even the Spirit of truth, which pro- A little while, and ye shall not see me? ceedeth from the Father, he shall testify and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? of me. 27 And ye also shall bear witness, be- 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that cause ye have been with me from the be- ye shall weep and lament, but the world ginning. shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. THE CHAP. XVI. HESE things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the syna 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she Christ's disciples profess their faith. S. JOHN. remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world." He prays for them. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee: 8 For I have given unto them the words 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart which thou gavest me; and they have reshall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh ceived them, and have known surely that from you. I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. I 12 While I was with them in the world,. kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee, and these 28 I came forth from the Father, and am things I speak in the world, that they might come into the world: again, I leave the have my joy fulfilled in themselves. world, and go to the Father. 14 I have given them thy word; and the 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now world bath hated them, because they are speakest thou plainly, and speakest no not of the world, even as I am not of the proverb. world. 30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as ! am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through 33 These things I have spoken unto you, the truth. that in me ye might have peace. In the 20 Neither pray I for these alone; but world ye shall have tribulation, but be of for them also which shall believe on me good cheer: I have overcome the world. through their word: T CHAP. XVII. HESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee,the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known te: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy Iname, and will declare it: that the love Christ is betrayed by Judas. CHAP. XVIII. He is arraigned before Pilate. wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in and Peter stood with them, and warmed them, and I in them. himself. WHEN CHAP. XVIII. HEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns, and torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he. If therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: 9 That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me, have I lost none. 19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. 20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by, struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 24 (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.) 25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high priest (being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off) saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. 28 T Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, early; and they themselves went not into drew it, and smote the high priest's ser- the judgment-hall, lest they should be devant, and cut off his right ear. The ser-filed; but that they might eat the passover. vant's name was Malchus. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up said, What accusation bring ye against thy_sword into the sheath: the cup which this man? my Father hathgiven me, shall I not drink it? 30 They answered and said unto him, 12 Then the band, and the captain, and If he were not a malefactor, we would not officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound have delivered him up unto thee. him, 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye 13 And led him away to Annas first, (for him, and judge him according to your law. he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not was the high priest that same year.) lawful for us to put any man to death: 14 Now Caiaphas was he which gave 32 That the saying of Jesus might be counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what that one man should die for the people. death he should die. 15 T And Simon Peter followed Jesus, 33 Then Pilate entered into the judg and so did another disciple. That disci-ment-hall again, and called Jesus, and said ple was known unto the high priest, and unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? went in with Jesus, into the palace of the 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this high priest. thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee 16 But Peter stood at the door without. of me? Then went out that other disciple which 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine was known unto the high priest, and spake own nation, and the chief priests, have unto her that kept the door, and brought delivered thee unto me. What hast thou in Peter. done? 17 Then saith the damsel that kept the 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of of this world: if my kingdom were of this this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. world, then would my servants fight, that I 18 And the servants and officers stood should not be delivered to the Jews: but there, who had made a fire of coals; (for now is my kingdom not from hence. it was cold) and they warmed themselves: 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art Christ is scourged and mocked. S. JOHN. He is crucified. thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! sayest that I am a king. To this end was 15 But they cried out, Away with him, I born, and for this cause came I into the away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith world, that I should bear witness unto the unto them, Shall I crucify your King? truth. Every one that is of the truth, The chief priests answered, We have no heareth my voice. king but Cesar. 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. 39 But ye have a custom that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. CHAP. XIX. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF HEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and THE JEWS. T scourged him. n of Je 20 This title then read many of the 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of Jews: for the place where Jesus was cruthorns, and put it on his head, and they cified was nigh to the city and it was put on him a purple robe, written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 22 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. 23 ¶ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; 6 When the chief priests therefore and and also his coat: now the coat was withofficers saw him, they cried out, saying, out seam, woven from the top throughout. Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith 24 They said therefore among themunto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: selves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for for I find no fault in him. it whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 25 ¶ Now there stood by the cross of 9 And went again into the judgment- Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Magdalene. 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mothou not unto me? knowest thou not, that ther, and the disciple standing by whom I have power to crucify thee, and have he loved, he saith unto his mother, Wopower to release thee? man, behold thy son! 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Beno power at all against me, except it were hold thy mother! And from that hour that given thee from above: therefore he that disciple took her unto his own home. delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 28 T After this, Jesus knowing that all 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought things were now accomplished, that the to release him: but the Jews cried out, scripture might be fulfilled, saith, 1 thirst. saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not 29 Now there was set a vessel full of Cesar's friend. Whosoever maketh him- vinegar: and they filled a spunge with self a king, speaketh against Cesar. vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it 13 T When Pilate therefore heard that to his mouth. saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat 30 When Jesus therefore had received down in the judgment-seat, in a place that the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he is called the Pavement, but in the He- bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. brew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day. |