12, Noon.

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

38 Then were crucified with him two thieves, one on the right hand, and one on the left.

39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it within three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the

cross.

41 In like manner, also, the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocking him, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save: if he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him:

43 he trusted in God; if he will, let him now deliver him: for he said, I am the Son of God:

44 the thieves also, that were crucified with him, reviled him with the same.

45 And, at the sixth hour, darkness came over all the 3, Afternoon. land until the ninth hour:

him, said, He calleth for Elijah:

48 and straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it him to drink :

49 the rest said, Let him alone; let us see whether Elijah will come to save him:

50 but another, taking a spear, Zech. xii. 10. pierced his side; and there John, xix. 34. came forth water and blood : and Jesus, crying out again i. e. as before. with a loud voice, expired.

51 And, lo! the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent, and the tombs were opened:

52 and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose; and, coming out of the tombs, after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and were manifested to many.

53 And when the centurion, and those with him that were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, they were greatly terrified; saying, Truly this was the Son of God!

54 And many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, to minister to him, were there, beholding afar off;

55 among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses,

58 And when Joseph had received the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth;

59 and laid it in the new sepulchre there, which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed:

60 and Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, were sitting over against the sepulchre.

61 And on the next morning, (which followed the preparation,) the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate ;

62 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again :

63 command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and tell the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last deceit will be worse than the first.

64 Pilate said to them, Ye have a guard: go, secure it as ye judge best:

65 and they went and secured the sepulchre, sealing the stone, and setting a guard.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

AND after
the sabbath, when
it began to dawn on the
first day of the week, Mary the
Magdalene and the other Mary
went to see the sepulchre :

2 and, lo, there had been a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord had descended from heaven, and had come and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it:

3 his countenance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4 and through fear of him the keepers trembled, and became as dead.

5 And the angel answered and said to the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified: 6 he is not here, for he is risen, as he told you; come, see the place where he lay :

7 and go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee ; ye will see him there: lo, he c. xxvi. 32. told you so.

8 And, departing quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and

great joy, they ran to tell his disciples:

9 and, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail! and they came to him, and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him :

10 then said Jesus to them, Fear not: go, bid my brethren to go into Galilee, and they shall see me there.

11 And whilst they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened :

12 and being assembled with the elders, and taking counsel with them, they gave much money to the soldiers;

13 saying, Say ye, That his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept: 14 and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and secure you :

15 and they took the money, and did as they were instructed: and this account is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

16 And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them :

17 and when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spake to them, saying, All power is given to me, in heaven and on earth:

19 go, therefore, and make all nations my disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you every day, until the end of the world.

CHAPTER I.

ΤΗ THE beginning of the preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was as it is written in the prophets : 2" Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who "shall prepare thy way:"

3

"The voice of him who "crieth in the wilderness, Pre"pare ye the way of the Lord, "make his paths straight." 4 John was baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

5 and all the land of Judea, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins; and he eat locusts and wild honey;

7 and he preached, saying, One mightier than I cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose :

8 I have baptized you with water only: but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus went from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John:

10 and straightway, as he

went

up

out of the water, John John, i. 32, 33.

saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove;

11 and a voice came from heaven, saying, "Thou art my "beloved Son; in thee I am "well pleased."

12 And immediately the spirit sendeth him forth into the wilderness :

13 and he was tried by Satan in the wilderness forty days, and was among the wild beasts; and afterward the angels ministered to him.

14 But after John was committed to prison, Jesus went again into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God;

15 and saying, The time is Matt. iv. 17. fulfilled, and the kingdom of

:

20 and he straightway called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship, with the hired servants, and came after him.

21 And they went on to Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught:

22 and they were astonished at his doctrine; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

23 And presently, a man came into the synagogue with an unclean spirit; and it cried out,

24 saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God:

25 and Jesus rebuked it, say

ing, Hold thy peace, and come out of him:

26 and the unclean spirit came out of him, convulsing him, and calling out with a loud voice:

27 and all were amazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? that he commandeth with authority even the unclean spirits, and they obey him :

28 and his fame spread every where, through all the surrounding country of Galilee.

29 And as soon as he came out of the synagogue, he went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John : 30 and Simon's wife's mother lay ill of a fever, and straightway they tell him of her:

31 and he went to her and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them.

32 And at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all that were diseased, and those that were possessed by devils :

33 and the whole city was gathered together at the door; and he healed many, that were ill of divers diseases:

34 and he cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ. 35 And rising early in the