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 OR THE 
 
 GOSPEL ACCOUNT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 GRKATT ATTONKIVIKNT, 
 
 INCLUDING THE BETRAYAL, TRIAL, SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF 
 OUR LORD AND HIS RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION. 
 
 Compiled by A. G. JENNINGS 
 
 From Townsend's Chronological Arrangement of the New 
 Testament. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 THE AMEKICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 
 
 1122 Chestnut Street. 
 
 1893. 
 
Copyright, 1893, 
 
 BY THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 In the incarnation and death of the Son of 
 God, and in the completed work of man's re- 
 demption by the Holy Spirit, the infinite and 
 holy perfections of the triune God shine forth 
 brighter than any noonday sun, shining in his 
 strength. 
 
 The atoning death of Jesus Christ on the 
 cross for the sins of mankind, is the most won- 
 derful and important event of Time; and in 
 view of the holy and eternal principles of God's 
 nature, therein involved and forever established, 
 it is probably the most important, blessed, and 
 glorious event of eternity. 
 
 Jesus Christ and him crucified for sinners, is 
 not only the great theme of the gospel preacher ; 
 but the precious truth that gives light and life 
 
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 to the soul, peace to the conscience, and the joy 
 of assured salvation to the believer. 
 
 While believers contemplate with joy the life 
 work of Christ in their behalf, the precious 
 words he spake and the acts of love and mercy he 
 performed, as recorded in the gospels, they learn 
 also that it is their privilege as well as their 
 duty, to consider not only the words spoken, but 
 all the incidents and facts immediately connected 
 with the death of Christ : and while pondering 
 the truths received, and impressions made, they 
 are in faith and love prepared to remember the 
 death of their Lord, as commanded by him. 
 
 Jesus Christ nailed to the cross, and dying 
 thereon for the sins of man, is an ever abiding 
 picture that confronts the world. 
 
 For eighteen centuries and more the world 
 has been looking on that living picture with ever 
 increasing interest. As age after age has passed, 
 an increasing multitude of men, women and 
 children, have been attracted to the One seen 
 
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 hanging on the cross, and have beheld in him, 
 one who satisfied every want of their souls, and 
 gave them that comfort, peace and joy, nowhere 
 else to be found. 
 
 A clear and scriptural view of the death of 
 the Son of God, with all its attending circum- 
 stances, must ever be of great value to the world. 
 The account of the last eventful days in the life 
 of Jesus Christ, contained in these pages, is 
 taken entirely from the several gospel narratives, 
 and is in their inspired words only. It is pre- 
 sented here in one clear, harmonious, and con- 
 nected story, that the multitude of gospel readers 
 may have a clearer and more distinct view of 
 the events as they transpired, a deeper impres- 
 sion of the temptations, trials and sufferings of 
 
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 Christ, and a livelier sense of the inestimable 
 value of his death for them, and thus be led by 
 the grace of God, to believe in Jesus Christ as 
 their Lord and Redeemer, and confess him to 
 the salvation of their souls. 
 
 A. G. J. 
 
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 LAST DAYS OF JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Wednesday the Seeond nay before the Crucifixion, 
 Christ foretells his Approaching Death, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 1, 2. Mark 14 : 1. 
 
 ^After two days was the feast of the pass- 
 over, and of unleavened bread. 
 
 ^And it came to pass, when Jesus had fin- 
 ished all these sayings, he said unto his dis- 
 ciples, Ye know that after two days is the 
 feast of the passover, and the Son of man is 
 betrayed to be crucified. 
 
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 SECTION II. 
 
 The- Jlulers consult how they may take Christ, 
 
 Matt. 26:3-5. Mark 14 : part of ver. 1 and ver. 2. 
 Luke 22 : 1, 2. 
 
 ^Now the feast of unleavened bread drew 
 nigh, which is called the passover. ^Then as- 
 sembled together the chief priests, and the 
 scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the 
 palace of the high priest, who was called 
 Caiaphas, and consulted [and] ^sought how they 
 might take ^Jesus by subtilty, ^by craft, and 
 put him to death. But they said. Not on the 
 feast day, lest there be an uproar ^among the 
 people ; ^for they feared the people. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 Christ conies to Bethany, where He is Anointed by 
 Mary, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 6-13. Mark 14 : 3-9. John 12 : 2-11. 
 
 ^And being in Bethany, in the house of Si- 
 mon the leper, ^there they made him a suj^per ; 
 
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 and Martha served : but Lazarus was one of 
 them that sat at the table with him.* 
 
 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of 
 spikenard, very costly, — ^an alabaster box of 
 ointment of spikenard very precious ; and she 
 brake the box, and poured it on his head, ^as he 
 sat at meat, *and anointed the feet of Jesus, 
 and wiped his feet with her hair : and the 
 house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 
 
 ^But when his disciples saw it, hhere were 
 some that had indignation within themselves, 
 and said, Why was this waste of the ointment 
 made ? For it might have been sold for more 
 than three hundred pence, and have been 
 given to the poor. And they murmured against 
 her. ^Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Is- 
 cariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, 
 
 * Harmonists have been much divided on the prop- 
 er place of the Anointing of our Lord at Bethany, Dr. 
 Townsend and others placing it earlier in the week. 
 But, without stating the reasons for and against, we 
 prefer here to follow the order of St. Matthew and St. 
 Mark, especially as those Evangelists appear to relate 
 the rebuke of Judas Iscariot by Christ at Bethany as 
 tlie immediate cause of his treason and betrayal of his 
 Master. 
 
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 Why was not this ointment sold for three hun- 
 dred pence, and given to the poor ? This he said, 
 not that he cared for the poor ; but because he 
 was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was 
 put therein. ^And Jesus said. Let her alone ; 
 why trouble ye her ? she hath wrought a good 
 work on me. For ye have the poor with you 
 always, and whensoever ye will ye may do 
 them good : but nie ye have not always. She 
 hath done what she could : ^against the day of 
 my burying hath she kept this. ^For in that 
 she hath poured this ointment on my body, she 
 did it for my burial. ^She is come aforehand 
 to anoint my body to the burying. Yerily I 
 say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be 
 preached throughout the whole world, this also 
 that she hath done shall be spoken of for a me- 
 morial of her. 
 
 SECTION ly. 
 
 tTiidaa (zgrees with the Chief Priests to betray Christ, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 14-16. Mark 14 : 10, 11. Luke 22. 3-6. 
 ^Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed 
 
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 Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 
 And he went his way ^iinto the chief priests, to 
 betray him unto them, %nd communed with 
 the chief priests and captains, how he might 
 betray him unto them. ^And said unto 
 them. What will ye give me, and I will deliver 
 him unto you? 
 
 ^And when they heard it, they were glad, 
 and promised to give him money. 
 
 ^And they covenanted with him for thirty 
 pieces of silver. ^And he promised, ^and from 
 that time he sought opportunity, ^how he might 
 conveniently "^betray him unto them in the ab- 
 sence of the multitude. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 Thursday— The Day before the Crucifixion. Christ 
 directs Two of his Disciples to prepare the Passover. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 17-19. Mark 14 : 12-16. Luke 22 : 7-13. 
 
 ^And the first day of unleavened bread, 
 when they killed the passover, his disciples 
 ^came to Jesus [and] ^said unto him, Where wilt 
 
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 thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest 
 eat the passover ? And he sendeth forth two of 
 his disciples, ^Peter and John, saying. Go and 
 prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And 
 they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we 
 prepare ? 
 
 ^And [he] saith unto them. Go ye into the 
 city, ^and behold, when ye are entered into the 
 city, there shall ^meet you a man bearing a 
 pitcher of water; follow him ^into the house 
 where he entereth in, %nd wheresoever he shall 
 go in, say ye to the good man of the house. The 
 Master saith ^unto thee, ^My time is at hand ; 
 I will keep the passover at thy house with my 
 disciples. ^Where is the guest chamber, where 
 I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 
 And he will show you a large upper room fur- 
 nished and prepared ; there make ready for us. 
 And his disciples went forth, and came into the 
 city, and found as he had said, ^and did as Je- 
 sus had appointed them ; and they made ready 
 the passover. 
 
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 SECTION VI. 
 
 Christ Partakes of his Last Passover. 
 
 Matt. 26:20. Mark 14 : 17. Luke 22 : 14-18. John 
 13:1. 
 
 ^Now before the feast of the passover, when 
 Jesus knew that his hour was come that he 
 should depart out of this world unto the Father, 
 having loved his own which were in the world, 
 he loved them unto the end. 
 
 ^And in the evening he cometh with the 
 twelve. ^And when the hour was come, he sat 
 down, and the twelve apostles with him. 
 
 And he said unto them. With desire I have 
 desired to eat this passover with you before I 
 suffer : for I say unto you, I will not any more 
 eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and 
 said. Take this, and divide it among yourselves : 
 for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit 
 of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall 
 come. 
 
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 SECTION YII. 
 
 (Jlirist at the Passover. Reproves the Ambition of Ms 
 Disciples, Washes their Feet, and teaches Humility and 
 Obedience, 
 
 Luke 22 : 24-27. John 13 : 2-17. 
 
 ^And there was also a strife among them, which 
 of them should be accounted the greatest. 
 
 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gen- 
 tiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that 
 exercise authority upon them are called bene- 
 factors. But ye shall not he so : but he that is 
 greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; 
 and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For 
 whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he 
 that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat ? but 
 I am among you as he that serveth. 
 
 '^The devil having now put into the heart of 
 Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him ; 
 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all 
 things into his hands, and that he was come from 
 God, and went to God ; he riseth from supper, 
 and laid aside his garments ; and took a towel, 
 and girded himself. After that he poureth 
 water into a basin, and began to wash the 
 
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 disciples^ feet, and to wipe them with the towel 
 wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to 
 Simon Peter : and Peter saith unto him, Lord, 
 dost thou wash my feet ? 
 
 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I 
 do thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt know 
 hereafter. Peter saith unto him. Thou shalt 
 never wash my feet. Jesus answered him. If I 
 wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon 
 Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, 
 but also my hands and my head. 
 
 Jesus saith to him. He that is washed needeth 
 not save to wash his feet, but is clean every 
 whit : and ye are clean, but not all. For he 
 knew who should betray him ; therefore said he. 
 Ye are not all clean. 
 
 So after he had washed their feet, and had 
 taken his garments, and was set down again, he 
 said unto them. Know ye what I have done to 
 you ? Ye call me Master and Lord : and ye say 
 well ; for so I am. If I then, yoior Lord and 
 Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought 
 to wash one another^s feet. For I have given 
 you an example, that ye should do as I have 
 done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you. 
 
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 The servant is not greater than his lord ; neither 
 he that is sent greater tlian he that sent him. 
 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do 
 them. 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 Christ, sitting at the Passover, continues the Conversa^ 
 tion. Foretells who shall Betray Mini, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 21-25. Mark 14 : 18-21. Luke 22 : 21-23 
 John 13 : 18-32. 
 
 "^I speak not of you all : I know whom I 
 have chosen : but that the Scripture may be ful- 
 filled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted 
 up his heel against me. Now I tell you before 
 it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may 
 believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you. He that receiveth whomsoever I send 
 receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth 
 him that sent me. 
 
 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled 
 in spirit. 
 
 ^And as they sat and did eat, Jesus ''testified, 
 and said. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that 
 
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 one of you ^vvhich eateth with me shall betray 
 me. ^But, behold, the hand of him that be- 
 trayeth me is with me on the table. And they 
 began to inquire among themselves, which of 
 them it was that should do this thing. ^And 
 they began to be ^exceeding sorrowful, and began 
 every one of them to say unto him, ^one by one, 
 ^Lord, is it I ? %nd another said, 7s it I ? 
 
 And he answered and said unto them. It is 
 one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in tlie 
 dish. ^He that dippeth his hand with me in the 
 dish, the same shall betray me. ^The Son of man 
 indeed goeth, %s it was determined, [and] ^as it 
 is written of him : but woe to that man by whom 
 the Son of man is betrayed ! Ht had been good 
 for that man if he had not been born. ^Then 
 the disciples looi^ed one on another, doubting of 
 whom he spake. 
 
 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one 
 of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter 
 therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask 
 who it should be of whom he spake. He then 
 lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who 
 is it ? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall 
 give a sop, when I Imve dipped it. And when 
 
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 he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Isca- 
 riot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan 
 entered into him. ^Then Judas, which betrayed 
 him, answered and said, Master, is it I ? 
 
 He said unto him. Thou hast said.* 
 
 *Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, 
 do quickly. 
 
 Now no man at the table knew for what in- 
 tent he spake this unto him. For some of them 
 thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus 
 had said unto him. Buy those things that we 
 have need of against the feast ; or, that he should 
 give something to the poor. 
 
 He then, having received the sop, went imme- 
 diately out ; and it w^as night. 
 
 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said. 
 Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is 
 glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, 
 God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall 
 straightway glorify him. 
 
 * " This was the most solemn manner of expressing an 
 affirmative." — Townsend. 
 
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 SECTION IX. 
 
 Christ commands his Disciples to love one another. 
 Speaks of their Future Glory in His Kingdom* I^re- 
 diets Jfeter's Denial of Him, 
 
 Luke 22 : 28-38. John 13 : 33-38. 
 
 *Little children, yet a little while I am with 
 you. Ye shall seek me; and as I said unto 
 the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; so 
 now I say to you. A new commandment I 
 give unto you. That ye love one another; as 
 I have loved you, that ye also love another. 
 By this shall all men know that ye are my dis- 
 ciples, if ye have love one to another. 
 
 ^Ye are they which have continued with me 
 in my temptations. And I appoint unto you 
 a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto 
 me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table in 
 my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the 
 twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, 
 Satan hath desired to have you, that he may 
 sift you as wheat : but I have prayed for thee, 
 
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 that thy faith fail not : and when thou art con- 
 verted,* strengthen thy brethren. 
 
 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to 
 go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 
 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall 
 not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice 
 deny that thou knowest me. 
 
 And he said unto them. When I sent you 
 without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye 
 anything ? 
 
 And they said, Nothing. 
 
 Then said he imto them. But now, he that 
 hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his 
 scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell 
 his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, 
 that this that is written must yet be accom- 
 plished in me. And he was reckoned among 
 the transgressors : for the things concerning me 
 have an end. ^ 
 
 And they said. Lord, behold, here are two 
 swords. And he said unto them. It is enough. 
 
 *Simon Peter said unto him. Lord, whither 
 
 * " When thou art converted" — When thou hast recov- 
 ered from that fall which I foresee. — Townsend. 
 
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 goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I 
 go, thou canst not follow me now ; but thou 
 shalt follow me afterwards. 
 
 Peter said unto him, Lord, w4iy cannot I 
 follow thee now ? I will lay down my life for 
 thy sake. 
 
 Jesus answered him. Wilt thou lay down thy 
 life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto 
 thee. The cock shall not crow, till thou hast 
 denied me thrice. 
 
 SECTION X. 
 
 Christ institutes the Sacrament of the JLord's Supper. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 26-29. Mark 14 : 22-25. Luke 22 : 19-20. 
 
 ^And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 
 and blessed it, and brake itj and gave it to the 
 *disciples, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body, 
 ^which is given for you : This do in remembrance 
 of me. Likewise also- ^he took ^the cup after 
 
 *That the ordinance of the Lord's Supper was not 
 partaken by Judas Lscariot, as generally represented in 
 paintings of that scene, is evident from what is recorded 
 in Section VIII. 
 
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 supper, ^and when he had given thanks, he 
 gave it to them, ^saying. Drink ye all of it ; 
 ^and they all drank of it. 
 
 And he said unto them. This is my blood 
 of the new testament, which is shed for many. 
 ^This cup is the new testament in my blood, 
 which is shed for you; — Vhich is shed for 
 many for the remission of sins. 
 
 ^Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more 
 ^lenceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that 
 day when I drink it new with you in my Fa- 
 ther's kingdom — ^in the kingdom of God. 
 
 The Institution of the Lord's Supper as delivered by Christ to 
 the Apostle Paul : 
 
 For I have received of the Lord that which also I 
 dehvered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same 
 nig-ht in "which he was betrayed, took bread : and 
 when he had g-iven thanks, he brake it, and said, 
 Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: 
 this do in remembrance of me. 
 
 After the same manner also he took the cup, when 
 he had supped, saying-, This cup is the new testament 
 in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re- 
 membrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, 
 
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 and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's *death till 
 he come. — 1 Cor. 11 : 23-26. 
 
 SECTION XI. 
 
 Christ Comforts his Disciples and Followers with views 
 of Heaven as their Everlasting Best. Promises gracious 
 Answers to their Prayers— to send the Comforter, the Holy 
 Spirit, and promises Peace and Pellowship with Himself 
 and the Father. 
 
 John 14: 1-31. 
 
 ^Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in 
 God, believe also in me. In my Father's house 
 are many mansions : if it were not so, I would 
 have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 
 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will 
 come again, and receive you unto myself; that 
 where I am, there ye may be also. And whither 
 I go ye know, and the way ye know. 
 
 Thomas saith unto him. Lord, we know not 
 whither thou goest ; and how can we know the 
 way? 
 
 * The intent, the purpose, the benefit, of the Lord's 
 death, as well as your faith in, and obedience to him. 
 
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 Jesus salth unto him, I am the way, tho truth, 
 and the life : no man cometh unto the Father, 
 but by me. If ye had known me, ye should 
 have known my Father also : and from hence- 
 forth ye know him, and have seen him. 
 
 Philip saith unto him. Lord, shew us the 
 Father, and it sufficeth us. 
 
 Jesus saith unto him. Have I been so long 
 time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, 
 Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the 
 Father ; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the 
 Father? 
 
 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, 
 and the Father in me ? the words that I speak 
 unto you I speak not of myself : but the Father 
 that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe 
 me that I am in the Father, and the Father in 
 me : or else believe me for the very works' sake. 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that believeth 
 on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and 
 greater wo)^Jcs than these shall he do ; because I 
 go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall 
 ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father 
 may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask 
 any thing in my name, I will do it. If ye love 
 
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 me, keep my commandments. And I will pray 
 the Father, and he shall give you another Com- 
 forter, that he may abide with you for ever ; 
 even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot 
 receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth 
 him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with 
 you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you 
 comfortless : I w^ill come to you. Yet a little 
 while, and the world seeth me no more ; but ye 
 see me : because I live, ye shall live also. At 
 that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, 
 and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my 
 commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that 
 loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved 
 of my Father, and I will love him, and will 
 manifest myself to him. 
 
 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, 
 how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto 
 us, and not unto the world ? 
 
 Jesus answered and said unto him. If a man 
 love me, he will keep my words : and my Fa- 
 ther will love him, and we will come unto him, 
 and make our abode with him. He that loveth 
 me not keepeth not my sayings : and the word 
 which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 
 
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 winch sent me. These things have I sj^oken 
 unto you, being yet present with you. But 
 the Comforter, ivhich is the Holy Ghost, whom 
 the Father will send in my name, he shall teach 
 you all things, and bring all things to your re- 
 membrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
 you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 
 Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be 
 afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I 
 go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved 
 me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto 
 the Father : for my Father is greater than I. 
 And now I have told you before it come to 
 pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might 
 believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with 
 you : for the prince of this world cometh, and 
 hath nothing in me. But that the world may 
 know that I love the Father ; and as the Father 
 gave me commandment, even so I do. 
 Arise, let us go hence.* 
 
 * From the expression, " Arise, let us go hence," it may 
 be inferred that our Saviour now left the room, and went to 
 the Mount of Olives. The conversation and exhortations 
 related in the following sections were continued, on the 
 way, or at Gethsemane. 
 
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 SECTION XII. 
 
 Christ goes with His Disciples to the Mount of Olives. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 30. Mark 14 : 26. Luke 22 : 39. 
 
 *'^And when they had sung a hymn, %e 
 came out, and went, as he was wont, to the 
 Mount of Olives; and his disciples also fol- 
 lowed him. 
 
 SECTION XIII. 
 
 By the way, perhaps passing through a Vineyard, Christ 
 declares Himself to be the True Vine. 
 
 John 15 : 1-8. 
 
 *I am the true vine, and my Father is the 
 husbandman. 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. Xow ye are clean through the 
 word which I have spoken unto you. 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. I am 
 
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 tlie vine, ye are the brandies. He that abideth 
 in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth 
 much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. 
 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a 
 branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, 
 and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 
 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, 
 ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
 unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that 
 ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. 
 
 SECTION XIY. - 
 
 CJirist commands his Disciples to continue in 7iis Love, 
 and to love one another. Declares those to be His Friends 
 who obey Him, and warns His Followers to preiiare for 
 Persecution. 
 
 John 15 : 9-27—16 : 1-4. 
 
 *As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved 
 you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my 
 commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even 
 as I have kept my Father's commandments, and 
 abide in his love. These things have I spoken 
 unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 29 
 
 that yonr joy might be full. This is my com- 
 mandment, That ye love one another, as I have 
 loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, 
 that a man lay down his life for his friends. 
 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com- 
 mand you. 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. 
 
 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. These 
 things I command you, that ye love one another. 
 
 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated 
 me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, 
 the world would love his own ; but because ye 
 are not of the world, but I have chosen you out 
 of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 
 Remember the word that I said unto you, The 
 servant is not greater than his lord. If they 
 have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; 
 if they have kept my saying, they will keep 
 
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 yours also. But all these things will they do 
 unto you for my name's sake, because they know 
 not him that sent me. If I had not come and 
 spoken unto them, they had not had sin ; but 
 now they have no cloak for their sin. He that 
 hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not 
 done among them the works which none other 
 man did, they had not had sin : but now have 
 they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 
 But this Cometh to pass, tliat the word might be 
 fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated 
 me without a cause. But when the Comforter 
 is come, whom I will send unto you from the 
 Father, even the Spirit of truth, which pro- 
 ceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me : 
 and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have 
 been with me from the beginning. 
 
 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 
 should not be oifended. They shall put you out 
 of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that 
 whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth 
 God service. And these things will they do unto 
 you, because they have not known the Father, 
 nor me. But these things have I told you, that 
 when the time shall come, ye may remember 
 
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 that I told you of them. And these things I 
 said not unto you at the beginning, because I 
 was with you. 
 
 SECTION XV. 
 
 Christ concludes His Farewell Discourse. Promises 
 to send the Holy Spirit to Comfort His Disciples, and to 
 Guide them, into all Truth; and that the Father will 
 give thetn whatsoever they shall ask in His Name. 
 
 John 16 : 5-33. 
 
 ^But now I go my way to him that sent me ; 
 and none of you asketh me, Whither goest 
 thou? But because I have said these things 
 unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nev- 
 ertheless 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. And when 
 he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, 
 and of righteousness, and of judgment : of 
 sin, because they believe not on me ; of right- 
 eousness, because I go to my Father, and ye 
 see me no more ; of judgment, because the 
 
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 prince of this world is judged. I have yet 
 mauy things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear 
 them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of 
 truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : 
 for he shall not speak of himself; but whatso- 
 ever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he 
 will shew you things to come. He shall glorify 
 me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew 
 it unto you. All things that the Father hath 
 are mine : therefore said I, that he shall take of 
 mine, and shall shew it unto you. 
 
 A little while, and ye shall not see me : and 
 again, a little while, and ye shall see me, be- 
 cause I go to the Father. 
 
 Then said some of his disci])les among 
 themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, 
 A little while, and ye shall not see me : and 
 again, a little while, and ye shall see me : and. 
 Because I go to the Father ? They said there- 
 fore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? 
 we cannot tell what he saith. 
 
 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to 
 ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire 
 among yourselves of that I said, A little while, 
 and ye shall not see me : and again, a little 
 
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 while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but 
 the world shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrow- 
 ful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
 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 remembereth no 
 more the anguish, for joy that a man is born 
 into the world. And ye now therefore have 
 sorrow : but I will see you again, and your 
 heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh 
 from you. And in that day ye shall ask me 
 nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you. What- 
 soever ye shall ask the Father in my name, 
 he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked 
 nothing in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, 
 that your joy may be full. 
 
 These things have I spoken unto you in prov- 
 erbs : but the time cometh, when I shall no more 
 speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew 
 you plainly of the Father. At that day ye 
 shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, 
 that I W' ill pray the Father for you : for the Fa- 
 ther himself loveth you, because ye have loved 
 me, and have believed that I came out from God. 
 3 
 
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 I came forth from the Father, and am come Into 
 the world ragain, I leave the world, and go to 
 the Father. His disciples said unto him, Lo, 
 now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no 
 proverb. 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. 
 
 Jesus answered them. Do ye now believe? 
 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. 
 
 These things I have spoken unto you, that in 
 me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall 
 have tribulation : but be of good cheer ; I have 
 overcome the world. 
 
 SECTION XVI. 
 
 Mediatorial Address of the Son of God in behalf of all 
 whom the Father had given Him, 
 
 John 17 : 1-26. 
 *rhese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his 
 
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 eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is 
 come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may 
 glorify thee : as thou hast given him power 
 over all flesh, that he should give eternal life 
 to as many as thou hast given him. And this 
 is life eternal, that they might know thee the 
 only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou 
 hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth : 
 I have finished the work which thou gavest me 
 to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with 
 thine own self with the glory which I had with 
 thee before the world was. 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. Now 
 they have known that all things whatsoever 
 thou hast given me are of thee. For I have 
 given unto them the words ^vhich thou gavest 
 me; and they have received them, and have 
 known surely that I came out from thee, and 
 they have believed that thou didst send me. 
 I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but 
 for them which thou hast given me ; for they are 
 thine. And all mine are thine, and thine 
 are mine; and I am glorified in them. And 
 
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 now I am no more in the world, but these are 
 in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Fa- 
 ther, keep through thine own name those whom 
 thou hast given me, that they may be one, as 
 we ai'e. While I was with them in the world, 
 I 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. And now come I to thee; and 
 these things I speak in the world, that they 
 might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I 
 have given them thy Avord ; and the world hath 
 hated them, because they are not of the world, 
 even as I am not of the world. I pray not 
 that thou shouldest take them out of the world, 
 but that thou shouldest keep them from the 
 evil. They are not of the world, even as I am 
 not of the world. Sanctify them through thy 
 truth : thy word is truth. As thou hast sent 
 me into the world, even so have I also sent 
 them into the world. And for their sakes I 
 sanctify myself, that they also might be sancti- 
 fied through the truth. Neither pray 1 for 
 these alone, but for them also which shall be- 
 lieve on me through their word ; that they all 
 
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 may be one ; as thoii, 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. 
 And the glory which thou gavest me I have 
 given them ; that they may be one, even as we 
 are one : 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. 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. 
 O righteous Father, the world hath not known 
 thee : but I have known thee, and these have 
 known that thou hast sent me. And I have 
 declared unto them thy name, and will declare 
 it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me 
 may be in them, and I in them. 
 
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 SECTIOISr XVII. 
 
 Christ again Predicts Peter's Denial of Him, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 31-35. Mark 14 : 27-31. 
 
 ^Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall 
 be offended because of me this night : for it is 
 written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the 
 sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 
 But after I am risen again, I will go before you 
 into Galilee. 
 
 Peter answered and said unto him, Though 
 all men shall be offended because of thee, yet 
 will I never be offended. 
 
 ^And Jesus saith unto him. Verily I say 
 unto thee, That this day, even in this night, be- 
 fore the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
 thrice. 
 
 ^ Jesus said unto him. Verily, I say unto thee. 
 That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt 
 deny me thrice. 
 
 Peter ^spake the more vehemently, [and] ^said 
 unto him. Though I should die Avith thee, yet 
 will I not deny thee ^in any wise. 
 
 ^Likewise also said all the disciples. 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 39 
 
 SECTION XVIII. 
 
 Christ goes to Gethsemarie—Chrisfs Agony in the Gar- 
 den, 
 
 "The travail of his soul." "He hath poured out his 
 soul unto death." "Thou slialt make his soul au 
 offering for sin."— Is. 53 : 10-12. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 36-46. Mark 14 : 32-42. Luke 22 : 40-46. 
 John 18 : 1-2. 
 
 *Wheii Jesus had spoken these words, he went 
 forth with his disciples ho a place which was 
 named Gethsemane, *over the brook Cedron, 
 where was a garden, into the which he entered, 
 and his disciples. 
 
 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew 
 the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither 
 with his disciples. 
 
 ^And [Jesus] saith unto the disciples, Sit ye 
 here, while I go and pray yonder. 
 
 ^And he taketh with him Peter and James 
 and John, Hhe two sons of Zebedee. ^And 
 when he was at the place, [he] ^began to be sor- 
 rowful, ^and began to be sore amazed, and to be 
 very heavy. , 
 
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 ^Theu saith lie unto them, My soul is exceed- 
 iDg sorrowful, even unto death : tarry ye here 
 and watch with me, [and] ^pray that ye enter 
 not into temptation. 
 
 ^And he went forward a little, ^and he was 
 withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and 
 kneeled down, ^and fell on his face, and prayed, 
 ^and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it 
 were possible, the hour might pass from him. 
 
 And he said, Abba, Father, ^O my Father, if 
 it be possible, let this cup pass from me : %11 
 things are possible unto thee ; ^if thou be Avill- 
 ing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not 
 my will, but thine, be done. 
 
 And there appeared an angel unto him from 
 heaven, strengthening him. And being in an 
 agony he prayed more earnestly : and his sweat 
 was as it were great drops of blood falling down 
 to the ground. 
 
 And when he rose up from prayer, ^he cometh 
 unto the disciples, and findeth them ^sleeping for 
 sorrow, and said unto them. Why sleep ye? 
 ^And saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? 
 ^What, could ye not watch with me one hour ? 
 ^Watch ye, ^rise and pray, Hhat ye enter not into 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 41 
 
 temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the 
 flesh is weak. 
 
 He went away again the second time, and 
 prayed, ^and spake the same words, ^saying, O 
 my Father, if this cup may not pass away from 
 me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 
 
 ^And when he returned, he found them asleep 
 again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist 
 they what to answer him. ^And he left them, 
 and went away again, and prayed the third time, 
 saying the same words. 
 
 Then cometh he to his disciples ^the third time, 
 and saith unto them. Sleep on now, and take 
 your rest : it is enough, the hour is come ; be- 
 hold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands 
 of sinners. Rise up, let us go ; lo, he that betray eth 
 me is at hand. 
 
 SECTION XIX. 
 
 Christ is betrayed and apprehended, Tlie Resistance of 
 Peter, 
 
 Matt. 26:47-56. Mark 14:43-50. Luke 22:47-53. 
 John 18: 3-11. 
 
 ^And immediately, while he yet spake, ^lo, 
 
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 Judas, one of the twelve, *then, having received 
 a band of men and officers from the chief priests 
 and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and 
 torches, and weapons, %nd wdth him a great 
 multitude, with swords and staves, from the 
 chief priests and the scribes and the eldei*s ^of 
 the people. 
 
 Now he that betrayed him, ^had given them a 
 token, saying. Whomsoever I shall kiss, that 
 same is he ; take him, ^hold him fast, ^and lead 
 him away safely. 
 
 And as soon as he was come, ^he that was 
 called Judas, one of the twelve, went before 
 them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 
 ^And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said. Hail, 
 Master ; and kissed him. 
 
 And Jesus said unto him. Friend, wherefore 
 art thou come ? ^Judas, betray est thou the Son 
 of man with a kiss ? 
 
 *Jesus therefore, knowing all things that 
 should come upon him, went forth, and said unto 
 them. Whom seek ye? 
 
 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, I am he. 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 43 
 
 And Jiidas also, which betrayed him, stood 
 with them. 
 
 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am 
 he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. 
 
 Then asked he them again. Whom seek ye? 
 And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he : 
 if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way : 
 
 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he 
 spake. Of them which thou gavest me have I 
 lost none. 
 
 •^Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and 
 took him. 
 
 ^When they which were about him saw what 
 would follow, they said unto him. Lord, shall 
 we smite with the sword ? 
 
 ^And, behold, one of them which were with 
 Jesus, ^Simon Peter, having a sword, ^stretched 
 out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a 
 servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear, 
 ^ — cut off his right ear. The servant's name 
 was Malchus. 
 
 ^And Jesus answered and said. Suffer ye thus 
 far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. 
 
 ^Then said Jesus unto Peter, Tut up again 
 
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 thy sword into his place : for all they that take 
 the sword shall perish with the sword. 
 
 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my 
 Father, and he shall presently give me more than 
 twelve legions of angels? But how then shall 
 the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 
 *The cup which my Father hath given me, shall 
 I not drink it ? 
 
 ^In that same hour, ^Jesus answered and said 
 ^unto the chief priests, and captains of the tem- 
 ple, [and] Ho the multitudes, %nd the elders, 
 which were come to him, ^Are ye come out as 
 against a thief with swords and staves for to 
 take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the 
 temple, and ye laid no hold on me, ^ye stretched 
 forth no hands against me ; ^but the Scriptures 
 must be fulfilled ; ^this is your hour, and the 
 power of darkness. 
 
 ^But all this was done, that the scriptures of 
 the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the 
 disciples forsook him, and fled. 
 
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 SECTION XX. 
 
 Christ is taken to Annas, and to the Palace of Caiaphas. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 57. Mark 14 : 51-53. Luke 22 : 54. 
 
 John 18 : 12-14. 
 
 *Then the band and the captain and officers 
 of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and 
 led him away to Annas first ; for he w^as father 
 in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest 
 that same year. 
 
 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave coujisel to 
 the Jews, that it was expedient that one man 
 should die for the people. 
 
 ^And there followed him a certain young man, 
 having a linen cloth cast about his naked body ; 
 and the young men laid hold on him : and he 
 left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 
 
 ^And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him 
 away to Caiaphas the high priest, %nd brought 
 him into the high priest's house, %nd with him 
 were assembled all the chief priests and the 
 elders and the scribes. And Peter followed him 
 afar off, even unto the palace of the high priest. 
 
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 SECTION XXI. 
 
 Peter and <John follow their Master, 
 
 Matt. 26:58. Mark 14 : 54. Luke 22: 55. 
 
 John 18 : 15, 16. 
 
 *And Simon Peter followed Jesus ^afar off, 
 *and so did another disciple : that disciple was 
 known unto the high priest, and went in with 
 Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 
 
 But Peter stood at the door without. Then 
 went .out that other disciple, which was known 
 unto the high priest, and spake unto her that 
 kept the door, and brought in Peter. 
 
 ^And when they had kindled a fire in the 
 midst of the hall, and were set down together, 
 Peter sat down among them, %nd warmed him- 
 self at the fire ; ^and sat with the servants to see 
 the end. 
 
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 SECTION XXIL 
 
 Christ is first exatninedt and condemned, in the House 
 of the High JPi'iest, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 59-66. Mark 14 : 55-64. John 18 : 19-24. 
 
 *The high priest then asked Jesus of his dis- 
 ciples, and of his doctrine. 
 
 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. Why askest thou 
 me ? ask them which heard me, what I have said 
 unto them : behold, they know what I said. 
 
 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 ? 
 
 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, 
 bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest 
 thou me? 
 
 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas 
 the high priest. 
 
 ^Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the 
 council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put 
 
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 him to death ; but found none : yea, though 
 many false witnesses came, yet found they none. 
 ^For many bare false witness against him, but 
 their witness agreed not together. 
 
 ^At the last came two false witnesses, and ^bare 
 false witness against him, ^and said. This fellow 
 said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, 
 and to build it in three days. ^We heard him 
 say, I will destroy this temple that is made with 
 hands, and within three days I will build another 
 made without hands. 
 
 But neither so did their witness agree to- 
 gether. 
 
 ^And the high priest arose, [and] ^stood up in 
 the midst, and asked Jesus, %nd said unto him, 
 Answerest thou nothing ? what is it which these 
 witness against thee ? 
 
 But Jesus held his peace, ^aud answered 
 nothing. 
 
 Again the high priest asked him, and said unto 
 him. Art thou the Christ, the Son of the 
 Blessed ? ^I adjure thee by the living God, that 
 thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son 
 of God. 
 
 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said : ^I 
 
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 am : ^nevertheless I say unto yon, Hereafter 
 shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right 
 hand of power, and coming in the clouds of 
 heaven. 
 
 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, 
 He hath spoken blasphemy; what further 
 need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye 
 have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? 
 
 They answered and said, He is guilty of 
 death.' ^And they all condemned him to be 
 guilty of death. 
 
 SECTION XXIII. 
 
 Twelve at night— Christ is Struck, and Insulted. 
 
 " I gave my back to the smitera, and ray cheeks to them 
 that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from 
 shame and spitting." Is. 50 : 6. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 67, 68. Mark 14 : 65. Luke 22 : 63-65. 
 
 ^And the men that held Jesus mocked him, 
 and smote him. ^And some began to spit on 
 him, and to cover his face, and to buifet him, 
 4 
 
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 and to say unto him, Prophesy : and the 
 servants did strike him with the palms of their 
 hands. 
 
 ^Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted 
 him ; and others smote him with the palms of 
 their hands. ^And when they had blindfolded 
 him, they struck him on the face, and asked 
 him, saying, ^Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, 
 Who is he that smote thee ? ^And many other 
 things blasphemously spake they against him. 
 
 SECTION xxiy. 
 
 Peter*s first Itenial of Christ at the Fire in the Hall of 
 the High Priest. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 66-70. Mark 14 : 66-68. Luke 22 : 56, 57. 
 John 18 : 17, 18, and 25-27. 
 
 *And as Peter was beneath in the palace, 
 there cometh one of the maids of the high 
 priest '*(the damsel that kept the door), unto 
 Peter, [and] ^beheld him as he sat by the fire, 
 %nd when she saw Peter warming himself, she 
 ^earnestly looked upon him, and. said, This man 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 51 
 
 was also with him. *Art not thou also one of 
 this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. 
 ^And [she] said, And thou also wast with Jesus 
 of Nazareth ^of Galilee. ^And he denied him, 
 ^before them all, saying, ^I know not, neither 
 understand I what thou sayest. 
 
 ^And the servants and officers stood there, 
 who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold ; 
 and they warmed themselves : and Peter stood 
 with them, and warmed himself. They said 
 therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of 
 his disciples ? He denied it^ and said, I am not. 
 
 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? 
 
 Peter then denied again; ^and he went out 
 into the porch ; and ^immediately the cock crew. 
 
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 SECTION XXY. 
 
 After midnight— Peter's Second I*enial of Christ at 
 the Porch of the Palace of the High Priest. 
 
 Matt. 26 : 71, 72. Mark 14 : 69, part of 70. Luke 
 
 22 : 58. 
 
 ^And when he was gone out into the porch, 
 %fter a little while another saw him, and said, 
 Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, 
 I am not. 
 
 [And] ^another maid saw him, %nd began to 
 say to them that stood by, ^Th\s fellow was also 
 with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied 
 with an oath, I do not know the man. 
 
 SECTION XXVL 
 
 Friday, the Day of the Crucifixion, Time near Three in 
 the Morning — Peter's Third Denial of Christ in the 
 Poom tvhere Christ was waiting among the Soldiers till 
 the Dawn of Day, 
 
 Matt. 26 : 73-75. Mark 14 : 70-72. Luke 22 : 59-62. 
 ^And about the space of one hour after an- 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 53 
 
 other confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this 
 felloio also was with him ; for he is a Galilean. 
 
 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou 
 sayest. 
 
 [And] hhej that stood by said again to Peter, 
 ^Surely thou also art 07ie of them ; ^for thou art 
 a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto ; ^for 
 thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to 
 curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man : 
 ^I know not this man of whom ye speak. 
 
 ^And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock 
 crew — ^the second time the cock crew. 
 
 ^And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. 
 And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, 
 how he had said unto him, *Before the cock crow, 
 thou shaltdeny me thrice — ^^before the cock crow 
 
 * There is a double signification attached to these sepa- 
 rate predictions, and a double accomplishment of them. 
 The Apostle John relates the three several particular de- 
 nials of Peter, made at the same place— at the fire, before 
 the cock crew the first time. The Evangelists Matthew, 
 Mark, and Luke record Peter's denials of Christ at three 
 several times, and in three several places, and so had 
 remarkably fulfilled the second signification of the predic- 
 tion, "Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
 th rice."— To WNS end . 
 
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 twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when 
 he thought thereon, he wept — 4ie went out, and 
 wept bitterly. 
 
 SECTION xxyii. 
 
 Christ is taken before the Sanhedrin and Condemned, 
 
 Matt. 27 : 1. Mark 15 : part of ver. 1. Luke 22 : 66-71. 
 
 ^And straightway in the morning, %s soon as 
 it was day, ^the chief priests held a consultation 
 with the elders ^of the people, %nd scribes and 
 the whole council, and Hook counsel against 
 Jesus to put him to death. 
 
 ^And led him into their council, saying. Art 
 thou the Christ? tell us. 
 
 And he said unto them. If I tell you, ye will 
 not believe : and if I also ask you, ye will not 
 answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the 
 Son of man sit on the right hand of the power 
 of God. 
 
 Then said they all. Art thou then the Son of 
 God? 
 
 And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. 
 
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 And they said, What need we any further 
 witness ? for we ourselves have heard of his own 
 mouth. 
 
 SECTION XXVIIL 
 
 J^udas declares the Innocence of Christ. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 3-10. 
 
 ^Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when 
 he saw that he was condemned, repented him- 
 self, and brought again the thirty pieces of sil- 
 ver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have 
 sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent 
 blood. 
 
 And they said, What is that to us ? see thou 
 to that 
 
 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the 
 temple, and departed, and went and hanged him- 
 sel f. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, 
 and said, It is not lawful for to put them into 
 the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 
 
 And they took counsel, and bought with them 
 the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Where- 
 
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 fore that field was called, The field of blood, unto 
 this day. 
 
 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by 
 Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the 
 thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was 
 valued, whom they of the children of Israel did 
 value; and gave them for tlie potter's field, as 
 the Lord appointed me. 
 
 SECTION XXIX. 
 
 Christ is nccnsed before Pilate, and is hy him also 
 declared to be Innocent. 
 
 " He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not 
 his mouth : he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, 
 and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so lie 
 openeth not his mouth." — Is. 53 : 7. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 2 and 11-14. Mark 15 : 1-5. Luke 23 : 1-4. 
 John 18 : 28-38. 
 
 ^And the whole multitude of them arose, %nd 
 bound Jesus. ^And when they had bound him, 
 they led him away ''from Caiaphas, unto the hall 
 of judgment; ^and delivered him to Pontius 
 
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 Pilate the governor, %nd it was early ; and they 
 themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest 
 they should be defiled ; but that they might eat 
 the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, 
 and said, What accusation bring ye against this 
 
 man 
 
 9 
 
 They answered and said unto him, If he 
 were not a malefactor, we would not have de- 
 livered him up unto thee. 
 
 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, 
 and judge him according to your law. 
 
 The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not 
 lawful for us to put any man to death : that 
 the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which 
 he spake, signifying what death he should die. 
 
 ^And they began to accuse him, saying. We 
 found this felloio perverting the nation, and 
 forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying 
 that he himself is Christ, a king. 
 
 ^Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall 
 again, and called Jesus. ^And Jesus stood 
 before the governor : and the governor asked 
 him, saying. Art thou the King of the Jews ? 
 
 ^Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing 
 of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pi- 
 
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 late answered, Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation 
 and the chief priests have delivered thee unto 
 me : what hast thou done ? 
 
 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this 
 world : if ray kingdom were of this world, then 
 would my servants fight, that I should not be 
 delivered to the Jews : but now is my kingdom 
 not from hence. 
 
 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a 
 king then ? 
 
 Jesus answered [and] ^said unto him, *Thou 
 sayest that I am a king. To this end was I 
 born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
 that I should bear witness unto the truth. 
 Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 
 
 Pilate saith unto him. What is truth ? 
 
 And when he had said this, he went out 
 again unto the Jews, and saith unto ^the chief 
 priests, and to the people, I find no fault in 
 this man. 
 
 ^And the chief priests accused him of many 
 things ; but ^when he was accused of the chief 
 priests and elders, he answered nothing. 
 
 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou 
 not how many things they witness against thee ? 
 
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 And he answered him to never a word. 
 
 ^And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answer- 
 est thou nothing? behold how many things 
 they witness against thee. 
 
 But Jesus yet answered nothing ; Hnsomuch 
 that the governor marvelled greatly. 
 
 SECTION XXX. 
 
 Christ is sent by Pilate to Herod. 
 
 Luke 23: 5-12. 
 
 ^And they were the more fierce, saying, He 
 stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all 
 Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. 
 
 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked 
 whether the man were a Galilean. 
 
 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto 
 Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who 
 himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. 
 
 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceed- 
 ing glad : for he was desirous to see him of a 
 long season, because he had heard many things 
 
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 of him ; and he hoped to have seen some mira- 
 cle done by him. 
 
 Then he questioned with him in many 
 words ; but he answered him nothing. And 
 the chief priests and scribes stood and vehe- 
 mently accused him. And Herod with his 
 men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, 
 and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent 
 him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate 
 and Herod were made friends together ; for 
 before they were at enmity between themselves. 
 
 SECTION XXXI. 
 
 Christ is brought bach ngnin to Pilate, tvho again de- 
 clares Him Innocent, and endeavors to 2^^1'stiade the 
 People to call for the Melease of Christ, rather than Ba- 
 rabbas. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 15-20. Mark 15 : 6-11. Luke 23 : 13-19. 
 John 18 : 39. 
 
 ^And Pilate, when he had called together the 
 chief priests and the rulers and the people, said 
 unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, 
 as one that perverteth the people ; and, behold, 
 
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 I, having examined him before yon, have found 
 no fault in this man touching those things 
 Vhereof ye accuse him : no, nor yet Herod : for 
 I sent you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of 
 death is done unto him. I will therefore chas- 
 tise him, and release him. 
 
 ^Now at that feast the governor was wont to 
 release unto the people ^one prisoner, whomso- 
 ever they desired. ^And they had then a notable 
 prisoner, called Barabbas, ^which lay bound with 
 them that had made insurrection with him, 
 who had committed murder in the insurrection. 
 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire 
 him to do as he had ever done unto them. (^For 
 of necessity he must release one unto them at 
 the feast.) 
 
 ^Therefore when they were gathered together, 
 Pilate said unto them, *Ye have a custom, that I 
 should release unto you one at the passover. 
 ^Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barab- 
 bas, or Jesus which is called Christ? ^Will ye 
 therefore that I release unto you the King of 
 the Jews ? 
 
 ^For he knew that the chief priests had de- 
 livered him for envy. 
 
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 ^When he was set down on the judgment 
 seat, his wife sent unto him, saying. Have thou 
 nothing to do with that just man : for I have 
 suffered many things this day in a dream because 
 of him. 
 
 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the 
 multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and 
 destroy Jesus. ^And they cried out all at once, 
 saying, Away with this man, and release unto 
 us Barabbas : (who for a certain sedition made 
 in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison). 
 
 SECTION XXXIL 
 
 Pilate three times endeavors again to release Christ, 
 
 " He is despised and rejected of men." — Is. 53 : 3. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 21-23. Mark 15 : 12-14. Luke 23 : 20-23. 
 John 18 : 40. 
 
 - ^Pilate, ^the governor, ^therefore, willing to 
 release Jesus, ^answered and ^spake again to them 
 ^and said unto them. Whether of the twain will 
 ye that I release unto you ? 
 
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 They said, Barabbas. ''Then cried they all 
 again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. 
 
 Now Barabbas was a robber. 
 
 ^And Pilate answered and said again unto 
 them, What will ye then that I shall do Hvith 
 Jesus which is called Christ ? whom ye call the 
 King of the Jews ? 
 
 And they cried out again. Crucify him — ^all 
 say unto him, ^Crucify Aim, crucify him, Uet him 
 be crucified. 
 
 ^Then Pilate said unto them ^the third time, 
 Why, what evil hath he done ? I have found 
 no cause of death in him : I will therefore chas- 
 tise him, and let him go. 
 
 ^And they cried out the more exceedingly, 
 Crucify him. ^Aud they were instant with loud 
 voices, requiring that he might be crucified : 
 and the voices of them and of the chief priests 
 prevailed. 
 
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 SECTION XXXIII. 
 
 The Jews imprecate the Punishment of Christ's Death 
 upon themselves. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 24, 25. 
 
 ^When Pilate saw that he could prevail 
 nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he 
 took water, and washed his hands before the 
 multitude, saying, I ani innocent of the blood 
 of this just person : see ye to it. 
 
 Then answered all the people, and said, His 
 blood be on us, and on our children. 
 
 SECTION XXXIV. 
 
 Pilate releases Barahbus and delivers Christ to be 
 Crucified. 
 
 "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruise>i 
 for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace wan 
 upon him, and with his stripes we are healed." — I^. 
 53 : 5. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 26-30. Mark 15 : 15-19. Luke 23 : 24, 25. 
 John 19 : 1-16. 
 
 ^And so Pilate, willing to content the people, 
 
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 'gave sentence that it should be as they re- 
 quired. And he released unto them him that 
 for sedition and murder was cast into prison, 
 whom they had desired. ^Then Pilate there- 
 fore took Jesus, and scourged him ; [and] ^when 
 he had scourged hiniy ^he delivered Jesus to 
 their will, ^to be crucified. 
 
 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus, 
 ^and led him away ^into the common hall, 
 ^called Praetorium : and they call together the 
 whole band ^of soldiers. And they stripped 
 him, and put on him a *scarlet robe. And 
 when they had platted a crown of thorns, 
 the put it upon his head, and a reed in his 
 right hand : and they bowed the knee before 
 him, ^and worshipped him, ^and mocked him, 
 saying, Hail, King of the Jews ! ^And they 
 smote him with their hands, ^and they spit 
 upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on 
 the head. 
 
 ^Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith 
 
 * There is no greater difference between the meaning 
 of the words k6kklvov and nopcphpa than there is, if one 
 English reader should say a red robe and another a red- 
 dish robe. — PiLKINGTON. 
 5 
 
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 unto thera, Behold, I bring him forth to you, 
 that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 
 
 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown 
 of thorns, and the purple robe.* And Pilate 
 saith unto them. Behold the man ! 
 
 When the chief priests therefore and officers 
 saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, 
 crucify him. 
 
 Pilate saith unto them. Take ye him, and 
 crucify him : for I 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 the Son of God. 
 
 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, 
 he was the more afraid ; and went again into 
 the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence 
 art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 
 
 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not 
 unto me ? knowest thou not that I have power 
 to crucify thee, and have power to release thee ? 
 
 Jesus answered. Thou couldest have no 
 power at all against me, except it were given 
 thee from above : therefore he that delivered me 
 unto thee hath the greater sin. 
 
 * See foot-note on page 65. 
 
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 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release 
 him : but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let 
 this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend : who- 
 soever maketh himself a king speaketh against 
 Cesar. 
 
 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he 
 brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judg- 
 ment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, 
 but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 
 
 And it was the preparation of the passover, 
 and about the sixth hour : and he saith unto the 
 Jews, Behold your King ! 
 
 But they cried out, Away with him^ away with 
 Aim, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them. Shall 
 I crucify your King ? 
 
 The chief priests answered, We have no king 
 but Cesar. 
 
 Then delivered he him therefore unto them 
 to be crucified. 
 
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 SECTION xxxy. 
 
 Christ is led atvay from the Judginent Hall of Pilate 
 to Mount Calvainf. 
 
 "He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who 
 shall declare his generation ? for he was cut off out 
 of the land of the living : for the transgression of my 
 people was he stricken." — Is. 53 : 8. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 31, 32. Mark 15 : 20, 21. Luke 23 : 26-32. 
 John 19 : 17. 
 
 *And after that they had mocked him, ^they 
 took off the purple from him, and put his own 
 clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 
 ^And he bearing his cross went forth into a place 
 called the place of a skull, which is called in the 
 Hebrew Golgotha. ^And as they led him away, 
 they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, ^who 
 passed by, coming out of the country, the father 
 of Alexander and Rufus ; ^him they compelled 
 to bear his cross : %nd on him they laid the 
 cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And 
 there followed him a great company of people, 
 and of women, which also bewailed and lamented 
 him. 
 
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 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters 
 of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for 
 yourselves, and for your children. 
 
 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which 
 they shall say. Blessed are the barren, and the 
 wombs that never bare, and the paps which never 
 gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the 
 mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover 
 us. For if they do these things in a green tree, 
 what shall be done in the dry ? 
 
 And there were also two others, malefactors, 
 led with him to be put to death. 
 
 SECTION XXXVI. 
 
 Christ arrives at Mount Calvary, and is Crucified. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 33, 34-37. Mark 15 : 22, 23-26-28. Luke 
 23 : 33-38. John 19 : 18-22. 
 
 ^And when they were come unto a place called 
 Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they 
 gave him vinegar to *drink mingled with gall : 
 
 * "It would appear from the Gospel narrative that three 
 potions were offered to our Lord ; two when he arrived at 
 
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 and when he had tasted thereof , he would not 
 drink. 
 
 ^And they gave him to *drink wine mingled 
 with myrrh : but he received it not. 
 
 ^And when they were come to the place which 
 is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and 
 the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the 
 other on the left, %nd Jesus in the midst. ^And 
 the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he 
 was numbered with the transgressors. 
 
 *And Pilate wrote a title, ^the superscription 
 of his accusation ; ^and set [it] up over his head, 
 *ou the cross. And the writing was, 
 ^In letters of Greek, 
 
 Golgotha, Matt. 27 : 34 ; Mark 15 : 23 ; and the third after 
 he had been for some time on the cross. 
 
 " The first draught, vinegar mingled with gall, was most 
 probably offered to him in malice and derision of his suf- 
 ferings : our Lord refusing to drink it, the intoxicating 
 draught, which was usual on such occasions, was then pre- 
 sented ; but he declined tasting of either, and drank only 
 of the third, the vinegar or posca, the common drink of the 
 Roman soldiers; and which was placed in a vessel near the 
 cross, for their accommodation." — Townsend. 
 
 * See foot-note beginning on page 69. 
 
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 ^and Latin, 
 
 *THE KING OF THE JEWS ; 
 
 'and Hebrew, 
 
 THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
 
 *This title then read many of the Jews ; for 
 the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to 
 the city : and it was written in Hebrew, and 
 Greek, and Latin. 
 
 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. 
 
 Pilate answered, What I have written I have 
 written. 
 
 SECTION XXXVII. 
 
 Christ prays for his Murderers. 
 
 ** And made intercession for the transgressors." — Is. 53 : 12. 
 Luke 23 : 34. 
 
 'Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them ; for 
 they know not what they do. 
 
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 SECTION- XXXVIII. 
 
 Tfie Soldiers divide and cast Lots for the Haitnent of 
 Christ. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 35, 36. Mark 15 : 24, 25. Luke 23 : part 
 
 of 34. John 19 : 23, 24. 
 
 ^And they crucified him. ^Then the soldiers, 
 when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, 
 and made four parts, to every soldier a part ; 
 and also his coat : now the coat was without 
 seam, woven from the top throughout. They 
 said therefore among themselves. Let us not rend 
 it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. 
 
 ^And they parted his raiment, and cast lots, 
 *that the Scripture might be fulfilled, Hvhich was 
 spoken by the prophet, *which saith. They 
 parted my raiment among them, and for my 
 vesture they did cast lots. These things there- 
 fore the soldiers did. 
 
 ^And it was the third hour, and they crucified 
 him. ^And sitting down they watched him there. 
 
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 SECTION XXXIX. 
 
 Christ is reviled, when on the Cross, by the Rulers, the 
 Soldiers, the I'asserS'by , the Chief Priests, and the Mal- 
 efactors. 
 
 " All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out 
 the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the 
 Lord, thathe would deliver him : let him deliver him, 
 seeing he delighted in him."— Ps. 22 : 7, 8. 
 
 " When he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suf- 
 fered, he threatened not."--l Pet. 2 : 23. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 39-44. Mark 15 : 29-32. Luke 23 : 35-37. 
 
 ^And the people stood beholding. And the 
 rulers also with them derided him, saying, He 
 saved others ; let him save himself, if he be 
 Christ, the chosen of God. 
 
 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to 
 him, and offering him vinegar, and saying. If 
 thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. 
 
 ^And they that passed by reviled him, [and] 
 ^railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, 
 Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest 
 it in three days, Save thyself, and come down 
 from the cross. 
 
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 ^If thou be the Son of God, come down from 
 the cross. 
 
 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him^ 
 with the scribes and elders, said %mong them- 
 selves, ^He saved others ; himself he cannot save. 
 If he be the King of Israel, let him now come 
 down from the cross, and we will believe him. 
 He trusted in God ; let him deliver him now, 
 if he will have him : for he said, I am the 
 Son of God. ^Let Christ the King of Israel 
 descend now from the cross, that we may see 
 and believe. 
 
 And they that were crucified with him reviled 
 him. 
 
 ^The thieves also, which were crucified with 
 him, cast the same in his teeth. 
 
 SECTION XL. 
 
 Christ, when dying as a Man, asserts his Divinity in 
 his answer to the Penitent Thief, 
 
 Luke 23: 39-43. 
 ^And one of the malefactors which were hanged 
 
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 railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save 
 thyself and us. But the other answering re- 
 buked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, 
 seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And 
 we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward 
 of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing 
 amiss. 
 
 And he said unto Jesus, 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. 
 
 SECTION XLI. 
 
 Christ commends his Mother to the care of John, 
 
 John 19: 25-27. 
 
 *Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his 
 mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife 
 of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus 
 therefore saw his mother, and the disciple stand- 
 ing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, 
 Woman, behold thy son ! 
 
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 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy 
 mother ! ^ 
 
 And from that hour that disciple took her 
 unto his own home. 
 
 SECTION XLII. 
 
 The Death of Christ , and its attendant Circumstances, 
 
 " In due time Christ died for the ungodly." — Eom. 5 : 6. 
 " They shall look upon me whom they have pierced." — 
 Zee. 12 : 10. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 45, 52, 54-56. Mark 15 : 33-41. Luke 23 : 
 44-49. John 19 : 28-37. 
 
 ^And when the sixth hour was come, ^there 
 was a darkness over all the earth, until the ninth 
 hour. And the sun was darkened. ^And at the 
 ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 
 Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani ? ^Eli, Eli, lama 
 sabachthani? ^which is, being interpreted. My 
 God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 
 
 And some of them that stood by, when they 
 heard it, said. Behold, he calleth Elias. 
 
 *After this, Jesus knowing that all things were 
 
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 now accomplished, that the Scripture might be 
 fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 
 
 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar. 
 *And straightway one of them ran, and took a 
 sponge, and filled it with vinegar, %nd put it 
 upon hyssop, ^and put it on a reed, %nd put it 
 to his mouth, ^and gave him to drink. The rest 
 said. Let be, let us see whether Elias will come 
 to save him, Ho take him down. 
 
 *When Jesus therefore had received the vin- 
 egar, he said. It is finished. 
 
 ^Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud 
 voice, ^said. Father, into thy hands I commend 
 my spirit : and having said thus, %e bowed his 
 head, and gave up the ghost. 
 
 *And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent 
 in twain ^in the midst ^from the top to the bot- 
 tom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks 
 rent ; and the graves were opened. 
 
 Now when the centurion, ^ which stood over 
 against him, ^and they that were with him, 
 watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those 
 things that were done, ^saw that he so cried out, 
 and gave up the ghost, ^they feared greatly, 
 saying. Truly this was the Son of God ; ^he glo- 
 
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 rifled God, saying, Certainly, this was a righteous 
 man. 
 
 And all the people that came together to that 
 sight, beholding the things which were done, 
 smote their breasts, and returned. 
 
 And all his acquaintance, and the women that 
 followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, be- 
 holding these things, %mong whom was Mary 
 Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the 
 less, and of Joses, and Salome, Hhe mother of 
 Zebedee's children, ^who also, when he was in 
 Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him ; 
 and many other women which came up with him 
 unto Jerusalem. 
 
 ^The Jews therefore, because it was the prep^ 
 aration, that the bodies should not remain upon 
 the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath 
 day was a high day,) besought Pilate that their 
 legs might be broken, and that they might be 
 taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake 
 the legs of the first, and of the other which was 
 crucified with him. But when they came to 
 Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they 
 brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers with 
 a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there 
 
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 out blood and water. And he that saw it bare 
 record, and his record is true ; and he knoweth 
 that he saith true, that ye might believe. For 
 these things were done that the Scriptures should 
 be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 
 And again another Scripture saith, They shall 
 look on him whom they pierced. 
 
 SECTION XLIII. 
 
 Joseph of .Arimathea^ and Nicodemus htiry the body of 
 Christ. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 57-60. Mark 15 : 42-46. Luke 23 : 50-54. 
 John 19 : 38-42. 
 
 ^And after this — ^now when the even was come, 
 because it was the preparation, that is, the day 
 before the sabbath, Hhere came a rich man of 
 Arimathea, % city of the Jews, ^named Joseph, 
 %n honourable counsellor, ^and he was a good 
 man, and a just, who also himself waited for the 
 kingdom of God, *being a disciple of Jesus, but 
 secretly for fear of the Jews, ^(the same had not 
 consented to the counsel and deed of them.) 
 
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 This man ^came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, 
 and craved the body of Jesus, [and] ^besought 
 Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. 
 ^And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead : 
 and calling unto Mm the centurion, he asked him 
 whether he had been any while dead. And 
 when he knew it of the centurion, ^Pilate gave 
 him leave. ^Then Pilate commanded the body 
 to be delivered ^to Joseph. And he bought line 
 linen, ^and when Joseph had taken the body, he 
 wrapped it in a clean linen cloth ; ^there came 
 also Nicodemus, (which at the first came to Jesus 
 by night,) and brought a mixture of myrrh and 
 aloes, about a hundred pound weight. Then 
 took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in 
 ^clean '*linen clothes with the spices, as the man- 
 ner of the Jews is to bury. 
 
 Now in the place where he was crucified 
 there was a garden ; and in the garden a new 
 sepulchre. ^And [Joseph] laid it in his own 
 new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, 
 "* wherein was never man yet laid. There laid 
 they Jesus therefore because of the Jews^ prep- 
 aration day; for the sepulchre was nigh at 
 hand, ^aud the sabbath drew on. ^And he rolled 
 
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 a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and 
 departed. 
 
 SECTION XLIV. 
 
 mrary JWagdalene, and the other H/Lary, and the Women 
 from, GnlileCf observe where the Body of Christ was laid. 
 
 Mark 15 : 47. Luke 23 : 55. 
 
 ^And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother 
 of Joses beheld where he was laid. 
 
 ^And the women also, wliich came with him 
 from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the 
 sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 
 
 SECTION XLV. 
 
 Tfie Women from Galilee hasten to return Hom^e before 
 the Sabbath began, to prepare Spices, 
 
 Luke 23 : 56. 
 
 ^And they returned, and prepared spices and 
 ointments ; and rested the sabbath day accord- 
 ing to the commandment. 
 
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 SECTION XLYL 
 
 Mary Magdalene and the other Manj continue to sit 
 opposite the Sepulchre, till it is too late to prepare their 
 Spices, 
 
 Matt. 27 : 61. 
 
 ^And there was Mary Magdalene, and the 
 other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 
 
 SECTION XLYII. 
 
 On the Sabbath the Chief Priests prepare a Guard of 
 Soldiers to watch the Sepulchre. 
 
 Matt. 27 : 62-66. 
 
 ^Now the next day, that followed the day of 
 the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees 
 came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we re- 
 member that that deceiver said, while he was 
 yet 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 
 
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 people, He is risen from the dead : so the last 
 error shall be worse than the first. 
 
 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch : go 
 your way, make it as sure as ye can. 
 
 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, 
 sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 
 
 SECTION XLYIII. 
 
 The Sabbath being over, Mary Magdalene, the other 
 Mary, and Salome, purchase their Spices to anoint the 
 Body of Christ. 
 
 Mark 16 : 1. 
 
 ^And when the sabbath was past, Mary 
 Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and 
 Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they 
 might come and anoint him. 
 
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 SECTION XLIX. 
 
 Tlie Morning of Easter Day— Mary Magdalen e,the other 
 Mary, and Salome, leave their Homes very early to go to 
 the Sepulchre, 
 
 Matt. 28 : 1. Mark 16 : 1, 2. John 20, part of ver. 1. 
 
 ^In the end of the sabbath, ^very early in the 
 morning, *when it was yet dark, ^as it began 
 to dawn toward the first day of the week, came 
 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the 
 sepulchre. 
 
 SECTION L. 
 
 After they had left their Homes, and before their arri- 
 val at the Sepulchre, Christ rises front the Head and com* 
 pletes the WorJe of Medetnption. 
 
 " Who was delivered for our offences, and raised again for 
 our justification." — Rona. 4 : 25. 
 
 Matt. 28 : 2-4. Matt. 27 : part of ver. 52 and ver. 53. 
 
 ^And, behold, there was a great earthquake : 
 for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, 
 and came and rolled back the stone from the 
 
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 door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like 
 lightning, and his raiment white as snow. And 
 for fear of him the keepers did shake, and be- 
 came as dead men. 
 
 And many bodies of the saints which slept 
 arose, ^and came out of the graves after his res- 
 urrection, and went into the holy city, and ap- 
 peared unto many. 
 
 SECTION LI. 
 
 Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, and Salome, arrive at 
 the Sepulchre, and find the Stone rolled away, 
 
 Mark 16 : part of ver. 2, and ver. 3, 4. John 20 : part 
 of ver. 1. 
 
 ^And they said among themselves, at the rising 
 of the sun, Who shall roll us away the stone 
 from the door of the sepulchre? 
 
 And when they looked, they saw that the stone 
 was rolled away : for it was very great. 
 
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 SECTION LII. 
 
 Mary Magdalene leaves the other Mary and Salome to 
 tell Peter. 
 
 Jolin 20 : 2. 
 
 *Mary Magdalene seeth the stone taken away 
 from the sepulchre. 
 
 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, 
 and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and 
 saith unto them. They have taken away the 
 Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not 
 where they have laid him. 
 
 SECTION LIII. 
 
 Salome and the other Mary, during the absence of Mary 
 Magdalene, enter the Porch of the Sepulchre, and see one 
 Aiigel, who commands thetn to inform the Disciples that 
 Jesus tvas risen. 
 
 Matt. 28 : 5-8. Mark 16 : 5-8. 
 
 ^And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a 
 young man sitting on the right side, clothed in 
 a long white garment ; and they were affrighted. 
 
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 *And the angel answered and said unto the women, 
 Fear not ye. ^Be not affrighted, ^for I know 
 that ye seek Jesus ^of Nazareth which was cru- 
 cified. ^He is not here : for he is risen, as he 
 said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay, — 
 ^behold the place where they laid him. But go 
 your way ^quickly, ^tell his disciples and Peter 
 Hhat he is risen from the dead; and, behold, 
 2he goeth before you into Galilee : there shall ye 
 see him, as he said unto you ; 4o, I have told 
 you. 
 
 SECTION LIV. 
 
 Salome and the other Mary leave the Sepulchre. 
 
 Matt. 28 : 8. Mark 16 : 8. 
 
 ^And they departed quickly from the sepulchre 
 with fear, %nd fled from the sepulchre ; for they 
 trembled, and were amazed : neither said they 
 any thing to any man ; for they were afraid ; 
 ^[and] with great joy did run to bring his dis- 
 ciples word. 
 
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 SECTION LY. 
 
 l*eter and John, as soon as they hear the Beport of Mary 
 Magdalene, hasten to the Sepulchre, which they inspect, 
 and immediately depart, 
 
 John 20 : 3-10. 
 
 ^Peter therefore went forth, and that other 
 disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they 
 ran both together : and the other disciple did 
 outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 
 And he, stooping down, and looking in, saw the 
 linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in. Then 
 Cometh Simon Peter following him, and went 
 into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes 
 lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not 
 lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped to- 
 gether in a place by itself. Then went in also 
 that other disciple, which came first to the sepul- 
 chre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they 
 knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again 
 from the dead. Then the disciples went away 
 again unto their own home. 
 
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 SECTION LVI. 
 
 Mary Magdalene, having followed Peter and John, 
 remains at the Sepulchre after their Departuref and 
 looking into the Tomb, sees two Angels. 
 
 John 20 : 11-14. 
 
 ^But Mary stood without at the sepulchre 
 weeping : and as she wept, she stooped down, 
 and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two 
 angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and 
 the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus 
 had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, 
 why weepest thou? 
 
 She saith unto them. Because they have 
 taken away my Lord, and I know not where 
 they have laid him. 
 
 And when she had thus said, she turned her- 
 self back, and saw Jesus standing. 
 
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 SECTION LVII. 
 
 Christ first appears to Mary Magdalene, and cotnnianda 
 her to info7'tn the Disciples that he had risen. 
 
 Mark 16 : 9. John 20, part of ver. 14, 15-17. 
 
 ^Now when Jesus was risen early the first 
 day of the week, he appeared first to Mary 
 Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven 
 devils, %nd [she] knew not that it w^as Jesus. 
 Jesus saith unto her. Woman, why weepest 
 thou ? Whom seekest thou ? 
 
 She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith 
 unto him. Sir, if thou have borne him hence, 
 tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will 
 take him away. 
 
 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned 
 herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which 
 is to say. Master. 
 
 Jesus saith unto her. Touch me not; for I 
 am not yet ascended to my Father : but go to 
 my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto 
 my Father, and your Father ; and to my God, 
 and your God. 
 
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 SECTION LVIII. 
 
 Mary Magdalene, when going to inform the Disciples 
 that Christ had risen, meets again with Salotne and the 
 other Mary. Christ appears to the three Women, 
 
 Matt. 28 : 9, 10. John 20 : 18. 
 
 ^And as they went to tell his disciples, be- 
 hold, Jesus met them, saying. All hail. And 
 they came and held him by the feet, and wor- 
 shipped him. 
 
 Then said Jesus unto them. Be not afraid : 
 go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, 
 and there shall they see me. 
 
 ^Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples 
 that she had seen the Lord, and that he had 
 spoken these things unto her. 
 
 SECTION LIX. 
 
 Tlie Soldiers who had fled from the Sepulchre, report to 
 the High Priests, the Resurrection of Christ. 
 
 Matt. 28 : 11-15. 
 ^Now when they were going, behold, some 
 
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 of the watch came into the city, and shewed 
 unto the chief priests all the things that were 
 done. And when they were assembled with the 
 elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large 
 money unto the soldiers, saying. Say ye. His 
 disciples came by night, and stole him away 
 while we slept. And if this come to the governor's 
 ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 
 
 So they took the money, and did as they were 
 taught ; and this saying is commonly reported 
 among the Jews until this day. 
 
 SECTION LX. 
 
 The Second party of Women from Oalilee, tvho had 
 botight their Spices on the Evening previous to the Sab- 
 bath, having had a longer tvay to come to the Sepulchre, 
 arrive after the Departure of the others, and find the 
 Stone rolled away, 
 
 Luke 24:1-3. 
 
 ^Now upon the first day of the week, very 
 early in the morning, they came unto the sepul- 
 chre, bringing the spices which they had pre- 
 pared, and certain others with them. And they 
 
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 found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, 
 and they entered in, and found not the body of 
 the Lord Jesus. 
 
 SECTION LXI. 
 
 Two Angels appear to them also, assuring them that 
 Christ teas risen, and reminding them of his foretelling 
 this fact. 
 
 Luke 24:4-9. 
 
 ^And it came to pass, as they were much per- 
 plexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by 
 them in shining garments. And as they were 
 afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, 
 they said unto them, Why seek ye the living 
 among the dead ? He is not here, but is risen : 
 remember how he spake unto you when he was 
 yet in Galilee, saying. The Son of man must be 
 delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be 
 crucified, and the third day rise again. 
 
 And they remembered his words, and returned 
 from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto 
 the eleven, and to all the rest. 
 
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 SECTION LXII. 
 
 Mary Maffdalene unites her Testimony to that of the 
 Galilean Wotnen. 
 
 Mark 16 : 10. Luke 24 : 10. 
 
 ^It was Mary Magdalene, ^and she went and 
 told them that had been with him, as they 
 mourned and wept, %nd Joanna, and Mary the 
 mother of James, and other women that were 
 with them, which told these things unto the 
 apostles. 
 
 SECTION LXIII. 
 
 The Apostles are still Incredulous. 
 
 Mark 16 : 11. Luke 24 : 11. 
 
 ^And they, when they had heard that he was 
 alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 
 ^And their words seemed to them as idle tales, 
 and they believed them not. 
 
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 SECTION LXIV. 
 
 Feter goes again to the Sepulchre, and Christ appears 
 to Him.* 
 
 Luke 24 : 12. 
 
 ^Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre ; 
 and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes 
 laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in 
 himself at that which was come to pass. 
 
 * " It is certain that Christ appeared to Peter about this 
 time ; for when the two disciples came from Emmaus to 
 the other disciples, this very circumstance ivas the subject of 
 their conversation. This fact is further confirmed by Paul, 
 1 Cor. 15 : 5. 'And that he was seen of Cephas, then of 
 the twelve.' 
 
 " It was most probably on his return from the sepulchre, 
 after he had received the accounts of the women, that our 
 Lord appeared to Peter. His desire to see our Lord, and 
 perhaps implore his forgiveness, as well as that character- 
 istic eagerness and ardor, by which he was on all occasions 
 distinguished, excited in him the desire to make his second 
 visit to the sepulchre to examine it, to be again convinced 
 that the body was removed ; and in the hopes of meeting 
 our Lord, if Christ would condescend to meet him." — 
 
 TOWNSEND. 
 
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 SECTION LXY. 
 
 Christ appears to Cleopas and another disciple, going 
 to Emniaus. 
 
 Mark 16: 12. Luke 24 : 13-32. 
 
 ^And, behold, %fter that he appeared in an- 
 other form unto two of them, as they walked, 
 and went into the country. ^Two of them went 
 that same day to a village called Emmaus, wdiich 
 was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 
 And they talked together of all these things 
 which had happened. And it came to pass, 
 that, while they communed togethet^ and reasoned, 
 Jesus himself drew near, and w^ent with them. 
 But their eyes were holden that they should not 
 know him. 
 
 And he said unto them, What manner of com- 
 munications are these that ye have one to an- 
 other, as ye walk, and are sad ? 
 
 And the one of them, whose name was Cle- 
 opas, answering said unto him. Art thou only a 
 stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the 
 things which are come to pass there in these 
 days? 
 
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 And he said unto them, What things ? 
 
 And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of 
 Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed 
 and word before God and all the people : and 
 how the chief priests and our rulers delivered 
 him to be condemned to death, and have cruci- 
 fied him. But we trusted that it had been he 
 which should have redeemed Israel : and besides 
 all this, to day is the third day since these things 
 were done. Yea, and certain women also of our 
 company made us astonished, which were early 
 at the sepulchre ; and when they found not his 
 body, they came, saying, that they had seen a 
 vision of angels, which said that he was alive. 
 And certain of them which were with us went 
 to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the 
 women had said : but him they saw not. 
 
 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of 
 heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken : 
 Ought not Christ to have suiFered these things, 
 and to enter into his glory ? 
 
 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, 
 he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures 
 the things concerning himself. 
 
 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither 
 
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 they went : and he made as though he would 
 have gone further. But they constrained him, 
 saying, Abide with us ; for it is toward evening, 
 and the day is far spent. And he went in to 
 tarry with them. 
 
 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with 
 them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
 and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, 
 and they knew him ; and he vanished out of 
 their sight. 
 
 And they said one to another. Did not our 
 heart burn within us, while he talked with us 
 by the way, and while he opened to us the 
 Scriptures ? 
 
 SECTION LXyi. 
 
 Cleopas and hiti Companion return to ^Jerusalem and 
 assure the Apostles that Christ had certainly risen. 
 
 Luke 24 : 33-35. 
 
 'And they rose up the same hour, and re- 
 turned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gath- 
 ered together, and them that were with them, 
 saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath ap- 
 peared to Simon. 
 
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 And they told what things tcere done in the 
 way, and how he was known of them in break- 
 ing of bread. 
 
 SECTION LXyil. 
 
 Christ appears to the assembled Apostles, Thomas only 
 being absent. Convinces them, of the Identity of the Jtes- 
 wrrection Body, and blesses them. 
 
 Luke 24 : 36-43. John 20 : 19-23. 
 
 ^hen the same day at evening, being the first 
 day of the week, when the doors were shut where 
 the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, 
 came Jesus %s they thus spake, *and stood in the 
 midst ^of them, and saith unto them, Peace he 
 unto you. 
 
 But they were terrified and affrighted, and 
 supposed that they had seen a spirit. 
 
 And he said unto them. Why are ye troubled ? 
 and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Be- 
 hold, my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: 
 handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh 
 and bones, as ye see me have. 
 
 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed 
 them Ms hands and his feet, *and his side. 
 
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 Then were the disciples glad, when they saw 
 the Lord. 
 
 ^And while they yet believed not for joy, and 
 wondered, he said unto them. Have ye here any 
 meat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled 
 fish, and of a honeycomb. And he took it, and 
 did eat before them. 
 
 '^Then said Jesus to them again. Peace he unto 
 you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send 
 I you. 
 
 And when he had said this, he breathed on 
 them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy 
 Ghost : Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are 
 remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye 
 retain, they are retained. 
 
 SECTION LXVIII. 
 
 Thomas is still incredulous. 
 
 John 20 : 24, 25. 
 
 ^But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Did- 
 ymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 
 
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 The other disciples therefore said unto hira, 
 We have seen the Lord. But he said unto 
 them, Except I shall see in his hands the print 
 of the nails, and put my finger into the print 
 of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, 
 I will not believe. 
 
 SECTION LXIX. 
 
 Christ appears to the Eleven, Thomas being Present. 
 
 Mark 16 : 14. John 20 : 26-29. 
 
 ^Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as 
 they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their 
 unbelief and hardness of heart, because they 
 believed not them which had seen him after he 
 was risen. 
 
 *And after eight days again his disciples 
 were within, and Thomas with them : then came 
 Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the 
 midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 
 
 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy 
 finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither 
 thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; and be 
 not faithless, but believing. 
 
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 And Thomas answered and said unto him, 
 My Lord and my God. 
 
 Jesns saith unto him, Thomas, because thou 
 hast seen me, thou hast believed : blessed are 
 they that have not seen, and yet have believed. ^ 
 
 SECTION LXX. 
 
 Christ appears again, at the Sea of Tiberias— His cori' 
 versation with Peter. 
 
 John 21 : 1-24. 
 
 *After these things, Jesus shewed himself 
 again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias ; and 
 on this wise shewed he himself. 
 
 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas 
 called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in 
 Galilee, and the soiw of Zebedee, and two other 
 of his disciples. 
 
 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. 
 They say unto him, We also go with thee. 
 
 They went forth, and entered into a ship 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 103 
 
 immediately ; and that night they caught nothing. 
 But when the morning was now come, Jesus 
 stood on tlie shore ; but the disciples knew not 
 that it was Jesus. 
 
 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have 
 ye any meat? They answered him, No. 
 
 And he said unto them. Cast the net on the 
 right side of the ship, and ye shall find. 
 
 They cast therefore, and now they were not 
 able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 
 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith 
 tinto Peter, It is the Lord. 
 
 Now when Simon Peter heard that it was 
 the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat U7ito him, (for 
 he was naked,) and did cast himself into the 
 sea. And the other disciples came in a little 
 ship, (for they were not far from land, but as it 
 were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net 
 with fishes. As soon then as they were come to 
 land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid 
 thereon, and bread. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which 
 ye have now caught. 
 
 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to 
 land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty 
 
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 and three : and for all there were so many, yet 
 was not the net broken. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And 
 none of the diseiples durst ask him, Who art 
 thou ? knowing that it was the Lord. 
 
 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and 
 giveth them, and fish likewise. 
 
 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed 
 himself to his disciples, after that he was risen 
 from the dead. 
 
 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 
 Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me 
 more than these ? 
 
 He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest 
 that I love thee. 
 
 He saith unto him. Feed my lambs.* 
 
 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, 
 son of Jonas, lovest thou me? 
 
 He saith unto him. Yea, Lord ; thou knowest 
 that I love thee. 
 
 He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 
 
 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son 
 of Jonas, lovest thou me ? 
 
 * Dr. James Murdock, in his literal translation of the 
 ancient Syriac Peshito Version of the New Testament, 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 105 
 
 Peter was grieved because he said unto him 
 the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said 
 unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou 
 knowest that I love thee. 
 
 Jesus saith unto him. Feed my sheep. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou 
 wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst 
 whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt 
 be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and 
 another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
 thou wouldest not. 
 
 This spake he, signifying by what death be 
 should glorify God. And when he had spoken 
 this, he saith unto him. Follow me. 
 
 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple 
 whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned 
 on his breast at supper, and said. Lord, which 
 is he that betray eth thee? Peter seeing him 
 saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man 
 dof 
 
 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry 
 
 renders these several commands of our Lord, thus: 
 "Feed my lambs for me," "Feed my sheep for me," 
 " Feed my sheep for me." 
 
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 till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou 
 me. 
 
 Then went this saying abroad among the 
 brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet 
 Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but,' 
 If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that 
 to thee ? 
 
 This is the disciple which testifieth of these 
 things, and wrote these things : and we know 
 that his testimony is true. 
 
 SECTION LXXI. 
 
 Christ appears to a Zarge Number of his Disciples on a 
 mountain in Galilee. 
 
 Matt. 28 : 16, 17, and part of ver. 18. 
 
 ^Then the eleven disciples went away into 
 Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had ap- 
 pointed them. 
 
 And when they saw him, they worshipped 
 him ; but some doubted.* And Jesus came and 
 spake unto them. 
 
 *"Grotius interprets it, but some had heretofore 
 
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 SECTION LXXII. 
 
 Christ appears to his Apostles at Jerusalem, and com- 
 missions them, to convert the World. 
 
 Luke 24 : 44-49. Acts 1 : 4, 5. 
 
 ^And being assembled together with them, 
 commanded them that they should not depart 
 from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the 
 Father, which, saith he^ ye have heard of me. 
 For John truly baptized with water; but ye 
 shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many 
 days hence. 
 
 ^And he said unto them. These are the words 
 which I spake unto you, while I was yet with 
 you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were 
 written in the law of Moses, and m the prophets, 
 and in the psalms, concerning me. 
 
 Then opened he their understanding, that they 
 might understand the Scriptures, and said unto 
 them. Thus it is written, and thus it behooved 
 Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the 
 
 doubted. The Prussian version reads, they worshipped 
 him, even tliose who Had doubted: in which sense it 
 should be."— TowNSEND. 
 
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 third day : and that repentance and remission 
 of sins should be preached in his name among 
 
 Additional Testimony from Scripture concerning the Resur- 
 rection of Christ. 
 
 St. Lake writes (Acts 1 : 1-3) : The former treatise have 
 I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do 
 and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after 
 that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments 
 unto the apostles whom he had chosen ; to whom also he 
 shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible 
 proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the 
 things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 
 
 St. Peter declares (Acts 10 : 36, 39-42) : The word which 
 God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by 
 Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all.)* whom they slew and 
 hanged on a tree: him God raised up the third day, and 
 shewed him openly ; not to all the people, but unto wit- 
 nesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and 
 drink with him after he rose from the dead. 
 
 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to 
 testify that it is he which was ordained of God, to he the 
 Judge of quick and dead. 
 
 St. Paul testifies (1 Cor. 15 : 3-8) : For I delivered unto 
 you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ 
 died for our sins according to the Scriptures ; and that he 
 was buried, and that he rose again the third day according 
 to the Scriptures : and that he was seen of Cephas, then 
 of the twelve : 
 
 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren 
 
OF JESUS CHRIST. 109 
 
 all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye 
 are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I 
 send the promise of my Father upon you : but 
 tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be 
 endued with power from on high. 
 
 SECTION LXXIII. 
 
 Christ leads out Ms Apostles to Hethany, within Sight 
 of Jerusalem., gives them their Final Comtnission, blesses 
 them, and ascends up visibly into Heaven, from whence he 
 shall come to Judge the Living and the Dead, 
 
 Matt. 28 : 18-20. Mark 16 : 15-20. Luke 24 : 50-53. 
 Acts 1 : 6-12. 
 
 ^And he led them out as far as to Bethany. 
 ^When they therefore were come together, they 
 asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this 
 time restore again the kingdom to Israel ? 
 
 And he said unto them. It is not for you to 
 
 at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto this pres- 
 ent, but some are fallen asleep. 
 
 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the 
 apostles. 
 
 And last of all, he was seen of me also, as of one born 
 out of due time. 
 
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 know the times or the seasons, which the Father 
 hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive 
 power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon 
 you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in 
 Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and 
 unto the uttermost part of the earth. 
 
 ^And he said unto them, ^All power is given 
 unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye there- 
 fore ^into all the world, ^and teach all nations, 
 ^and preach the gospel to every creature, ^bap- 
 tizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching 
 them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
 commanded you. ^He that believeth and is 
 baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth 
 not shall be damned. 
 
 And these signs shall follow them that be- 
 lieve ; In my name shall they cast out devils ; 
 they shall speak with new tongues ; 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. ^And 
 lo, I am with you alway, efven unto the end of 
 the world. Amen. 
 
 ^So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them 
 
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 ^these things, ^he lifted up his hands, and blessed 
 them. 
 
 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, 
 ^while they beheld, %e was parted from them, 
 ^he was taken up, %nd carried up into heaven, 
 %nd a cloud received him out of their sight. 
 ^He was received up into heaven, and sat on 
 the right hand of God. 
 
 ^And they worshipped him. 
 
 ^And while they looked steadfastly toward 
 heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood 
 by them in white apparel ; which also said, Ye 
 men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into 
 heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up 
 from you into heaven, shall so come in like 
 manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 
 
 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from 
 the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusa- 
 lem a sabbath day's journey. 
 
 ^And [they] returned to Jerusalem with 
 great joy : and were continually in the temple, 
 praising and blessing God. 
 
 ^And they went forth, and preached every- 
 where, the Lord working with them, and con- 
 firming the word with signs following. Amen, 
 
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 SECTION LXXIV. 
 
 St. John*s Conclusion to the Gospel History of Jeaua 
 Christ. 
 
 John 20: 30, 31; 21:25. 
 
 *Aud many other signs truly did Jesus in 
 the presence of his disciples, which are not 
 written in this book : but these are written, that 
 ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the 
 Son of God ; and that believing ye might have 
 life through his name. 
 
 And there are also many other things which 
 Jesus did, the which, if they should be written 
 every one, I suppose that even the world itself 
 could not contain the books that should be 
 written. Amen.