WRITINGS ow S. S. PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN; TOGETHER WITH NOTICES OF THEIR LIVES, AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. TOl TEXT ACCURATELY COPIED'ROM AN EDITION OF THE DOWAT BIBLE, REVISED AI CORRECTED ACCORDING T TE CLEMEININE EDITION Or THB u SCIuTOs WtH THE APPROBATION OF THI MOST REV. JOHN HUGHES, A.RCHBISHOP OF NEW t ORK. ITHOTYPED BY THE AMERICAN STEREOTYPE COMPrNY, IaIIBilX UVILDWG, BOORTO. Itai nunquam lassat venatio sYva. A.D.1884. THE HOLY BIBLE, TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN VtULGATE. The Old Testament was first published by the English College at Downy, A. D. 1.609, and the New Testament by the English College at Rheims, A. D., 1582.) REVISED AND CORRECTED, ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTINE EDITION OF THE SCRIPTURES, WITH THE APPROBATION OF THE MOST REV. JOHN HUGHES, ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK. THE BOOK OF EXODUS. CHAP. XX.} And the Lord spoke all these words: I am v. 1-2. the'Lord thy God, who brought thee. out of 3 the land of E-gypt, out ofthehouse of bond-age. Thou 4 shalt not have strange gods be-fore me. Thou shalt not make to thy-self a grav-en thing, nor the like-ness of any thing that is in heav-en a-bove, or in the earth be-neath, nor of those things that are in the wa-fers 5 un-der the earth. Thou shalt not a-dore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, migh-ty, jeal-ous, vis-it-ing the in-iqui-ty of the fa-thers up-on the children, un-to the third and fourth gen-e-ra-tion of them 6 that hate me: And show-ing mer-cy un-to thous-ands to them that love me, and keep my com-mand-ments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guilt-less that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain. 8 Re-mem-ber that thou keep ho-ly the sab-bath day. 9 Six days shalt thou la-bour, and shalt do all thy works. 10 But on the sev-enth day is.the sab-bath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh-ter, nor thy man-ser-vant, nor thy maid-ser-vant, nor thv beast. nor the stran-ger that is (II 2 EXODUS- ST, JOHN. 11 with-in thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heav-en and earth and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rest-ed on the sev-enth day: therefore the Lord bless-ed the sev-enth day, and sanc-ti-fied 12 it. Hon-our thy fa-ther and thy moth-er. that thou may-est be long liv-ed upon the land which the 13 Lord thy God will give thee. Thou shalt not kill. 14-15 Thou shalt not com-mit a-dul-te-ry. Thou shalt not 16 steal. Thou shalt not bear false wit-ness a-gainst thy 17 neigh-bour. Thou shalt not cov-et thy neigh-bour's house: nei-ther shalt thou de-sire his wife, nor his ser-vant, nor his hand-maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor 18 any thing that is his. And all the people saw the voi-ces, and the flames, and the sound of the trump-et, and the mount smok-ing: and be-ing ter-ri-fied and 19 struck with fear, they stood a-far off, Say-ing to Mo-ses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not 20 the Lord speak to us, lest we die. And Mo-ses said to the peo-ple: Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin. THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. CHAP. I. In the be-gin-ning was the Word, and the Word v. 1-2. ) was with God, and the Word was God. The 3 same was in the be-gin-ning with God. All things were made by him: and Without him was made nothing that 4 was made. In him was life; and the life was the 5 light of men. And the light shin-eth in dark-ness; and 6 the dark-ness did not com-pre-hend it. There was a 7 man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a wit-ness, to bear wit-ness of the light, 8 that all men might be-lieve through him. He was not 9 the light, but was to bear wit-ness of the light. That was the true light, which en-light-en-eth every man that 10 com-eth in-to this world. Hle was in the world, and the world was made by him; and the world knew him 11 not. He came un-to his own; and his own re-ceiv-ed 12 him not. But as ma-ny as re-ceiv-ed him, to them he gave pow-er to be made the sons of God, to them that 13 be-lieve in his name: Who are born, not of blood, THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 3 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but 14 of God. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John beareth witness of him: and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spake: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me, because he was be16 fore me. And of his fulness we all have received, 17 and grace for grace. For the law was given by 18 Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.) No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath de19 dared him. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites 20 to him, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am 21 not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the 22 prophet? And he answered: No. Then they said to him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to 23 them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as the Prophet 24-25 Isaias said. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they that asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, 26 nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I baptize in water: but there hath stood one in the midst of 27 you, whom you know not. The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before'me; the latchet 28 of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Bethanias beyond the Jordan, where John 29 was baptizing. The next day John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God; be30 hold, he who taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said: After me cometh a man, who is 31 preferred before me, because he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he may be made manifest in 32 Israel, therefore am I come baptizing in water. And John gave testimony, saying: I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and he remained upon 33 him. And I knew him not; but he, who sent me to baptize in watery said to me: He upon whom thou 4 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, 34 he it is that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw; ard I gave testimony, that this is the Son of God. 35 Again the following day, John stood and two of his 36 disciples. And looking upon Jesus as he was walking, 37 he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. And the two disciples heard him speak; and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turning, and seeing them following him, saith to them: What seek you? They said to him: Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) 39 where dwellest thou? He saith to them: come and see. They came, and saw where he abode; and they staid with him that day: now it was about the tenth 40 hour. And Andrew the brother of Simon Peter was one of the two who had heard of John, and followed 41 him. He first findeth his brother Simon, and said to him: we have found the Messias, which is, being inter42 preted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas: which is 43 interpreted Peter. On the following day he would go forth into Galilee; and he findeth Philip. And Jesus 44. said to him: follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, 45 the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, Jesus the 46 son of Joseph of Nazareth. And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing of good come from Nazareth? 47 Philip saith to him: Come and see. Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him; and he saith of him: Behold 48 an Israelite ndaeed, in whom there is no guile. Nathaniel said to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathaniel answered him and said: Rabbi, thou art the 50 Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou believest: greater 51 things than these shalt thou see. And he saith to him: Amen, amen I say to you, you shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 5 CHAP. II. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana v. 1. of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 And Jesus also was invited, and his disiples, to the 3 marriage. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus 4 saith to him: They have no wine. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? 5 my hour is not yet come. His mother saith to the 6 waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. Now there were set there six water-pots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing 7 two or three measures apiece. Jesus saith to them: Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them 8 up to the brim. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And 9 they carried it. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water; 10 the chief steward called the bridegroom, And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine; and when men have well drank, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee: and he manifested his glory; and his disciples 12 believed in him. After this he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother, and his brethren, and his disci13 ples: and they remained there not many days. And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and Jesus went 14 up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers 15 of money sitting. And when he had made as it were a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen: and he poured out the changers' money; and the tables he overthrew. 16 And he said to them that sold doves: Take these things hence; and make not the house of my Father a house 17 of traffic. And his disciples remembered that it was written: The zeal of thy house has eaten me up. 18 Then the Jews answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou show us, seeing thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered, and said to them: Destroy this tem20 ple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building, 6 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 21 and wilt thou raise it up in three days? But he spoke 22 of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this: and they believed the scripture, 23 and the word that Jesus had said. Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the pasch upon the festival day, many believed in his name, seeing his miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he 25 knew all men, And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man. CHAP. III. And there was a man of the Pharisees, named v. 1-2. Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God: for no man can do these miracles which thou doest, unless 3 God was with him. Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, except a man be born again, 4 he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and 5 be born again? Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless' a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh: and that 7 which is born of the spirit, is spirit. Wonder not that 8 I said to thee, you must be born again. The spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice; but thou knowest not whence he cometh, nor whither he goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered, and said to him: how can these 10 things be done? Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these 11 things? Amen, amen I say to thee: we speak what we know, and we testify what we have seen; and you 12 receive not our testimony. If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not, how will you be13 lieve if I shall speak to you heavenly things? And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 7 15 must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life 16 everlasting. For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the 18 world, but that the world may be saved by him. He that believeth in him is not judged: but he that doth not believe is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the' only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: because the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than 20 the light: for their works were evil. For every one that doeth evil, hateth the light, and cometh not to the 21 light, that his works may not be reproved. But he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they are done in God. 22 After these' things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea: and there he abode with them and 23 baptized. And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim, because there was much water there: and they 24 came, and Were baptized. For John was not yet cast 25 into prison. And there rose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, concerning purifica26 tion. And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold, he baptizeth, and all men 27 come to him. John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing except it be given him from 28 heaven. You yourselves do. bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before 29 him. He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy, therefore, is fulfilled. 30-31 He must increase; but I must decrease. He that cometh from above, is above all. He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. 32 He that cometh from heaven, is above all. And what he hath seen, and heard, that he testifieth: and no man 33 receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony, hath attested by his seal that God is true. 8 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loveth the Son: and he hath given all 36 things into his hand. He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. CHAP. IV.} When, therefore, Jesus understood that the v. 1. Pharisees had heard that Jesus maketh more 2 disciples, and baptized more than John, (Though Jesus 3 himself did not baptize, but his disciples.) He left 4 Judea, and departed into Galilee. And it was necessary 5 he should pass -through Samaria. He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria which is called Sichar; near the piece of ground, which Jacob gave to his son 6 Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the 7 well. It was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her: 8 Give me to drink: (For his disciples were gone into 9 the city to buy food.) Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew, ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews 10 do not communicate with the Samaritans. Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, give me to drink; thou, perhaps, wculdst have asked of him, and 11 he would have given thee living water. The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou liv12 ing water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and 13 his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered, and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I 14 shall give him, shall not thirst forever, But the water that I shall give him, shall become in him a fountain 15 of water, springing up unto everlasting life. The woman saith to him: Sir, give me this water, that I 16 may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband and come hither. THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 9 17 The woman answered, and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well, I 18 have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast, is rot thy husband. This 19 thou hast said truly. The woman saith to him: Sir, 20 I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers adored on this mountain: and you say, that at Jerusalem is 21 the place where men must adore. Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem adore the 22 Father. You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know:, for salvation is of the 23 Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true adorer shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him. 24 God is a spirit: and they that adore him, must adore 25 him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ:) therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26 Jesus saith to her: I am he, who am speaking with 27 thee. And immediately his disciples came: and they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou, or why talkest thou 28 with her? The woman, therefore, left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to those men: 29 Come, and see a man who hath told me all things 30 that ever I did. Is not he the Christ? Then they 31 went out of the city, atd came to him. In the mean time the disciples prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said to them: I have food to eat, which you 33 know not of. The disciples, therefore, said one to another: Hath any man brought him any thing to 34 eat? Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work. 35 Do not you say, there are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries, for they are white 36 already to harvest. And he that reapeth, receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto everlasting life; that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, may rejoice 87 together. For in this is the saying true; that it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. 10 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 38 I have sent you to reap that in which you did iot labour: others have laboured and you have entered 39 into their labours. Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony, that he told me whatsoever I 40 have done. So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired him that he would stay there. And 41 he staid there two days. And many more believed in 42 him because of his own word. And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is 43 indeed the Saviour of the world. Now after two days 44 he departed thence, and went into Galilee. For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath not honour 45 in his own country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival 46 day: for they also went to the festival day. He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose 47 son was sick at Capharnaum. He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to come down and heal his son: for 48 he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not. 49 The ruler saith to him: Sir, come down before that 50 my son die. Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus 51 said to him, and went his way. And as&he was going down, his servants met him: and they brought word, 52 saying that his son lived. He asked, therefore, of them the hour, wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the 53 fever left him. The father, therefore, knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. CHAP. V. ) After these things, there was a festival day of v. 1. the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem, a pond, called Probatica THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 11 which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five por3 ches. In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered, waiting for the moving of the 4 water. And an angel of the Lord went down at a certain time into the pond: and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond, after the motion of the water, was made whole of whatsoever 5 infirmity he lay under. And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his 6 infirmity. Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: 7 Wilt thou be made whole? The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond: for whilst I am coming, 8 another goeth down before me. Jesus saith to him: 9 Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately fh-bp 1-nv) WS)Q mrsljP * wJdn! — J bp bni IooJ hi3s bed, snd 10 walked. And it was the sabbath that day. The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to take up thy 11 bed. He answered them: He that made me whole, 12 he said to me: Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him therefore: Who is that man that said to 13 thee: Take up thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed knew not who it was. For Jesus went aside from the multitude that was standing in the place. 14 Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him: Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, 15 lest somie worse thing happen to thee. The man went his way, and told the Jews, that it was Jesus that had 16 made him whole. Thereupon the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until 18 now; and I work. Hereupon, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said that God was his Father, making himself equal to God. Then Jesus an19 swered, and said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, 20 these the Son also doeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things 12 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. which himself doeth; and greater works than these 21 will he show him that you may wonder. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and giveth life: so the Son 22 also giveth life to whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any man; but hath committed all judg23 ment to the Son: That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who hath sent him. 24 Amen, amen I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath everlasting life; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death 25 to life. Amen, amen I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath 27 given to the Son also to have life in himself: And he hath given him authority to execute judgment, because 28 he is the Son of man. Wonder not at this; for the hour cometh, wherein all that are in the graves shall 29 hear the voice of the Son of God. And they that have done good, shall come forth unto the resurrection of life; but they that have done evil, unto the resur30 rection of judgment. I can do nothing of myself. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent 31 me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not 32 true. There is another that beareth witness of me: and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of 33 me is true. You sent to John: and he gave testimony 34 to the truth. But I receive not testimony from man: 35 but I say these things that you may be saved. He was a burning and a shining lamp. And you were 36 willing for a time to rejoice in his light. But I have a greater testimony than that of John. For the works which the Father hath given me to perfect; the works themselves, which I do, give testimony of me, that the 37 Father hath sent me. And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his 38 shape. And you have not his word abiding in you: 39 for whom he hath sent, him you believe not. Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life ever THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN, 13 lasting: and the same are they that give testimony of 40 me: And you will not come to me, that you may 41-42 have life. I receive not glory from men. But I know 43 you, that you have not the love of God in you. I am come in the name of my Father: and you receive me not. If another shall come in his own name, him 44 you will receive. How can you believe, who receive glory one from another; and the glory which is from 45 God alone, you do not seek? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth 46 you, Moses, in whom you trust. For if you did believe Moses, you would, perhaps, believe me also: 47 for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words? CHAP. VI. After this Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, v. 1-2 which is that of Tiberias: And a great multitude followed him; because they saw the miracles 3 which he did on them that were infirm. And Jesus went up into a mountain; and there he sat with his 4 disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day of the 5 Jews, was near at hand. When Jesus, therefore, had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we 6 buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may 8 take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother 9 of Simon Peter, saith to him; There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves and two fishes; but what 10 are these among so many? Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five 11 thousand. And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as 12 they would. And when they were filled he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, 13 lest they be lost. So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above td them 2 14 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 14 that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is the 15 prophet indeed, that is to come into the world. When Jesus, therefore, perceived that they would come and take him by force, and make him king, he fled again 16 into the mountain himself alone. And when evening 17 was come, his disciples went down to the sea. And when they had entered into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum: and it was now dark; and Jesus 18 was not come to them. And the sea arose, by reason 19 of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship: and 20 they were afraid. But he said to them: It is I: be 21 not afraid. They were willing, therefore, to take him into the ship: and presently the ship was at the land, 22 to which they were going. The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was no other ship there but one, and that Jesus had not entered into the ship with his disciples, but 23 that his disciples only had gone away. But other ships came in from Tiberias, near to the place where they 24 had eaten the' bread, the Lord giving thanks. When the people, therefore, saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping, and came to Ca25 pharnaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to 26 him: Rabbi, when camnest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said: Amen, amen I say to you: You seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God the Father 28 sealed? They said, therefore, to him: What shall we 29 do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered, and said to them: This is the work of God, that 30 you believe in him whom he hath sent. They said therefore to him: What sign then dost thou show that we may see, and may believe thee? what dost thou 31 work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 15 32 Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you: Moses gave you not bread from heaven; but my 33 Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which cometh down from 34 heaven, and giveth life to the world. Then they said 35 to him: Lord, give us always this bread. And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that believeth in me, 36 shall never thirst. But I said to you, that you also 37 have seen me, and you believed not. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that 38 cometh to me, I will not cast out: Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will 39 of him that sent me. Now this is the will of him that sent me, the Father: that all that he hath given me, I lose not thereof, but raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of my Father who sent me: that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth in him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at 41 the last day. The Jews then murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which 42 came down from heaven. And they said: Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he, I -came down from 43 heaven? Jesus therefore answered, and said to them: 44 Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the 46 Father, and hath learned, cometh to me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, but he who is of God, he 47 hath seen the Father. Amen, amen I say unto you: 48 He that believeth in me, hath everlasting life. I am 49 the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the 50 desert, and they died. This is the bread descending down from heaven; that if any one eat of it, he may 51 not die. I am the living bread, which came down 52 from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread which I will give, is my 53 flesh for the life of the world. The Jews, therefore, debated among themselves, saying: How can this man 16 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 54 give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them, Amen, amen I say unto you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not 55 have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life; and I will raise him 56 up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed; and 57 my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. 58 As the living father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live 59 by me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and died. 60 He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever. These things he said teaching in the synagogue, in Caphar61 naum. Many, therefore, of his disciples hearing it, 62 said: This saying is hard, and who can hear it? But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured 63 at this, said to them: Doth this scandalize you? If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where 64 he was before? It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have 65 spoken to you, are spirit and life. But there are some of you that'believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and 66 who he was that would betray him. And he said: Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to 67 me, unless it be given him by my Father. After this many of his disciples went back, and walked io more 68 with him. Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you 69 also go away? And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of 70 eternal life. And we have believed, and have known 71 that thou art the Christ the Son of God. Jesus answered them: Have not I chosen you twelve; and of 72 you one is a devil? Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this same was about to betray him; whereas he was one of the twelve. CHAP. VII. } After these things Jesus walked into Galilee; v.. 1 for he would not walk in Judea; because the 2 Jews sought to kill him. Now the feast of the Jews, 3 called of the tabernacles, was at hand. And his THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 17 brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which 4 thou doest. For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly: if thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world. 5-6 For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come: but 7 your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth; because I give testimony of it, 8 that the works thereof are evil. Go you up to this festival day: but I go not up to this festival day; be9 cause my time is not yet fulfilled. When he had said 10 these things, he himself staid in Galilee. But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not publickly, but as it were in private. 11 The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, 12 and said: Where is he? And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No; 13 but he seduceth the people. Yet no man spoke openly 14 of him for fear of the Jews. Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man 16'know letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but of him 17 that sent me. If any man will do the will of him, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be from God, 18 or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there 19 is no injustice in him: Did not Moses give you the 20 law: and none of you keepeth the law? Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: 21 Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee? Jesus answered, and said to them, One work I have done: 22 and you all wonder: Therefore Moses gave you circumcision: (not because it is of Moses; but of the fathers) and on the sabbath-day you circumcise a man. 23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the 24 sabbath-day? Judzgenot according to the appearance, 2* 18 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 25 but judge a just judgment. Then some of Jerusalem 26 said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? And, behold, he speaketh openly; and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known, indeed, that this is the 27 Christ? But we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he 28 is. Jesus, therefore, cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself: but he that sent 29 me is true, whom you know not. I know him: be30 cause I am from him, and he hath sent me. They sought, therefore, to apprehend him, but no man laid hands on him; because his hour was not yet come. 31 But of the people many believed in him, and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles 32 than these which this man doeth? The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to 33 apprehend him. Jesus, therefore, said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and - go to him that sent 34 me. You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and 35 where I am, you cannot come. The Jews, therefore, said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among 36 the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall 37 not find me: and where I am you cannot come? Now on the last great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried out, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to 38 me, and drink. He that believeth in me, as the Scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 39 water. Now this he said of the spirit which they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the spirit was not given; because Jesus was not yet glori40 fled. Of that multitude, therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the 41 prophet indeed. Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Doth not the Scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of Bethlehem, the town 43 where David was? So there arose a dissension among 44 the people because of him. And some of them would THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 19 have apprehended him: but no man laid hands upon 45 him. So the ministers came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have 46 you not brought him? The ministers answered: 47 Never did man speak like this man. Then the Phari48 sees answered them: Are you also seduced? Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the 49 Pharisees? But this multitude, that knoweth not the 50 law, are accursed. Nicodemus said to them, he that 51 came to him by night, who was one of them: Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and 52 know what he doeth? They answered, and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the Scriptures, 53 and see that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not. And every man returned to his own house. CHAP. VIII.} And Jesus went to mount Olivet. And early v. 1-2. in the morning, he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him, and sitting he 3 taught them. And the Scribes and Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and they set her in 4 the midst, And said to him: Master this woman was 5 even now taken in adultery. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest 6 thou? And this they said, tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down, wrote 7 with his finger on the ground. And when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first 8 cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and 9 wrote on the ground. But they, hearing this, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest: and Jesus alone remained and the woman standing in the midst. 10 Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man 11 condemned thee? And she said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, 12 and now sin no more. And again Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have 13 the light of life. The Pharisees, therefore, said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself: thy testimony 20 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 14 is not true. Jesus answered, and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but you know not whence I come, or whither I go. 15 You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any 16 man: And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone; but I and he that sent me, the 17 Father. And in your law it is written, that the testi18 mony of two men is true. I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me, giveth 19 testimony of me. They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father: If you did know me, you 20 would know my Father also. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury,'teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not 21 yet come. Then Jesus said to them again: I go my way, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in 22 your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. The Jews, therefore, said: Will he kill himself, because 23 he said: Whither I go, you cannot come? And he said to them: You are fiom beneath: I am fiom above. You are of this world: I am not of this 24 world.'Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am he, 25 you shall die in your sin. Theysaid, therefore, to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The 26 beginning, who also speak to you. I have many things to speak, and to judge of you. But he that sent me is true: and the things I have heard from 27 him, the same I speak in the world. Now they did 28 not know that he said God was his Father. Jesus, therefore, said to them: When you shall have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as the Fa29 ther hath taught me, I speak these things; And he that sent me, is with me; and he hath not left me alone: for I do always the things that please him. 30 When he spoke these things, many believed in him. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews that believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disci32 ples indeed: And you shall know the truth, and the THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 21 33 truth shall make you free. They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham; and we have never been slaves to any man: how sayest thou, You shall 34 be free? Jusus answered them: Amen, amen I say unto you: That whosoever committeth sin, is the 35 servant of sin. Now the servant abideth not in the 36 house for ever: but the Son abideth for ever. If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be 37 free indeed. I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word 38 hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that 39 you have seen with your father. They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the 40 works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have 41 heard from God: this Abraham did not. You do the deeds of your father. They said then to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, 42 God. But Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, verily you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God: for I came not of myself, but 43 he sent me. Why do you not know my speech? 44 Because you cannot hear my word. You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. le was a murderer from the beginning, and he abode not in the truth: because truth is not in him. VWhen he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 45-46 But if I say the truth, you believe me not. Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth 47 to you, why do you not believe me? He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear 48 them not, because you are not of God. The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: Do we not say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered: I am not a devil: but I honour 50 my Father, and you have dishonoured me. But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and 51 judgeth. Amen, amen I say unto you, if any man 52 keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. Tht 22 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. Jews, therefore, said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word; he shall not 53 taste death for ever. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead. 54 Whom dost thou make thyself? Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your 55 God. And you have not known him: but I know him: and if I should say that I know him not, I should be like to you, a liar. But I know him and 56 keep his word. Abraham your father rejoiced that that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews then said to him: Thou art not yet fifty 58 years old; and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you, before Abra59 ham was made, I am. Then they took up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. CHAP. IX.} And Jesus passed by a man that was blind vJ. 1-2. from his birth: And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man or his parents, that 3 he should be born blind? Jesus answered: Neither hiath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the 4 works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is 5 day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay 7 upon his eyes; And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, (which is interpreted, Sent.) He went 8 therefore, and washed; and he came seeing. The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that 9 sat, and begged? Some said: This is he. And others, No, but he is like him. But he said: I am 10 he. They said, therefore, to him:, How were thy 11 eyes opened. Heanswered: That man whoiscalled Jesus, made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe, and wash. And I THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 23 12 went, I washed, and I see. And they said to him: 13 Where is he? He saith: I know not. They bring 14 him that had been blind, to the Pharisees. Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and 15 opened his eyes. Again, therefore, the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes, and I 16 washed, and I see. Some, therefore, of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a divi17 sion among them. They said therefore, to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet. 18 The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received 19 his sight; And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth 20 he now see? His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born 21 blind: But how he now seeth we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: ask himself: 22 he is of age; let him speak for himself. These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should 23 be put out of the synagogue. Therefore did his pa24 rents say: He is of age; ask himself. They, therefore, called the man again that had been blind, and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that 25 this man is a sinner. He said then to them: If he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know; that whereas 26 I was blind;' now see. Then they said to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes? 27 He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard: why would you hear it again? 28 will you also become his disciples? They reviled him, therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple: but 29 we are the disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses; but as to this man, we know not 30 from whence he is. The man answered, and said to 24 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. them: For in this is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my 31 eyes. Now we know that God doth not hear sin ners: but if a man be a worshipper of God, w32 doeth his will, him he heareth. From the beginni of the world it hath not been heard, that any m 33 hath opened the eyes of one born blind. Unless thtl 34 man were of God, he could not do any thing. They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him 35 out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and, when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou 36 believe in the Son of God? He answered, and said: 37 Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him? And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him, and 38 it is he who talketh with thee. And he said: I be39 lieve, Lord. And falling down, he adored him. And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into thworld: that they who see not, may see: and they 40 who see, may become blind. And some of the Pharisees, that were with him, heard: and they said to 41 him: Are we also blind? Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth. CHAP. X. Amen, amen I say to you: He that entereth J v. 1. not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he-that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd 3 of the sheep: To whom the.porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep 4 by name, and leadeth them out. And when he hath let out his own sheephe goeth before them: and the 5 sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him; because 6 they know not the voice of strangers. This parable Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what 7 he was speaking to them. Jesus, therefore, said to them again: Amen, amen I say to you, I am the 8 door of the sheep. All they who came are thieves 9 and robbers: and the sheep heard them not. I am the door. If any one enter by me, he shall be saved THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 25 and he shall go in, and go out, and shall find pas10 tures. The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they may have 11 life, and may have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life 12 for his sheep: But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own sheep they are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and 13 the wolf snatcheth and scattereth the sheep. And the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling: and he hath 14 no care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and 15 I know mine, and mine know me; As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay 16 down my life for my sheep. And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring; and they shall hear my voice: and there shall be 17 made one fold and one shepherd. Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay dovwn my life, 18 that I may take it again. No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself; and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment I have received from 19 my Father. A dissension rose again among the Jews 20 for these words. And many of them said: He hath 21 a devil, and is mad: Why hear you him? Others said: These are not the words of one that hath a 22 devil: Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and 23 it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple, in 24 Solomon's porch. The Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold our souls in suspense: if thou be the Christ, tell 25 us plainly. Jesus answered them: I speak to you, and you believe not: the works that I do in the name 26 of my Father, they give testimony of me: But you 27 do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice: and I know them, and they 28 follow me: And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall 29 snatch them out of my hand. That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one 30 can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. I a 26 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 31 and the Father are one. The Jews then took up 32 stones to stone him. Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shown to you from my Father: 33 for which of those works do you stone me? The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou, being a 34 man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said, you are Gods? 35 If he called them Gods, to whom the word of God w7as spoken, and the Scripture cannot be made void: 36 Do you say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world: Thou blasphemest: be37 cause I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not 38 the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works that you may know and believe that the Father is 39 in me, and I in the Father. They sought, therefore, 40 to take him: and he escaped out of their hands. And he went away again beyond the Jordan into that place where John was baptizing first: and there he abode: 41 And many resorted to him: and they said: John in42 deed did no sign. But all things whatsoever John said of this man were true. And many believed in him. CHIAP. I. } Now there was a certain man sick, named Lazv. 1. arus, of Bethania, of the town of Mary and 2 of Martha her sister. (And Mary was she that anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with 3 her hair: whose brother Lazarus was sick.) His sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, 4 he whom thou lovest is sick. And Jesus hearing it, said to them: This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God: that the Son of God may be glori5 fled by it. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister 6 Mary, and Lazarus. When he had heard, therefore, that he was sick, he still remained in the same place 7 two days. Then after that he said to his disciples: 8 Let us go into Judea again. The-disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews but just now sought to stone 9 thee: and goest thou thither again? Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours of the day? If a man THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 27 walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth 10 the light of this world: But if he walk in the night, 11 he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. These things he said: and after that, he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake 12 him out of sleep. His disciples, therefore, said: Lord, 13 if he sleep, he shall do well. But Jesus spoke of his death: and they thought he spoke of the repose of 14 sleep. Then, therefore, Jesus said to them plainly: 15 Lazarus is dead: And I am glad for your sake, that I was not there, that you may believe: but let us go 16 to him. Then Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may 17 die with him. So Jesus came; and found that he 18 had been four days already in the grave. (Now Bethania was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.) 19 And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Martha, -therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home. 21 And Martha said to Jesus: Lord if thou hadst been 22 here, my brother had not died: But now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give 23 it thee. Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall rise 24 again. Martha saith to him: I know that he shall 25 rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: 26 And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall 27 not die for ever. Believest thou this? She saith to him: Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of the living God, who art come into this 28 world. And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: 29 The master is come, and calleth for thee. She, as soon as she heard this, riseth quickly, and cometh to 30 him. For Jesus was not yet come into the town: but he was still in that place where Martha had met 31 him. The Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary that she rose up speedily and went out, followed her, say32 ing: She goeth to the sepulchre to weep there. When 28 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. Mary, therefore, was come where Jesus was, seeing him, she fell down at his feet, and saith to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus, therefore, saw her weeping, and the Jews that were come with her weeping, he groaned 34 in the spirit, and troubled himself, And said: Where have you laid him? They say to him: Lord, come 35-36 and see. And Jesus wept. The Jews, therefore, 37 said: Behold how he loved him. But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind, have caused that this man should not die? 38 Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the sepulchre: Now it was a cave: and a stone was 39 laid over it. Jesus saith: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him: Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he is now 40 of four days. Jesus saith to her: Did I not say to thee, that if thou wilt believe, thou shall see the glory 41 of God? They took, therefore, the stone away: And Jesus, lifting up his eyes, said: Father, I give thee 42 thanks that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the people who stand about, have I said it; that they may be43 lieve that thou hast sent me. When he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, 44 come forth. And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding-bands, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus 45 said to them: Loose him, and let him go. Many, therefore, of the Jews, who were come to Mary and Martha, and had seen the things that Jesus did, be46 lieved in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them the things that Jesus had done. 47 The chief-priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, for this man doeth 48 many miracles? If we let him alone so all men will believe in him: and the Romans will come, and take 49 away our place and nation. But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high-priest of that year, said to 50 them: You know nothing at all. Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 29 51 perish not. And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that 52 Jesus should die for the nation; And not only for the nation, but to gather together in one the children 53 of God, that were dispersed. From that day, there54 fore, they devised to put him to death. Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews: but he went into a country near the desert, unto a city that is called Ephrem: and there he abode with his 55 disciples. And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the country went up to Jerusalem be56 fore the pasch, to purify themselves. They sought, therefore, for Jesus: and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you, that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief-priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him. CHAP. XII. Now six days before the pasch, Jesus came v. 1. to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, 2 whom Jesus raised to life. And they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was 3 one of them that were at table with him. Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled 4 with the odour of the ointment. Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray 5 him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three 6 hundred pence, and given to the poor? Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried what 7 was put therein. But Jesus said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you have always with you: but me you 9 have not always. A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus's sake only, but that they might see Lazarus 10 whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief11 priests thought to kill Lazarus also: Because many of the Jews by reason of him went away, and be3* 30 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 12 lieved in Jesus. And on the next day a great multitude, that was come to the festival day, when they 13 had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him; and cried: Hosanna, blessed is he, that cometh in 14 the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. And Jesus found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is 15 written: Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy 16 king cometh sitting on the colt of an ass. These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him: and that they had 17 done these things to him. The multitude, therefore, gave testimony, which was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the grave, and raised him from the 18 dead. For which reason also the people came to meet him: because they heard that he had done this 19 miracle. The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? Behold 20 the whole world is gone after him. Now there were certain Gentiles among them, that came up to adore 21 on the festival day. These, therefore, came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, 22 saying: Sir, we would willingly see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: Again Andrew and 23 Philip told Jesus. But Jesus answered them, saying: The hour is come that the Son of man should 24 be glorified. Amen, amen I say to you, unless the 25 grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, Itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life 26 everlasting. If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my 27 Father honour. Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. 28 But for this cause I came unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came from heaven: I have both glorified it, and I will glorify it 29 again. The multitude therefore that stood and heard said that it thundered. Others said: An Angel spoke THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 31 30 to him. Jesus answered, and said: This voice came 31 not for me, but for your sake. Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be 32 cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, 33 will draw all things to myself. (Now this he said, 34 signifying what death he should die.) The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this 35 Son of man? Jesus, therefore, said to them: Yet a little while the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, that the darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in darkness knoweth not 36 whither he goeth. Whilst you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things Jesus spoke: and he went away, and 37 hid himself from them. And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in 38 him: That the saying of Isaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: Lord, who hath believed our hearing? And to whom hath the arm of the 39 Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not be40 lieve; for Isaias said again: He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them: 41 These things said Isaias, when he saw his glory, and 42 spoke of him. However many of the chief men also believed in him: but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, that they might not be cast out of 43 the synagogue. For they loved the glory of men, 44 more than the glory of God. But Jesus cried out, and said: He that believeth in me, doth not believe 45 in me, but in him that sent me. And he that seeth 46 me, seeth him that sent me. I the light am come into the world; that whosoever believeth in me may 47 not remain in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and keep them not: I do not judge him: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 IIe that despiseth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 32 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me command what I should 50 say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things, therefore, that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak. HAP. XIII. } Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus, v. 1. knowing that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this world to the Father; having loved his own, who were in the world, he loved them 2 to the end. And when supper was done, the devil having now put iqto the heart of Judas the son of 3 Simon the Iscariot, to betray him: Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, 4 and that he came from God, and goeth to God: Ile riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments: 5 and having taken a towel, he girded himself. After that, he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with 6 the towel, wherewith he was girded. He cometh,. therefore, to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: 7 Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but 8 thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, 10 but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him: He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew who he was that would betray him: 12 therefore he said: You are not all clean. Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his garments,' having set down again, he said to them: Know you 13 what I have done to you? You call me Master, and 14 Lord: and you say well: for so I am. If I, then, being Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you 15 also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so 16 you do also. Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord: neither is an apostle THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 33 17 greater than he that sent him. If you know these 18 things, you shall be blessed if you do them. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled: lie that eateth 19 bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me. At present I tell you before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe, that I am the 20 Messias. Amen, amen I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me: and he that 21 receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit: and he protested, and said: Amen, amen I say to 22 you: That one of you will betray me. The disciples, therefore, looked one upon another, doubting of 23 whom he spoke. Now there was leaning on Jesus's 24 bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter, therefore, beckoned to him, and said to him: 25 Who is it of whom he speaketh? HIe, therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him: Lord, who 26 is it? Jesus answered: lie it is, to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou doest, do quickly. 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he said 29 this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day; 30 or that he should give something to the poor. He, then, having received the morsel, went out immedi31 ately. And it was night. When, therefore, he was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glori32 fied: and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself: and 33 immediately will he glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and, as I said to the Jews: Whither I go, you cannot 34 come: so now I say to you. I give you a new commandment: That you love one another; as I have 35 loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you 36 have love one for another. Simon Peter saith to him: 34 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt 37 follow me afterwards. Peter saith to him: Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life 38 for thee. Jesus answered him: Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Amen, amen I say to thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice. CHAP. XIV. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe v. 1-2. J in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I 4 am, you also may be. And whither I go you know, 5 and the way you know. Thomas saith to him; Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we 6 know the way? Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the 7 Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would surely have known my Father also: and from henceforth.you shall know him; and you have seen 8 him. Philip saith to him: Lord, show us the Father, 9 and it is enough for us. Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you; and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me, seeth the Father also. How sayest thou, Show us the Father? 10 Do you not believe, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words. that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth 11 in me, he doeth the works. Believe you not that I 12 am in the Father, and the Father in me? Otherwise, believe for the works themselves. Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do: 13 because I go to the Father. And whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that 14 the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you shall 15 ask me anything in my name, that I will do. If you 16 love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he shall give you another Paraclete, 17 that he may abide with you for ever. The Spirit of THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 35 truth, whom the world cannot receive; because it seeth him not, nor knoweth him: but you shall know him; because he shall abide with you, and shall be 18 in you. I will not leave you orphans: I will come 19 to you. Yet a little while; and the world seeth me no more. But you see me; because I live, and you 20 shall live. In that day you shall know that I am in 21 my Father, and you 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 by my Father: and I will love him, and will 22 manifest myself to him. Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thy23 self to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said to him: If any one love me he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will 24 come to him, and will make an abode with him: He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard is not mine; but the Fa25 ther's who sent me. These things have I spoken to 26 you, remaining with you. But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your 27 mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, do I give to you. Let not your heart 28 be troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard that I saideto you:. go away, and I come again to you. If you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater 29 than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it shall come to pass, you may believe. 30 Now I will not speak many things with you.. For the prince of this world cometh; and in me he hath 31 not any thing. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father hath given me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence. CHAP. XV. I am the true vine; and my Father is the v. 1-2. husbandman. Every branch in me, that beareth not fruit, he will take away: and every one that beareth fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring 36 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 3 forth more fruit. Now you are clean by reason of 4 the word, which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can 5 you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do 6 nothing. If any one remaineth not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch, and shall wither, and they shall gather him up, and cast him into the fire; and 7 he burneth. If you remain in me, and my words remain in you; you shall ask whatever you will, and 8 it shall be done to you. In this is my Father glorified, that you bring forth very much fruit, and become 9 my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, I also 10 have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; as I also have kept my Father's commandments, and do 11 remain in his love. These things I have spoken to you; that my joy may be in you, and your joy may 12 be filled. This is my commandment, that you love 13 one another, as I have loved you. Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his 14 friends. You are my friends, if you do the things 15 that I command you. I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But I have called you friends; because all things whatsoever I have heard from my Father, I 16 have made known to you. You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you, and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit, and your fruit should remain; that whatsoever you shall ask of 17 the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hate you; know ye that it hated me be19 fore you. If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, there20 fore the world hateth you. Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my word, they will THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 37 21 keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him 22 that sent me. If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no ex23 cuse for their sin. He that hateth me, hateth my 24 Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and 25 my Father. But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: They have hated me with26 out cause. But when the Paraclete shall come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testi27 mony of me: And you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning. CHAP. XVI. These things have I spoken to you, that you v. 1-2. may not be scandalized. They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doeth 3 a service to God. And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor 4 me. But these things I have told you; that when the hour of them shall come, you may remember that 5 I told you. But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I was with you: and now I go to him that sent me: and none of you asketh me: 6 Whither goest thou? But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow' hath filled your heart. 7 But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go: for if I go not, the Paractete will not come to 8 you: but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he shall come, he will convince the world of sin, and 9 of justice, and of judgment. Of sin indeed; because 10 they have not believed in me. And of justice; because I go to the Father; and you shall see me no 11 longer: And of judgment; because the prince of 12 this world is already judged. I have yet many things 13 to say to you: but you cannot bear them now. But when he, the spirit of truth, shall come, he will teach you all truth: for he shall not speak of himself: but what things soever he shall hear, he shall speak: and 4 38 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 14 the things that are to come, he will show you. He shall glorify me; because he shall receive of mine, 15 and will declare it to you. All things whatsoever the Father hath, are mine. Therefore I said, that he shall receive of mine, and will declare it to you. 16 A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I 17 go to the Father. Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: and because I go 18 to the Father? They said, therefore: What is this that he saith, a little while? we know not what he 19 speaketh. And Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him: and he said to them: Of this do you inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little 20 while, and you shall see me. Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep; but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful; but your 21 sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in labour, hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born 22 into the world. So also you now, indeed, have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice: 23 and your joy no man shall take from you. And in that day you shall not ask me any thing. Amen, amen I say to you: If you ask the Father any thing 24 in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. Ask, and you 25 shall receive; that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, 26 but will show you plainly of the Father. In that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that 27 I will ask the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you; because you have loved me, and 28 have believed that I came forth from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: 29 again I leave the world, and I go to the Father. His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 39 30 plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest all things, and that for thee it is not needful that any man ask thee: in this we believe 31 that thou camest forth from God. Jesus answered 32 them: Now do you believe? Behold, the hour cometh, and is now come, that "you shall be dispersed every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone; because the Father is with 33 me. These things have I spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence; I have overcome the world. CHAP. XVII. These things Jesus spoke: and lifting up v. 1. his eyes to heaven, he said: Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may 2 glorify thee. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give life everlasting to all whom 3 thou hast given him. And this is life, everlasting; that they may know thee, the only true God, and 4 Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee upon the earth: I have finished the work which 5 thou gavest me to do: And now glorify thou me, O Father, with thyself, with the glory which I had with 6 thee, before the world was. I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest 7 them: and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things which thou hast given me 8 are from thee: Because the words which thou gavest me, I have given to them: and they have received them, and have known for certain that I came forth from thee: and they have believed that thou didst 9 send me, I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me; because they 10 are thine: And all mine are thine; and thine are 11 mine, and I am glorified in them. And now' I am no more in the world: and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, whom thou hast given me: that they may be 12 one, as we-also are. While I was with them I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me I 40 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. have kept: and none of them hath perished, except the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled. 13 And now I come to thee: and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy filled in 14 themselves. I have given them thy word: and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the 15 world: as I also am not of the world. I do not ask that thou take them away out of the world, but that 16 thou preserve them from evil. They are not of the 17 world: as I also am not of the world. Sanctify them 18 in truth. Thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 And for them I do sanctify myself; that they also 20 may be sanctified in truth. And not for them only do I pray, but for those also who through their word 21 shall believe in me: That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that 22 thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be 23 one, as we also 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 24 loved them, as thou hast also loved me. Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me; that they may see my glory, which thou hast given me: because thou hast loved 25 me before the foundation of the world. Just Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee: and these have known, that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have made known thy name to them, and will make it known: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them. CHAP. XVIII.} When Jesus had said these things, he v. 1. went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which 2 he entered with his disciples. Now Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: because Jesus had 3 often resorted thither together with his disciples. Judas, therefore, having received a band of men, and servants, from the chief priests and the Pharisees, THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 41 cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that were to come upon him, went forward, and said to them: Whom 5 seek ye? They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them: I am he. And Judas, also, who 6 betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said to them: I am he: they went backward, 7 and fell to the ground. Again therefore, he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus of 8 Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you, that I am he: if, therefore, you seek me, let these go their 9 way: That the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them whom thou hast given me, I have not 10 lost any one. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it; and struck the servant of the high-priest; and cut off his right ear. And the name of the ser11 vant was Malchus. Then Jesus said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the scabbard. The chalice which 12 my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band, and the tribune, and the servants of the 13 Jews, took Jesus and bound him: And they led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to 14 Caiphas, who was the high-priest of that year. Now Caiphas was he, who had given the counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die 15 for the people. And Simon Peter followed Jesus; and so did another disciple. And that disciple was known to the high-priest, and went in with Jesus into 16 the court of the high-priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then the other disciple who was known to the high-priest, went out,and spoke to the portress, 17 and brought in Peter. And the maid that was portress said to Peter: Art not thou also one of this 18 man's disciples? He saith: I am not. Now the servants and officers stood at a fire of coals, because it was cold, and warmed themselves: and with them 19 was Peter also standing, and warmed himself. The high-priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of 20 his doctrine. Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world: I have always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews 21 resort: and in private I have spoken nothing. Why 4* 42 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. askest thou me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken to them: behold, they know what things 22 I have said. And when he had said these things, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a blow 23 saying: Answerest thou the high-priest so? Jesus answered him: If I have spoken ill, give testimony 24 of the evil: but if well, why strikest thou me? And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the high-priest. 25 And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself. They said, therefore, to him: Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said: I am not. 26 One of the servants of the high-priest, a kinsman to him whose ear Peter cut off, saith to him: Did 27 not I see thee in the garden with him? Then Peter 28 again denied: and immediately the cock crew. Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat 29 the pasch. Pilate, therefore, went out to them, and said: What accusation bring you against this man? 30 They answered, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up 31 to thee.. Pilate then said to them: Take him you, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put 32 any one to death: That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying what death he 33 should die. Pilate, therefore, went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the 34 king of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of 35 me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me. 36 What hast thou done? Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this worid. If my kingdom were oi this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my 37 kingdom is not from hence. Pilate, therefore, said to him: Art thou a king, then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth: every one that is of the THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 43 38 truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he had said this, he went forth again to the Jews; and saith to them: I find no 39 cause in him. But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the pasch: will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the Jews? 40 Then they all cried again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. And Barabbas was a robber. CHAP. XIX. Then, therefore, Pilate took Jesus, and v. 1-2. scourged him. And the soldiers, platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head: and about 3 him they put a purple garment. And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews: and they 4 gave him blows. Pilate, therefore, went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. 5 (So Jesus came forth, bearing the crown of thorns, and the purple garment.) And he saith to them: 6 Behold the man. When the chief-priests, therefore, and the officers had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him. 7 The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die; because he made 8 himself the Son of God. When Pilate, therefore, 9 had heard this saying, he feared the more. And he entered into the hall again: and he said to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify 11 thee, and I have power to release thee. Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee hath the greater 12 sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Cmsar's friend: for whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Caesar. 13 Now when Pilate had heard'these words, lie brought Jesus forth; and sat down in the judgment-seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew 44 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 14 Gabbatha. And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews: Be15 hold your king. But they cried out: Away with him, away with him; crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief-priests 16 answered: We have no king but Caesar. Then, therefore, he delivered him to them to be crucified. 17 And they took Jesus and led him forth. And bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place whieh is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him; and with him two others, 19 one on each side, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote a title also: and he put it upon the cross. And the writing was, JEsus oF NAZARETH, TIIE KING OF 20 THE JEWS. This title, therefore, many of the Jews read: because the place where Jesus was crucified, was near to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, 21 in Greek, and in Latin. Then the chief-priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not, the king of the Jews; 22 but that he said, I am the king of the Jews. Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written. 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified him, took his garments (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part) and also his coat. Now the coat was without 24 seam, woven from the top throughout. They said then one to another: Let us not cut it; but let us cast lots for it whose it shall be; that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among them; and upon my vesture they have cast lot. And the' soldiers, indeed, did these 25 things. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleophas, 26 and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother and the disciple standing, whom he loved, 27 he saith to his mother: Woman,behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour the-disciple took her to his own. 28 Afterwards Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 29 said: I thirst. Now there was a vessel set there, full of vinegar. And they, putting a sponge full of 80 vinegar about hyssop, offered it to his mouth. When Jesus, therefore, had taken the vinegar, he said: It THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 45 is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up 31 the Ghost. Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve) that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (bfr that was a great sabbath-day) besought Pilate that their legs might be 32 broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers, therefore, came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 34 already dead, they did not break his legs: But one of the soldiers opened his side with a spear: and im35 mediately there came out blood and water. And he that saw it, gave testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also 36 may believe. For these things were done, that the Scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a 37 bone of him. And again another Scripture saith: 38 They shall look on him whom they pierced. And after these things Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but in private, for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted him. He came, 39 therefore, and took away the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus also came: he who at first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, 40 about a hundred pounds. They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen-cloths with the 41 spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to bury. And there was in the place where he was crucified, a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no 42 man had yet been laid. There, therefore, by reason of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid Jesus, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand. IHAP. XX. And on the first day of the week, Mary v. 1. Magdalene cometh in the morning, it being yet dark to the sepulchre: and she saw the stone 2 taken away from the sepulchre. She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved; and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre; and we 3 know not where they have laid him. Peter, therefore, 46 THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. went out, and that other disciple; and they came to 4 the sepulchre. And they both did run together: and that other disciple outran Peter, and came first to 5 the sepulchre. And when he stooped down, he saw 6 the linen-cloths lying; but yet he went not in. Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into 7 the sepulchre, and saw the linen-cloths lying; And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen-cloths, but apart, wrapt up into one 8 place. Then that other disciple also went in who camne first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed. 9 For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must 10 rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away 11 again to their home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre, weeping: whilst she was then weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre: 12 And she saw two Angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus 13 had been laid. They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where 14 they have laid him. When she had said these words she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing: and 15 she knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, thinking that it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him away, tell me where thou 16 hast laid him; and I will take him away. Jesus saith to her: Mary. She, turning, saith to him: Rab17 boni, (thatis to say, Master.) Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren; and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my 18 God and your God. Mary Magdalene cometh, telling the disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these 19 things he said to me. Now when it was late that same day, being the first day of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst, and said to them: Peace be to you. 20 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples, therefore, were glad, when 21 they saw the Lord. And he said to them again: THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 47 Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I 22 also send you. When he had said this he breathed on them; and said to them: Receive ye the Holy 23 Ghost: Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose you shall retain, they are 24 retained. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called Didymous, was not with them when Jesus 25 came. The other disciples, therefore, said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Unless I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the place of the nails, and put 26 my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst; and said: Peace be to you. 27 Then he saith to Thomas: Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put it into my side: and be not incredulous, but faith28 ful. Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, 29 and my God. Jesus saith to him: Because thou hast seen me. Thomas, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed. 30 Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his 31 disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing, you may have life in his name. CHAP. XXI. tAfter this, Jesus showed himself again to v. 1. the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And 2 he showed himself after this manner. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymous, and Nathaniel who was of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his 3 disciples. Simon Peter saith to them: I go a fishing. They say to him:'We also come with thee. And they went forth, and entered into a ship: and that 4 night they caught nothing. But when the morning was come, Jesus stood on the shore: yet the disciples 5 knew not that it was Jesus. And Jesus said to them: Children, have you any meat? They answered him: 6 No. He saith to them: Cast the net on the right 48 THIE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. side of the ship; and you shall find. They cast therefore: and now they were not able to draw it for t 7 multitude of fishes. That disciple, therefore, wh Jesus loved, said to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon - ter, when he heard that it was the Lord, girded his coat about him (for he was naked,) and cast him8 self into the sea. But the other disciples came in the ship (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) drawing the net with fishes. 9 As soon, then, as they came to land, they saw hot 10 coals lying, and a fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith to them: Bring hither of the fishes that you 11 have now caught. Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, one hundred and fifty-three. And although there were so many, the 12 net was not broken. Jesus saith to them: Come and dine. And none of them who were at meat, durst ask him:, Who art thou? knowing that it was the 13 Lord. And Jesus cometh and taketh bread, and giv14 eth them, and fish in like manner. This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to his disciples, 15 after he was risen from the dead. When, therefore, they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love 16 thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He saith to him again: Simon son of John, lovest thou me? He saith to him: Yea, Lord, thou knowest that 17 love thee. He saith to him: Feed my lambs. He saith to him the third time.: Simon son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed 18 my sheep. Amen, amen I say to thee: when th u wast younger, thou didst giid thyself, and didst wa k where thou wouldst: but when thou shalt be old, tho shalt stretch forth thy hands; and another shall gird 19 thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. And this he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said this, he saith to 20 him: Follow me. Peter turning about saw that disciple, whom Jesus loved, following, who also leaned THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 40 on his breast at the supper, and said: Lord, who is 21 he that shall betray thee? Him, therefore, when Peter had seen, he saith to Jesus: Lord, and what 22 shall this man do? Jesus saith to him: So t will have him to remain till I come, what i, jt to thee? 23 follow thou me. This saying, therefore, weit abroad among the brethren, that that disciple dieth not. And Jesus did not say to him: He dieth not: but so I will have him to remain till I come, xv'hat is it to 24 thee? This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath written these things: and 25 we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things, which Jesus did: which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written. SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW. HAP. IV. And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw v. 18. two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for 19 they were fishers.) And he saith to them: Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men. 20 And they immediately leaving their nets, followed 21 him. And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mend22 ing their nets: and he called them. And they immediately leaving their nets and their father, followed him. CHAP. X. Now the names of the twelve Apostles are v. 2. these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, 3 and Andrew his brother. James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the 4 son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus. Simon Chananeus, 5 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent; and commanded them, saying: & 50 THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. Go not into the way of the Gentiles; and into the 6 cities of the Samaritans enter not: But go rather 7 to the lost dleep of the house of Israel. And going preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: gratis you have received, gratis give. CHAP. XIV.} And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples v. 22. to get up into the ship, and to go before him over the water, while he sent the multitude 23 away. And when he had dismissed the multitude, he went up into the mountain alone to pray. And when the evening was come he was there alone. 24 But the ship in the midst of the sea was tossed 25 with the waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them 26 walking upon the sea. And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: It 27 is an apparition. And they cried out for fear. And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of 28 good heart: It is I; be not afraid. And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me 29 come to thee upon the waters. And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the ship, walked upon 30 the water to come to Jesus. But seeing the wind strong, lhe was afraid: and when he began to sink, 31 he cried out, saying: Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand, took hold of him and said to him: O thou of little faith, why 32 didst thou doubt? And when they were come into 33 the ship, the wind ceased.'Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying: Thou Art truly the Son of God. HAP. XVI. And Jesus came into the confines of Cesav. 13. j rea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said: Some say that thou art John the Baptist, and others Elias, and others Jeremias, or 15 one of the prophets. I-e saith to them: But whom 16 do you say that I am? Simon Peter answering, said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. 51 17 And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: because flesh and blood hatl not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of 19 hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. 20 Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell 21 no one that he was Jesus the Christ. From that time forth Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and the scribes, and the chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise 22 again. And Peter taking him began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it far from thee; this shall not 23 be unto thee. But he, turning, said to Peter: Go after me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou dost not relish the things that are of God, but the things that are of men. HAP. XVII. And after six days, Jesus taketh unto him v 1. Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart. 2 And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became as 3 white as snow. And, behold, there appeared to them 4 Moses and Elias, talling with him. Then Peter, answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one 5 for Elias. And as he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved 6 Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him. And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were 7 very much afraid. And Jesus came, and touched them; and said to them: Arise, and be not afraid. 8 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no 9 mar! but only Jesus. And as they came down from 52 THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen 23 from the dead. And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachma, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master 24 pay the didrachma? He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take tribute or custom? of 25 their own children, or of strangers? And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children 26 are free. But that we may not scandalize them, go thou to the sea, and cast in a hook, and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou has opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee. CHAP. XIX. I And, behold, one came and said to him: J v. 16. Good master, what good shall I do, that 17 I may have life everlasting? And he said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. Bufr if thou wilt enter into life, keep the 18 commandments. He saith to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder: Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou 19 shalt not bear false witness: Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 20 thyself. The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my youth: what is yet wanting 21 to me? Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, 22 fllow me. And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sorrowfully: for he had 23 possessions. Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into 24 the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you; It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the 25 kingdom of heaven. And when the disciples had heard this, they wondered very much, saying: Who, 26 then, can be saved? And Jesus, beholding, said to THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTIEW. 53 them: With men this is impossible: but with God 27 all things are possible. Then Peter, answering, said to him' Behold, we have left all things, and have 28 followed thee: what, therefore, shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you that you, who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve 29 tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlast30 ing. But many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first. ( HAP. XXVI. And on the first day of the azymes the v. 17. disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch? 18 But Jesus said: Go ye into the city to a certain man, and say to him: The master saith: My time is near at hand: I will keep the pasch at thy house 19 with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus. had appointed them: and they prepared the pasch. 20 Now when it was evening, he sat down with his 21 twelve disciples. And whilst they were eating, he said: Amen I say to you, that one of you is about 22 to betray me. And they, being very much troubled, 23 began every one to say: Is it I, Lord? But he, answering, said: He that dippeth his hand with 24 me in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but wo to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for that man if he had 25 not been born. And Judas that betrayed him, answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He saith to him: 26 Thou hast said it. And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke, and gave to his disciples; and said: Take ye and eat: 27 This is my body. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks; and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all 28 of this. For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many for the remission,5. 54 THE COPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. 29 of sins. And I say to you: I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day, when I shall drink it new with you in the kingdom 30 of my Father. And when they had sung a hymn, 31 they went out to mount Olivet. Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd; and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed. 32 But after I shall be risen again, I will go before 33 you into Galilee. And Peter answering, said to him: Though all men shall be scandalized in thee, 34 I will never be scandalized. Jesus said to him: Amen, I say to thee, that in this night before the 35 cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. Peter saith to him: Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the 36 disciples.. Then Jesus came with them to a country place which is called Gethsemani: and he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder and 37 pray. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful, and S8 to be sad. Then lie saith to them: My soul is sorrowful'even unto death: stay you here, and 39 watch with me. And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: O my Father, if it is possible, let this chalice pass from me. 40 Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep: and he saith to Peter: What! could you not watch 41 one hour with me? Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit, indeed, is 42 willing, but the flesh weak. Again he went the second time, and prayed, saying: O my Father, if this chalice cannot pass away except I drink it, 43 thy will be done. And he cometh again, and findetiL 44 them asleep: for their eyes were heavy. And leaving them, he went away again: and he prayed the 45 third time, saying the same words. Then he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand: and the Son of man shall be betrayed into 46 the hands of sinners. Uise, let us go: behold, he THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. 55 47 is at hand that will betray me. As he yet spoke, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and ancients of the people. 48 And he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: hold 49 him fast. And forthwith coming to Jesus, lie said: 50 Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus, and held 51 him. And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretching forth his hand, drew out his sword: and striking the servant of the high-priest, cut off his 52 ear. Then Jesus saith to him:.Put up again thy syvord into its place. For all that take the sword, 53 shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me pres54 ently more than twelve legions of angels? How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be 55 done? In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you teaching in the temple: and you laid not 56 hands on me. Now all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then 57 the disciples all leaving him, fled away. But they, holding Jesus, led him to Caiphas the high-priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled: 58 But Peter followed him afar off, to the high-priest's palace. And going in, he sat with the servants to., see the end. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they 60 might put him to death: And they found not, though many false witnesses had come in. And 61 last of all there'came in two false witnesses. And they said: This man said: I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days to rebuild it. 62 And the high-priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the things which these wit63 ness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high-priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ 56 THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK. 6I the Son of God. Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the poWer of God, and coming in the clouds of 65 heaven. Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard 66 the blasphemy: What think you? But they an67 swering, said: He is guilty of death. Then they did spit in his face, and buffeted him: and others 68 struck his face with the palms of their hands, Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ; who is he that 69 struck thee? But Peter sat without in the palace: and there came to him a servant-maid, saying: Thou 70 also wast with Jesus the Galilean. But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou 71 sayest. And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him; and she saith to them that were there: This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath: I do not know 73 the man. And after a little while they that stood by, came, and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them; for even thy speech doth discover thee. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew 75 not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said: Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly. SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. MARK. CHAP. III.} And going up into a mountain, he called v. 13. unto him whom he would himself: and 14 they came to him. And he made that twelve should be with him: and that he might send them to preach. 15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and 16 to cast out devils. And to Simon he gave the 17 name of Peter: And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he named 18 them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK. 57 and Thomas, and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, 19 and Simon Cananeus, And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. CHAP. XVI. )And when the sabbath was past, Mary v. 1. Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming they 2 might anoint Jesus. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they come to the 3 sepulchre, the sun being now risen. And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone 4 from the door of the sepulchre? And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white 6 robe: and they were astonished. And he saith to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen; he is not here; 7 behold the place where they laid him. But go tell his disciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he told 8 you. But they going out, fled from the sepulchre; for a trembling and fear had seized them: and they said nothing to any man; for they were afraid. 9 But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he 10 had cast seven devils. She went, and told them that had been with him, who were mourning and 11 weeping. And they hearing that he was alive, and 12 had been seen by her, did not believe. And after that he appeared in another form to two of them 13 walking, as they were going into the country. And they going told it to the rest: neither did they be14 lieve them. At length he appeared to the eleven as they were at table: and he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of heart; because they did not believe them who had seen him after he 15 was risen again. And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to 16 every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not, shall be 17 condemned. And these signs shall follow them tat 58 THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. believe: In my name they shall cast out devils: 18 they shall speak with new tongues: They shall take up serpents: and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them: they shall lay their 19 hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. And the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand 20 of God. But they going forth preached everywhere; the Lord co-operating with them, and confirming the word with signs that followed. SELECTIONS FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. CHAP. V. And it came to pass that, when the multiv. 1. tudes pressed upon him to hear the word 2 of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth. And he saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing 3 their nets. And going up into one of the ships, that was Simon's, he desired him to thrust out a little from the land. And, sitting down, he taught 4 the multitudes out of the ship. Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering, said to him: Master, we have labored all the night, and have taken nothing; 6 but at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had done this they enclosed a very great multi7 tude of fishes, and their net was breaking. And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that 8 they were almost sinking. Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus's knees, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they 10 had taken: And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus saith to Simon: Fear not: from hence11 forth thou shalt be taking men. And when they THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. 59 had brought their ships to land, leaving all things, they followed him. CHAP. VI. And it came to pass, in those days, that he v. 12. went out into a mountain to pray; and he 13 passed the whole night in the prayer of God. And when it was day, he called his disciples: and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named Apos14 ties:) Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bar15 tholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of 16 Alpheus, and Simon who is called Zelotes: And Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who 17 was the traitor. And, coming down with them, he stood in an open plain, and the company of his disciples, and a very great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast both of 18 Tyre and Sidon, Who had come to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases. And they that were 19 troubled with "unclean spirits were cured. And all the multitude sought to touch him: for virtue went out from him, and healed all. CHAP. XII. l And when great multitudes stood about him, v. 1. so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples:, Beware ye of the leaven of the 2 Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that 3 shall not be known. For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the 4 chambers, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops. And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they 5 can do. But I will show you whom ye shall fear: fear ye him who after he hath killed hath power to 6 cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of 7 them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. 8 And I say to you: whosoever shall confess me before c0 THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKEL men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the 9 angels of God. But he that shall deny me before men, 10 shall be denied before the angels of God. (And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme 11 against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates, and powers, be not solicitous how or 12 what you shall answer, or what you shall say. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour 13 what you ought to say. And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he di14 vide the inheritance with me. But he said to him: Man, who hath made me a judge or a divider over 15 you? And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. 16 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits: 17 And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have not where to lay up together my 18 fruits? And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, ind will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and all 19 my goods. And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thy rest, eat, 20 drink, make good cheer. But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be, which thou has provided? 21 i So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not 22 rich towards God.; And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall 23 put on. The life is more than the food, and the body 24 is more than the raiment. Consider the ravens, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, neither have they store-house, nor barn, and God feedeth them. How 25 much are you more valuable than they?) And which of you by thinking can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If then you are not able to do even the least thing, 27 why are you solicitous for the rest? Consider the lilies how they grow: they labour not, neither do they THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. 61 spin. But I say to you not even Solomon in all his 28 glory was clothed like one of these. Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven: how much 29 more you, O ye of little faith? And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be 30 not lifted up on high: For all these things do the nations of the world seek after. But your Father 31 knoweth that you have need of these things.' But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice: and 32 all these things shall be added unto you.) Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you 33 a kingdom. Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make to yourself bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where the thief ap34 proacheth not, nor the moth corrupteth. For where 35 your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded, and lamps burning in your 36 hands, And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding: that when he cometh, and knocketh, they may open to 37 him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord, When he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister to them. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or if he shall come in the third watch, and find them so, 39 blessed are those servants. But this know ye, that if a master of a family did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not 40 suffer his house to be broke open. Be you also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will 41 come. And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak 42 this parable tous, or likewise to all? And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give 43 them their measure of wheat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he 44 shall find so doing. Verily I say to you, he will set 45 him over all that he possesseth. But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-ser6 62 THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. 46 vants, and to eat and to drink, and be drunk: The lord of that servant will come in a day that he expecteth not, and at an hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion 47 with unbelievers. And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and hath not prepared, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many 48 stripes. But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of 49 him they will demand the more. I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I but that it be kin50 died? And I have a baptism, wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accom51 plished? (.Think ye that I am come to give peace on 52 earth? I tell you no, but separation: For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three 53 against two, and two against three Shall be divided: the father against the son, and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in law against her 54 mother-in-law. And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising out of the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth: 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There 56 will be heat: and it cometh to pass. You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this 57 time? And why even of yourselves do you not judge 58 that which is just? And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to 59 the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison. I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou payest the very last mite. THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. 63 CHAP. XXII. And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, bev. 31. hold, Satan hath desired to have you, 32 that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou being 33 once converted, confirm thy brethren. And he said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee both 34 into prison, and to death. And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, till thou thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he 35 said to them: When I sent you without purse, and 36 scrip, and shoes, did you want anything? But they said: Nothing. Then said he to them: But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his 37 coat and buy one. For I say to you, that yet this, that is written, must be fulfilled in me: And with the wicked he was reputed: For the things con38 cerning me have an end. But they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them: 39 It is enough. And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the mount of Olives. And his disci40 ples also followed him. And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye enter 41 into temptation. And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast: and kneeling down, he prayed, 42 Saying: (Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be 43 done. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.) And being in an agony, 44 he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as 45 drops of blood trickling down upon the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his 46 disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. And he said to them: Why sleep you? arise, pray, lest 47 you enter into temptation. As he was yet speaking, behold, a multitude: and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near 48 to Jesus, to kiss him. And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss? 49 And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we strike with the 50 sword? And one of them struck the servant of ~6i4 THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. 51 the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. But Jesus answering, said: Suffer ye thus far. And when he 52 had touched his ear, he healed him. And Jesus said to the chief-priests and magistrates of the temple, and the ancients that were come to him: Are you come out, as it were against a thief, with swords 53 and clubs? When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of dark54 ness. Then apprehending him, they led him to the high-priest's house: but Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were sitting about it, Peter was in the 56 midst of them: Whom, when a certain servantmaid had seen sitting at the light, and had looked upon him, she said: This man was also with him. 57 But he denied him, saying: Woman, I know him 58 not. And after a little while, another seeing him, said: Thou also art one of them. But Peter said: 59 O man, I am not. And about the space of one hour after, another man affirmed, saying: Surely this man was also with him: For he is also a 60. Galilean. And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he was yet 61 speaking, the cock crew. And the Lord turning, looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said: Before the cock 62 crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 65 SELECTIONS FRO3I THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAP. I. The former treatise I have made, O Theophiv. 1. lus, of all things which Jesus began to do 2 and to teach, Until the day on which, giving commands by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he 3 had chosen, he was taken up: To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many proofs; for forty days appearing to them, and speak4 ing of the kingdom of God. And eating with them, he commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which, you have heard (saith he) by 5 my mouth. For John indeed baptized with water: but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not 6 many days hence. They, therefore, who were come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at 7 this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? But he said to them: It is not for you to know the times or moments, which the Father hath put in 8 his own power. But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of 9 the earth. And when he had said these things, while they looked on, he was raised up: and a 10 cloud received him out of their sight. And whilst they were beholding him going up to heaven, behold, two men stood by them, in white garments, 11 Who also said: Ye men of Galilee, why stand you looking up to heaven? This Jesus, who is 6* 66 TTHE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. taken up from you into heaven, so shall he come as 12 you have seen him going into heaven. Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mount that is called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, within a sabbath13 day's journey. And when they had entered in, they went up into an upper room, where there remained Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Mathew, James of Al14 pheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Jude of James. All these were persevering with one mind in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his 15 brethren. In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said: (Now the number of persons 16 together was about a hundred and twenty.) Men, brethren, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost foretold by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that 17 apprehended Jesus. Who was numbered with us, 18 and had obtained part of this ministry. And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity; and, being hanged, burst asunder in the midst; 19 and all his bowels gushed out. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field is called in their tongue, Haceldama, that 20 is, the field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein: and let 21 another take his bishoprick. Wherefore, of these men who have been with us, all the time that the 22 Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from as, onT of these must be 23 made a witness with us of his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph, called Barsabas, who 24 was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And praying, they said: Thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show which of these two thou hast chosen, 25 To take the place of this ministry, and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that 26 he might go to his own place. And they gave them lots;,and the lot fell upon Matthias: and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. THE ACTS OP THE APOSTLES. 67 CHAP. I. And when the days of the Pentecost were v. 1. accomplihed, they were all together in the 2 same place: And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming: and it filled 3 the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them cloven tongues as it were of fire: 4 and it sat upon each of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave 5 them to speak. Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under 6 heaven. And when this voice was made, the multitude came together, and was confounded in mind, because that every one heard them speaking in his 7 own tongue. And they were all amazed, and wondered, saying: Behold, are not all these, who speak, 8 Galileans? And how have we every one heard our 9 own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, 10 Judea, and Capadocia, Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphilia, Egypt, and the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, 11 and strangers of Rome, Jews also, and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians: we have heard them speak in 12 our own tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to 13 another: What meaneth this? But others mocking, 14 said: These men are full of new wine. But Peter, standing up, with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with 15 your ears receive my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the 16 day: But this is that which was spoken of by the 17 prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord) I will pour out of my spirit upon aff flesfh: and your sons and yoarr dag'ihers' sh'k prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and 18 your old men shall dream dreams. And upon my servants, indeed, and upon my handmaids, will I pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall proph19 esy: And I will show wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood and fire, and 68 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 20 vapour of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and 21 manifest day of the Lord cometh. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the 22 Lord, shall be saved. Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you, by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you also know: 23 This same being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have crucified 24 and put to death by the hands of wicked men: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be detained by it. 25 For David saith concerning him: I foresaw the Lord always before my face: because he is at my right 26 hand, that I may not be moved: For this my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: more27 over, my flesh also shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor suffer thy Holy One 28 to see corruption: Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy 29 countenance. Ye men, brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he died, and was buried; and his sepulchre is with us to this present 30 day. Whereas, therefore, he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the 31 fruit of his loins one should sit upon his throne: Foreseeing he spoke of the resurrection of Christ, for neither was he left in hell, neither did his flesh see cor32 ruption. This Jesus hath God raised up again, 33 whereof we all are witnesses. Being exalted, therefore, by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath 34 poured forth this which you see and hear. For David did not ascend into heaven: but he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, 35-36 Until I make thy enemies thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know most assuredly, that God hath made him Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, 37 whom you have crucified. Now when they had heard THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 69 these things, they had compunction in their heart; and they said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: 38 What shall we do, men brethren? But Peter to them: Do penance, (said he) and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of 39 the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever 40 the Lord our God shall call. And with a great many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: 41 Save yourselves from this perverse generation. They, therefore, that received his word, were baptized: and there were added to them in that day about three thou42 sand souls. And they were persevering in the doctrine of the apostles, and in the communication of the break43 ing of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles in Jerusalem: and there was great fear 44 in all. And all they that believed were together, and 45 had all things common. They sold their possessions and goods, and divided them to all, according as every 46 one had need. And continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of 47 heart: Praising God together, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added daily to their society such as should be saved. HAP. III. Now Peter and John went up to the temple, v. 1-2. j at the ninth hour of prayer. And a certain man, who was lame from his mother's womb, was carried: whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called the Beautiful, that he might beg alms 3 of them that went into the temple. He, when he had seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, 4 begged to receive an alms. But Peter, with John, 5 fixing his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us. And he looked earnestly upon them, hoping that he should 6 receive something from them. But Peter said: Silver and gold I have none: but what I have, I give thee: 70 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and 7 walk. And having taken him by the right hand, he lifted him up, and forthwith his feet and soles became 8 firm. And he leaping up, stood, and walked; and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leap9 ing, and praising God. And all the people saw him 10 walking and praising God. And they knew him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amaze11 ment at that which had happened to him. And as he held Peter and John, all the people amazed ran to 12 them to the porch, which is called Solomon's. Which Peter seeing, made answer to the people: Ye men of Israel, why wonder you at this? or why look you upon us as if by our strength or power we had made this 13 man to walk? The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom you indeed delivered up and denied before the face of Pilate, when he 14 judged he should be released. But you denied the Holy and the just One, and desired a murderer to be 15 granted unto you. But the author of life you killed, whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we 1.6 are witnesses. And his name, through the faith of his name, hath made this man strong, whom you have seen and known: and the faith which is by him hath given 17 this perfect soundness in the sight of you all. And now, brethren, I. know that you did it through igno18 rance, as also your rulers. But those things which God had foretold by the mouths of all the prophets, 19 that his Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins 20 may be blotted out: That, when the times of refreshment shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send him who hath been preached unto you, 21 Jesus Christ, Whom heaven indeed must receive until the times of the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets from 22 the beginning of the world. For Moses indeed said: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 71 out of your brethren, like unto me: him you shall hear, according to all things whatsoever he shall speak 23 to you. And it shall be, that every soul which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among 24 the people. And all the prophets, from Samuel and afterwards, that have spoken, have foretold these days. 20 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made to our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the families of the 26 earth be blessed. To you first God raising up his son, sent him to bless you: that every one should convert himself from his wickedness. CHAP. IV. And when they were speaking to the people, v. 1. the priests and the officer of the temple and 2 the Sadducees came unto them; Being grieved that they taught the people, and declared in Jesus the res3 urrection from the dead: And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody, till the next day: for now it 4 was evening. But many of them who had heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was made 5 five thousand. And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and ancients, and scribes were gath6 ered together in Jerusalem: And Annas the highpriest, and Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as 7 many as were of the priestly race: And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or in what 8 name, have ye done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye rulers of the people 9 and ancients, hear: If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what 10 means he hath been made whole; Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him 11 doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was rejected by you the builders; 12 which is become the head of the corner: Nor is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be 72 THB ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 13 saved. Now they seeing the constancy of Peter ai., John, knowing that they were illiterate and ignorant men, they wondered: and they knew them, that they 14 had been with Jesus: Seeing also the man stand; with them, who had been healed, they could say n: 15 ing against it. But they commanded them to go as out of the council: and they conferred among the: 16 selves, Saying: What shall we do to these men?' a miracle indeed hath been done by them, conspicuo. to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: it is manifest, an' 17 we cannot deny it. But that it may be no further divulged among the people, let us threaten them, that 18 they speak no more in this name to any man. And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, 19 nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just in the sight of 20 God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and 21 heard. But they threatening them, sent them away; not finding how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified what had been done, 22 in that which had come to pass. For the man was above forty years old in whom that miraculous cure 23 had been- wrought. And being let go, they came to their own company, and related all that the chief 24 priests and ancients had said to them. Who when they had heard them, with one accord lifted up their voice to God, and said: Lord, thou art he that didst make heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are 25 in them: Who in the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, hast said: Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes assembled together against the Lord, and against his 27 Christ. For there were truly assembled in this city against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the 28 people of Israel, To do what thy hand and thy counsel 29 decreed to be done. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant to thy servants, with all confi THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 73 30 dence to speak thy word, In this, that thou stretch forth thy hand to cures, and signs, and wonders, to be 31 done by the name of thy holy Son Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were assembled: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost; and they spoke the word of God with 32 confidence. And the multitude of the believers had but one heart and one soul: neither did anyone of them say, that, of the ihings which he possessed, any thing was his own; but all things were common to 33 them. And with great power did the apostles give testimony of the resurrection of Jesus Christ our 34 Lord: and great grace was in them all. For neither was there any one among them that wanted. For as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, 35 and brought the price of the things they sold, And laid it down before the feet of the apostles. And distribution was made to every man according as he had 36 need. And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which, being interpreted, is the son of con37 solation) a Levite, a Cyprian born, Having land, sold it, and brought the price, and laid it at the feet of the apostles. 7 74 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. C-IAP. V. I But a certain man, named Ananias, with Sav. 1-2. phira his wife, sold a field, And by fraud kept a part of the price of the field, his wife being conscious of it; and bringing a certain part of it, 3 laid it at the feet of the apostles. But Peter said: Ananias, why hath Satan tempted thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Ghost, and by fraud 4 keep part of the price of the field? Whilst it remained, did it not remain to thee? and being sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, 5 but to God. And Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and gave up the ghost. And great fear came 6 upon all that heard it. And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him. 7 And it came to pass, about the space of three hours after, his tife also, not knowing what had happened, 8 came in. And Peter said to her: Tell me, woman, whether you sold the field for so much? And she 9 said: Yea, for so much. And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried thy husband, are at the door; and they shall 10 carry thee out. Immediately she fell down before his feet, and gave up the ghost. And the young men coming in, found her dead; and carried her 11 out, and buried her by her husband. And there came great fear upon the whole Church, and upon all 12 that heard: these things. And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in 13 Solomon's porch. But of the rest no one durst join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And the multitude of men and women that believed 15 in the Lord was more increased. Insomuch that they brought out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that when Peter came, his shadow at the least might overshadow any of them, and they might be delivered from their infirmities. 16 And there came also together to Jerusalem a multitude out of the neighboring cities, bringing sick persons, and such as were troubled with unclean THE ACT! OF THE APOSTLES. 75 17 spirits: who were all healed. Then the high-priest rising up, and all that were with him (which is the heresy of the Sadducees,) were filled with indigna18 tion. And they laid hands on the apostles, and put 19 them in the common prison. But an angel of the Lord by night opening the doors of the prison, and 20 leading them out, said: Go, and standing speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And they having heard this, entered early in the morning into the temple, and taught. Now the highpriest being arrived, and they that were with him, assembled the council, and all the ancients of the children of Israel; and sent to the prison to have 22 them brought. But when the officers came, and having opened the prison, found them not, returning 23 back they told, Saying: The prison, indeed, we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors: but opening it, we found no 24 man within. Now when the magistrate of the temple, and the chief-priest heard these words, they 25 were in doubt what was become of them. But a certain man coming, told them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison, are standing in the temple, 26 and teaching the people. Then went the magistrate with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high-priest spoke to 28 them, Saying: Commanding we commanded you, that you should not teach in this name: and, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man 29 upon us. Peter then answering, and the apostles, said: We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom 31 you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. This Prince' and Saviour, God hath exalted with his right hand, to give penitence to Israel, and remis32 sion of sins. And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to all 33 those that obey him. When they had heard these things, they were cut to the heart; and they thought 76 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 34 to put them to death. But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded- the 35 men to be put forth a little while. And he said to them: Ye men of Israel, consider with yourselves, 36 what you are about to do with these men. For before these days rose up Theodas, affirming himself to be somebody, with whom joined a number of men about four hundred; who was slain: and all who believed in him were dispersed, and reduced to noth37 ing. After this man rose up Judas the Galilean in the days of the enrolling, and drew away the people after him: he also perished: and all whosoever 38 consented to him were dispersed. And now, therefore, I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this design, or work, be of men, 39 it will fall to nothing: But if it be of God, you are not able to destroy it: lest perhaps you be found 40 to oppose God. And they consented to him. And calling in the apostles, after they had been scourged, they charged them not to speak at all in the name 41 of Jesus; and they dismissed them. And they indeed went, from the presence of the council rejoicing, that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach 42 for the name of Jesus..And they ceased not every day in the temple, and from house to house, to teach and preach Christ Jesus. CHAP. VIII. }:Now when the apostles, who were in J v. 14. Jerusalem, had heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter 15 and John: Who when they were come, prayed for 16 them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: For he was not yet come upon any one of them; but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord 17 Jesus. Then they laid their hands upon them; and 18 they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the hands of the apostles the Ioly Ghost was given, he offered them 19 money, Saying: Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I shall lay hands, he may receive the 20 Holy Ghost. But Peter said to him: May thy THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 77 money perish with thee: because thou hast esteemed 21 the gift of God to be purchased with money. Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is 22 not right in the sight of God. Do penance, therefore, from this thy wickedness: and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may be for23 given thee: For I see thou art in the gall of 24 bitterness, and in the bonds of iniquity. Then Simon answering, said: Pray you to the Lord for me, that none of these things which you have said may come upon me. CHAP. IX. And it came to pass, that Peter, as he passed v. 32. through visiting all, came to the saints who 33 dwelt at Lydda. And he found there a certain man named Eneas, lying on his bed for eight years, who 34 was ill of the palsy. And Peter said to him: Eneas, the Lord Jesus Christ healeth thee: arise, and make 35 thy bed. And immediately he arose. And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him: and they were 36 converted to the Lord. And in Joppe there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being interpreted, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and alms-deeds, which she performed. 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died. Whom when they had washed, they laid 38 her in an upper chamber. And Lydda being near to Joppe, the disciples hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him with his request: Delay not 39 to come even to us. And Peter rising up, came with them. And when he was arrived, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood about him weeping, and showing him the coats 40 and garments which Dorcas had made them. And having put them all out, Peter kneeling down, prayed, and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and having seen Peter, 41 sat up. And giving her his hand he raised her up. And when he had called the saints and the widows, 42 he presented her alive. And it was made known throughout all Joppe; and many believed in the 7* 78 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 43 Lord. And it came to pass that he staid many days in Joppe, with one Simon a tanner. CHAP. X., Now there was a certain man in Cesarea, v. 1. named Cornelius, a centurion of the band, 2 which is called the Italian, A religious man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always: 3 He saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, 4 and saying to him: Cornelius. And he beholding him, being seized with fear, said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thy alms have ascended for a memorial in the sight of God. 5 And now send men to Joppe, and call hither one 6 Simon, who is surnamed Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: 7 he shall tell thee what thou must do. And when the angel who spoke to him was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a soldier that feared the Lord, of those who were under him: 8 To whom when he had related all, he sent them 9 to Joppe. And on the next day, whilst they were going on their journey, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up to the higher parts of the house 10 to pray, about the sixth hour. And being hungy, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstacy of 11 mind: And he saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down 12 by the four corners from heaven to the earth, In which were all manner of four-footed beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him: Arise,- Peter, 14 kill, and eat. But Peter said: Far be it from me, Lord: for I have never eaten any common and un15 clean thing. And the voice spoke to him again the second time: That which God hath purified, do not 16 thou call common. And this was done thrice: and presently the vessel was taken up again into heaven. 17 Now wlhilst Peter was doubting within himself, what the vision which he had seen should mean: behold, THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 79 the men who were sent by Cornelius, inquiring for 18 Simon's house, stood at the gate. And when they had called, they asked if Simon who is surnamed 19 Peter, lodged there? And as Peter was thinking on the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold three 20 men seek thee. Arise therefore, go down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter going down to the men, said: Behold, I am he whom'you seek: what is the cause for 22 which you are come? And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a just man and one that feareth God, and that hath good testimony from all the nation of the Jews, received an answer of a holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from 23 thee. Then bringing them in, he lodged them. And the day following he arose, and went with them: and some of the brethren from Joppe accompanied him. 24 And the day after he entered into Cesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together 25 his kinsmen and special friends. And it came to pass, when Peter was come in; Cornelius met him, 26 and falling down at his feet worshipped. But Peter raised him up, saying: Rise, I myself also am a 27 man. And talking with him he went in, and found 28 many that were come together. And he said to them: You know how abominable a thing it is for a man that is a Jew, to keep company or to come to one of another nation: but God hath showed to 29 me, not to call any man common or unclean. Wherefore making no doubt, I came when I was sent for. I ask, therefore, for what cause you have sent for 30 me? And Cornelius said: Four days ago, until this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold a man stood before me in white 31 apparel, and said: Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms are remembered in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppe, and call hither Simon, who is surnamed Peter: he lodgeth in the house of Simon 33 a tanner by the sea side. Immediately therefore I sent to thee: and thou hast done well in coming. Now therefore all we are present in thy sight, to hear all things whatsoever are commanded thee by 80 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 34 the Lord. Then Peter opening his mouth, said: In truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and work36 eth justice, is acceptable to him. God send the word to the children of Israel, preaching peace 37 through Jesus. Christ: (he is Lord of all.) You know the word which hath been published through all Judea: for it began from Galilee, after the bap88 tism which John preached, Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost, and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with 39 him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom 40 they killed, hanging him upon a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made 41 manifest,'Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-ordained of God, even to us, who eat and drank 42 with him after he arose again from the dead. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who hath been appointed by God to be.the' Judge of the living and of the dead. 43 To him all the prophets give testimony, that through his name all receive remission of sins, who believe 44 in him. While Peter was yet speaking these words the Holy Ghost fell upon all them.that were hear45 ing the word. And the faithful of the circumcision, who had come with'Peter, were astonished because the grace of the Holy Ghost was also poured out 46 upon the Gentiles. For they heard them speaking 47 with tongues, and magnifying God. Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy 48 Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they entreated him to stay with them some days. CHAP. XI.) And the apostles and brethren who were in. 1. Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had re2 ceived the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circum THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 81 3 cision disputed against him, Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them? 4 But Peter began and declared to them the matter in 5 order, saying: I was in the city of Joppe praying, and I saw in an esctacy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners, and it came even to 6 me: Into which looking I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts and creep7 ing things, and fowls of the air: And I heard also a voice, saying to me: Arise, Peter, kill, and eat. 8 And I said: By no means, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. 9 And the voice answered the second time from heaven: What God hath made clean call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were taken 11 up again into heaven. And behold, immediately there were three men come to the house wherein I 12 was, sent to me from Cesarea. And the Spirit said to me, that I should go with them, nothing doubting. And these six brethren went with me also, and we 13 entered into the man's house. And he told us, how he had seen an angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to Joppe, and call hither 14 Simon, who is surnamed Peter, Who shall speak to thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall 15 be saved. And when he had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the 16 beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he said: John indeed baptized with water, 17 but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. If then God gave to them the same grace, as to us also who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ: who 18 was I, that I could oppose God? When they had heard these things, they held their peace: and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto life. CHAP. XII. )And at the same time Herod the king v. 1. -stretched forth his hand to afflict some of 2 the church. And he killed James the brother of 3 John with a sword. And seeing that it pleased the 82 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Now 4 it was in the days of the azymes.) Whom as soon as he had apprehended, he cast into prison, delivering him to four quaternoins of soldiers to be kept, intending after the pasch to bring him forth to the 5 people. Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church to 6 God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, that very night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the 7 guards before the door kept the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him: and a light shined in the room: and he striking Peter on the side, raised him up, saying: Arise quickly. And 8 the chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said to him: Gird thyself, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said to him: Cast thy 9- garment about thee, and follow me. And going out he followed him, and knew not that it was true, which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a 10 vision.' And having passed through the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city, which of itself opened to them. And going out, they passed on through one street: 11 and immediately the angel departed from him. And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know indeed, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from 12 all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And considering, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were 13 assembled, and praying. And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, 14 named Rhode. And as soon as she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running 15 in, she told that Peter stood before the gate. But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel. 16 But Peter continued knocking. And when they had 17 opened, they saw him, and were astonished. But he beckoning to them with his hand to hold their peace, told how the Lord had brought him out of THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 83 prison, and he said: Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And being gone out, he went 18 into another place. As soon as it was day, there was no small confusion among the soldiers, what was 19 become of Peter. And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, having examined the keepers, he commanded they should be led away: and going down from Judea to Cesarea, he stayed there. CHAP. XV. And some coming down from Judea, taught v. 1. the brethren: that unless you be circumcised after' the manner of Moses, you cannot be 2 saved. And when Paul and Barnabas had no small contest with them, they determined that Paul. and Barnabas, and certain others of the other side, should go up to the apostles and priests to Jerusalem about 3 this question. They therefore being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles: 4 and they caused great joy to all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and ancients, declaring how great things God had done 5 with them. But there rose up some of the' sect of the Pharisees that believed, saying: They must be circumcised, and be commanded to observe the law 6 of Moses. And the apostles and ancients came to7 gether to consider of this matter. And when there was much disputing; Peter rising up, said to them: Men brethren, you know that in former days God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and be8 lieve. And God, who lnoweth the hearts, gave them testimony, giving to them the Holy Ghost as 9 well as to us. And made no difference between us 10 and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither'our fathers 11 nor we were able to bear? But by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved, even as 12 they. And all the mtltitude held their peace: and gave ear to Barnabas and Paul relating what great 84 THI ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. signs and wonders God had wrought among the 13 Gentiles by them. And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men brethren, hear 14 me. Simon hath told in Nwhat manner God first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people 15 to his name. And to this agree the words of the 16 prophets, as it is written: After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down, and I will rebuild the ruins 17 thereof; and I will set it up: That the rest of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord who doeth these 18 things. To the Lord is known his own work from 19 the beginning of the world. Wherefore I judge that they, who from among the Gentiles are converted to 20 God, are not to be disquieted. But that we write to them, that they refrain themselves from the pollution of idols,. and from fornication, and from things 21 strangled, and from blood. For Moses from ancient times hath in every city them that preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath. 22 Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company, and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, 2S chief men among the brethren. Writing by their hands. The apostles and ancients brethren to the brethren of the Gentiles that are at Antioch and in 24 Syria and Cilicia, greeting: Forasmuch as we have heard that some, who went out from us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we 25 gave no commands: It hath seemed good to us assembled together,' to choose out men, and send them to you with our dearly beloved Barnabas and 26 Paul. Men who have given their lives fog the name 27 of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also will by word 28 of mouth tell you the same things. For it hath seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary 29 things: That you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which things keeping yourselves, you shall do well. Fare ye well. ST. PAVL^S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIAN& 85 SELECTIONS FROM THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIANS. CHAP. Paul, an apostle, not from men, neither by v.. 1 man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Fa2 ther, who raised him from the dead. And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia. 3 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father 4 and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present wicked world, according to the will of God 5 and our Father, To whom is glory for ever and 6 ever. Amen. I wonder that you are so soon removed, from him who called you to the grace of 7 Christ, to another gospel: Which is not another, only there are some that trouble you, and would 8 pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven preach a gospel to you beside that which we have preached to you, let him be 9 anathema. As we said before, so I say now again: If any one preach to you a gospel besides that which 10 you have received, let him be anathema. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? If I did yet please men, I should not be the 11 servant of Christ. For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me 12 is not according to man. For neither did I receive it from man, nor did I learn it, but by the revela13 tion of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion; how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of 14 God, and laid it waste: And I made progress in the Jews' religion, above many of my equals in my lown nation, being more abundantly zealous for 15 the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and 16 called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immemediately I condescended not to flesh and blood, 17 Neither went I to Jerusalem to the apostles who were before me; but I went into Arabia: and again 18 I returned to Damascus: Then three years after, 8 86 ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. I came to Jerusalem to see Peter, and stayed with 19 him fifteen days: But other of the apostles I saw 20 none, except James the brother of the Lord. Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God 21 I lie not. Afterwards I came into the regions of 22 Syria and Cilicia. And I was unknown by face to 23 the churches of Judea, which were in Christ: But they had heard only: He, that persecuted us in times past, doth now preach the faith which once he 24 impugned: And they glorified God in me. CHAP. II. Then fourteen years after, I went up again v. 1. to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also 2 with me. And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentileg, but apart to them who seemed to be something; lest, perhaps, I should 3 run, or had run in vain. But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be 4 circumcised: But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring 5 us into bondage: To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the 6 gospel might continue with you: But of them who seemed to be something, (what they were some time, it is nothing to me; God accepteth not the person of man) for to me they that seemed to be something, 7 added nothing. But' on the contrary, when they had seen that to me was committed the gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circum8 cision: (For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among 9 the Gentiles:) And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circum10 cision: Only that we should be mindful of the poor, 11 which same thing also I was careful to do. But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him 12 to the face, because he was blameable. For before FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 87 that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing those who were of the 13 circumcision. And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented; so that Barnabas also was led by 14 them into that dissimulation. But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas, before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the'Gentiles, and not of the Jews, how dost thou compel the Gen15 tiles to follow the way of the Jews? We by nature 16 are Jews, and not of' the Gentiles sinners. But knowing that a man is not justified by the. works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be 17 justified. But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ 18 then the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, 19 I make myself a transgressor. For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God; 20 with Christ I am nailed to the cross. And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith' of the Son of God, who loveth me, and delivered himself for 21 me. I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE. CHAP. I.' Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the v. 1. 5 strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, 2 Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, According to the foreknowledge of God the Father unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace 3 unto you, and peace be multiplied. Blessed be the God and- Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, hath regenerated us 88- FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. unto a lively hope, through the resurrection of Jesus 4 Christ fr6m the dead, Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not, reserved in 5 heaven for you, Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in 6 the last time. In which you shall greatly rejoice, now if need be for a little time to be made sorrowful 7 in divers temptations: That the trial of your faith, much more precious than gold (which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise, and glory, and hon8 our, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen you love: In whom also now, though you see him not, you believe; and, believing, shall re9 joice with an unspeakable and glorified joy: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your 10 souls. Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of 11 the grace to come in you: Searching into what time, or manner of time, the Spirit of Christ should signify in them; foretelling those sufferings that are in Christ, 12 and the glories that should follow: To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they ministered those things, which are now declared to you by those who have preached the gospel to you, the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on 13 whom the angels desire to look. Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girded, being sober, hope perfectly for that grace which is offered you at the 14 revelation of Jesus Christ: As children of obedience, not conformed to the former desires of your ignorance: 15 But according to him who is holy, who hath called 16 you; be you also holy in all conversation: For it is written: You shall be holy, because I am holy. 17 And if you invoke the Father, him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work, converse in fear during the time of your 18 sojourning here: Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible gold or silver from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 20 unspotted and undefiled: Fore-known, indeed, before the'foundation of the world, but manifested in FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 89 21 the last times for you. Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him from the dead, and- gave him glory, that your faith and {hope might be in God: 22 Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love from a sincere heart love one 23 another earnestly: Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible by the word of God, 24 who liveth and remaineth for ever. For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory thereof as the flower of the grass: the grass is withered; and the flower 25 thereof is fallen away. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever: and this is the word which hath been preached unto you. CHAP. II. Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all v. 1. guile, and dissimulations, and envies, and all 2 detractions, As new-born infants, desire the rational milk without guile; that thereby you may grow unto 3 salvation: If yet you have tasted that the Lord is 4 sweet. To whom approaching the living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen and honoured of 5 God: Be you also as living stones built up, a spiritual house, a holy'priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, 6 acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore, it is contained in the Scripture:- Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect precious: and he that 7 shall believe in him, shall not be confounded. To you, therefore, that believe, honour: but to them that believe not, the stone which the builders rejected, 8 the same is made the head of the corner: And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of scandal to them, who stumble at the word, neither do believe where9 unto also they are set. But. you are a chosen generation, a royal priest-hood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his admirable light. 10 Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, 11 but now have obtained mercy. Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires, which war against the 12 soul,'Having your conversation good among the 8* 90 FIRST EPISTLE OF ST, PETER. Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, considering you by your good works, 13 thei may glorify God in the day of visitation. Be ye subject, therefore, to every human creature, for God's sake; whether it be to the king, as excelling; 14 Or to governors, as sent by him for the punishment 16 of evil doers, and for the praise of the good: For so is the will of God, that by doing well, you may 16 silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not as making liberty a cloke of malice, but as the 17 servants of God. Honour all men: Love the broth18 erhood: fear God: honour the king: Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the 19 good, and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man 20 endure sorrows, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, sinning and being buffeted, you suffer it? But if, doing well, you suffer patiently, this is 21 thankworthy before God. For unto this you have been called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you 22 an example, that you should follow his steps; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; 23 Who, when'he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not; but delivered himself to 24 him that judged him unjustly: Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree; that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes 25 you were healed. For you were as sheep going astray: but you are now converted to the pastor and bishop of your souls. GHAP. III. In like manner also let wives be subject to v... their husbands; that if any believe not the word, they may be gained without the word, by the 2 conversation of the wives, Considering your chaste 3 conversation-with fear. Whose adorning let it not be the outward plaiting of the hair, or the wearing 4 of gold, or the putting on of apparel; But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of 5 God. For after this manner heretofore also the holy women, hoping in God, adorned themselves, FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 91 6 being subject to their own husbands: As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters you are,'doing well, and not fearing any trouble. 7 Ye husbands, likewise, dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the woman as to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the grace 8 of* life; that your prayers be not hindered. And finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, loving brotherhood, merciful, modest; 9 humble: Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but on the contrary, blessing: for unto this are you called, that by inheritance you may possess 10 a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his 11 lips that they speak no guile. Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek peace, and pursue it: 12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers: but the countenance of 13 the Lord against them that do evil things. And who is he that can hurt you, if you be zealous of 14 good? But if also you suffer anything for justice sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their 15 terror, and be not troubled. But sanctify the Lord Christ in your heart, being always ready to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope 16 which is in you. But with modesty and fear, having a good conscience; that whereas they speak evil of you, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your 17 good conversation in Christ. For it is better doing well (if such be the will of God) to suffer, than lb doing ill. Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might offer us to God, being put to death, indeed, in the flesh, but brought 19 to life by the Spirit. In which also he came and 20 preached to those spirits who were in prison: Who in time past had been incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days of Noe, when the ark was a building: in which a few, that is, eight 21 souls, were saved by water. Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also; not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the esamination of a good conscience towards God by the 92 FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 22 resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing up death, that we.might become heirs of life everlasting; he being gone into heaven, the angels, and powers, and virtues, being made subject to him. CHAP. IV. } Christ, therefore, having suffered in the flesh, v. 1. be ye also armed with the same thought: for he that hath suffered in the flesh, hath ceased 2 from sins: That now as to the rest of his time in the flesh, he may live not according to the desires of 3 men, but according to the will of God. For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, banquetings, and 4 unlawful worshipping of idols. Wherein they think it strange, that you run not with them into the same 5 confusion of riotousness, speaking evil of you: Who shall render an account to him, who is ready to judge 6 the living and the dead. For this cause also was the gospel preached to the dead; that they might be judged indeed, according to men in the flesh, but 7 may live' according to God in the Spirit. But the end of all approacheth. Be prudent, therefore, and 8 watch in prayers. But before all things have a mutual charity among yourselves: for charity cover9 eth a multitude of sins. Using hospitality towards 10 one another without murmuring. As every man hath received grace, ministering the same one to another, as good stewards' of the manifold grace of 11 God. If any speak, let him speak as the words of God: if any man minister, let it be as from the power which God administereth; that in all things God may be honoured through Jesus Christ: to whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever. 12 Amen. Most dearest, think not strange the burning heat which is to try you, as if some new thing hap13 pened to you: But rejoice, being partakers of the sufferings of Christ; that when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you shall be happy: for that which is of the honour, FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 93 glory, and power of God, and that which is his 15 Spirit, resteth upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a railer, or as coveting 16 the goods of others: But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God in that 17 name.'For the time is that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if first at us, what shall be the end of those who believe not the gospel of 18 God? And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the wicked and the sinner appear? 19 Therefore also they, who suffer according to the will of God, let them commend their souls in good deeds to the faithful Creator. CHAP. V. The ancients, therefore, that are among you, I v. 1. beseech, who am myself also an ancient and a witness of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory 2 which is to be revealed in time to come: Feed the flock of God which is among you; taking care thereof not by constraint, but willingly according to God: neither for the sake of filthy lucre, but volunta3 rily: Neither as domineering over the Clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. 4 And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you 5 shall receive a never-fading crown of glory. In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do ye all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the 6 humble. Be you humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God; that he may exalt you in the time of 7 visitation: Casting all your solicitude upon him; 8 for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, 9 goeth about seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist ye, strong in faith; knowing that the same affliction befalleth your brethren who are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when you have suffered a little, will himself perfect, and confirm, 11 and establish you. To him be glory and dominion 12 for ever and ever. Amen. By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I think, I have written briefly; 94 SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. beseeching and testifying, that this is the true grace 13 of God, whercin you stand. The church which is in Babylon, elected together, saluteth you: and so doth 14 my son Mark. Salute one another with a holy kiss. Grace unto you all, who are in Christ Jesus. Amen. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE. CHAP. I. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus v. 1. Christ, to them who have obtained equal faith with us, in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus 2 Christ. Grace to you and peace be fulfilled in the knowledge of God, and of Christ Jesus our Lord: 3 According as all things of his divine power, which appertain to life and piety, are given to us, through the knowledge of him who hath called us by his own 4 proper glory and virtue, By whom he hath given us very great and precious promises; that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature; flying from the corruption of that concupiscence 5 which is in the world. And you, giving all diligence, join with.your faith, virtue; and with virtue, knowl6 edge: And with knowledge, abstinence; and with 7 abstinence, patience; and with patience, piety; And with piety, brotherly love; and with brotherly love, 8 charity. For if these things be with you, and abound, they will make you to be neither empty, nor unfruit9 ful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he that hath not these things with him, is blind, and groping, forgetting his being purged from his old sins. 10 Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your vocation and election: for doing these things, you shall not sin at any time. 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and 12 Saviour Jesus Christ. For which cause I will begin to admonish you always of these things; though, indeed, you know them and are confirmed in the 13 present truth. But I think it just, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by admonition: 14 Being asured that the putting off of this my tabr SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 95 nacle is at hand, even according as our Lord Jesus 15 Christ hath signified to me. And I will endeavor, that you frequently have after my decease, whereby 16 you may keep a memory of these things. For we have not, by following artificial fables, made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; but we were eye-witnesses of his greatness. 17 For he received from, God the Father honour and glory; this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am 18 well pleased; hear ye him. And this voice we heard. brought from heaven, when we were with 19 him in the holy mount. And we have the word of prophecy more firm to which yoa do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts: 20 Understanding this first, that no prophecy of the 21 Scripture is made by private interpretation. For prophecy came not by the will of man at any time; but the holy men of God spoke, inspired by the Holy Ghost. CHAP. II.) But there were also false prophets among the v. 1. people; even as there shall be lyingteachers among you, whb slill bring in sects of perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them, bringing upon 2 themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their luxuries, by whom the way of truth shall 3 be blasphemed: And through covetousness with feigned words they shall make, merchandise of you; whose judgment now of a long time ceaseth not, and 4 their destruction slumbereth not. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but having cast them down into the place of torments delivered them into the chains of hell to be tormented, to be reserved unto 5 judgment; And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe the eighth person, a preacher of justice, bringing in the deluge upon the world of the 6 impious. And reducing the cities of the Sodomites, and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to destruction; making them an example to those 7 that should after act wickedly: And delivered Lot a 9a SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. just man oppressed by the injustice and lewd conver8 sation- of the wicked: For in sight and hearing he was just; dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with their impious deeds: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation; but to reserve the unjust unto the day 10 of judgment to be tormented: And especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise governments, audacious, pleasing themselves, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming: 11 Whereas angels, though they are greater in strength and power, bear not an execrable judgment against 12 themselves. But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare, and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall 13 perish in their corruption, Receiving the reward of injustice, counting pleasure the delights of a day; stains and blemishes, flowing in delicacies, rioting in 14 their feasts with you, Having eyes full of adultery, and of never ceasing sin: alluring unstable souls, having their heart exercised with covetousness, sons 15 of malediction: Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of 16 Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity: But had a check of his madness: a dumb beast, subject to the yoke, speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of 17 the prophet. These are fountains without water, and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of 18 darkness is reserved. For, speaking swelling words of vanity, they allure in desires of the flesh of riotousness those, who had escaped a little from them 19 who converse in error: Promising them liberty, when they themselves are slaves of corruption: for by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is 20 the slave. For if having fled from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, being again entangled in them, they are overcome: their latter state is become unto 21 them worse than the former. For it had been better for theim not to have known the way of justice, than, after they have known it, to turn back from that holy 22 commandment, which was delivered to them. For SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER. 97 that of the true proverb hath happened to them: The dog is returned to his own vomit: and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. C IAP. III. Behold, this is the second epistle I write to v. 1. you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up 2 by admonition your sincere mind: That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophets, and of your apostles, of the 3 precepts of the Lord and Saviour. Knowing this first, that in the last days there shall come scoffers with deceit, walking according to their own lusts, 4 Saying: Where is his promise, or his coming? For since the fathers slept, all things continue so from the 5 beginning of the creation, For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth, out of water, and through water, consisting by 6 the word of God: Whereby the world that then 7 was. being overflowed with water, perished. But the heavens which now are, and the earth, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of wicked 8 men. But' be not ignorant, my beloved, of this one thing, that one day with the LQrd is as a thousand 9 years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine; but beareth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance. 10 But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence; and the elements shall be dissolved with heat; and the earth and the works that are in it, shall be burnt 11 up. Seeing, then, that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in 12 holy conversation and godliness, Waiting for, and hastening unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat of 13 fire? But we look for new heavens and a new earth, according to his promise, in which justice dwelleth. 14 Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotg 98 THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. 15 ted and blameless in peace: And account the longbearing of our Lord, salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to 16 him, hath written to you, As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things: in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable'wrest, as also the other Scriptures, to 17 their own perdition. You, therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, beware; lest, being led away by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own 18 steadfastness. But increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of eternity. Amen. THE CATHOLIC EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE. I-IAP. I. James, a servant of God, and of our Lord v. 1. Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are 2 dispersed, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy, 3 when you shall fall into divers temptations; Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 And patience hath a perfect work; that you may be 5 perfect and entire, deficient in nothing. But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all abundantly, and upbraideth not: and it shall 6 be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, that is moved and carried about by the wind. 7 Therefore, let not that man think that he shall receive 8 any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is 9 inconstant in all his ways. But let the brother of 10 low condition glory in his exaltation: But the rich, in his being low, because as the flower of the grass, 11 he shall pass away: For the sun rose with a burning heat, and parched the grass; and the flower thereof fell off; and the beauty of the shape thereof perished: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which -God hath promised to them THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. 99 13 that love him. Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted of God: for God is not a tempter 14 of evils: and he tempteth no man. But every man is tempted, being drawn away by his own concupi15 scence, and allured. Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: but sin, when it is 16 completed, begetteth death. Do not err, therefore, 17 my dearest brethren. Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor 18 shadow of vicissitude. For of his own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth, that we might 19 be some beginning of his creatures. You know, my dearest brethren: and let every man be swift to hear; 20 but slow to speak, and slow to anger. For the anger 21 of man worketh not the justice of God. Wherefore, casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of malice, with meekness receive the ungrafted word, which is 22 able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own 23 selves. For if a man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer; he shall be compared to a man beholding 24 his natural countenance in a glass: For he beheld himself, and went his way, and presently forgot what 25 manner of man he was. But he that hath looked into the perfect law of liberty, and hath continued in it, not becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the 26 work; this man shall be blessed in his deed. And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this man's 27 religion is vain. Religion pure and unspotted with God and the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their tribulation, and to keep one's self undefiled from this world. CHAP. II. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord J v.. Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons. 2 For if there come into your assembly a man having a gold ring in fine apparel, and there come in also a 3 poor man in mean attire, And you cast your eyes on him that is clothed with the fine apparel, and say to him: Sit thou here in a good place: and say to 100 THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. the poor man: Stand thou there, or sit under my 4 foot-stool: Do you not judge within yourselves, and 5 are become judges of unjust thoughts? Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you by might; and do not they draw 7 you before the judgment seats? Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you? 8 If then you fulfil the royal law, according to the Scriptures: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy9 self; you do well. But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as 10 transgressors. Now whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shall kill, thou art become a 12 transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, 13 as being to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment without mercy, to him that hath not done mercy: and mercy exalteth itself above judgment. 14 What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able 15 to save him? And if a brother or sister be naked, 16 and want daily food, And one of you say to them: Go in peace, be you warmed and filled; yet give them not those things that are necessary for the body, 17 what shall it profit? Even so faith, if it have not 18 works, is dead in itself. But some man will say: Thou hast faith; and I have works: Show me thy faith without works; and I will show thee- my faith, 19 by works. Thou believest that there is one God. Thou doest well: the devils also believe and trem20 ble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith 21 without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, offering up Isaac his son 22 upon the altar? Seest thou that faith did co-operate with his works; and by works faith was made per23 feet? And the Scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God; and it was reputed to him THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. 101 to justice: and he was called the friend of God. 24 Do you see that by works a man is justified, and not 25 by faith only? And in like manner also Rabah the harlot, was not she justified by works, receiving the messengers, and sending them out another 26 way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. CHAP. III.} Be not many masters, my brethren, knowing v. 1-2-. that you receive the greater judgment. For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to turn about the whole body. 3 For if we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole 4 body. Behold also ships, whereas they are great, and are driven by strong winds, yet are they turned about with a small helm, whithersoever the force of 5 the governor willeth. Even so the tongue is, indeed, a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold 6 how small a fire kindleth a great wood. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of our nativity, 7 being set on fire by hell. For every kind of beasts,, and of birds, and of serpents, and of the rest, is 8 tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind: But the tongue no man can tame; a restless evil, full of 9 deadly poison. By it we bless God and the Father: and by it we curse men, who are made after the 10 likeness of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things 11 ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth through the same passage sweet and bitter water? 12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear grapes, or the vine, figs? So neither can the salt water yield sweet. 13 Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show, by a good conversation, 14 his work in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contentions in your hearts; glory not, and be not liars against the truth. 15 For this is not wisdom, descending from above; but 9* 102 THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. 16 earthly, sensual, diabolical. For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy and every evil 17 work. But the wisdom which is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy, and good fruits, without judging, without dissimula18 tion. And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace. HAP. IV. From whence are wars and contentions among v. 1. you? Come they not hence? -from your 2 concupiscences, which war in your members? You covet, and have not: you kill, and envy, and cannot obtain: you contend, and war: and you have not, 3 because you ask not. You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss; that you may consume it on 4 your concupiscences. Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world, is the enemy of God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of this world, 5 becometh an enemy of God. Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit 6 covet, which dwelleth in you? But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud, 7 and giveth grace to the humble. Be subject, therefore, to God: but resist the devil, and he will fly 8 from you. Approach to God, and he will approach to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify 9 your hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into 10 mourning, and your joy into sorrow. Be humble in the sight of the Lord; and he will exalt you. 11 Detract not one another, brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, and judge, who is able to 13 destroy and to deliver. But who art thou, who judgest thy neighbour? Behold now, you who say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city; and there we will spend a year, and will traffic, and 14 make gain: Whereas you know not what shall be on 15 the morrow. For what is your life? It is a vapour THE tPSTLE OF ST. JAMES. 103 which appeareth for a little while, and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will; and, If we shall live, we will do this 16 or that. But now you glory in your arrogancies. All 17 such glorying is wicked. To him, therefore, who knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. CHAP. V. 1 Go to, now, ye rich men; weep and howl for v. 1-2. your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are putrified, and your garments are moth3 eaten. Your gold and silver is rusted: and the rust of them shall be for a testimony against you; and shall eat your flesh as fire. You have stored 4 up to yourselves wrath against the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers, who have reaped your fields of which you have defrauded them, crieth out; and the cry of them hath entered into the ears 5 of the Lord of Sabaoth. You have feasted upon earth; and in luxuries you have nourished your 6 hearts in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and put to death the just one; and he resisteth you 7 not. Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, patiently bearing 8 till he receive the early and the latter rain. Be you, therefore, also patient, and strengthen your hearts: 9 for the coming of the Lord draweth near. Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the 10 door. Take, my brethren, for an example of suffering evil, of labour and patience, the prophets, who 11 spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we account them blessed, who have suffered. You hate heard of the patience of Job: and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is merciful and compas12 sionate. But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath. But let your speech be: Yea, yea: no, 13 no: that you fall not under judgment. Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? 14 Let him sing psalms. Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let 104 THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the 15 name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess, therefore, your sins one to another; and pray for one another, that you may be saved: for the continual prayer-of a just man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth; and it rained not for three years and six 18 months. And be pr..oed a,2azi-. aecad tle heaven gave 19 rain, and the earth yielded her fruit. My brethren, if any of you shall err from the truth, and any one 20 convert him: He must know,-that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way, shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE. CHAP. I. That which was from the beginning, which we v. 1. have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have'diligently looked upon, and our hands 2 have handled, concerning the word of life: For the life Was manifested: and we have seen, and do bear witness, and declare unto you the eternal life, which 3 was with the Father, and hath appeared to us: That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you; that you also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship may be with the Father, and with his Son 4 Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you, that 5 you may rejoice, and your joy may be full. And this is the declaration which we have heard from him, and declare unto you: That God is light; and that in him 6 there is no darkness. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do 7 not the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light; we have fellowship one towards another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth 8 us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we 9 deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. 105 confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us 10 our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar; and his word is not in us. CHAP. II. }My little children, these things I write to you, v. 1. that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 2 the just: And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole 3 world. And in this we do know that we have known 4 him if we keep his commandments. He that saith he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, 5 is a liar; and the truth is not in him. But whosoever keepeth his word, the charity of God is truly perfect in him: and by this we know that we are in 6 him. He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself 7 also to walk, even as he walked. My dearest, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning: The old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8 Again a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true both in him and in you: because the 9 darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is 10 in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no scandal in 11 him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes. 12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are 13 forgiven you for his name's sake. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you 14 have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, infants, because you have known the Father. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the 15 wicked one. Love not the world, nor those things which are in the world. If any man love the world, 16 the charity of the Father is not in him: For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and 106 FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life: 17 which is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof. But he that doeth the will of God, abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last 19 hour. They went out from us: but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but that they might be made 20 manifest, that they are not all of us. But you have an unction from the Holy One; and you know all 21 things. I have not written to you as to such as know not the truth, but as to such as know it; and that no 22 lie is from the truth.. Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist, who 23 denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, neither hath he the Father. He that con24 fesseth the Son, hath the Father also. Let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you: If what you have heard from the beginning shall abide in you, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the 25 Father. And this is the promise which he hath prom26 ised to us, eternal life. These things have I written 27 to you concerning them that seduce you. And the unction, which you have received from him, let it abide in you. And you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his unction teacheth you concerning all things, and it is truth, and is not a lie. 28 And as it hath taught you, abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be confounded 29 by him at his coming, If you know that he is just, know also that every one who doeth justice, is born of him. CHAP. III.. Behold what manner of charity the Father v. 1. hath bestowed upon us, that we should be named, and should be the sons of God. Therefore, the world hath not known us: because it hath not 2 known him. Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God: and it hath not yet appeared what we shall FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. 107 be. We know, that when he shall appear, we shall be 3 like to him: because we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth him4 self, as he also is holy. Whosoever committeth sin, 5 committeth also iniquity: and sin is iniquity. And you know that he appeared to take away our sins: 6 and in him there is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not: and whosoever sirmeth, hath not seen 7 him, nor known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He that doeth justice, is just; as he also 8 is just. lie that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy 9 the works of the devil. Every one that is born of God, doth not commit sin: for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just, is not of 11 God, nor is he that loveth not his brother: For this is the declaration which you have heard from the be12 ginning, that you should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And'for what cause did he kill him? Because 13 his own works were evil, and his brother's just. Won14 dernot, brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death to life; because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in 15 death: Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life 16 abiding in himself. In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and 17 we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of this world, and- shall see his brother in need, and shall shut Up his bowels from 18 him; how doth the charity of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, 19 but in deed, and in truth. In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight we shall persuade 20 our hearts. For if our heart reprehend us, God is 21 greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have 22 confidence towards God: And whatsoever we shall 108 FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleas23 ing in his sight. And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ; and love one another, as he hath given commandment 24 unto us. And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him: and in this we know that he abideth in us, from the Spirit which he hath given us. CHAP. IV. Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit; but v. 1. try the spirits, whether they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 By this is the Spirit of God known: every spirit, that confesseth Jesus Christ to have come in the flesh, is of 3 God: And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus, is not of God: and this is Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh, and he is now already in the 4 world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome him; because greater is he that is in you, than 5 he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth 6 them. We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth us: He that is not of God, heareth us not: by this -we know the Spirit of truth, and the spirit of 7 error. Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born 8 of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, know9 eth rot God: for God is charity. By this hath appeared the charity of God in us; because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we 10 might live through him. In this is charity: not as if we have loved God, but because he first loved us, and 11 sent his SQn a propitiation for our sins. My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we ought also to love one an12 other. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is 13 perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him, and he in us.; because he hath given us of his 14 Spirit: And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. 109 16 God abideth in him, and he in God. And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. - God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, 17 abideth in God, and God in him. In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we 18 also are in this world. Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear; because fear hath pain: and he that feareth, is not perfect in charity. 19 Let us, therefore, love God, because God first hath 20 loved us. If any man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he seeth, how can he love God, whom 21 he seeth not? And this commandment we have from God, that he, who loveth God, love also his brother. CHIAP. V. ) Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, v. 1. is'born of God. And every one that loveth him that begot, loveth him also who was born oft him. 2 In this we know that we love the children of God, 3 when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the charity of God, that we keep his command4 ments: and his commandments are not heavy. For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world. 5 our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but G he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not in water only, but in water and blood. And it is the 7 Spirit that testifieth, that Christ is the truth. For there are three that give testimony in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these 8 three are one. And there are three that give testimony on earth; the spirit, the water, and the blood: 9. and these three are one. If we.receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: for this is the testimony of God, which is greater, because he 10 hath testified of his Son. He that believeth in the Son of God, hath the testimony of God in himself. He that believeth not the Son, maketh him a liar; because he believeth not in the testimony which God 11 hath testified of his Son. And this is; the testimony, 10 110 SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. that God hath given to us eternal life: and this life 12 is in his Son. IHe that hath the Son, hath life: he 13 that hath not the Son, hath not life. These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal 14 life; who believe in the name of the Son of God. And this is the confidence-which we have in him: that whatsoever we shall ask, according to his will, he hear15 eth us. And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which 16 we request of him. He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not unto death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, that sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that any one should 17 ask for it. All iniquity is sin: and there is a sin unto 18 death. We know that every one, who is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth 19 him, and the wicled one toucheth him not. We know that we are of God: and the whole world is seated in 20 wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the true God, and may be in his true Son. 21 This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE. CHAP. 1. The ancient to the lady Elect and her children, v. 1. f whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also 2 all they who have known the truth, For the sake of the truth: which abideth in us, and shall be with us 3 for ever. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus the Son of the 4 Father, in truth, and charity. I was exceeding glad, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we 5 have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from 6 the beginning, that we love one another. And this is charity, that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment, that as you have heard 7 from the beginning, you should walk in it: For many seducers are gone out into the world, who confess not SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. 111 that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh: this is a seducer 8 and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought; but that you 9 may receive a full reward. Whosoever recedeth, and continueth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that continueth in the doctrine, he hath both the 10 Father and the Son. If any man come to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house, 11 nor say to him, God save you. For he that saith to him: God save you, communicateth with his wicked 12 works.- Having more things to write unto you, I would not by paper and ink: for I hope that I shall be with you, and speak face to face; that your joy 13 may be full. The children of thy sister Elect salute thee. THE THIRD EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE AP.OSTLE. CHAP. I. } The ancient to the dearly beloved Gaius, whom J v. 1-2. i I love in truth. Dearly beloved, I make my prayer that thou mayest prosper as to all things, and be in health, even as thy soul doeth prosperously. 3 I was exceeding glad when the brethren came, and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou walk4 est in truth. I have no greater grace than this, to 5 hear that my children walk in truth. Dearly beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest for the 6 brethren, and that for strangers, Who have given testimony of thy charity in the sight of the church; whom, thou shalt do well, to bring forward on their way in a 7 manner worthy of God. Because, for his name's sake 8 they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. We, therefore, ought to receive such; that we may be fel9 low-helpers of the truth. I had written perhaps to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the 10 pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us. Wherefore, if I come, I will publish his works which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and as if these things were not enough for him, neither doth he himself receive the brethren: and those that do receive them he forbiddeth, and casteth out of the church. 11 Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that 112 THE APOCALYPSE. which is good. He that doeth good, is of God: he 12 that doeth evil, hath not seen God. To Demetrius testimony is given by all, and by the truth itself; yea, and we also give testimony: and thou knowest that 13 our testimony is true. I had many things to write unto thee: but I would not by ink and pen write to 14 thee. But I hope speedily to see thee; and we will speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name. THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE. CHAP. I. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave v. 1. to him to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass; and signified, send2 ing by his angel to his servant John, Who hath given testimony to the word of God, and the testimony of 3 Jesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen. Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written 4 in it: for the time is at hand. John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you and peace from him, who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his 5 throne; And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth; who hath loved us, and 6 washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us a kingdom and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and empire for ever and ever. 7 Amen. Behold, he cometh.with the clouds: and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves be: 8 cause of him: Even so: Amen. I am Alpha, and Omega, the beginning, and the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the 9 Almighty. I John your brother, and sharer in tribulation, and in the kingdom, and patience in Christ Jesus; was in the island, which is called Patmos, for 10 the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus: I was in spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind 11 me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying: What thou THE APOCALYPSE. 113 seest, write in a book; and send to the seven churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Phil12 adelphia, and to Laodicia. And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me: and being turned, I saw 13 seven golden candlesticks. And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and 14 girded about near the paps with a golden girdle. And his head, and hair, were white, like white wool, and 15 as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace, 16 and his voice as the sound of many waters: And he had in his'right hand seven stars: and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance shined as the sun shineth in its full strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not: I 18 am the first and the last, And alive, and was dead; and behold, I am living for ever and ever, and have 19 the keys of death and of hell. Write, therefore, the things which thou hast seen, and which are, and which 20 must be done hereafter. The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches. HAP. II. } To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: v. 1. These things saith he, who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of 2 the seven golden candlesticks: I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear evil men: and thou hast tried them, who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them 3 liars: And thou hast patience, and hast borne for my 4 name, and hast not failed. But this I have against 5 thee, that thou hast left thy first charity. Be mindful, therefore, from whence thou art fallen: and do penance, and do the first works. Or else I come to thee, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place, unless 6 thou shah have done penance. But this thou hast, 10* 114 THE APOCALYPSE. that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites, which I 7 also hate. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is 8 in the paradise of my God. And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First 9 and the Last; who was dead, and liveth: I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by those who say they are Jews, 10 and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fea none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death, and I will give 11 thee the crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged 13 sword: I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where 14 Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat and commit forni15 cation: So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine 16 of the Nicolaites. In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly; and will fight against 17 them with the sword of my mouth. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I. will give the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone; and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, but he 18 that receiveth it. And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like 19 unto fine brass: I know thy works, and thy faith, and thy charity, and ministry, and thy patience, and thy 20 last works which are more than the former. But I have a few things against thee: because thou permit THE APOCALYPSE. 115 test the woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach, and to seduce my servants, to commit 21 fornication, and to eat of things offered to idols. And I. gave her time to do penance: and she will not re22 pent of her fornication. Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her, shall be in very great tribulation, unless they do penance 23 from their deeds. And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know, that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But I 24 say to you, And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will not put 25 upon you any other weight: Yet that which you have, 26 hold fast till I come. And he that shall overcome, and keep my works unto the end, to him I will give 27 power over the nations; And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and as the vessel of a potter they shall 28 be broken; Even as I received from my Father: and I 29 will give him the morning star. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. CHAP. III. And to the angel of the church of Sardis v. 1. write: These things saith he, who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast the name of being alive, and 2 thou art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. For I find not 3 thy works full before my God. Have in mind, therefore, in what manner thou hast received and heard, and observe, and do penance. If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief; and thou shalt 4 not know at what hour I will come to thee. But thou hast a few names in'Sardis, which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, 5 because they are worthy. He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life: and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his 6 angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 7 Spirit saith to the churches. And to the angel of the 116 THE APOCALYPSE. church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy one and the True one, who hath the key of David: He that openeth, and no man shutteth; shutteth, 8 and no man openeth: I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and hast 9 kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie: behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet: And they 10 shall know, that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee'from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to tempt them that dwell upon the 11 earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which 12 thou hast, that no man take thy crown. He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new 13 name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 14 Spirit saith to the churches. And to the angel of the church of Laodicia write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the begin15 ning of the creation of God. I know thy works; that thou art neither cold, nor hot: I would thou wert cold, 16 or hot: But because thou art luke-warm, and neither cold, nor hot; I will begin to vomit thee out of my 17 mouth. Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made wealthy, and I have need of nothing: and thou knowest not, that thou art wretched, and, miserable, and 18 poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be clothed in white garments, that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear: and anoint thy eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 19 Thosewhom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zeal20 ous, therefore, and do penance. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man shall hear my voice, and open to me the gate, I will come in to him, and 21 will sup with him, and he with me. To him that shall THE APOCALYPSE. 117 overcome, I will grant to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and have sat with my Father in 22 his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. CHAP. IV. ) After these things I saw: and, behold, a door v. I. open in heaven: and the first voice which I heard, was as it were, of a trumpet speaking with me, saying: Come up hither, and I will show thee the 2 things which must come to pass hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne. 3 And he that sat, was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine-stone: and there was a rainbow round 4 about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats, four and twenty ancients fitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their 5 heads. And from the throne proceeded lightnings, and voices, and thunderings: and there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven 6 Spirits of God. And before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass like crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne were four 7 living creatures, full of eyes before and behind. And the first living creature like to a lion, and the second living creature like to a calf, and the third living creature having the "face as it were, of a man: and the fourth living creature was like to an eagle.flying. 8 And the four living creatures had each of them six wings: and round about and within they are- full of eyes. And they rested not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and 9 who is, and who is to come. And when these living creatures gave glory, and honour, and benediction to him, that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and 10 ever, The four and twenty ancients fell down before' him that sitteth on the throne, and adored him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before 11 the throne, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory, and honor, and power: because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were, and have been created. 118 THE APOCALYPSE. CHAP. V. And I saw in the right hand of him that rat v.. L on the throne, a book written within and with2 out, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy 3 to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man was able, neither in heaven, nor in earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to look on it. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy 5 to open the book, nor to see it. And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold, the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath conquered to open the book, and to loose the seven. seals thereof. 6 And I saw: and, behold, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes; which are the seven 7 spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. And he came, and took the book out of the right hand of him 8 that sat on the throne. And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures, and the four and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which 9 are the prayers of the saints; And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and na10 tion: And hast made us to our God a kingdom, and 11. priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the living creatures and the ancients: and the number of them was thousands of thousands, 12 Saying, with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and benediction. 13 And every creature, which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and the things that are therein: I heard all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, benediction, and honour, and glory, and power, for ever 14 and ever. And the four living creatures said: Amen: And the four and- twenty ancients fell down on their faees; and adored him that livath for ever and ever. THE APOCALYPSE. 119 CHAP. VI. And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of v. 1. the seven seals: and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder: 2 Come thou, and see. And I saw:- and, behold, a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow: and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquer3 ing that he might conquer. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature 4 saying: Come thou, and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and it was granted to him who sat thereon, to take away peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and to 5 him was given a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying: Come thou, and see. And, behold, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of 6 scales in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice, in the midst of the four living creatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two pounds of barley for a penny; and wine and oil hurt thou not. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: Come 8 thou, and see, And, behold, a pale horse; and he that sat upon him, his name was Death, and hell followed after him: and power was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine, and with death, and with the beasts of the 9 earth. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they 10 held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord, (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the 11 earth? And white stoles were given to each of them one: and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little time, till their fellow servants, and their brethren, who were to be slain even bs they, should 12 be filled up. And I saw, when he had opened the sixth seal: and, behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became' black as sackcloth of hair: and 13 the whole moon became as blood: And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig-tree casteth its 120 THE APOCALYPSE. 14 green figs when it is shaken by a great wind: And the heaven withdrew as a book rolled up together: and every mountain and the islands were moved out 15 of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the tribunes, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every bond-man, and every free-man hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the 16 mountains: And they say to the mountains and to the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath 17- of the Lamb: For the great day of their wrath is come: and who shall be able to stand? CHAP. VII. } After these things I saw four angels standing v. 1. on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that they should not blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it 3 was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we 4 seal the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred. forty-four thousand sealed, of all the tribes of 5 the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Ruben twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand sealed: 6 Of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Nephthali twelve thousand sealed: of the 7 tribe of.Manasses twelve thoisand sealed: Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Issachar 8 twelve thousand sealed: Of the tribe of Zabulon twelve thousand sealed: of the' tribe of Joseph twelve thousand sealed: of the tribe of Benjamin twelve 9 thousand sealed. After this I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and 10 palms in their hands: And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon THE APOCALYPSE. 121 11 the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the ancients, and about the four living creatures: and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and adored God, 12 Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and strength te 13 our God, for ever hnd ever. Amen. And one of the ancients answered, and said to me: Who are these that are clothed in white robes? and whence are they come? 14 And I said to him: My lord, thou knowest.' And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have 1o made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he, that sitteth on 16 the throne, shall dwell over them. They shall not hunger, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall 17 on them, nor any heat: For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them, and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. CHAP. VIII. i And when he had opened the seventh seal, v. 1. i there was silence in heaven, as it were for 2 half an hour. And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and to them were given seven trum3 pets. And another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which is before the 4 throne of God. And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God, from 5 the hand of the angel. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth: and there were thunderings, and voices, 6 and lightnings, and a great earthquake. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets, prepared 7 themselves to sound the trumpet. And the first angel sounded the trumpet: and there was made hail, and fire mingled with blood; and it was cast on the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green 1l 122 TBE APOCALYJISE. 8 grass was burnt up. And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea: and the third part of 9 the sea became blood. And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea: and the third 10 part of the ships was destroyed. And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch: and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters: 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood: and many men died of the waters, because they were made 12 bitter. And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet: and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened: and the third part of the day shined not, and of the night in 13 like manner: And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Wo, wo, wo to the inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the three angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet. CHAP. IX. And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and v. 1. I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit ascended, as the smoke of a great furnace: and the sun was darkened, and the air, with the smoke of 3 the pit: And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth: and power was given to 4 them, as the scorpions of the earth have power: And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but only the men who have not the sign of God in their 5 foreheads: And it was given to them that they should not kill them: but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a 6 scorpion when he striketh a man. And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses THE APOCALYPSE. 123 prepared for battle: and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold; and their faces as the faces of men. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women: and their 9 teeth were as the teeth of lions: And they had breastplates, as it were breast-plates of iron: and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many 10 horses running to battle: And they had tails like unto scorpions, and stings were in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months: and they had 11 over them A king, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew, is Abaddon, and in Greek, 12 Appollyon; in Latin, Exterminans. One wo is past; 13 and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is 14 before the eyes of God, Saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels, who are bound 15 in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year; for to kill the third part of 16 men. And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times ten thousand. And I heard the 17 number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: and they who sat on them, had breast-plates of fire, and hyacinth, and of brimstone, and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths proceeded- fire, and smoke, and brim18 stone. And by-these. three scourges was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents, having 20 heads; and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these scourges, have not done penance for the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils, and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither 21 can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither have they done penance for their murders, nor for their sorceries, nor for their fornication, nor for their thefts. 124 THE APOCALYPSE. C HAP. X. And I saw another mighty angel come down v. 1. from heaven clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon his head; and his face was as the sun, and 2 his feet as pillars of fire: And he had' in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the 3 sea, and his left foot upon the land: And he cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth. And when he had cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Seal up the things which the seven 5 thunders have spoken, and write them not. And the angel, which I saw standing upon the sea, and upon 6 the land, lifted up his hand to heaven: And he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things which are therein; and the earth, and the things which are therein; and the sea, and the things which are therein: That time shall be 7 no more: But that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when lie shall begin to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God shall be finished, as he hath 8 declared by his servants the prophets. And I heard a voice from heaven speaking to me again, and saying: Go, and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel standing upon the sea, and upon the land. 9 And I went to the angel, saying unto him, that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book, and devour it: and it shall make thy belly bitter: but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. 10 And I took the book from the hand of the angel, and devoured it: and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: 11 and when I had devoured it, my belly was bitter: And he said to me: Thou must prophecy again to nations, and peoples, and tongues, and to many kings. HAP. XI. ) And there was given me a reed like unto a v. 1. rod: and it was saidto me: Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that 2 adore in it. But the court, which is without the temple, cast out, and measure it not, because it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city they shall tread under 8 foot forty-two months: And I will give to my two wit THE APOCALYPSE. 125 nesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred 4 sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks, standing before 5 the Lord of the earth. And if any man would hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths, and shall devour their enemies: and if any man would hurt 6 them, in this manner must he be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with all 7 plagues as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast, that ascendeth out of the abyss, shall make war against them, and 8 shall overcome them, and kill them. And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom, and Egypt, where also their Lord 9 was crucified. And they of the tribes, and peoples, and tongues, and nations, shall see their bodies for three days and a half; and shall not suffer their bodies 10 to be laid in sepulchres. And the inhabitants of the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry; and shall send presents one to another, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth. 11 And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell upon them that saw them. 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up into heaven 13 in a cloud: and their enemies saw them. And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell: and there were slain in the earthquake, names of men seven thousand; and the rest were cast 14 into a fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second wo is past: and, behold, the third wo will come 15 quickly. And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever: Amen. 16 And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell upon their faces, and 17 adored God, saying: We give thee thanks, 0 Lord God Almighty, who art, and who wast, and who art to'11* 126 THE APOCALYPSE. come; because thou hast taken thy great power, and 18 thou hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged'; and to render a reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, little and great; and to destroy them who have 19 corrupted the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake, and great hail. CHAP. XII. And there appeared a great wonder in v. 1. heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown 2 of twelve stars: And she being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and, behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads, and 4 ten horns; and on his heads seven diadems. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman, who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken 6 up to God, and to his throne: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand 7 two hundred and- sixty days. And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon'fought, and his angels: 8 And they prevailed not; neither was their place found 9 any more in heaven. And that great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, who is called the devil, and Satan, who seduceth the whole world: and he was cast forth unto the earth; and his angels were thrown down with 10 him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: because the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused 11 them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word THE APOCALYPSE. 127 of their testimony: and they loved not their lives 12 unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O ye heavens, and you that dwell therein. Wo to the earth, and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. 13 And after the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, who brought forth 14 the man child: And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert to her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the ser15 pent. -And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water as it were a river; that he might cause 16 her to be carried away by the river. And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river, which the dragon cast out 17 of his mouth. And the dragon was angry against the woman; and went to make war with the rest of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have 18 the testimony of Jesus Christ. And he stood upon the sand of the sea. CHAP. XIII. } And I saw a beast coming out of the sea, v. 1. having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names 2 of blasphemy. And the beast, which I saw, was like to a leopard; and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon 3 gave him his own strength, and great power. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death: and his deadly wound was healed. And all the earth 4 was in admiration after the beast. And they adored the dragon, which gave power to the beast: and they adored the beast, saying: who is like to the beast? 5 and who shall be able to fight with it? And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things, and blasphemies: and power was given to it to act forty6 two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his 7 tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over every 128 THE APOCALYPSE. 8 tribe, and people, and tongue, and nation: And all that dwell upon the earth, adored him; whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb, which 9 was slain from the beginning of the world. If any 10 man have an ear, let him hear. He that shall lead into captivity, shall go into captivity: he that shall kill by the sword, must be killed by the sword. Here 11 is the patience and the faith of the saints. And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had two horns, like to a lamb's; and he spoke as a dragon. 12 And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight: and he caused the earth, and them that dwell therein, to adore the first beast, whose deadly 13 wound was healed. And he did great signs, so that he made even fire to come down from heaven upon 14 the earth in the sight of men. And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, by the signs, which were given him to perform in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by the sword, 15 and lived. And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast, and that the image of the beast should speak; and should cause, that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast, should be slain. 16 And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, free-men and bond-men, to have a mark in their 17 right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the mark, or the 18 name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him compute the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and his number is six hundred sixty-six. CHAP. XIV. } And I saw: and, behold, a Lamb stood on v. 1. i mount Sion, and with him a hundred fortyfour thousand having his name and the name of his 2 Father written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder: and the voice which I 3 heard, was as of harpers, harping on their harps. And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients: THE APOCALYPSE. 129 and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the 4 earth. These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb withersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the first fruits to God, and to the Lamb: 5 And in their mouth was found no lie: for they are 6 without spot before the throne of God. And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the eternal gospel, to preach to them that sit upon the earth, and over every nation, and tribe, and tongue, 7 and people: Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord, and give him honour; because the hour of his judgment is come: and adore ye him, who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and the fountains of waters. 8 And another angel followed, saying: She is fallen, she is fallen, that great Babylon; which made all nations 9 drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man shall adore the beast, and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his I1 hand: He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mingled with pure wine, in the cup of his wrath: and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels, and in the 11 sight of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torments shall ascend up for ever and ever: neither have they rest day nor night, who have adored the beast, and his image, and whosoever did receive the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the com13 mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest 14 from their labours: for their works follow them. And I saw: and, behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like to the Son of man, having on his head 15 a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Put to thy sickle, and reap, because the hour is come to reap; for 16 the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on 130 THE APOCALYPSE. the cloud, put his sickle to the earth; and the earth 17 was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire: and he cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying: Put to thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vineyard of the 19 earth; because the grapes thereof are ripe. And the angel put his sharp sickle to the earth, and gathered the vineyard of the earth, and cast it into the great 20 wine-press of the wrath of God: And the wine-press was trodden without the city: and blood came out of the wine-press, even up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs. CHAP. XV. } And I saw another sign in heaven, great v. 1. and wonderful, seven angels having the seven last plagues: for in them is filled up the wrath 2 of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire, and them that had overcome the beast, and his image, and the number of his name, standing on 3 the sea of glass, having the harps of God: And singing the canticle of Moses the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord God Almighty: just and true 4 are thy ways, O King of ages. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come, and shall adore in 5 thy sight; because thy. judgments are manifest. And after these things I saw: and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in clean and white linen, and girded about the breasts with golden girdles. 7 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, 8 who liveth for ever and ever. Arid the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God, and from his power: and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. THE APOCALYPSE. 131 fHAP. XVI. l And I heard a great voice out of the temv. 1. ple, saying to the seven angels: Go, and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God upon the 2 earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth: and there fell a sore and most grievous wound upon the men, who had the mark of the 3 beast, and upon them who adored his image. And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea: and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every 4 living soul died in the sea. And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers, and the fountains of wa5 ters: and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters, saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who art, and who wast the holy one, who hast judged these 6 things: For they have shed the blood of the saints and prophets; and thou hast given them blood to 7 drink: for they deserved it. And I heard another from the altar, saying: Yea, O Lord God Almighty, 8 true and just are thy judgments. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun: and it was 9 given to him to afflict men with heat and fire: And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues; neither did they penance to give him glory. 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast: and his kingdom became dark; and they 11 gnawed their tongues for pain: And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains, and wounds, 12 and did not penance for their works. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon that great river Euphrates; and dried up the water thereof, that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the 13 sun. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of 14 the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are the spirits of devils working signs: and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty 15 God. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, 16 and they see his shame. And he shall gather them together into a place, which is called in Hebrew 132 THE APOCALYPSE. 17 Armagedon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air: and a great voice came out of the 18 temple from the throne, saying: It is done. And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders: and there was a great earthquake, such as never hath been since men were upon the earth; such an earthquake, 19 so great. And the great city was made into three parts: and the cities of the Gentiles fell; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were 21 not found. And great hail like a talent came down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for it was exceeding great. CHAP. XVII. And there came one of the seven angels, v. 1.' who had the seven vials, and spoke with me, saying: Come, I will show thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters. 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication: and they who inhabit the earth, have been 3 made drunk with the wine of her prostitution. And he took me away in the spirit into the desert. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, fulls of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and 4 ten horns. And the woman was clothed round in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornica5 tion. And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of the for6 nications and abominations of the earth. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I 7 had seen her, I wondered wih great admiration. And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath the seven heads 8 and ten horns. The beast, which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up out of the bottomless pit, and go into destruction: and the inhabitants of the THE APOCALYPSE 133 earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) shall wonder seeing 9 the beast, that was, and is not. And here is the understanding, that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, 10 and they are seven kings: Five are fallen; one is; and the other is not yet come: and when he shall 11 come, he must remain a short time. And the beast that was, and is not; the same is also the eighth, and 12 is of the seven, and goeth into destruction. And the ten horns, which thou sawest, are ten kings; who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power 13 as kings one hour after the beast. These have one design; and their strength and power they shall de14 liver to the beast. They shall fight with the Lamb; and the Lamb shall overcome them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they that are 15 with him are called, and elect, and faithful. And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns, which thou sawest on the beast; these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn 17 her with fire. For God liath given into their hearts, to do that which pleaseth him; that they give their kingdom to the beast till the words of God be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest, is the great city, a kingdom which hath dominion-over the kings of the earth. CH( AP. XVIII. And after these things I saw another angel YJ ~ v. 1. coming down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory. 2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen; and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every unclean spirit, 3 and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird: Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her: and the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the abundance of 4 her delicacis AdI hwd ba ajiothIr voigfrom heaven, 12 134 THE APOCALYPSE. saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her 5 plagues. For her sins have reached even to heaven: 6 and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double ye the double according to her works: in the cup, wherein she hath mingled, mingle unto leer double. 7 As much as she hath glorified herself, and hath been in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give unto her: because she saith in her'heart: I sit a queen, 8 and am not a widow; and sorrow I shall not see. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine: and she shall be burnt with 9 fire; because God is strong, who shall judge her. And the kings of the earth, who haye committed fornication, and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep, and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the 10 smoke of her burning: Standing afar off for fear of her'torments, saying: Wo, wo that great city Babyoon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgment 11 come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep, and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their mer12 chandise any more: Merchandise of gold, and silver, and of precious stones, and pearl, and of fine linen, and purple, and of silk, and scarlet (and all thyine wood, and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of precious stone, and of brass, and iron, 13 and marble, And cinnamon) and of odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, 14 and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee; and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee; 15 and they shall no more find them. The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourn16 ing, And saying: Wo, wo that great city, which was clothed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and was gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls: 17 For in one hour are so great riches come to nothing: and every ship-master, and every one that sails into the lake, and mariners, and they that work at sea, THE APOCALYPSE. 135 rI stood afar off; And cried out, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city? 19 And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: Wo, wo that great city, wherein all were made rich, who had ships at sea, by reason of her prices: for in one hour she is made 20 desolate. Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath judged your 21 judgment on hen And a mighty angel took up a stone as it were a great mill-stone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With this violence shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down, and shall now be found 22 no more. And the voice of harpers, and of musicians, and of them that play on the pipe, and on the trumpet, shall no more be heard in thee: and no craftsman of any art whatsoever shall be found any more in thee: and the sound of a mill shall be heard no more 23 in thee:. And the light of a lamp shall shine no more in thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth, for all nations have 24 been deceived by thy sorceries. And in her hath been found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all, who were slain upon the earth. CHAP. XIX. t After these things I heard as it were the v. 1. voice of many multitudes in heaven, saying: Alleluia: salvation, and glory, and power is to 2. our God: For true and just are his judgments, who hath judged the great harlbt, which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath revenged the 3 blood of his servants, at her hands. And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever 4 and ever. And the four and twenty ancients, and the four living creatures fell down and adored God that 5 sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen: Alleluia. And a voice came out front the throne, saying: Praise ye our God all his servants, and you that fear him, little 6 and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for 7 the Lord our God the omnipotent hath reigned. Let 136 THE APOCALYPSE. us be glad. and rejoice, and give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath pre8 pared herself. And to her it hath been granted, that she should clothe herself with fine linen, glittering and white. For the fine linen are the justifications of 9 saints. And he saith to me: Write: Blessed are they, who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb: and he saith to me: These words of God are true. 10 And I fell before his feet to adore him. And he saith to me: see thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit 11 of prophecy. And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a white horse: and he that sat upon him, was called Faithful and True; and with justice he judgeth and 12 fighteth. And his eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head many diadems, having- a name written, 13 which no man knoweth but himself.: And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood: and his 14 name is called, THE WORD OF GOD. And the armies which are in heaven followed him on white 1o horses, clothed in fine linen white and clean. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword; that with it he may strike the Gentiles. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Al16 mighty. And he hath on his garment and on his 17 thigh written: King of kings, and Lord of lords. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven: Come, and gather yourselves 18 together to the great supper of God: That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of tribunes, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all fi'ee-men 19 and bond-men, and of little and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war with him that sat upon 20 the horse, and with his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet; who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them, who received the mark of the beast, and who adored his THE APOCALYPSE. 137 image. These two were cast alive into the pool of 21 fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse, which proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh. CHAP. XX. }And I saw an angel coming down from J v. 1. heaven, having the key of the bottomless 2 pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and 3 Satan, and bound him for a thousand years: And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations, till the thousand years be finished: and 4 after that he must be loosed a little time. And I saw seats, and they sat upon them: and judgment was given unto them and the souls of them that were beheaded for the, testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not adored the beast, nor his image, nor received his mark in their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and reigned with Christ a 5 thousand years. The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were finished. This is the first 6 resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: in these the second death hath no power: but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go forth, and seduce the nations, which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, and shall gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand 8 of the sea. And they ascended upon the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and 9 the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them: and the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and brim10 stone, where both the beast And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place found for them. 12* 138 THE APOCALYPSE. 12 And I saw the dead great and small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the' book of life; and the dead. were judged by those things which were written 13 in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead, that were in it: and death and hell gave up their dead, that were in them: and they were 14 judged every one according to their works. And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the 15 second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the pool of fire. CHAP. XXI. ) And I saw a new heaven, and a new earth. v. 1. For the first heaven and the first earth 2 was passed away; and the sea is no more. And I John saw the holy city the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride 3 adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men; and he will dwell with them: And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall 4 be their God: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more; nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more; 5 for the former things are passed away. And he who sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me; Write, for these words are 6 most faithful and true. And he said to me: It is done: I am alpha and omega; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the 7 water of life, gratis. He that shall overcome, shall possess these things: and I will be his God, and he 8 shall be my son. But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their portion shall be in the pool burning with fire and brimstone; 9 which is the second death. And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come, and 10 I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming THE APOCALYPSE. 139 11 down out of heaven from God, IIaving the glory of God; and the light thereof like unto a precious stone, 12 as it were to a jasper-stone, as crystal. And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates; and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of 13 Israel. On the east, three gates; and on the north, three gates; and on the south, three gates; and on 14 the west, three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations; and in them, the twelve names 15 of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that spoke with me, had a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city and the gates thereof, and the wall. 16 And the city is situate four-square; and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with a golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the height, and the breadth 17 of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof a hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, 18 which is of an angel. And the building of the wall thereof was of jagper-stone: but the city itself pure 19 gold, like to clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones.' The first foundation, jasper: the second, sapphire: the third, a calcedony: the fourth, an em20 erald: The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, crysolite: the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a 21 jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, one to each: and every several gate was of one several pearl:' and the street of the 22 city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God Almighty 23 is the temple thereof, and the Lamb. And the city needeth not sun nor moon to shine in it: for the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp 24 thereof. And nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory 25 and honour into it. And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the na27 tions into it, There shall not enter into it any thing 140 THE APOCALYPSE. defiled, or any one that- worketh abomination, or a lie; but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb. CHAP. XXII. } And he showed me a river of water of life, v. 1. clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne 2 of God, and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the 3 nations. And no curse shall be any more: but the throne of God, and of the Lamb shall be in it; and 4 his servants shall serve him. And they shall see his 5 face: and his name shall be on their foreheads. And night shall be no more: and they shall not need -the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun; for the Lord God shall enlighten them; and they shall reign for 6 ever and ever. And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his ser7 vants the things which must be done shortly. And, behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth 8 the words of the prophecy of this book. And I John, who have heard and seen these things. And after I had heard and seen, I fell down to adore before the 9 feet of the angel, who showed me these things: And he said to me: See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of the prophecy of this book: 10 Adore God. And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand. 11 He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let him -be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sancti12 fled still. Behold; I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his works. 13 I am alpha, and omega, the first, and the last, the be14 ginning, and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb; that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the 15 gates into the city. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and the unchaste, and murderers, and those that serve THE APOCALYPSE. 141 16 idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David,.17 the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let him say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come: and he 18 that will, let him take the water of life, gratis. For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add upon him the plagues written 19 in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things which are written 20 in this book. He that giveth testimony of these things, saith: Surely I come quickly: Amen. Come, Lord 21 Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.