47And while he was yet speaking, behold a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and approached Jesus to kiss him. 48Then said Jesus unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? 49Then when they who were about him saw what was ready to happen, they said unto him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? 50And one of them struck at a servant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. 51Then Jesus, addressing them, said, Permit me thus far: and touching his ear, he healed him. 52Then said Jesus to the chief priests and captains of the temple, and to the elders who were come forth against him, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves? 53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched out no hands upon me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54Then seizing upon him, they led him away, and brought him into the palace of the high-priest. But Peter followed at a distance. 55And as they had lighted a fire in the middle of the hall, and had seated themselves in a company, Peter sat down in the midst of them. 56But a certain maid-servant who sat at the fire, eyeing him, and looking at him stedfastly, said, This man was also with him. 57But he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58And after a little while another seeing him, said, Surely thou art one of them. Then said Peter, Man, I am not. 59And at about an hour’s distance, another person strongly asserted, saying, Of a certainty this fellow was also with him: for he too is a Galilean. 60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And instantly, while he was yet speaking, the cock crew. 61And the Lord, turning round, looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, That before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62And Peter going without, wept bitterly.
63And the men who held Jesus insulted him, beating him with rods; 64and blindfolding him, smote him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is he that struck thee? 65And many other things, blaspheming, spake they against him.
66And when the day broke, the elders of the people and the chief priests and scribes assembled, and brought him into their sanhedrim, saying, 67If thou art the Messiah, tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: 68and if I shall ask you any question, ye will neither answer me, nor let me go free. 69Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand of the power of God. 70Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Yourselves say that I am. 71Then they said, What further need have we of witness? for we have heard it from his own mouth.
[CHAP. XXIII.]
AND the whole multitude of them rising up, led him to Pilate, 2and began to accuse him, saying, We have found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay tribute to Cæsar; pretending that he himself is the King Messiah. 3Then Pilate interrogated him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, Thou sayest so. 4Then said Pilate unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find nothing culpable in this man. 5But they were urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching through all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place. 6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean? 7And when he knew that he came out of Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was himself at Jerusalem in those days.
8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was vastly delighted: for he had been long desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle wrought by him. 9And he put a variety of questions to him; but he made him no reply. 10And the chief priests and the scribes stood up vehemently accusing him. 11Then Herod with his guards treated him with contempt, and in derision clothed him in a splendid robe, and sent him back to Pilate. 12And Pilate and Herod the same day became friends together: for they had previously been at enmity with each other.
13Then Pilate, convoking the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 14said unto them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one who perverteth the people: and lo! on examining him before you, I have found nothing culpable in this man, respecting the charges ye bring against him: 15nor Herod neither: for I referred you to him; and, lo, nothing is done to this man, as if he deserved death. 16I will therefore, after scourging, discharge him. 17(Now he held it necessary to release one to them at the feast.) 18Then the whole multitude set up a cry, saying, Away with this fellow, and release unto us Barabbas! 19(who for a certain sedition raised in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.) 20Again therefore Pilate called out to them, desirous to see Jesus at liberty. 21But they clamoured the more, saying, Crucify, crucify him. 22Then the third time he said to them, What evil hath this man done? I have found nothing deserving death in him: I will therefore, after scourging, discharge him. 23But they were instant with the most clamorous vociferations, soliciting that he might be crucified. And their clamours, and those of the chief priests, bore him down. 24Then Pilate decreed that their petition should be granted.
25Then released he to them him who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison; but he gave up Jesus to their will. 26And as they led him out, laying hold on one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, they laid on him the cross, to carry after Jesus. 27And a great multitude of the people and of women followed him, who also beat their breasts and lamented him bitterly. 28But Jesus turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves, and for your children. 29For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts which never suckled. 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us! 31For if they do all these things with the green wood, what will be done with the dry?
32Now there were two other persons, malefactors, led out with him to be executed. 33And when they came to a place called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, the one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Then dividing his garments, they cast the lot.