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came with a great multitude prepared to seize him. He said, Whomsoever you observe that I kiss, that is he, hold him fast-they then proceeded to lay hold of him. Jesus said to them, You are come as against a thief, with swords and staves to take me. I sat daily teaching in the temple, and you did not take me.

56. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. Jesus was then conducted to Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the Scribes and Pharisees were assembled. Peter followed him at a distance, and went into the hall in the palace, and sat with the servants, to know the issue.

59. Now all the council sought to obtain false witnesses against Jesus, to put him to death. At length they found two false witnesses, who accused him of blasphemy. They determined that he was guilty of death.

67. Then they proceeded to ill treat him, to spit at him, and buffet him, saying, If you are Christ, prophesy who was the first that smote you.

69. While Peter was in the hall of the palace, a damsel said: You were with Jesus of Galilee, but he denied the fact: he then went into the porch, and a maid said to them, This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth-this he also denied. Shortly after, those who stood near Peter said, Surely thou art one of them. Then he began to curse and swear, and to declare that he knew not the man. Immediately the cock crew, and Peter, remembering the words of Jesus, wept bitterly.

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1. WHEN the morning of the execution arrived, they bound him, and delivered him over to Pontius

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Pilate, the Governor of Judea. But, as soon as Judas, who had betrayed him, found that he was condemned to die, he repented, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver, saying, I have sinned, in having betrayed innocent blood. But the Chief Priests and Scribes said, What is that to us? look to it yourself. He was, however, so much concerned at his conduct, that he went out and hanged himself.

6. The Chief Priests said It is not lawful to put this money in the treasury. They therefore purchased a potter's field as a burial-place for strangers.

11. When Jesus was interrogated by the Governor, he made no reply, at which Pilate marvelled. It was the custom, among the Jews, at this feast, to release a prisoner. Pilate then asked them Whom will you that I release? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? The multitude then cried out, Release Barabbas, and crucify Jesus. Pilate remonstrated with the people, saying, What evil hath he done? But they cried out the more-Crucify him!

24. Pilate, finding he could not prevail with them, took water and washed his hands, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. He then delivered Barabbas to them; and, when Jesus was scourged, he delivered him over to be crucified.

27. The soldiers took Jesus and put on him a scarlet robe, platted a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. They then derided him, and mocked him, calling him the king of the Jews.

After seriously maltreating and reviling him, they led him away and crucified him. And, over his head they placed this inscription: "THIS

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is Jesus, the King of the Jews." The people passing by reviled him, saying, If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross! The Chief Priests and Scribes also mocked him, saying, He that saved others cannot save himself.

44. The two thieves, who were crucified with him, also mocked him. Jesus at length yielded up the ghost. At this moment there was a great earthquake the rocks were rent, and the veil of the temple was rent in twain.

57. In the evening of the same day, a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who was a disciple of Jesus, came and begged the body, which Pilate ordered to be delivered to him. Joseph took the body and placed it in a new tomb, which was hewn out of a rock, and placed a great stone before the sepulchre.

61. They set a watch over the tomb, because he said In three days I shall be raised from the dead, and we shall then prevent his disciples from stealing away the body by night, and saying he has risen from the dead.

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1. In the evening of the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, came to the sepulchre, and saw where Jesus had lain, for they said he was risen from the dead, and he goeth before you into Galilee, there you shall see him. And, as they went to tell his disciples, Jesus met them, saying, All hail: then Jesus said Be not afraid.

11. Some of the watch went into Jerusalem, and told the Chief Priests and Scribes what had been done: that they bribed the soldiers to say, that the disciples had come by night

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4. BAPTISM of repentance for the remission of sins.

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1. THE Gospel of Jesus Christ, as it is written in the Prophets.

4. John did baptise in the wilderness and preach, and many went from Judea and Jerusalem and were baptised by him. He was clothed with camel's hair, and wore a girdle of skin about his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

7. John said: I indeed baptise with water; but there cometh one after me who is mightier, and who will baptise you with the Holy Ghost.

9. Shortly after this, Jesus came from Nazareth, in Galilee, and was baptised by John in the river Jordan, and, when Jesus came out of the water, John saw the Spirit descend upon Jesus as a dove from the sky, and heard a voice saying: Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.

12. The Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, where he remained forty days, and was tempted by Satan. After this, John was put in prison,