The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

He had then a notable presoner called Barrabas.

And when they were gadered together Pilate sayde vnto the: whether wyll ye that I geve losse vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ?

For he knewe well that for envie they had delivred him.

When he was set doune to geve iudgement his wyfe sent to him sayinge: have thou nothinge to do with that iuste man. For I have suffered many thinges this daye in a dreame about him.

But the chefe preestes and the elders had parswaded the people that they shulde axe Barrabas and shulde destroye Iesus.

Then the debite answered and sayde vnto them: whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loosse vnto you? And they sayde Barrabas.

Pilate sayde vnto them: what shall I do then with Iesus which is called Christ? They all sayde to him: let him be crucified.

Then sayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more sayinge: let him be crucified.

When Pilate sawe that he prevayled nothinge but that moare busines was made he toke water and wasshed his hondes before the people sayinge: I am innocent of the bloud of this iuste person and that ye shall se.

Then answered all the people and sayde: his bloud be on vs and on oure chyldren.

Then let he Barrabas loose vnto them and scourged Iesus and delivered him to be crucified.

Then the soudeours of the debite toke Iesus vnto the comen hall and gaddered vnto him all the company.

And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe

and platted a croune of thornes and put vpon his heed and a rede in his ryght honde: and bowed their knees before him and mocked him saying: hayle kinge of the Iewes:

and spitted vpon him and toke the rede and smoote him on the heed.

And when they had mocked him they toke the robe of him ageyne and put his awne reymet on him and leed him awaye to crucify him.

And as they came out they fonnde a man of Cyren named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.

And when they cam vnto the place called Golgotha (that is to saye a place of deed mens sculles)

they gave him veneger to drinke mengled with gall. And when he had tasted therof he wolde not drinke.

When they had crucified him they parted his garmentes and did cast lottes: to fulfyll that was spoken by the prophet. They deuyded my garmetes amonge them: and apon my vesture did cast loottes.

And they sate and watched him there.

And they set vp over his heed the cause of his deeth written. This is Iesus the kynge of the Iewes.

And ther were two theves crucified with him one on the right honde and another on the lyfte.

They that passed by revyled him waggynge ther heeddes

and sayinge: Thou that destroyest the temple of God and byldest it in thre dayes save thy sylfe. If thou be the sonne of God come doune from the crosse.

Lykwyse also the hye prestes mockinge him with the scribes and elders sayde:

He saved other him sylfe he can not save. If he be the kynge of Israel: let him now come doune from the crosse and we will beleve him.

He trusted in God let him deliver him now yf he will have him: for he sayde I am the sonne of God.

That same also the theves which were crucified with him cast in his tethe.

From the sixte houre was there dercknes over all the londe vnto the nynth houre.

And about the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayinge: Eli Eli lama asbathani. That is to saye my God my God why hast thou forsaken me?

Some of them that stode there when they herde that sayde: This man calleth for Helyas.

And streyght waye one of them ranne and toke a sponge and filled it full of veneger and put it on a rede and gave him to drinke.

Other sayde let be: let vs se whyther Helyas will come and deliver him.

Iesus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce and yelded vp the goost.

And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from the toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd rent

and graves dyd open: and the bodies of many sainctes which slept arose

and came out of the graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many.

When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus sawe the erth quake and those thinges which hapened they feared greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.

And many wemen were there beholdinge him a farre of which folowed Iesus from Galile ministringe vnto him.

Amonge which was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of zebedes chyldren.

When the even was come there came a ryche man of Aramathia named Ioseph which same also was Iesus disciple.

He went to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate commaunded the body to be delivered.

And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a clene lynnyn clooth

and put it in his newe tombe which he had hewen out even in the roke and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and departed.

And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sittynge over ageynste the sepulcre.

The nexte daye that foloweth good frydaye the hye prestes and pharises got them selves to Pilate

and sayde: Syr we remember that this deceaver sayde whyll he was yet alyve After thre dayes I will aryse agayne.

Commaunde therfore that the sepulcre be made sure vntyll the thyrd daye lest paraventure his disciples come and steale him awaye and saye vnto the people he is rysen from deeth and the laste erroure be worsse then the fyrst.

Pilate sayde vnto them. Take watche men: Go and make it as sure as ye can.

And they went and made the sepulcre sure with watche men and sealed the stone.

The Sabboth daye at even which dauneth the morowe after the Sabboth Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to se the sepulcre.

And beholde ther was a greate erth quake. For the angell of the lorde descended from heven: and came and rowlled backe the stone from the dore and sate apon it.

His countenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge and his raymet whyte as snowe.

And for feare of him the kepers were astunnyed and became as deed men.

The angell answered and sayde to the wemen feare ye not. I knowe that ye seke Iesus which was crucified:

he is not here: he is rysen as he sayde. Come and se the place where the lorde was put:

and goo quickly and tell his disciples that he is rysen from deeth. And beholde he will go before you into Galile there ye shall se him. Lo I have tolde you.

And they departed quickly from the sepulcre with feare and greate Ioye: and did runne to bringe his disciples worde.

And as they went to tell his disciples: beholde Iesus met them sayinge: All hayle. And they came and held him by the fete and worshipped him.

Then sayde Iesus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go and tell my brethren that they goo in to Galile and there shall they se me.

When they were gone: beholde some of the kepers came into the cyte and shewed vnto the hie prestes all the thinges that were hapened.

And they gaddered them to gedder with the elders and toke counsell and gave large money vnto the soudiers

sayinge: Saye that his disciples came by nyght and stole him awaye whill ye slept.

And if this come to the rulers cares we wyll pease him and save you harmeles.

And they toke the money and dyd as they were taught. And this sayinge is noysed amonge the Iewes vnto this daye.

Then the .xi. disciples went awaye into Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them.

And when they sawe hym they worshipped him. But some of them douted.

And Iesus came and spake vnto them sayinge: All power ys geve vnto me in heven and in erth.

Go therfore and teache all nacions baptysinge them in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy goost:

Teachinge them to observe all thynges what soever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye even vntyll the ende of the worlde.

The beginnynge of the Gospell of Iesu Christ the sonne of God

as that is wrytten in the Prophetes: beholde I sende my messenger before thy face which shall prepared thy waye before the.

The voyce of a cryer in the wildernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lorde make his paches streyght.

Iohn dyd baptise in the wyldernes and preche the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes.

And all the londe of Iurie and they of Ierusalem went out vnto him and were all baptised of him in the ryver Iordan confessynge their synnes.

Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer and with a gerdyll of a skyn a bout hys loynes. And he dyd eate locustes and wylde hony

and preached sayinge: a stronger then I commeth after me whose shue latchet I am not worthy to stoupe doune and vnlose.

I have baptised you with water: but he shall baptise you with the holy goost.

And that came to passe in those dayes that Iesus cam from Nazareth a cyte of Galile: and was baptised of Iohn in Iordan.

And assone as he was come out of the water Iohn sawe heaven open and the holy goost descendinge vpon him lyke a dove.

And ther came a voyce from heaven: Thou arte my dere sonne in whom I delyte.

And immediatly the sprete drave him into wildernes:

and he was there in the wildernes xl dayes and was tempted of Satan and was with wilde beestes. And the aungels ministred vnto him.

After Iohn was taken Iesus came in to Galile preachinge the gospell of the kyngdome of God

and sayinge: the tyme is come and the kyngdome of God is at honde repent and beleve the gospell.

As he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Simon and Andrew his brother castinge nettes into the see for they were fysshers.

And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men.

And strayght waye they forsoke their nettes and folowed him.

And when he had gone a lytell further thence he sawe Iames the sonne of zebede and Ihon his brother even as they were in the shyppe mendinge their nettes.

And anonne he called them. And they leeft their father zebede in the shippe with his hyred servauntes and went their waye after him.

And they entred into Capernaum: and streight waye on the Saboth dayes he entred in to the synagoge and taught.

And they merveled at his learninge. For he taught them as one that had power with him and not as the Scribes.

And there was in their synagoge a man vexed with an vnclene spirite that cried

sayinge: let be: what have we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth? Arte thou come to destroye vs? I knowe the what thou arte euen that holy of god.

And Iesus rebuked him sayinge: hoolde thy peace and come out of him.

And the vnclene spirite tare him and cryed with a loude voyce and came out of him.

And they were all amased in so moche that they demaunded one of another amonge them selves saying: what thinge is this? what newe doctryne is this? For he commaundeth the foule spirites with power and they obeye him.

And immediatly his fame spreed abroade throughoute all the region borderinge on Galile.

And forth with assone as they were come out of the synagoge they entred into the housse of Symon and Andrew with Iames and Ihon.