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And the hiyest prestis, and al the counsel, souyten witnessyng ayens Jhesu to take hym to the deeth; but thei founden not.
For manye seiden fals witnessyng ayens hym, and the witnessyngis weren not couenable.
And summe risen vp, and baren fals witnessyng ayens hym,
and seiden, For we `han herd hym seiynge, Y schal vndo this temple maad with hondis, and aftir the thridde dai Y schal bilde another not maad with hondis.
And the witnessyng `of hem was not couenable.
And the hiyest prest roos vp in to the myddil, and axide Jhesu, and seide, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis that ben put ayens thee of these?
But he was stille, and answeride no thing. Eftsoone the hiyest prest axide hym, and seide to hym, Art thou Crist, the sone of the blessid God?
And Jhesus seide to hym, Y am; and ye schulen se mannus sone sittynge on the riythalf of the vertu of God, and comynge in the cloudis of heuene.
And the hiyest preest torente hise clothis, and seide, What yit dissiren we witnessis?
Ye han herd blasfemye. What semeth to you? And thei alle condempneden hym to be gilti of deeth.
And summe bigunnen to bispete hym, `and to hile his face, and to smite hym with buffetis, and seie to hym, Areede thou. And the mynystris beeten hym with strokis.
And whanne Petir was in the halle bynethen, oon of the damesels of the hiyest prest cam.
And whanne sche hadde seyn Petir warmynge hym, sche bihelde hym, and seide, And thou were with Jhesu of Nazareth.
And he denyede, and seide, Nethir Y woot, nethir Y knowe, what thou seist. And he wente without forth bifor the halle; and anoon the cok crewe.
And eftsoone whanne another damesel hadde seyn hym, sche bigan to seye to men that stoden aboute, That this is of hem.
And he eftsoone denyede. And aftir a litil, eftsoone thei that stoden nyy, seiden to Petir, Verili thou art of hem, for thou art of Galilee also.
But he bigan to curse and to swere, For Y knowe not this man, whom ye seien.
And anoon eftsoones the cok crew. And Petir bithouyte on the word that Jhesus hadde seide to hym, Bifor the cok crowe twies, thries thou schalt denye me. And he bigan to wepe.
And anoon in the morewtid the hiyeste prestis maden a counsel with the elder men, and the scribis, and with al the counsel, and bounden Jhesu and ledden, and bitoken hym to Pilat.
And Pilat axide hym, Art thou kynge of Jewis? And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou seist.
And the hieste prestis accusiden hym in many thingis.
But Pilat eftsoone axide hym, and seide, Answerist thou no thing? Seest thou in hou many thingis thei accusen thee?
But Jhesus answeride no more, so that Pilat wondride.
But bi the feeste dai he was wont to leeue to hem oon of men boundun, whom euer thei axiden.
And `oon ther was that was seid Barabas, that was boundun with men of dissencioun, that hadden don manslauytir in seducioun.
And whanne the puple was gon vp, he bigan to preie, as he euer more dide to hem.
And Pilat answeride `to hem, and seide, Wolen ye Y leeue to you the kyng of Jewis?
For he wiste, that the hiyeste prestis hadden takun hym bi enuye.
But the bischopis stireden the puple, that he schulde rather leeue to hem Barabas.
And eftsoone Pilat answerde, and seide to hem, What thanne wolen ye that Y schal do to the kyng of Jewis?
And thei eftsoone crieden, Crucifie hym.
But Pilat seide to hem, What yuel hath he don? And thei crieden the more, Crucifie hym.
And Pilat, willynge to make aseeth to the puple, lefte to hem Barabas, and bitok to hem Jhesu, betun with scourgis, to be crucified.
And knyytis ledden hym with ynneforth, in to the porche of the mote halle. And thei clepiden togidir al the cumpany of knyytis,
and clothiden hym with purpur. And thei writhen a coroun of thornes, and puttiden on hym.
And thei bigunnen to grete hym, and seiden, Heile, thou kyng of Jewis.
And thei smyten his heed with a reed, and bispatten hym; and thei kneliden, and worschipiden hym.
And aftir that thei hadden scorned him, thei vnclothiden hym of purpur, and clothiden hym with hise clothis, and ledden out hym, to crucifie hym.
And thei compelliden a man that passide the weie, that cam fro the toun, Symount of Syrenen, the fader of Alisaundir and of Rufe, to bere his cross.
And thei ledden hym in to a place Golgatha, that is to seie, the place of Caluari.
And thei yauen to hym to drynke wyn meddlid with mirre, and he took not.
And thei crucifieden him, and departiden hise clothis, and kesten lot on tho, who schulde take what.
And it was the thridde our, and thei crucifieden hym.
And the titil of his cause was writun, Kyng of Jewis.
And thei crucifien with hym twei theues, oon `at the riythalf and oon at his lefthalf.
And the scripture was fulfillid that seith, And he is ordeyned with wickid men.
And as thei passiden forth, thei blasfemyden hym, mouynge her heedis, and seiynge, Vath! thou that distriest the temple of God, and in `thre daies bildist it ayen;
come adoun fro the crosse, and make thi silf saaf.
Also the hiyeste prestis scorneden hym ech to othir with the scribis, and seiden, He made othir men saaf, he may not saue hym silf.
Crist, kyng of Israel, come doun now fro the cross, that we seen, and bileuen. And thei that weren crucified with hym, dispiseden hym.
And whanne the sixte hour was come, derknessis weren made on al the erthe til in to the nynthe our.
And in the nynthe our Jhesus criede with a greet vois, and seide, Heloy, Heloy, lamasabatany, that is to seie, My God, my God, whi hast thou forsakun me?
And summe of men that stoden aboute herden, and seiden, Lo! he clepith Helye.
And oon ranne, and fillide a spounge with vynegre, and puttide aboute to a reede, and yaf to hym drynke, and seide, Suffre ye, se we, if Helie come to do hym doun.
And Jhesus yaf out a greet cry, and diede.
And the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe.
But the centurien that stood forn ayens siy, that he so criynge hadde diede, and seide, Verili, this man was Goddis sone.
And ther weren also wymmen biholdynge fro afer, among whiche was Marie Maudeleyn, and Marie, the modir of James the lesse, and of Joseph, and of Salome.
And whanne Jhesus was in Galilee, thei folewiden hym, and mynystriden to hym, and many othere wymmen, that camen vp togidir with him to Jerusalem.
And whanne euentid was come, for it was the euentid which is bifor the sabat,
Joseph of Armathie, the noble decurioun, cam, and he abood the rewme of God; and booldli he entride to Pilat, and axide the bodi of Jhesu.
But Pilat wondride, if he were now deed.
And whanne the centurion was clepid, he axide hym, if he were deed; and whanne he knewe of the centurion, he grauntide the bodi of Jhesu to Joseph.
And Joseph bouyte lynnen cloth, and took hym doun, and wlappide in the lynnen cloth, and leide hym in a sepulcre that was hewun of a stoon, and walewide a stoon to the dore of the sepulcre.
And Marie Maudeleyne and Marie of Joseph bihelden, where he was leid.
And whanne the sabat was passid, Marie Maudeleyne, and Marie of James, and Salomee bouyten swete smellynge oynementis, to come and to anoynte Jhesu.
And ful eerli in oon of the woke daies, thei camen to the sepulcre, whanne the sunne was risun.
And thei seiden togidere, Who schal meue awey to vs the stoon fro the dore of the sepulcre?
And thei bihelden, and seien the stoon walewid awei, for it was ful greet.
And thei yeden in to the sepulcre, and sayn a yonglyng, hilide with a white stole, sittynge `at the riythalf; and thei weren afeerd.
Which seith to hem, Nyle ye drede; ye seken Jhesu of Nazareth crucified; he is risun, he is not here; lo! the place where thei leiden hym.
But go ye, and seie ye to hise disciplis, and to Petir, that he schal go bifor you in to Galilee; there ye schulen se hym, as he seide to you.
And thei yeden out, and fledden fro the sepulcre; for drede and quakyng had assailed hem, and to no man thei seiden ony thing, for thei dredden.
And Jhesus roos eerli the firste dai of the woke, and apperid firste to Marie Maudeleyne, fro whom he had caste out seuene deuelis.
And sche yede, and tolde to hem that hadden ben with hym, whiche weren weilynge and wepynge.
And thei herynge that he lyuyde, and was seyn of hir, bileueden not.
But after these thingis whanne tweyne of hem wandriden, he was schewid in anothir liknesse to hem goynge in to a toun.
And thei yeden, and telden to the othir, and nether thei bileueden to hem.
But `at the laste, whanne the enleuene disciplis saten at the mete, Jhesus apperide to hem, and repreuede the vnbileue of hem, and the hardnesse of herte, for thei bileueden not to hem, that hadden seyn that he was risun fro deeth.
And he seide to hem, Go ye in to al the world, and preche the gospel to eche creature.
Who that bileueth, and is baptisid, schal be saaf; but he that bileueth not, schal be dampned.
And these tokenes schulen sue hem, that bileuen. In my name thei schulen caste out feendis; thei schulen speke with newe tungis;
thei schulen do awei serpentis; and if thei drynke ony venym, it schal not noye hem. Thei schulen sette her hondis on sijk men, and thei schulen wexe hoole.
And the Lord Jhesu, aftir he hadde spokun to hem, was takun vp in to heuene, and he sittith on the riythalf of God.
And thei yeden forth, and prechiden euery where, for the Lord wrouyte with hem, and confermyde the word with signes folewynge.
Forsothe for manye men enforceden to ordeyne the tellyng of thingis, whiche ben fillid in vs,
as thei that seyn atte the bigynnyng, and weren ministris of the word,
bitaken, it is seen also to me, hauynge alle thingis diligentli bi ordre, to write to thee,
thou best Theofile, that thou knowe the treuthe of tho wordis, of whiche thou art lerned.
In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth.
And bothe weren iust bifor God, goynge in alle the maundementis and iustifiyngis of the Lord, withouten pleynt.
And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was bareyn, and bothe weren of grete age in her daies.
And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in the ordre of his cours tofor God,
aftir the custome of the preesthod, he wente forth bi lot, and entride in to the temple, to encense.
And al the multitude of the puple was with outforth, and preiede in the our of encensyng.
And an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and stood on the riythalf of the auter of encense.
And Zacarie seynge was afraied, and drede fel vpon hym.
And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon.
And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioye in his natyuyte.
For he schal be greet bifor the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sidir, and he schal be fulfillid with the Hooli Goost yit of his modir wombe.