of them smote him in the face

And they said: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is it that smote thee?

And Peter sat without in the palace. And there came a maid unto him, and said, And thou also wast with JEsu of Galilee.

But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou sayest.

And as he went out at the door, another saw him, and said unto them that were there: This also was with JEsu of Nazareth.

And he denied again, and sware unto it: I know not man.

And after a little while they that sat by came and said unto Peter, Verily thou also art one of these: for thy speech betrayeth thee.

then began he to curse himself, and to swear: I know not man. And straightway the cock crowed.

Then Peter remembered the words of JESUS, saying unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
(Matthew)
Chapter 27
Christ’s suffering before the temporal court, crucifixion, death entrusted with miracles, and burial.

And it came to pass in the morning, that all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against JEsum, to put him to death.

And they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

And when Judas, which had betrayed him, saw that he was condemned to death, he repented, and brought again the thirty shekels of silver unto the chief priests and to the elders.

And said: I have done evil in that I have betrayed innocent blood.

And they said: What is that to us? Then watch thou! And he cast the pieces of silver into the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

But the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said: It is not fit that we should put them into the treasury: for it is blood money.

And they took counsel, and bought a potter’s field for it, for the burying of the pilgrims.

Therefore the same field is called the field of blood unto this day.

Then is fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, They have taken thirty shekels of silver, to pay for him that was sold, whom they bought of the children of Israel,

And have given them for a potter’s sack, when the LORD commanded me.

And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And JEsus said unto him, Thou sayest it.

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

And Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not how hard they accuse thee?
14: And he answered him not a word: so that even the governor marvelled greatly.

And it was the custom of the governor at the feast to release unto the people one prisoner whom they would.

And he had at that time a prisoner, a peculiar one above others, whose name was Barabbas.

And when they were gathered together, Pilate saith unto them: Which will ye that I release unto you, Barabbas, or Jesus, which is said to be Christ?

For he knew well that they had delivered him up out of envy.

And when he sat in the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with this righteous man: I have suffered much this day in a dream on his account.

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the people, that they should ask for Barabbas,
and kill JEsum.

And the governor answered and said unto them: Which of these two will ye that I should release unto you? They said: Barabbas.

Pilate saith unto them: What then shall I do with JEsu, who is said to be Christ? They all said, Let him be crucified.

And the governor said, What evil hath he done? But they cried out still more, saying: Let him be crucified!

And when Pilate saw that he made nothing, but that there was a much greater tumult, he took water and washed his hands before the people, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man: see ye to it!

And all the people answered and said, His blood be upon us, and upon our children.

Then he delivered Barabbas unto them; but he scourged JEsum, and delivered him to be crucified.

Then the soldiers of the governor took JEsum unto them into the judgment house, and gathered the whole multitude about him.

And they stripped him, and put a purple robe upon him.

And they fenced a crown of thorns, and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand, and bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote his head therewith.

And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of his robe, and put on his garments, and led him away to crucify him.

And going out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they compelled to bear his cross.

And when they were come to the place called Golgotha, which is the place of the skull, 34. And they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he tasted it, he would not drink.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and cast lots thereon, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they cast lots.

And they sat there tending his.

And on the top of his head they wrote the cause of his death, saying, This is Jesus king of the Jews.

And there were two murderers crucified with him, one on the right hand, and one on the left.

And they that passed by blasphemed him, and shook their heads.

And they said: Thou that breakest down the temple of God, and buildest it in three days, help thyself! If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Likewise also the chief priests mocked him, and the scribes, and the elders, saying: 42. He hath helped others, and cannot help himself. If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

He hath trusted in God; now deliver him, lure him: for he hath said, I am the son of God.

Likewise also the murderers that were crucified with him reviled him.

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

And about the ninth hour JEsus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama asabthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And some of them, when they heard it, said: He calleth Elias.

And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it upon a reed, and watered it.

And the rest said: Wait, let us see if Elijah will come and help him.

But JEsus cried out again with a loud voice, and died.

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

And the earth shook, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept arose,

And went out of the tombs after his resurrection, and came into the Holy City, and appeared
unto many.

But the centurion, and they that were with him, and kept JEsum, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, were sore afraid, and said: Verily, this was the Son of God!

And there were many women watching afar off, which followed JEsu out of Galilee, and served him,

Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the children of Zebedee.

And in the evening there came a rich man from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who also was a disciple of JEsu.

And he went unto Pilate, and asked him for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that it should be given him.

And Joseph took the body, and wrought it in clean linen.

And he laid him in his own new sepulchre, which he had hewn out of a rock, and rolled a great stone before the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and Pharisees came all to Pilate.

and said: Lord, we thought that this deceiver spake while he yet lived: I will rise again after three days.

Therefore command that the sepulchre be kept until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, saying unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and let the last deceit be worse than the first.

Pilate saith unto them: There ye have the keepers; go and keep as ye know.

And they went and covered the sepulchre with keepers, and sealed the stone.
(Matthew)
Chapter 28
Christ’s resurrection and command to his disciples.

Now in the evening of the sabbath, which began in the morning of the first solemnity of the sabbaths, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake. For the angel of the LORD came down from heaven, and stood by, and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

And his form was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

And the keepers were terrified with fear, and became as though they were dead.

But the angel answered and said unto the consecrators: Fear not: I know that ye seek Jesus crucified.

He is not here: he is risen, as he said. Come and see the place where the Lord has lain.

And go quickly, and tell his