(25)Then said some of those of Jerusalem: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? (26)But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Did the rulers know[7:26] in truth that this is the Christ? (27)But we know this man, whence he is; but when the Christ comes, no one knows whence he is.

(28)Jesus therefore cried, teaching in the temple and saying: Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. (29)I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me. (30)Therefore they sought to seize him; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

(31)But of the multitude many believed on him, and said: When the Christ comes, will he work more signs than these which this man wrought? (32)The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him. (33)Jesus therefore said: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him who sent me. (34)Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come. (35)The Jews said therefore among themselves: Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to those dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? (36)What is this saying that he said: Ye will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye can not come?

(37)In the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. (38)He that believes on me, as said the Scripture, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (39)And this he spoke concerning the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.

(40)Some of the multitude therefore, hearing the words, said: Of a truth this is the Prophet. (41)Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Does the Christ then come out of Galilee? (42)Did not the Scripture say, that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was? (43)A division therefore arose among the multitude because of him. (44)And some of them desired to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.

(45)The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them: Why did ye not bring him? (46)The officers answered: Never man spoke like this man[7:47]. (47)The Pharisees answered them: Are ye also led astray? (48)Did any of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees? (49)But this multitude, that know not the law, are accursed. (50)Nicodemus says to them (he who came to him by night, being one of them): (51)Does our law judge a man, except it first hear from him, and know what he does? (52)They answered and said to him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet[7:52]. (53)[7:53][And each one went to his house.



VIII.

JESUS went to the mount of the Olives.

(2)And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them. (3)And the scribes and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery; and having placed her in the midst, (4)they say to him: Teacher, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act: (5)Now in the law Moses commanded us, that such should be stoned; what then dost thou say? (6)This they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his finger in the ground. (7)And as they continued asking him, raising himself up, he said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast the stone at her. (8)And again stooping down, he wrote in the ground. (9)And they hearing it, and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. (10)And Jesus raising himself up, and seeing none but the woman, said to her: Woman, where are they, thine accusers? Did no one condemn thee? (11)She said: No one, Lord. And Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.]

(12)Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life. (13)The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true. (14)Jesus answered and said to them: Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; because I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go. (15)Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. (16)And even if I judge, my judgment is true; because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. (17)It is written also in your law, that the witness of two men is true. (18)I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me. (19)They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

(20)These words he spoke in the treasury, while teaching in the temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

(21)Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come. (22)The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself? because he says: Whither I go, ye can not come. (23)And he said to them: Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world. (24)I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (25)Therefore they said to him: Who art thou? And Jesus said to them: That which I also say to you from the beginning. (26)I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I speak to the world. (27)They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father.

(28)Therefore Jesus said to them: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he; and of myself I do nothing, but as the Father taught me, those things I speak. (29)And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone; because I do always the things that please him. (30)As he spoke these words many believed on him.

(31)Jesus therefore said to those Jews who have believed him: If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (32)and ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (33)They answered him: We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to any one. How sayest thou: Ye shall be made free? (34)Jesus answered them: Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a servant of sin. (35)And the servant abides not in the house forever. (36)The Son abides forever; if therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will be free indeed. (37)I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. (38)I speak what I have seen with my Father; and ye therefore do what ye have heard from your father.

(39)They answered and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus says to them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham. (40)But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God. This Abraham did not. (41)Ye do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of fornication; we have one father, God. (42)Jesus said to them: If God were your father, ye would love me; for from God I came forth, and am come; neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. (43)Why do ye not understand my speech? Because ye can not hear my word. (44)Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it. (45)And because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.

(46)Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? (47)He that is of God hears God's words; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not of God.

(48)The Jews answered and said to him: Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? (49)Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me. (50)And I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeks, and judges. (51)Verily, verily, I say to you, if any one keep my saying, he shall not see death, forever. (52)The Jews said to him: Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If a man keep my saying, he shall not taste of death, forever. (53)Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself? (54)Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my Father that honors me, of whom ye say, that he is your God. (55)And ye know him not; but I know him. And if I say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like to you. But I know him, and I keep his word. (56)Abraham, your father, rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. (57)The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (58)Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. (59)They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.



IX.

AND passing along, he saw a man blind from his birth. (2)And his disciples asked him, saying: Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? (3)Jesus answered: Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. (4)I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when none can work. (5)As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

(6)Having thus spoken, he spit on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (7)and said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is interpreted, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

(8)The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sits and begs? (9)Some said: This is he; and others: He is like him; he said: I am he. (10)Therefore they said to him: How were thine eyes opened? (11)He answered: A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went away and washed, and received sight. (12)They said to him: Where is he? He said: I know not.

(13)They bring to the Pharisees him who before was blind. (14)And it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. (15)Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him, how he received sight. He said to them: He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. (16)Therefore some of the Pharisees said: This man is not from God, because he keeps not the sabbath. Others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them. (17)They say to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him, seeing that he opened thine eyes? He said: He is a Prophet.

(18)The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him that received sight. (19)And they asked them, saying: Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then does he now see? (20)His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. (21)But by what means he now sees, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age; ask him. He shall speak for himself. (22)These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one acknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. (23)Therefore his parents said: He is of age; ask him.

(24)They therefore called a second time the man that was blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner. (25)He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. (26)They therefore said to him: What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes? (27)He answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples? (28)They reviled him, and said: Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. (29)We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this man we know not, whence he is. (30)The man answered and said to them: Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he opened mine eyes. (31)Now we know that God hears not sinners. But if any one is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears. (32)Since the world began, it was not heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. (33)If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. (34)They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

(35)Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to him: Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36)He answered and said: Who then is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? (37)And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that talks with thee. (38)And he said: Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

(39)And Jesus said: For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not may see, and that they who see may become blind. (40)And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him: Are we also blind? (41)Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would not have sin. But now ye say: We see. Your sin remains!



X.

VERILY, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (2)But he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the sheep. (3)To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. (4)And when he has put forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. (5)And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.

(6)This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.

(7)Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. (8)All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. (9)I am the door. If any one enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. (10)The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.

(11)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (12)But he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. (13)The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep. (14)I am the good shepherd; and I know mine, and am known by mine, (15)as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (16)And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. (17)For this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. (18)No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father.

(19)Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words. (20)And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him? (21)Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

(22)And there came the feast of the dedication, in Jerusalem; and it was winter. (23)And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon. (24)The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold us in doubt[10:24]? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

(25)Jesus answered them: I told you, and ye do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. (26)But ye do not believe; for ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you. (27)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; (28)and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand. (29)My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. (30)I and the Father are one.

(31)The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. (32)Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? (33)The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. (34)Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (35)If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture can not be broken, (36)say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? (37)If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. (38)But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. (39)Therefore they sought again to seize him; and he went forth, out of their hand.

(40)And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing; and there he abode. (41)And many came to him, and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke of this man were true. (42)And many believed on him there.



XI.

NOW a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha her sister. (2)It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. (3)The sisters therefore sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. (4)And Jesus hearing it, said: This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.

(5)Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. (6)When therefore he heard that he was sick, he then abode two days in the place where he was. (7)Then after this he says to the disciples: Let us go into Judaea again. (8)The disciples say to him: Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? (9)Jesus answered: Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world. (10)But if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

(11)These things said he; and after this he says to them: Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. (12)Therefore his disciples said: Lord if he has fallen asleep, he will be restored. (13)But Jesus had spoken of his death; but they thought that he said it of taking rest in sleep. (14)Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead. (15)And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go to him. (16)Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.

(17)Having come therefore, Jesus found that he had already been four days in the tomb.

(18)Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off. (19)And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

(20)Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus is coming, went and met him; but Mary sat in the house. (21)Then said Martha to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (22)But even now, I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it thee. (23)Jesus says to her: Thy brother will rise again. (24)Martha says to him: I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. (25)Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live; (26)and whoever lives and believes on me, shall never die. Believest thou this? (27)She says to him: Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.

(28)And having said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying: The Teacher is come, and calls for thee. (29)And she, when she heard it, rises quickly and comes to him.

(30)Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. (31)The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying: She goes to the tomb to weep there.

(32)Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell down at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

(33)Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled. (34)And he said: Where have ye laid him? They say to him: Lord, come and see. (35)Jesus wept.

(36)The Jews therefore said: Behold how he loved him! (37)And some of them said: Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused even that this man should not have died? (38)Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

(39)Jesus says: Take away the stone. The sister of him that was dead, Martha, says to him: Lord, by this time he is offensive; for he has been dead four days. (40)Jesus says to her: Said I not to thee, that, if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?

(41)So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes upward, and said: Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me. (42)And I knew that thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the multitude standing around I said it, that they might believe that thou didst send me. (43)And having thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice: Lazarus, come forth. (44)And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus says to them: Loose him, and let him go.

(45)Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what he did, believed on him. (46)But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did.

(47)Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? (48)If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. (49)And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them: Ye know nothing; (50)nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish. (51)And this he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; (52)and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

(53)Therefore from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death. (54)Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews; but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

(55)And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves. (56)They sought therefore for Jesus, and said among themselves, as they stood in the temple: What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? (57)Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might seize him.



XII.

THEREFORE Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom Jesus raised from the dead. (2)They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.

(3)Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (4)Then says one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray him: (5)Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries[12:5], and given to the poor? (6)This he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore[12:6] what was put therein. (7)Then said Jesus: Let her alone; she has kept it[12:7] to the day of my preparation for burial. (8)For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

(9)A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there. And they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

(10)But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; (11)because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

(12)On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, (13)took branches of the palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. (14)And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written:

(15)Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King comes, Sitting on an ass's colt.

(16)These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did these things to him.

(17)The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. (18)For this the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had wrought this sign. (19)The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.

(20)And there were certain Greeks, of those who come up to worship at the feast. (21)These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus. (22)Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus.

(23)And Jesus answered them, saying: The hour has come, that the Son of man should be glorified. (24)Verily, verily, I say to you, except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. (25)He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. (26)If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be. If any one serve me, him will the Father honor.

(27)Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour[12:27]! But for this cause came I unto this hour. (28)Father, glorify thy name. Then there came a voice out of heaven: I both have glorified it, and will glorify it again.

(29)The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said that it thundered; others said: An angel has spoken to him. (30)Jesus answered and said: This voice came not for my sake, but for your sakes. (31)Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out. (32)And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. (33)This he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

(34)The multitude answered him: We heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever; and how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? (35)Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes. (36)While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light.

These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

(37)But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not believe on him; (38)that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

Lord, who believed our report, And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?

(39)Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

(40)He has blinded their eyes, And has hardened their heart; That they should not see with their eyes, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I should heal them.

(41)These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. (42)Yet, even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; (43)for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

(44)And Jesus cried and said: He that believes on me, believes not on me but on him who sent me. (45)And he that beholds me beholds him who sent me. (46)I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness. (47)And if any one hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. (48)He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I spokes that shall judge him in the last day. (49)Because I spoke not from myself; but the Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. (50)And I know that his commandment is everlasting life. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.



XIII.

AND before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour has come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. (2)And supper being served, the Devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; (3)knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and is going to God, (4)he rises from the supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel he girded himself. (5)After that he pours water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

(6)He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and Peter says to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (7)Jesus answered and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8)Peter says to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. (9)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. (10)Jesus says to him: He that has bathed has no need save to wash the feet, but is wholly clean. And ye are clean; but not all. (11)For he knew his betrayer; therefore he said: Ye are not all clean.

(12)When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and reclining again at table, said to them: Know ye what I have done to you? (13)Ye call me the Teacher, and the Master; and ye say well, for so I am. (14)If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (15)For I gave you an example, that as I did to you, ye also should do. (16)Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is sent[13:16] greater than he who sent him. (17)If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

(18)I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats the loaf with me lifted up his heel against me. (19)Even now I tell you, before it comes to pass, that when it comes to pass, ye may believe that I am he. (20)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me.

(21)Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me. (22)The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. (23)And there was reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. (24)To him therefore Simon Peter beckons, and says to him: Say who it is of whom he speaks. (25)And he, leaning back on Jesus' breast, says to him: Lord, who is it? (26)Jesus answers: He it is, to whom I shall give the morsel, when I have dipped it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. (27)And after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him: What thou doest, do quickly.

(28)And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him. (29)For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to him: Buy what we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

(30)He then, having received the morsel, went immediately out; and it was night.

(31)When therefore he was gone out, Jesus says: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. (32)If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway glorify him. (33)Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, whither I go ye can not come, so now I say to you. (34)A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another. (35)By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another.

(36)Simon Peter says to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterward. (37)Peter says to him: Lord, why can not I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. (38)Jesus answers: Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.



XIV.

LET not your heart be troubled. Believe on God, and believe on me[14:1]. (2)In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you. (3)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am ye may be also. (4)And ye know the way whither I go.

(5)Thomas says to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how do we know the way? (6)Jesus says to him: I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, but by me. (7)If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

(8)Philip says to him: Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us. (9)Jesus says to him: Am I so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou: Show us the Father? (10)Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works. (11)Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe for the very works' sake.

(12)Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do, because I go to the Father. (13)And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (14)If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

(15)If ye love me, keep my commandments. (16)And I will ask of the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever; (17)the Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him; but ye know him, because he abides with you, and shall be in you. (18)I will not leave you bereaved[14:18]; I will come to you.

(19)Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but ye see me; because I live, ye shall live also. (20)In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (21)He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

(22)Judas says to him (not Iscariot): Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? (23)Jesus answered and said to him: If any one loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. (24)He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

(25)These things have I spoken to you, while abiding with you. (26)But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things which I said to you.

(27)Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (28)Ye heard how I said to you: I go away; and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father; because the Father is greater than I. (29)And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe.

(30)I will no longer talk much with you; for the prince of the world comes, and in me he has nothing. (31)But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence.



XV.

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (2)Every branch in me that bears not fruit, he takes it away; and every one that bears fruit, he cleanses it, that it may bear more fruit. (3)Ye are already clean, through the word which I have spoken to you.

(4)Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, if ye abide not in me. (5)I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do nothing. (6)If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (7)If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.

(8)Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and ye shall become my disciples. (9)As the Father loved me, I also loved you; abide in my love. (10)If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

(11)These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy be made full. (12)This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you. (13)Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. (14)Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.

(15)No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you. (16)Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

(17)These things I command you, that ye love one another. (18)If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you. (19)If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this the world hates you. (20)Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also. (21)But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me.

(22)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin. (23)He that hates me hates my Father also. (24)If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. (25)But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without a cause.

(26)But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness of me. (27)And ye also shall bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.



XVI.

THESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended. (2)They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming, that every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God. (3)And these things they will do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (4)But these things I have spoken to you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you. And these things I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you.

(5)And now I go to him who sent me; and none of you asks me: Whither goest thou? (6)But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. (7)But I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart; for if I depart not, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. (8)And when he is come, he will convict the world, in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment; (9)of sin, in that they believe not on me; (10)of righteousness, in that I go to my Father, and ye behold me no more; (11)of judgment, in that the prince of this world has been judged.

(12)I have yet many things to say to you, but ye can not bear them now. (13)But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but whatever he shall hear, that will he speak, and he will tell you the things to come. (14)He will glorify me; because he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. (15)All things that the Father has are mine. Therefore, I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. (16)A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.

(17)Therefore some of his disciples said to one another: What is this that he says to us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me; and, I go to the Father? (18)They said therefore: What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says.

(19)Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them: Do ye inquire of this with one another, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me? (20)Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (21)A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has borne the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. (22)And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

(23)And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name. (24)Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

(25)These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. (26)In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; (27)for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God. (28)I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

(29)His disciples say to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable. (30)Now we know that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any one should ask thee. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

(31)Jesus answered them: Do ye now believe? (32)Behold, an hour is coming, and has come, that ye will be scattered, each one to his own, and will leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

(33)These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.



XVII.

THESE words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee; (2)as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life. (3)And this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send. (4)I glorified thee on the earth; I finished the work which thou hast given me to do. (5)And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. (6)I manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word. (7)Now they know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee; (8)because the words which thou gayest me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew in truth that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. (9)I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are thine. (10)And all things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

(11)And I am no longer in the world; and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep those in thy name whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are, (12)While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou hast given me I watched over and none of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. (13)And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them. (14)I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. (15)I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. (16)They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. (17)Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. (18)As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. (19)And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. (20)And I pray not for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word; (21)that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me. (22)And the glory which thou hast given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, as we are one; (23)I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them as thou lovedst me.

(24)Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (25)Righteous Father! And the world knew thee not! But I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me; (26)and I made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.



XVIII.

HAVING spoken these words, Jesus went out with his disciples beyond the brook Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered and his disciples. (2)And Judas also, his betrayer knew the place; because Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

(3)Judas therefore, having received the band and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and weapons. (4)Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them: Whom do ye seek? (5)They answered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: I am he. And Judas also, his betrayer, was standing with them.

(6)When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

(7)Again therefore he asked them: Whom do ye seek? And they said: Jesus the Nazarene. (8)Jesus answered: I told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way; (9)that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost none.

(10)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. (11)Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?

(12)So the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him, (13)and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. (14)And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it is expedient that one man should die for the people.

(15)And Simon Peter and the other disciple followed Jesus. That disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest. (16)But Peter was standing at the door without. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. (17)Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter: Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He says: I am not.

(18)And the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and were warming themselves; and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

(19)The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching. (20)Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret. (21)Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard, what I spoke to them. Behold, these know what things I said.

(22)And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by gave Jesus a blow on the face, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so? (23)Jesus answered him: If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why dost thou smite me?

(24)Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. (25)And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him: Art thou also one of his disciples? He denied, and said: I am not. (26)One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says: Did not I see thee in the garden with him? (27)Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately a cock crowed.

(28)Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Governor's palace; and it was early; and they themselves went not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover. (29)Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this man? (30)They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. (31)Pilate therefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death; (32)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

(33)Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews? (34)Jesus answered: Dost thou say this of thyself, or did others tell thee concerning me? (35)Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou? (36)Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. (37)Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest it; because I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.

(38)Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them: I find no fault in him. (39)But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews? (40)They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.



XIX.

THEN therefore Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. (2)And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on him a purple robe; and they came to him, (3)and said: Hail, King of the Jews! And they gave him blows on the face.

(4)Pilate went forth again, and says to them: Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. (5)Jesus therefore came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And he says to them: Behold the man!

(6)When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Do ye take him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him. (7)The Jews answered him: We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

(8)When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was the more afraid. (9)And he went again into the palace, and says to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. (10)Then says Pilate to him: Dost thou not speak to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? (11)Jesus answered: Thou wouldst have no power against me, except it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivers me to thee has the greater sin. (12)Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Caesar. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

(13)When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgment-seat in a place called the Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha. (14)And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king! (15)But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar. (16)Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

(17)And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha; (18)where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. (19)And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.

(20)This title therefore many of the Jews read; because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. (21)Therefore said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. (22)Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written.

(23)Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. And the coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout. (24)They said therefore to one another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says:

They parted my garments among them. And for my vesture they cast lots.

These things the soldiers did. (25)And there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. (26)Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: Woman, behold thy son! (27)Then he says to the disciple: Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

(28)After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst. (29)Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they, having filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a hyssop-stalk, bore it to his mouth. (30)When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: It is finished; and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

(31)The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath day was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away. (32)The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. (33)But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they broke not his legs. (34)But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.

(35)And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe. (36)For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. (37)And again another scripture says: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

(38)And after this, Joseph from Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took away the body of Jesus. (39)And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. (40)They took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial.

(41)And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid. (42)There they laid Jesus therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.



XX.

AND on the first day of the week Mary the Magdalene comes early, while it is yet dark, to the sepulchre, and sees the stone taken away out of the sepulchre. (2)She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them: They took away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they laid him.

(3)Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went to the sepulchre. (4)And the two ran together; and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. (5)And stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; yet he went not in. (6)Then comes Simon Peter following him; and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the linen cloths lying, (7)and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself. (8)Then therefore the other disciple, who came first to the sepulchre, went in also; and he saw, and believed. (9)For not even yet did they know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

(10)The disciples therefore went away again to their own home. (11)And Mary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped clown into the sepulchre, (12)and beholds two angels in white, sitting the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay. (13)And they say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She says to them: Because they took away my Lord, and I know not where they laid him.

(14)Having said this, she turned back and beholds Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. (15)Jesus says to her: Woman, why weepest thou? Whom dost thou seek? She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him: Sir, if thou didst bear him hence, tell me where thou laidest him, and I will take him away. (16)Jesus says to her: Mary! Turning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say, Teacher!) (17)Jesus says to her: Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

(18)Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples, that she has seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her.

(19)When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, the doors having been shut, where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst; and he says to them: Peace be to you. (20)And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, when they saw the Lord.

(21)Jesus therefore said to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. (22)And having said this, he breathed on them, and says to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. (23)Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they are retained.

(24)But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. (25)The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

(26)And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you. (27)After that, he says to Thomas: Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. (28)Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord, and my God. (29)Jesus says to him: Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and have believed!

(30)Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. (31)But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.



XXI.

AFTER these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself in this manner.

(2)There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. (3)Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing. They say to him: We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into the ship; and in that night they caught nothing.

(4)But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. (5)Jesus therefore says to them: Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him: No. (6)And he said to them: Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast it therefore; and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of the fishes.

(7)Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it is the Lord, girded on his outer garment (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea. (8)And the other disciples came in the boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net with the fishes.

(9)When therefore they went out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. (10)Jesus says to them: Bring of the fishes which ye just now caught. (11)Simon Peter went on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and though there were so many, the net was not broken.

(12)Jesus says to them: Come hither, and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it is the Lord. (13)Jesus comes, and takes the bread and gives to them, and the fish likewise. (14)This the third time already, Jesus manifested himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.

(15)When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my lambs.

(16)He says to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Tend my sheep.

(17)He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.

(18)Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. (19)And this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God.

And having spoken this, he says to him: Follow me. (20)Peter, turning about, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also at the supper leaned back on his breast, and said: Lord, who is he that betrays thee? (21)Peter seeing him says to Jesus: Lord, and what shall this man do? (22)Jesus says to him: If I will that he remain till I come, what is it to thee? Do thou follow me.

(23)This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And Jesus said not to him, that he should not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee?

(24)This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true. (25)And there are also many other things which Jesus did; and if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.



THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

I.

THE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, (2)until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he chose; (3)to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

(4)And, being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which ye heard from me; (5)for John indeed immersed in water; but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.

(6)They therefore, having come together[1:6], asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (7)And he said to them: It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority[1:7]. (8)But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the utmost part of the earth.

(9)And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was borne up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. (10)And while they were looking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; (11)who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven.

(12)Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey. (13)And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. (14)These all continued with one accord in prayer, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

(15)And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (the number of names together was about a hundred and twenty): (16)Men, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus. (17)Because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this ministry.—(18)Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. (19)And it became known to all who dwell at Jerusalem; so that that field was called, in their own tongue, Aceldama, that is, Field of blood.—(20)For it is written in the book of Psalms:

Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no one dwell therein.

And:

Let another take his office[1:20].

(21)Therefore, of these men, who accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, (22)beginning from John's immersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

(23)And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. (24)And they prayed, saying: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose, (25)that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place. (26)And they gave their lots[1:26]; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.



II.

AND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (2)And suddenly there came a sound out of heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. (3)And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed among them; and it sat upon each of them. (4)And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

(5)Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. (6)And this being noised abroad[2:6], the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language. (7)And all were amazed, and wondered, saying one to another Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans? (8)And how do we hear, every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born, (9)Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, (10)Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, (11)Cretes and Arabians, hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God? (12)And all were amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another: What may this mean? (13)But others mocking said: They are filled with sweet wine.

(14)But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them: Men of Judaea, and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words. (15)For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. (16)But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

(17)And it shall be in the last days, saith God, That I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams; (18)And even on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, And they shall prophesy. (19)And I will show wonders in heaven above, And signs in the earth beneath, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. (20)The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come. (21)And it shall be, that every one who shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

(22)Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know; (23)this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones; (24)whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death; because it was not possible that he should be held by it. (25)For David says concerning him:

I saw the Lord always before me; Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. (26)For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted; Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope; (27)Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. (28)Thou didst make known to me the ways of life; Thou wilt make me full of joy with thy presence.

(29)Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto this day. (30)Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne, (31)he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption.

(32)This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (33)Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which ye now see and hear. (34)For David did not ascend into heaven; but he says himself:

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, (35)Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

(36)Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

(37)And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what shall we do? (38)And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (39)For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall have called.

(40)And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

(41)They therefore, having received[2:41] his word, were immersed and on that day there were added about three thousand souls. (42)And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers. (43)And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought through the apostles. (44)And all that believed were together, and had all things common; (45)and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as any one had need. (46)And daily attending with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart, (47)praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who are saved[2:47].



III.

AND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. (2)And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple; (3)who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms. (4)And Peter, looking intently upon him, with John, said: Look upon us. (5)And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. (6)And Peter said: Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk. (7)And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received strength; (8)and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. (9)And all the people saw him walking and praising God; (10)and they recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.

(11)And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. (12)And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? (13)The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him. (14)But ye denied the Holy and Just, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to you. (15)But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses[3:15]. (16)And his name, upon the faith in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

(17)And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance, as also your rulers. (18)But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. (19)Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; (20)and that he may send forth Jesus Christ, before appointed for you; (21)whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. (22)Moses said: A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. (23)And it shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. (24)And also all the prophets from Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also foretold these days.

(25)Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. (26)Unto you first, God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.



IV.

AND while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2)being indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. (3)And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.

(4)But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

(5)And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, (6)and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together unto Jerusalem. (7)And having set them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this?

(8)Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel; (9)if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole; (10)be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand here before you whole. (11)He is the stone that was set at naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. (12)And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.

(13)And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they recognized them, that they were with Jesus. (14)And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it. (15)But having commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, (16)saying: What shall we do to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it. (17)But that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. (18)And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.

(19)But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. (20)For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

(21)And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done; (22)for the man was above forty years old, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.

(23)And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders said to them. (24)And they, hearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: Lord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things in them; (25)who by the mouth of thy servant David said:

Why did the heathen rage[4:25], And the peoples imagine vain things? (26)The kings of the earth stood near, And the rulers assembled together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.

(27)For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, (28)to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel before determined to be done. (29)And now, Lord, behold their threatenings; and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, (30)by stretching forth thy hand for healing, and that signs and wonders may be wrought through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

(31)And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

(32)And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and of one soul; and not one said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common. (33)And with great power the apostles gave the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all. (34)For there was no one among them that lacked; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things sold, (35)and laid them at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each one, according as he had need.

(36)And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, born in Cyprus, (37)having land sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.



V.

BUT a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2)and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of the apostles. (3)But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land? (4)While it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why didst thou conceive this thing in thy heart? Thou didst not lie to men, but to God. (5)And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and expired; and great fear came on all that heard these things. (6)And the young men arose, wrapt him up, and carried him out[5:6], and buried him.

(7)And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. (8)And Peter answered her: Tell me, whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said: Yes, for so much. (9)And Peter said to her: Why is it that ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. (10)And immediately she fell at his feet, and expired; and coming in, the young men found her dead, and carried her forth, and buried her by her husband. (11)And great fear came upon all the church, and upon all that heard these things.

(12)And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. (13)But of the rest no one dared to join himself to them; but the people honored them; (14)(and still more were believers added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women); (15)so that along the streets they brought forth the sick, and laid them on beds and pallets, that, as Peter was passing, the shadow at least might overshadow some one of them. (16)And the multitude also of the cities around came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons, and those who were vexed by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.

(17)But the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with indignation, (18)and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the public prison.

(19)But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors; and having brought them forth, he said: (20)Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. (21)And hearing it, they went into the temple at early dawn, and taught.

And the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. (22)But the officers, when they came, found them not in the prison; and returning, they reported, (23)saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all security, and the keepers standing without before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one within.

(24)And when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this might grow. (25)But one came and told them, saying: Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people. (26)Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that they might not be stoned. (27)And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, (28)saying: Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

(29)And Peter answering, and the apostles, said: We ought to obey God rather than men. (30)The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree. (31)Him, as a prince and a Savior, did God exalt to his right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. (32)And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God gave to those who obey him.

(33)And they, hearing it, were convulsed with rage, and took counsel to slay them. (34)But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while; (35)and said to them: Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do in respect to these men. (36)For before these days arose Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to naught. (37)After this man arose Judas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew away much people after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. (38)And now I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; (39)but if it is of God ye can not overthrow them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.

(40)And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

(41)They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame. (42)And every day, in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach, and to publish the glad tidings of Jesus the Christ.



VI.

AND in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. (2)And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said: It is not proper that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. (3)Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business. (4)But we will give ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

(5)And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch, (6)whom they set before the apostles; and having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

(7)And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

(8)And Stephen, full of grace and of power, did great wonders and signs among the people. (9)And there arose certain ones of the synagogue so called of the Freedmen[6:9], and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. (10)And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. (11)Then they suborned men, who said: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.