and said, Father, the hour is come. Glorify Thy Son that Thy Son also
may glorify Thee, as Thou hast given Him power over all flesh that He
should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. This is life
eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ,
whom Thou hast sent. I have glorified Thee on the earth. I have finished
the work which Thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Thou
me with Thine Own Self with the glory which I had with Thee before the
world was. I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest
me out of the world. Thine they were and Thou gavest them me. They have
kept Thy word. Now they know that all things Thou hast given me are of
Thee. For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest me. They
have received them and know surely that I came from Thee, and they have
believed that Thou didst send me.
I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou
hast given me because they are Thine. All mine are Thine, and Thine are
mine. And I am glorified in them. Now I am no more in the world but these
are in the world. I come to Thee, Holy Father. Keep through Thine Own Name
those whom Thou hast given me so they may be one just as We are one. While
I was with them in the world I kept them in Thy Name. Those that Thou
gavest me I have kept. None of them is lost except the son of perdition
that the scripture might be fulfilled. Now come I to Thee and speak these
things in the world that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
I have given them Thy word. The world hath hated them because they
are not of the world as I am not of the world. I pray not that Thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them
from evil. They are not of the world as I am not of the world. Sanctify
them through Thy Truth. Thy Word is Truth. As Thou hast sent me into
the world so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes
I sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Neither pray I for these alone. But I pray also for them which shall
believe on me through their word that they all may be One, as Thou,
Father, art in me, and I in Thee. They also may be One in Us so that
the world may believe that Thou hast sent me. And the glory which Thou
gavest me I have given them so that they may be One, even as We are
One. I in them and Thou in me, that they may be made perfect in One,
and that the world may know that Thou hast sent me, and hast loved them
as Thou hast loved me.
Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given me, be with me where
I am. May they behold my glory, which Thou hast given me for Thou lovedst
me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath
not known Thee. But I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou
hast sent me. And I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it
that the love wherewith Thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.
18. When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His
disciples over the brook Cedron where He entered into a garden with
His disciples. Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place for Jesus
ofttimes resorted thither with His disciples. Judas then, having been
given a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees,
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore,
knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto
them, Whom seek ye? They answered Him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
unto them, I am He. And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with
them. As soon as Jesus said I am He, they were stunned.
Then He asked them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of
Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am He. If therefore ye
seek me, let these go their way. This He said so that the saying might be
fulfilled, which He spoke, Of them which Thou gavest me I have lost none.
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, smote the high priest's
servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Jesus
immediately said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup
which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band and
the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, bound Him, and took Him
to Annas first, for he was father in law to Caiaphas, the high priest
that year. Now it was Caiaphas who gave counsel to the Jews that it was
expedient that one man should die for the people.
Simon Peter followed Jesus and so did another disciple who was known to
the high priest and who went into the palace of the high priest with
Jesus. But Peter stood outisde the door. Then the other disciple came
out, spoke unto her that kept the door, and brought Peter inside. She,
who kept the door saith unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's
disciples? He saith, I am not. He stood by the fire along with both
officers and servants who were warming themselves in the cold night.
The high priest then asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His
doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I taught in the
synagogue, and in the temple whither the Jews always resort. In secret I
have said nothing. Why askest thou me? Ask them which heard me what I have
said unto them? Behold, they know what I said. When He had thus spoken,
one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his
hand, saying, Why answerest Thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him,
If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil. But if well, why smitest
thou me? Then Annas had Him sent bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
As Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. they said unto him, Art not
thou also one of His disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. One
of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter
cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with Him? Peter then
denied again. Immediately the cock crowed.
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment. It was early
and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be
defiled and might not eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them
and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and
said unto him, If He were not a malefactor we would not have delivered
Him up unto thee. Then Pilate said unto them, Take Him and judge Him
according to your law. The Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us
to put any man to death. This accorded with the saying of Jesus when He
spoke of what death He should die.
Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said
unto Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou
this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered,
Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered
Thee unto me. What hast Thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not
of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would
fight so I would not be delivered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not
from hence. Pilate therefore said unto Him, Art Thou a king then? Jesus
answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for
this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the
truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto
Him, What is truth? After he had said this, he went out again unto the
Jews, and saith to them, I find in Him no fault at all. But ye have a
custom that I should release someone unto you at the passover. Will ye,
therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they
all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
19. Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him scourged. The soldiers
platted a crown of thorns and put it on His head. And they put on Him a
purple robe and said, Hail, King of the Jews! They smote Him with their
hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith, Behold, I bring Him
forth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in Him. Then came
Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate
saith unto them, Behold the man!
When the chief priests and officers saw Him they cried out, Crucify
Him. Crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye Him and crucify Him
but I find no fault in Him. The Jews answered him, We have a law and,
by our law, He ought to die because He made Himself the Son of God. When
Pilate heard that saying he was the more afraid. He went again into
the judgment hall and saith unto Jesus, Whence art Thou? But Jesus
gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto Him, Speakest Thou not
unto me? Knowest Thou not that I have power to crucify Thee or release
Thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me except
it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivered me unto thee
hath the greater sin. Thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him but the
Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go thou art not Caesar's
friend. Whoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying he brought Jesus forth and sat
down in the judgment seat in a place called the Pavement, and in the
Hebrew, Gabbatha. It was the preparation of the passover and about the
sixth hour. He saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried
out, Away with Him. Away with Him. Crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them,
Shall I crucify your King? The chief priest answered, We have no king
but Caesar. Then he delivered Him unto them to be crucified. And they
took Jesus and led Him away.
Bearing His cross He went forth into a place called the place of a skull,
in the Hebrew, Golgotha. Here they crucified Him and two others. One
on either side and Jesus in the midst. Pilate wrote a title and put
it on the cross. The writing was, 'Jesus of Nazareth The King Of The
Jews'. This title was then read by many of the Jews for the place where
Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city and the title written in Hebrew,
and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate,
Write not The King of the Jews but write that He said, I am King of the
Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
When they had put Jesus upon the cross the soldiers took His garments
and made four parts. Each soldier took a part. But His coat was without
seam and woven from the top throughout. They said to eachother, Let
us not rend it but cast lots for whose it shall be. Thus the scripture
was fulfilled which saith, They parted my raiment among them and for my
vesture they did cast lots.
There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister,
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His
mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He saith unto His
mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith He to the disciple, Behold
thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, and
so that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was
set a vessel full of vinegar. They filled a sponge and put it upon hyssop
and put it to His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,
He bowed His head and said, It is finished.
During the preparation for the sabbath, a high day, it was not fit that
the bodies should remain upon the cross. The Jews besought Pilate that
their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. Then came
the soldiers who broke the legs of the first and then of the other who
was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He
was already dead, they broke not His legs. Instead, one of the soldiers
pierced His side with a spear and from His side came blood and water. He
that saw it bore record, and his record is true. He knoweth that he
saith truth that ye might believe. These things were done that this
scripture should be fulfilled: A bone of Him shall not be broken. And
another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.
After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who, for fear of the Jews, was a secret
disciple of Jesus, besought Pilate that he might take Jesus' body. Pilate
gave him leave. With him came Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus
by night. He brought a mixture of about a hundred pounds worth of myrrh
and aloes. They took the body of Jesus, wound it in linen clothes, and
prepared it with the spices as the custom was of the Jews for burial. In
the place where He was crucified there was a garden. And in the garden
was a new sepulchre wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus.
20. On the first day of the week, when it was yet dark, Mary
Magdalene came early unto the sepulchre. She saw that the stone had been
taken away from the entrance. Then she ran and met Simon Peter and the
other disciple whom Jesus loved. She saith unto them, They have taken
away the Lord out of the sepulchre and we know not where they have
laid Him. Peter and the other disciple, therefore, started toward the
sepulchre. They began running together. But the other disciple, having
outrun Peter, arrived at the entrance first. Stooping down and looking
in, he saw the linen clothes lying there but he did not go in.
Then came Simon Peter who went into the sepulchre, seeth the linen clothes
and the napkin that was about His head. The napkin was not lying with the
linen clothes, but was folded separately and in a place by itself. Then
the other disciple went in also, and he saw, and believed. As yet they
knew not the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. The
disciples then returned to their own home.
But Mary stood outside at the entrance weeping. As she wept, she stooped
down, looked into the sepulchre, and saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head and the other at the feet where the body of Jesus had
lain. They said to her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my Lord and I know not where they have laid
Him. After she had thus said, she turned and saw Jesus standing, and knew
not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom
seekest thou? She, supposing Him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, Sir,
if Thou have borne Him hence, tell me where Thou hast laid Him and I will
take Him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned and saith unto Him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not for I
am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say unto them,
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and that He had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day at
evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut
where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and
stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when He
had so said, He shewed unto them His hands and His side. Then were the
disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again,
Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. When
He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive
ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
and whose sins ye retain, they are retained.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen
the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His hands the
print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and
thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe. Eight days passed
and His disciples were within and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus,
the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto
you. Then saith He to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my
hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side. Now be
not faithless but believing. Thomas answered and said unto Him, my Lord
and my God. Jesus saith, Thomas, because thou hast seen me thou hast
believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples
which are not written in this book. But these are written that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and, that believing,
ye might have life through His Name.
21. After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the
disciples. It was at the sea of Tiberias. Gathered together were Simon
Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of
Zebedee, and two other of His disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them,
I go a fishing. They say to him, We also go with thee. They went forth
and immediately got into a fishing boat. That night they caught nothing.
When the morning came, Jesus stood on the shore. The disciples knew
not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye
anything? They answered Him, No. And He said unto them, Cast the net
on the right side of the boat and ye shall find some. They, therefore,
cast the net. Now they were not able to draw it up for the multitude of
fishes in the net. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter,
It is the Lord.
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he drew up his fisher's coat
around him and cast himself into the sea. The other disciples came in the
boat dragging the net with the fishes. They were only about two hundred
cubits from the shore. As soon as they reached the shore, they saw a
fire of coals there, and fish already laid thereon. And there was also
bread. Jesus saith to them, Bring the fish which ye have caught. Simon
Peter went over and drew in the net. It was full of great fishes, one
hundred and fifty three. Yet, even though there were so many, the net was
not broken. Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. None of the disciples
durst ask Him, Who art Thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then
came, and served them bread and fish also. This is now the third time
that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples.
After they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yea, Lord. Thou knowest
that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Then He saith to him
a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto Him,
Yea, Lord. Thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my
sheep. He saith unto him yet a third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
thou me? Peter was grieved because He said to him a third time, Lovest
thou me? He said unto Him, Lord, Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest
that I love Thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst
whither thou wouldest. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch
forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou
wouldest not go. This spoke He, signifying by what death Peter should
glorify God. When He had spoken this, He saith unto him, Follow me.
Then Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following
them. This was the disciple who leaned on Jesus breast at supper, and
also asked, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? Peter, now seeing him,
saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him,
If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee? You follow
me. Then the saying spread among the brethren that that disciple should
not die. Yet Jesus said not unto him, he shall not die but, if I will
that he tarry till I come what business is that to thee?
This is the disciple who testifieth of these things, and wrote these
things, and we know that his testimony is true. There are also many other
things that Jesus did which, if they were all told, I suppose that even
the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
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