Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered. read more. And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread. And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God. Then the devil takes Him into the holy city and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same, and said to Him; All these things will I give unto thee, If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth Him; and behold, the angels came to Him and continued to minister unto Him.

And the high priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking false testimony against Jesus, in order that they might kill Him.

They spat in His face, and buffeted Him: and they slapped Him, saying, Prophesy unto us, who is the one smiting thee?

And it being evening, a rich man came from Arimathea, whose name was Joseph, who himself also was a disciple to Jesus. He having come to Pilate, begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be given:

and placed it in a new sepulcher, which he hewed in the rock: and having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, departed.

And they crucify Him, and divide His garments, casting the lot upon them, what each one may take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

And being in agony He continued to pray the more earnestly. And His sweat was like drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

Nathanael said to him, Is any good thing able to come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men; whom God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was impossible that he should be held by it.

he humbled himself, being obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.

But we see Jesus humiliated somewhat in comparison with the angels, having been crowned with glory and honor on account of the suffering of death, in order that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

Therefore he ought in all things to be made like unto his brethren, in order that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things appertaining to God, to the end that he may atone for the sins of the people. For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

neither through the blood of goats and bullocks, but through his own blood, came once into the holies, having found eternal redemption.

And on this account he is mediator of the new covenant, since there being death, unto the redemption of the transgressions unto the first covenant, those having been called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.