For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,

And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."

And he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?

"If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe.

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

One of the criminals who were hanged there hurled insults at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and enter his glory?"

And he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,