"Are there not," replied Jesus, "these words in your Law--'I said "Ye are gods"'?

Then Jesus again crossed the Jordan to the place where John used to baptize at first, and stayed there some time, during which many people came to see him.

And many learned to believe in Jesus there.

The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus--'Master, your friend is ill';

And, when Jesus heard it, he said: "This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honor of God, in order that the Son of God may be honored through it."

Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

"Are not there twelve hours in the day?" answered Jesus. "If a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun;

But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.

"Master," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

"Your brother shall rise to life," said Jesus.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. "Master," she exclaimed, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.

Jesus burst into tears.

Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.

"Move the stone away," said Jesus. "Master," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death."

"Did not I tell you," replied Jesus, "that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard my prayer;

Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice: "Lazarus! come out!"

The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding- sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. "Set him free," said Jesus, "and let him go."

In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.

Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation--

So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts: "What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?"

The Chief Priests and the Pharisees had already issued orders that, if any one learned where Jesus was, he should give information, so that they might arrest him.

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.

So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.

One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked:

"Let her alone," said Jesus, "that she may keep it till the day when my body is being prepared for burial.

Now great numbers of the Jews found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not solely on his account, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,

Because it was owing to him that many of the Jews had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.

On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm-branches,

Having found a young ass, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of Scripture--

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

Who went to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said: "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

Philip went and told Andrew, and then together they went and told Jesus.

"It was not for my sake that the voice came," said Jesus, "but for yours.

"Only a little while longer," answered Jesus, "will you have the Light among you. Travel on while you have the Light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.

While you still have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be 'Sons of Light.'" After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.

But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,

Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues;

But Jesus had proclaimed: "He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;

Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave the world and go to the Father. He had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last.

The Devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon;

And at supper, Jesus--although knowing that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was to return to God--

"You do not understand now what I am doing," replied Jesus, "but you will learn by and by."

"You shall never wash my feet!" exclaimed Peter. "Unless I wash you," answered Jesus, "you have nothing in common with me."

"He who has bathed," replied Jesus, "has no need to wash, unless it be his feet, but is altogether clean; and you," he said to the disciples, "are clean, yet not all of you."

After saying this, Jesus was much troubled, and said solemnly: "In truth I tell you that it is one of you who will betray me."

Next to Jesus, in the place on his right hand, was one of his disciples, whom he loved.

Being in this position, that disciple leant back on Jesus' shoulder, and asked him: "Who is it, Master?"

"It is the one," answered Jesus, "to whom I shall give a piece of bread after dipping it in the dish." And, when Jesus had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot;

And it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him: "Do at once what you are going to do."

Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said: "Now the Son of Man has been exalted, and God has been exalted through him;

"Where are you going, Master?" asked Peter. "I am going where you cannot now follow me," answered Jesus, "but you shall follow me later."

"Will you lay down your life for me?" replied Jesus. "In truth I tell you, the cock will not crow till you have disowned me three times.

Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?

"Whoever loves me," Jesus answered, " will lay my Message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

Jesus saw that they were wanting to ask him a question, and said: "Are you trying to find out from one another what I meant by saying 'In a little while you will not see me; and then in a little while you will see me indeed'?

"Do you believe that already?" Jesus answered.

After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes heaven-wards, and said: "Father, the hour has come; honor thy Son, that thy Son may honor thee;

And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the brook Kedron to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.

The place was well known to Judas, the betrayer, for Jesus and his disciples had often met there.

Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them: "For whom are you looking?"

"Jesus of Nazareth," was their answer. "I am he," said Jesus. (Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.)

When Jesus said 'I am he,' they drew back and fell to the ground.

So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered: "Jesus of Nazareth."

"I have already told you that I am he," replied Jesus, "so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go."

But Jesus said to Peter: "Sheathe your sword. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"

So the soldiers of the garrison, with their Commanding Officer and the Jewish police, arrested Jesus and bound him,

Meanwhile Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple, being well-known to the High Priest, went with Jesus into the High Priest's court-yard,

The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

"For my part," answered Jesus, "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some Synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where all the Jews assemble, and I never spoke of anything in secret.

When Jesus said this, one of the police-officers, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. "Do you answer the High Priest like that?" he exclaimed.

"If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it," replied Jesus; "but if not, why do you strike me?"

From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.

In fulfillment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.

After that, Pilate went into the Government House again, and calling Jesus up, asked him: "Are you the King of the Jews?"

"Do you ask me that yourself?" replied Jesus, "or did others say it to you about me?"

"My kingly power," replied Jesus, "is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the Jews; but my kingly power is not from the world."

"So you are a King after all!" exclaimed Pilate. "Yes, it is true I am a King," answered Jesus. "I was born for this, I have come into the world for this--to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice."

After that, Pilate had Jesus scourged.

Then Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said to them: "Here is the man!"

And, going into the Government House again, he said to Jesus: "Where do you come from?"

But Jesus made no reply. So Pilate said to him: "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do not you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

"You would have no power over me at all," answered Jesus, "if it had not been given you from above; and, therefore, the man who betrayed me to you is guilty of the greater sin."

On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out, and took his seat upon the Bench at a place called 'The Stone Pavement'--in Hebrew 'Gabbatha.'

Whereupon Pilate gave Jesus up to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus;

There they crucified him, and two others with him--one on each side, and Jesus between them.

Pilate also had these words written and put up over the cross--'JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.'

These words were read by many of the Jews, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and they were written in Hebrew, Latin and Greek.

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares--a share for each soldier--and they took the coat also. The coat had no seam, being woven in one piece from top to bottom.