When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Then they arrested Jesus and led Him away to the head priest's house [i.e., Caiaphas. See Matt. 26:57]. But Peter followed Him from a distance [i.e., as they went to the head priest's courtyard].

now as they had made a fire in the middle of the hall, and people were sitting all round it, Peter too sat down among them.

But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no knowledge of him.

And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.

and Peter said, 'Man, I have not known what thou sayest;' and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew.

And he went out and wept bitterly [deeply grieved and distressed].

And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” He replied, “It is just as you say.”

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is just as you say.”

But they insisted, saying, "He incites the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee as far as here."

And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

but they persisted with great clamour in their demands, to have him crucified: and as the people and chief priests redoubled their clamours,

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he handed over Jesus to their will.

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

For a time is coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.'

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

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."

And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

The soldiers also made sport of Him as they continued to come up and offer Him vinegar,

And saying as they did so: "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he.

And for us it is truly a just sentence, for we are getting back what we deserve for our actions, but this man has not done anything wrong."

Then Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise [Note: This is a place in God's presence, referred to as "the third heaven" (II Cor. 12:2-4), and where overcomers will be able to eat from "the tree of life" (Rev. 2:7)]."

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

Then Jesus uttered a loud cry, and said, "Father, I now commit my spirit to your care." As He said this He breathed His last.

And after the crowds that had gathered to witness this sight saw what had happened they left, beating their chests [i.e., as an expression of anguish over witnessing Jesus' death].

And all of those who knew Him, as well as the women who had followed Him from Galilee [See Matt. 27:55-56], watched all this from a distance.

And, taking it down, he wrapped it in a fine Indian cloth, and laid him in a tomb hewn in stone, - where no one as yet was lying.

This happened on the Day of Preparation [for the Passover Festival], as the Sabbath day was about to begin [i.e., shortly before

And then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise [from death to life].”

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which is Emmaus,

Talking together, as they went, about all that had just taken place.

And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them;

but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.

And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

"What things do you mean?" asked Jesus. "Why, about Jesus of Nazareth," they answered, "who, in the eyes of God and all the people, was a Prophet, whose power was felt in both his words and actions;

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

and, not having found his body, came, saying that they also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

upon which he said to them, why are you in this confusion? what is it, that your minds are so perplex'd?

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

all the while holding out his hands and his feet, as he was speaking.

And while they did not believe as yet for joy, and were astonished, he said to them: Have you any thing here to eat?

And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all that is written concerning me in the law of Moses and prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

You are witnesses as to these things.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.

The Word [already] existed in the beginning [of time]. [Note: This is a reference to the preexistence of Jesus. See verse 14]. And the Word was with God and the Word was [what] God [was].

He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning.

In him is life; and the life was the light of men.

The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.