No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.

And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this man were true.

But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;

These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.

And some of them said, Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that this man also should not have died?

And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;

Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.

Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But on account of this have I come to this hour.

Jesus answered and said, Not on my account has this voice come, but on yours.

Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out:

But this he said signifying by what death he was about to die.

The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides for ever; and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this, the Son of man?

On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.

For he knew him that delivered him up: on account of this he said, Ye are not all clean.

But none of those at table knew why he said this to him;

By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.

of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you.

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?

They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.

Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me?

Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God.

And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

The maid therefore, who was porteress, says to Peter, Art thou also of the disciples of this man? He says, I am not.

Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?

They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee.

Jesus answered him, Dost thou say this of thyself, or have others said it to thee concerning me?

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.

Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.

Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him.

They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

From this time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out saying, If thou releasest this man, thou art not a friend to Caesar. Every one making himself a king speaks against Caesar.

where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on this side, and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.

This title therefore many of the Jews read, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was near; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin.

After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.

And having said this, he shewed to them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, having seen the Lord.

And having said this, he breathed into them, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:

Many other signs therefore also Jesus did before his disciples, which are not written in this book;

This is already the third time that Jesus had been manifested to the disciples, being risen from among the dead.

But he said this signifying by what death he should glorify God. And having said this, he says to him, Follow me.

Peter, seeing him, says to Jesus, Lord, and what of this man?

This word therefore went out among the brethren, That disciple does not die. And Jesus did not say to him, He does not die; but, If I will that he abide until I come, what is that to thee?

This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.

They therefore, being come together, asked him saying, Lord, is it at this time that thou restorest the kingdom to Israel?

who also said, Men of Galilee, why do ye stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall thus come in the manner in which ye have beheld him going into heaven.

for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.

(This man then indeed got a field with the reward of iniquity, and, having fallen down headlong, burst in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

but this is that which was spoken through the prophet Joel,

Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.

This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all we are witnesses.

Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which ye behold and hear.

Let the whole house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have, this give I to thee: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean rise up and walk.

And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?

And, by faith in his name, his name has made this man strong whom ye behold and know; and the faith which is by him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all.

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?

if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how he has been healed,

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

While it remained did it not remain to thee? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God.

Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.

And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:

And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

for we have heard him saying, This Jesus the Nazaraean shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses taught us.

Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.

This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send to be a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me him shall ye hear.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.