These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight.

His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that he was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the glory; we know that this man is a sinner."

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

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

And when she had said this, she went her way and called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

Many of the Jews therefore, who had come to Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might arrest him.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief; and as he had the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

Now a great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

The next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.

For this reason the people went to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.

Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him;

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,

When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and returned to his place, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?

When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; or, that he should give something to the poor.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and in him God is glorified.

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know him and have seen him."

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you,

And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

This happened so that the words which he had spoken would be fulfilled, "Of those whom you gave me I have lost none."

Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"

This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled, showing by what death he was going to die.

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told them, "I find no crime in him.

Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin."

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments, and made four parts, one for each soldier, and also his tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

So when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished!" And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him.

And Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

and the napkin that had been around his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself.

And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw himself into the sea.

When they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had leaned on his breast at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?"

until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," he said, "you heard of from me;

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"

And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

"Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

And so, because he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,

And all who believed were together and had all things in common;

and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as anyone had need.

and they recognized him as the one who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg alms, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

And when Peter saw this he addressed the people, "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

And when they had set them in the midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they conferred with one another,

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all the people were praising God for what had happened.

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

And when they had prayed, the place where they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.

After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

The God of our fathers raised Jesuswhom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.

So they took his advice, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even though he had no child, he promised that he would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

They were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

"Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.