And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?

and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

And immediately, as Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles came with a crowd who were carrying swords and clubs. [They had come] from the leading priests, the experts in the law of Moses and the [Jewish] elders.

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.

But a certain disciple that was standing nearby [i.e., Peter. See John 18:10] drew his sword and struck the head priest's servant [i.e., Malchus. See John 18:10], shearing off his ear.

"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?

And a certain young man [Note: Some think this is a reference to Mark himself], who had a linen outer garment thrown over his scantily clad body, was following Jesus until they [i.e., the soldiers and officers] took hold of him. [Note: The wording here does not indicate total nakedness, but rather the wearing of underclothing only]

Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.

And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire .

The head priest stood up in front of them and asked Jesus, "Do you not have anything to answer? What about this charge being made against you by these people?"

But Jesus kept quiet and did not give them any answer. Again the head priest asked Him, "Are you the Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one]?"

And the head priest tore at his clothing [i.e., as an expression of frustration] and said, "What additional need do we have for witnesses?

And some of them began to spit on Him, then to cover His face [with a blindfold] and hit Him [with their fists], saying, "Prophesy [i.e., tell who hit you]." And the officers in charge of Him also struck Him with their hands.

Now when Peter was in the courtyard downstairs [i.e., from where the Sanhedrin was having its meeting. See verse 55], one of the head priest's servant girls came in,

Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them."

And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

Early in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), immediately consulted together; and they bound Jesus, they took Him away [violently] and handed Him over to Pilate.

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

But the high priests had moved the people that he should, rather, deliver Barabbas unto them.

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Over His head was the notice in writing of the charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The Christ, the King of Israel - let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And, they who had been crucified with him, were casting it in his teeth.

When the sixth hour (noon) came, darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

And the centurion who stood by over against him, when he saw that he had expired having thus cried out, said, Truly this man was Son of God.

When Jesus was in Galilee, they used to accompany him and minister to Him; and there were also many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And when he had news of it from the captain, he let Joseph have the body.

And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Now, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, were viewing how he had been laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

And [when they] looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away (for it was very large).

but he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the crucified one. He is risen, he is not here; behold the place where they had put him.

And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

And they went away and gave news of it to the rest; and they had no belief in what was said.

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Seeing, indeed, that, many, had taken in hand to re-arrange for themselves a narrative, concerning the facts which have been fully confirmed amongst us, -

just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.

And so it happened, when he had completed the [required] days of his ministry, he went home.

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord done to me, in the days wherein he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

no sooner had Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, but the babe leap'd within her:

Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

as he had spoken to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed.

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

immediately he had the use of his speech: and he uttered himself in praises to God.

And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

"By the lips of his holy prophets he promised of old to do this??71 To save us from our enemies and from the hands of all who hate us,

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all who heard [it] were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.

but Mary treasured up all they had said, and pondered over it.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.

And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord--

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"Because my eyes had seen the salvation,

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.

For they supposed he had been in the company, and therefore came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

And He answered, “Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

[During this time], while Annas and Caiaphas [Note: This man was Annas' son-in-law. See John 18:13] were head priests, God's message came to John [the Immerser], son of Zacharias, [when he was] in the desert [of Judea].

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, the [visible] heaven was opened,