Once more they tried to arrest him, but he escaped their hands

Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,

and when the Jews who were condoling with her inside the house noticed her rise hurriedly and go out, they followed her, as they imagined she was going to wail at the tomb.

"Where have you laid him?" he asked. They answered, "Come and see, sir."

Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me.

(I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs.

They looked out for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they said to one another, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come up to the festival?"

(The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him.

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

and taking palm-branches they went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name, the king of Israel!"

(His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.)

and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

they came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee and appealed to him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said,

Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;

they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.

some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.

They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.

It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause.

They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.

This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me.

of sin, because they do not believe in me;

They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?

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

I have made thy Name known to the men whom thou hast given to me from the world (thine they were, and thou gavest them to me), and they have held to thy word.

They know now that whatever thou hast given me comes from thee,

for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.

I pray for them ??not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine

I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

may they all be one! As thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, so may they be in us ??that the world may believe thou hast sent me.

Yea, I have given them the glory thou gavest me, that they may be one as we are one ??23 I in them and thou in me ??that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.

O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;

"Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.)

When he said, "I am he," they fell back and dropped to the ground;

so he asked them once more, "Who are you looking for?" And when they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene,"

Now the servants and the attendants were standing and warming themselves at a charcoal fire which they had lit (for it was cold), and Peter also stood beside them and warmed himself.

Why ask me? Ask my hearers what I have said to them; they know what I said."

They asked him, "Are you not one of his disciples?" He denied it, saying, "No,"

Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

They retorted, "If he had not been a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."

Again they yelled, "No, not him! Bar-Abbas!" Now Bar-Abbas was a robber.

Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."

Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"

Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus,

there they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,

they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips.

but when they came to Jesus and saw he was dead already, they did not break his legs;

And another scripture also says, They shall look on him whom they have impaled.

they took and wrapped up the body of Jesus in the spices and in bandages, according to the Jewish custom of burial.

so they put Jesus there, since it was the Jewish day of Preparation, seeing that the tomb was close by.

she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!"

they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first.

(For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.)

"Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!"

So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced.

If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained."

Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going to fish." They said, "We are coming with you too." Off they went and embarked in the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

"Lads," said Jesus, "have you got anything?" "No," they answered.

So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish.

while the rest of the disciples came ashore in the punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish.

When they got to land, they saw a charcoal fire burning, with fish cooking on it, and some bread.

Jesus said, "Come and breakfast." (Not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was; they knew it was the Lord.)

Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?"

On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

Then they made their way back to Jerusalem from the hill called 'The Olive-Orchard'; it is close to Jerusalem, only a sabbath day's journey from it.

On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias;

and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen

Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, who was assigned his position with the eleven apostles.

During the course of the day of Pentecost they were all together,

when suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a violent blast of wind, which filled the whole house where they were seated.

They saw tongues like flames distributing themselves, one resting on the head of each,

and they were all filled with the holy Spirit ??they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

All were amazed and astonished. "Are these not all Galileans," they said, "who are speaking?

They were all amazed and quite at a loss. "What can it mean?" they said to one another.

Some others sneered, "They are brim-full of new wine!"

on my very slaves and slave-girls in those days will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?"

They devoted themselves to the instruction given by the apostles and to fellowship, breaking bread and praying together.

The believers all kept together; they shared all they had with one another,

they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds among all, as anyone might be in need.

Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

and when they recognized this was the very man who used to sit and beg at the Gate Beautiful, they were lost in awe and amazement at what had happened to him.

While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,

They laid hands on them and, as it was now evening, put them in custody till next morning.