thou the high priest so?" Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me? (Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.) And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, "Art not thou also one of his disciples?" He denied it again MATT. with an oath JOHN and said, "I am not. MATT. I know not the man.". LUKE And about the space of one hour after JOHN one of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith "Did not I see thee in the garden with him?" MATT and they that stood by said, "Surely thou art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee, MARK for thou art a Galilean." But he began to curse and to swear, saying, "I know not the man of whom ye speak." JOHN Peter then denied again; and immediately the cock crew. and looked upon Peter. the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, "before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

LUKE And the Lord turned, And Peter remembered

and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power; and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, "What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy; what think ye?" And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. LUKE And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. MATT. Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. LUKE And when they had blindfolded

him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, "Prophesy MATT unto us thou Christ; LUKE who is it that smote thee?" MARK And the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. And many other things blasphemously spoke they against him.

LUKE

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 if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand

Jerusalem.

Friday Morning. MARK And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.' But neither so did their witness agree together. And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, "Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?" But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed MATT. God?" MARK and Jesus said, I am;

of the power of God. Then said they all, "Art thou then the Son of God?" And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. And they said, "What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth."

Judas Repents.

Friday Morning.

(Matt. xxvii: 3.) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, "It is not lawful

for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood." And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called. The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet saying,

And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; and gave them for the potter's eld, as the Lord appointed me.

answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?" Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, "I find in him no fault at all." MARK And the chief priests accused him of many things; but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying, "Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee." But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled greatly. LUKE Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, "I find no fault in this man." And they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry,

MATT.

answered and said unto him, "If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee." Then said Pilate unto them, "Take ye him, and judge him according to your law." The Jews therefore said unto him, "It is not lawful for us to put any man to death," that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die. LUKE And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ, a King." JOHN Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus and said unto him, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me; what hast thou done?" Jesus

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beginning from Galilee to this place." When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

Before berod. Friday Forenoon.

(Luke xxiii: 7.) And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time.

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad; for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought,

and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themselves.

Barabbas.

Friday Forenoon.

(Mark xv: 6.) Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 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. But Pilate answered them, saying, "Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?" For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. MATT. When he was set down on the judgment

seat, his wife sent

unto him, saying,

"Have thou noth

ing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because

of him." LUKE And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, 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

O Mengeloerg.

MATT. They all say unto him, "Let him be crucified.' And the governor said, "Why, what evil hath he done?" But they cried out the more, saying, "Let him be crucified." When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it." Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children." Then released he Barabbas unto them, LUKE whom they had desired; MATT and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to their will MATT. to be cru cified.

LUKE

Jesus Mocked. (Matt. xxvii: 27.) Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarpurple

let MARK

MATT.

robe. And when they had platted

a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

Dilate Seeks to Release him.

(John xix: 4.) JOHN Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, "Behold, I

bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him." Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, "Behold the man!" When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out saying, "Crucify him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him." The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the son of God." When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into the judgment hall.

and saith unto Jesus, "Whence art thou?" But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, "Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?" Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above; therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out, saying, "If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar's friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar." When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the

him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bear, aud the paps which never gave suck." Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us," and to the hills, "Cover us." For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.

(Matt. xxvii: 33.) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. LUKE There they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. JOHN And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the

ST. JOHN AND THE MOTHER OF CHRIST.

passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, "Behold your King!" But they cried out, "Away with him; away with him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Cæsar."

Journey to the Cross.

9 to 12, Friday, April 7.

(Mark xv: 20.) When they had mocked him, they took off the purple MATT scarlet MARK from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him, JOHN he bearing his cross. MARK And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, com ing out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus to bear his cross. LUKE And there followed

B. Plockhorst.

THE MOTHER OF SORROW.

Jews; for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city; and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, "Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, 'I am King of the Jews.'"' Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."