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And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, or scrip, or shoes, was any thing wanting to you ? They say to him, Nothing.

And they say to him, Our Lord, behold, here are two swords. He saith to them, They suffice.

And they took (and) brought him to the house of the chief of the priests; and Shemun came after him from afar.

Now they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were sitting around it, and Shemun also sat with them.

and veiled him, and they struck him upon the face, saying, Prophesy, who struck thee.

And many other things they blasphemed and spake against him.

And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this who deludeth our people, and forbiddeth that tribute [fn] unto Caesar we should give, saying of himself that he is the King Meshicha.

But they cried out and said, He commoveth our people while he teacheth throughout all Jihud, beginning from Galila unto this place.

But they were urgent with a high voice, demanding that they might crucify him; and theirs and the voices of the high priests prevailed.

And he released to them him who, for insurrection and murder, had been thrown into the house of the chained, whom they had asked: but Jeshu he delivered to their will.

AND as they led him away, they laid hold on Shemun Kurinoya, who was coming from the country, and they laid on him the cross, that he might bear (it) after Jeshu.

For, behold, coming are the days in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which have not borne, and the breasts that have not suckled.

Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ! and to the heights, Cover us !

And when they came to a certain place called Karkaphtha, [fn] there they crucified him, and those workers of evil, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

BUT Jeshu himself said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. [fn] And they divided his garments, and cast for them lots.

And all the multitude, they who were assembled to see this, when they saw what was done, returned, smiting upon their breasts.

And there were standing afar off all the acquaintances of Jeshu, and those women who came with him from Galila; and they saw these things.

And the women also drew near, they who had come with him from Galila; and they saw the sepulchre, and where the body was laid;

and, returned, they prepared balsams and aromatics, and on the shabath rested, as it is commanded.

But on the first (day) in the week, in the morning, while yet dark, they came to the sepulchre, and brought those aromatics which they had prepared;