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While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name--the name Thou hast given me to bear--and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction--that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

"But now I am coming to Thee, and I speak these words while I am in the world, in order that they may have my gladness within them filling their hearts.

I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.

But Peter remained standing outside the door, till the disciple who was acquainted with the High Priest came out and induced the portress to let Peter in.

"If I have spoken wrongly," replied Jesus, "bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?"

But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."

"My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin."

"What is truth?" said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no crime in him.

But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?"

With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

"What is your origin?" he asked. But Jesus gave him no answer.

Upon receiving this answer, Pilate was for releasing Him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar's. Every one who sets himself up as king declares himself a rebel against Caesar."

This led the Jewish High Priests to remonstrate with Pilate. "You should not write `The King of the Jews,'" they said, "but that he claimed to be King of the Jews."

Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs.

After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a secret disciple, asked Pilate's permission to carry away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and removed the body.

but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached it before he did.

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.

and the towel, which had been placed over the face of Jesus, not lying with the cloths, but folded up and put by itself.

Meanwhile Mary remained standing near the tomb, weeping aloud. She did not enter the tomb, but as she wept she stooped and looked in,

While she was speaking, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but did not recognize Him.