^{The Holy Bible}

^Douay-Rheims

Mark 14: 32 – 72; 15: 1 – 46

Mark 14: 32 – 72

³²And they came to a farm called Gethsemani. And he saith to his disciples: Sit you here, while I pray. ³³And he taketh Peter and James and John with him; and he began to fear and to be heavy. ³⁴And he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death; stay you here, and watch. ³⁵And when he was gone forward a little, he fell flat on the ground; and he prayed, that if it might be, the hour might pass from him. ³⁶And he saith: Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: remove this chalice from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt. ³⁷And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping. And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not watch one hour? ³⁸Watch ye, and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ³⁹A going away again, he prayed, saying the same words. ⁴⁰And when he returned, he found them again asleep, (for their eyes were heavy,) and they knew not what to answer him. ⁴¹And he cometh the third time, and saith to them: Sleep ye now, and take your rest. It is enough: the hour is come: behold the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Rise up, let us go. Behold, he that will betray me is at hand. ⁴³And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. ⁴⁴And he that betrayed him, had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold on him, and lead him away carefully. ⁴⁵And when he was come, immediately going up to him, he saith: Hail, Rabbi; and he kissed him. ⁴⁶But they laid hands on him, and held him. ⁴⁷An one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest, and cut off his ear. ⁴⁸And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me? ⁴⁹I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled. ⁵⁰Then his disciples leaving him, all fled away. ⁵¹And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and they laid hold on him. ⁵²But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked. ⁵³And they brought Jesus to the high priest; and all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him from afar off, even into the court of the high priest; and he sat with the servants at the fire, and warmed himself. ⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none. ⁵⁶For many bore false witness against him, and their evidences were not agreeing. ⁵⁷And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying: ⁵⁸We heard him say, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands. ⁵⁹And their witness did not agree. ⁶⁰And the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men? ⁶¹But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ the Son of the blessed God? ⁶²And Jesus said to him: I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God, and coming with the clouds of heaven. ⁶³Then the high priest rending his garments, saith: What need we any further witnesses? ⁶⁴You have heard the blasphemy. What think you? Who all condemned him to be guilty of death. ⁶⁵And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him: Prophesy: and the servants struck him with the palms of their hands. ⁶⁶Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest. ⁶⁷And when she had seen Peter warming himself, looking on him she saith: Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁶⁸But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew. ⁶⁹And again a maidservant seeing him, began to say to the standers by: This is one of them. ⁷⁰But he denied again. And after a while they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art also a Galilean. ⁷¹But he began to curse and to swear, saying; I know not this man of whom you speak. ⁷²And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep.

Mark 15: 1 – 46

¹And straightway in the morning, the chief priests holding a consultation with the ancients and the scribes and the whole council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate. ²And Pilate asked him: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, saith to him: Thou sayest it. ³And the chief priests accused him in many things. ⁴And Pilate again asked him, saying: Answerest thou nothing? behold in how many things they accuse thee. ⁵But Jesus still answered nothing; so that Pilate wondered. ⁶Now on the festival day he was wont to release unto them one of the prisoners, whomsoever they demanded. ⁷And there was one called Barabbas, who was put in prison with some seditious men, who in the sedition had committed murder. ⁸And when the multitude was come up, they began to desire that he would do, as he had ever done unto them. ⁹And Pilate answered them, and said: Will you that I release to you the king of the Jews? ¹⁰For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy. ¹¹But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them. ¹²And Pilate again answering, saith to them: What will you then that I do to the king of the Jews? ¹³But they again cried out: Crucify him. ¹⁴And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him. ¹⁵And so Pilate being willing to satisfy the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. ¹⁶And the soldiers led him away into the court of the palace, and they called together the whole band: ¹⁷And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon him. ¹⁸And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews. ¹⁹And they struck his head with a reed: and they did spit on him. And bowing their knees, they adored him. ²⁰And after they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own garments on him, and they led him out to crucify him. ²¹And they forced one Simon a Cyrenian who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to take up his cross. ²²And they bring him into the place called Golgotha, which being interpreted is, The place of Calvary. ²³And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he took it not. ²⁴And crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. ²⁵And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. ²⁶And the inscription of his cause was written over: THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁷And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. ²⁸And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed. ²⁹And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God, and in three days buildest it up again; ³⁰Save thyself, coming down from the cross. ³¹In like manner also the chief priests mocking, said with the scribes one to another: He saved others; himself he cannot save. ³²Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. ³³And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? Which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ³⁵And some of the standers by hearing, said: Behold he calleth Elias. ³⁶And one running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and putting it upon a reed, gave him to drink, saying: Stay, let us see if Elias come to take him down. ³⁷And Jesus having cried out with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. ³⁸And the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. ³⁹And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that crying out in this manner he had given up the ghost, said: Indeed this man was the son of God. ⁴⁰And there were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph, and Salome: ⁴¹Who also when he was in Galilee followed him, and ministered to him, and many other women that came up with him to Jerusalem. ⁴²And when evening was now come, (because it was the Parasceve, that is, the day before the sabbath,) ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, a noble counsellor, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴But Pilate wondered that he should be already dead. And sending for the centurion, he asked him if he were already dead. ⁴⁵And when he had understood it by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewed out of a rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.