the 5 less and of Jo- 42 ¶ And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, reve of the feast of unleavened bread, (the first day of which was the sabbath or Saturday that year of 43 Joseph of Ari- Christ's passion,) Joseph of Arimathæa— mathæa, "an honour s one of the sanhedrim, (Luke xxiii. 50,) or else a able [d] counsellor, decurion or counsellor in the province, which also— which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate 'marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother 5 little. t did not know, doubted whether he were― CHAP. XVI. 6 whether he were yet dead, ei hôn téovnke. of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and a anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre [a] at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said a embalm him. b when the sun was appearing in their horizon. 3, 4. And questioning one with another who should among themselves, roll away the stone from the door of the tomb, it away the stone from being a very great stone, they looked up and disthe door of the sepul- cerned that it was already removed. Who shall roll us chre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they C saw a young man an angel in the appearance of a young man sitting sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 7 But go your way, on the 7. But stay not here seeking the living in a tomb, tell his disciples and but go tell his disciples, and particularly Peter, that Peter that he goeth according to his own words before his death, ch. xiv. before you into Galilee: there shall ye 28, he is risen from the dead, and that, &c. see him, as he said unto you. 8 And they went out quickly, and 'fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: "nei d and being very much amazed and frighted they ther said they any did not declare this to any whom they met by the thing to any man; way, but going to tell the apostles what they had for they were afraid. heard of the angel, Matt. xxviii. 9, before they came 9 Now when Jesus was risen early to them, Jesus himself appeared to them, and first to the first day of the Mary week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. IO And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. II And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. x2 「 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. 14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to [b] every creature. 16 He that believeth believeth not shall be damned. e those that belonged to him, that is, his disciples, as they f to a village called Emmaus, Luke xxiv. 13. g all the Gentiles. 16. And he that receiveth the gospel preached by and is baptized shall you, and thereupon becomes a proselyte, or disciple be saved; but he that of Christ, and desires and receives baptism, the seal of the new covenant, shall for all his former sins, sin17 And these signs cerely repented of and forsaken, receive plenary shall follow them pardon, and upon perseverance in new life, eternal that believe; In my bliss; but he that stands out obstinately and impeniname shall they cast out devils; they shall tently shall be damned. speak with tongues; new 17. And moreover, for the propagating the gospel as far as may be, the Spirit shall be poured out upon 18 [e] They shall you, and from you communicated to others, and take up serpents; and thereby ye shall be enabled to do miracles, cast out if they drink any deadly thing, it shall devils, speak strange languages, (Acts ii.) &c. not hurt them; they 2 signs shall attend those that believe those things, σημεῖα δὲ τοῖς πιστεύσασι ταῦτα παρακο λουθήσει. shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FOR NORAS MUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a de claration of those things which are a which have in these late years been so illustriously acted among us, even— [a] most surely be lieved among us, ginning were eyewit- b 3 It seemed good b instruments and actors of those things which were nisters of the word; the subject-matter of this following history; 3. I thought fit also, having gotten exact knowto me also, having ledge of the several passages, to set them down by way of history, most excellent 2 had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most [c]excellent Theophilus, 4 That thou might 4. That thereby thou mayest be confirmed in the est know the cer- belief of those things which are supposed to have tainty of those things, been taught thee and received by thee to prepare wherein thou hast thee for baptism, viz., the principles of Christianity. been instructed. 1 have been performed. 2 exactly traced all things from the top, or from the beginning, παρηκολουθηκότι άνωθεν πᾶσιν ἀκριβῶς. 3 catechized, κατηχήθης. 5 ། THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, [d] of and his wife was of of the family of Abia, 1 Chron. xxiv. 10, that is, the course of Abia: of the eighth of the twenty-four courses of the the daughters of Aa- priests which ministered in the temple by their weeks: ron, and her name and his was Elisabeth. 6 And they were d sincere, upright persons, which so lived in obediboth righteous be- ence to God's will in all matters of duty, (without fore God, walking in indulgence in any known sin,) and to all the Jewish all the command- observances, as with God's merciful allowance to ments and ordin- human frailties is sure to be acceptable in God's ances of the Lord blameless. sight. 7 And they had no 7. And they were childless in the same manner as child, because that Abraham was; for beside the barrenness of the wife Elisabeth was bar- they were both of an age conceived to be past children, and they both were now well strick en in years. 8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, 9 According to the custom of the priest's bearing. office, his lot was e it was his course to go into the sanctuary and to burn incense when offer incense there. he went into the tem ple of the Lord. 10 And the whole 10. And while the priest offered incense within, multitude of the the people, according to the custom, were praying people were pray- without. ing without at the [e] time of incense. II And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel f said unto him, Fear thy prayer for the people (joined with the innot, Zacharias: for cense, Lev. xvi. 17.) and for the whole world (as 'thy prayer is heard; Josephus and Philo say) is now most effectually and thy wife Elisa- heard, God meaning now suddenly to send the Mesa son, and thou shalt sias, and before him his forerunner, who shall be call his name John. born of thy wife Elizabeth, and called John. beth shall bear thee |