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N" 'the divine beauty' of the Gospel 
 of St. John, writers from the earliest 
 to the latest times have loved to 
 expatiate. "The Church throughout 
 all the World" has ever turned to it 
 with devout and admiring reverence. 
 It is surely with good reason, there- 
 fore, that we have ventured to apply 
 to this inspired Eecord of the Fourth Evangelist, 
 the distinctive name of 'The Golden Gospel.' 
 
 It may be well that we prelude it with some 
 Introductory account of the honoured Author. 
 
 Of the early life of the Apostle, and its ex- 
 treme close, we know comparatively little. The 
 intermediate and more important portion of his 
 history stands out in bold relief on the sacred 
 
canvas; the foreground and background are misty 
 and undefined, and the latter clouded with tradi- 
 tion. A chastened imagination may nevertheless 
 be allowed to picture, with tolerable accuracy, his 
 infancy, boyhood, and youth. 
 
 John was the son of Zebedee, a thriviug fisher- 
 man, probably of Bethsaida, a hamlet close on the 
 north-western shores of the Lake of Tiberias. 
 From the fact of Zebedee having a craft of his 
 own — boats and "hired servants;" also from Salome, 
 the mother of the future Apostle, afterwards minis- 
 tering to Christ of her substance, and being able 
 
 from the additional statement of John claim- 
 ing a personal acquaintance with Caiaphas, and 
 obtaining admittance into his 'Palace' in Jeru- 
 salem (John xviii. 15) : add to this, the fact 
 of his having himself a house in that city (for 
 it is specially spoken of as his, to which he 
 conducted the sacred charge bequeathed on the 
 cross)*: from all these incidental references, it has 
 
 * John xix. 27, " els to iSia." — The supposition, though 
 without authority, is not improbahle, that it was at St. John's 
 house the memorable interview took place "by night" with 
 Nicodemus. If so, the minute details recorded would lead us 
 to infer that he was personally present. 
 
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been surmised that he was at all events in 
 more affluent circumstances than his fellow- villagers 
 and future coadjutors, Peter and Andrew. St. 
 Jerome even goes so far, from the association just 
 referred to with the Jewish High Priest, as to 
 make him of noble birth. This, however, would 
 seem refuted by his lowly occupation. The pro- 
 bability is that Caiaphas, like many others at 
 that time in southern Palestine, attracted by the 
 loveliness of the shores of Gennesaret, had his 
 winter villa in proximity with the home of this 
 well-to-do fisherman, who by frugal industry had 
 amassed a little competency, which made him more 
 independent than his neighbours. John may have 
 made that early acquaintance an apology, at the 
 urgent hour when all that was dearest to him 
 was at stake, for entering the official residence in 
 the capital. 
 
 There is one feature in his early life which 
 doubtless must have gone far to mould his sus- 
 ceptible mind. His mother Salome was one of the 
 pious many who, at that transition era, were 
 "waiting for the consolation of Israel" — partici- 
 pating with the Annas, Simeons, and Elisabeths 
 in their expectation of Messiah's advent. The 
 
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 very name of John, which appears common at 
 this time, indicates the universality of that long- 
 ing — the aspiration of devout Hebrew mothers, to 
 have the honour of giving birth to him who was 
 pre-eminently "The Beloved of the Lord." We 
 have every reason to believe that the piety of 
 Salome was shared by her husband. When the 
 sons of Zebedee were called to leave their earthly 
 pursuits, and to follow the homeless Prophet of 
 Galilee, their father makes no obstacle, offers no 
 remonstrance. This, in all likelihood, would have 
 been the case had he been swayed by mere earthly 
 considerations. And if his name no farther occurs, 
 it is probably because he had been removed by 
 death from being a participator in the stirring 
 events in which his family were to bear so 
 honoured and distinguished a part. 
 
 In the earliest years of all, we may imagine 
 the fisherman's boy drinking in, by his mother's 
 knee, those lessons of heavenly wisdom which 
 were afterwards to be enforced by the lip and life 
 of a Mightier Teacher. Judging from the few brief 
 recorded incidents of Salome's character, he would 
 seem to have inherited from her many of the better 
 qualities of her complex nature — intense fervour, 
 
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 warm enthusiasm, keen sensibility, fervid emotion — 
 in one word, the loving heart, which subsequently 
 led both mother and son, at the solemn crisis-hour, 
 to linger around the Cross, and to be earliest at 
 the Sepulchre. 
 
 In his native village, John could not have 
 enjoyed any peculiar advantages in education. We 
 find the lack of scholarship and Eabbinical learn- 
 ing, which the schools of Jerusalem only supplied, 
 urged against him by his opponents in a later age. 
 "Now when they" (the Sanhedrim) "saw the bold- 
 ness of Peter and John, and perceived that they 
 were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled" 
 (Acts iv. 13). We can think of him, as an " Hebrew 
 of the Hebrews," enjoying the same religious privi- 
 leges which any Israelite of the day would secure 
 for their sons ; accompanying his parents and elder 
 brother James to the village synagogue — Zebedee's 
 family perhaps conspicuous among the lowly wor- 
 shippers — listening to some venerable Eabbi ex- 
 pounding the law. It may even have been, that 
 his own youthful voice, as was the custom, was 
 employed at times in reading the Psalms and 
 Prophets to the unlettered husbandmen from the 
 corn-fields and olive-yards around, or to those who 
 
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 were wont on week days to ply their precarious 
 trade with himself on the Sea of G-alilee. 
 
 The glories of outer nature must of themselves 
 have been an education to him, as they have been 
 in all ages to others. If the iutellectual activity 
 of the Greeks was moulded and stimulated by 
 their familiarity with grove and stream, sea and 
 mountain, — illuminated pages in the great outer 
 volume could not fail of similar results, as they 
 were unfolded to John's youthful gaze. As years 
 advance, we can further picture on the Sabbath 
 evening, when every sail was furled, and every 
 sickle and pruning-hook hung silent on the 
 granary walls, "Zebedee's children" seated on the 
 top of their flat-roofed dwelling, looking on the 
 gorgeous panorama around — the now silent and 
 deserted lake, — then with many towns and vil- 
 lages mirrored in its surface, tropical flowers in 
 rich luxuriance carpeting shore and hill-side. We 
 can imagine them, then and there, singing to- 
 gether the songs of their own minstrel-King, or 
 musing as to the possible speedy accomplishment 
 of the nation's aspirations for her great Deliverer. 
 Nor is all this mere conjecture. John's writings 
 in after years betray, ever and anon, a familiarity 
 
with the sacred Oracles, as if these had been well 
 conned and treasured under the parental roof. 
 
 At the age of twelve or thirteen, we can picture 
 a more advanced step in his youthful history, when 
 he came to participate in what always formed the 
 most memorable era in the life of a young Hebrew 
 — going up for the first time to one of the great 
 Feasts at Jerusalem. With the training he had 
 received from a godly mother, and his own ardent 
 emotions, we can readily gather the impression 
 which all he then saw would mak'e on his recep- 
 tive mind. The wonderful concourse; the gorgeous 
 Temple, with its solemn processions, smoking altars, 
 costly sacrifices, and trains of priests and Levites. 
 We cannot fail, indeed, to trace the influence which 
 the holy courts and their surroundings had, not 
 on his youthful imagination only, but also when 
 he came in mellowed years to be the lonely occu- 
 pant of an isle in the iEgean Sea. These same 
 Temple symbols there rose before him, and clothed 
 with their gorgeous significance his prophetic utter- 
 ances.* Can we further forbear risking the con- 
 
 * The reader is referred, for much that is interesting and 
 suggestive, to Dean Plumptre's article on St. John, in Smith's 
 Bible Dictionary. 
 
jecture, that on these yearly journeys to the 
 Passover he may, all unconsciously, have travelled 
 in the same caravan company with One — another 
 youth, perhaps a few years his senior — who was 
 growing up in the sanctity of mysterious seclusion 
 in Nazareth of Galilee ? Were it so, it is manifest 
 there was, at all events, no. recognition. But it 
 is interesting to think even of the possibility of 
 this early association of the Divine Lord, with 
 him who was to be honoured in future as His most 
 intimate and confidential human friend; mingling 
 unknown to each other in the same pilgrim band ; 
 uniting their voices in the same pilgrim chants ; 
 going from strength to strength, until they appeared 
 before God in Zion. 'Zion' — the name indicating 
 the vicinity of Olivet, Gethsemane, and other sacred 
 spots, which were in future to be linked to him 
 and his in undying significance. 
 
 Among his early boyish friendships, however, 
 we can more confidently speak of that which 
 exercised a most important influence on all his 
 subsequent life ; a friendship which never cooled 
 or diminished : and this all the more remarkable, 
 because the two in natural temperament were in 
 many respects different — I mean his friendship for 
 
Peter, older by several years than himself. " Simon, 
 son of Jonas," was cast in a sterner mould; a man 
 of wayward, fitful impulse — rash, inconsiderate — a 
 stranger to many of the finer chords of John's 
 nature. Yet this Elijah and Elisha, this Luther 
 and Melancthon of the early Church, grew up 
 together in the bonds of an ever faster and holier 
 intimacy, an intimacy of which Peter dreaded 
 nothing so much as its severance. It may be re- 
 membered how, on the shores of this same Galilean 
 lake, in an after year, the latter ventured to put 
 the question which his deep affection alone 
 
 There seems indeed, further, a strong probability 
 that our Apostle, at a still later period, was 
 united with this beloved brother in the work of 
 their Master in the distant regions of the East. 
 The First Epistle of John was known in the 
 time of Augustine (a.d. 398) as 'the Epistle to the 
 Parthians' — that illustrious Father quoting one of 
 its clauses under that appellation (1 John iii. 2). 
 It would be interesting could we reliably think 
 of this Par nobile fratrum engaged in evangelistic 
 labours in the very scenes and countries, or nigh 
 them, in which Ezekiel and Daniel had been 
 
 prompted — " Lord, and what shall this man do ? 
 
vouchsafed their magnificent visions, and where 
 the Jewish exiles had hung their mourning harps, 
 now retuned for a new and far nobler * Song of 
 Zion.'* 
 
 At the same time, despite of what has been 
 already said, we must not fall into the error, com- 
 mitted by not a few, of representing Peter and 
 John as possessing characters diametrically op- 
 posed; the one all vehemence, the other all love — 
 stormy winter the confederate of genial summer. 
 There must have been certainly some affinities or 
 idiosyncrasies which drew these chosen friends 
 
 real character is doubtless misapprehended, if we 
 regard it, according to the above conventional and 
 historic idea, as made up entirely and exclusively 
 of gentleness and amiability; very much the re- 
 cluse and mystic; calm, meditative; all receptive 
 and undemonstrative ; the counterpart in his sex 
 of Mary of Bethany; destitute of inherent force 
 
 * See Dr. Macdonald's Life and Writings of St. John, 
 p, 139, St, John's residence in the far East might account for 
 his familiarity, as displayed in his epistles, with what has been 
 called ' ' the wild Oriental philosophy, rife both among Chaldseans 
 and Persians"— what St. Paul denominates Gnosis, " science falsely 
 so called" (1 Tim. vi. 10). 
 
 together in such firm bonds. John's native and 
 
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 of will ; incapable of what is allied to boldness and 
 prowess in action. Surely his constitutional tem- 
 perament must have been best understood by Him 
 who searcheth the heart, and who gave him, in 
 common with James, the surname of Boanerges, 
 which is by interpretation " Son of Thunder ;" a 
 term which evidently cannot be appropriate to a 
 character all contemplative and loving. There must 
 have been a blending, at least, of the 'earthquake 
 and wind and fire' with 'the still small voice.' 
 In his future history, we find much to modify 
 and correct the ordinary estimate: fiery, unregu- 
 lated zeal ; sectarian bitterness ; the outburst of 
 bigoted intolerance; and what, perhaps, we should 
 least have expected in a mind like his — ambition; 
 although, doubtless, it was the noblest of ambitions 
 to be ever nearest his Lord. "The deep stillness 
 of his character," as it has been well said, " like 
 his own oriental sky, broke out from time to 
 time into tempests of impassioned vehemence."* 
 One of the best authenticated, and, in itself, 
 most likely of after traditions concerning him, 
 shows the daring and courage to which he was 
 equal, when duty and loyalty to his Divine Master 
 
 Dean Stanley's Sermons and Essays on the Apostolic Age. 
 
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called him. That could have been no mere senti- 
 mental pietist who, according to Clement of Alex- 
 andria, could venture to a brigand's stronghold in 
 the mountains of Cilicia; preach there to the 
 robber-gang, after allowing himself to be taken 
 prisoner, and win back the outlaw chief to re- 
 embrace the truth he had accepted in better days.* 
 These, however, were the accidents of his 
 nature; and the fiercest of his resentments were 
 holy ones against evil. The basis and substratum 
 of his character was undoubtedly that which has 
 ever accorded to him by universal Christendom 
 the distinctive title of " The Beloved Disciple ;" 
 " the Disciple whom Jesus loved." Jesus, we 
 must ever bear in mind, was Himself the Divine 
 Man. That holy human soul of His was capable 
 
 * Full reference to the traditional incidents in the life of the 
 Apostle would be totally out of place in an Introduction like this. 
 There are many of these of a wild and incredulous character. 
 Perhaps the strangest of them all is a little-known Scottish one. 
 I give it from the Memoir of an old and revered friend. " A day and 
 night I spent pleasantly with a friend in Dairy, which is by the 
 people of thereabouts called 'The Clachan;' or, in consequence 
 of a tradition that the Beloved Disciple himself instructed its rude 
 occupants of the first century in the doctrine of Jesus, 'St. John's 
 Clachan.' The finger of credulity still points to the stone bench 
 on which the Apostle sat, with his dear barbarians around him." — 
 Hewitson's Memoirs, p. 34. 
 
of every human sympathy and emotion. More- 
 over, He — the infinitely loving and lovely One — 
 formed His friendships on the same principle 
 which guides us in the formation of ours, mental 
 and moral affinities. We are drawn insensibly 
 towards those who are like-minded with our- 
 selves, who have kindred tastes and likings. Our 
 Blessed Eedeemer loved all His disciples with 
 a pure, lofty, unselfish affection: all shared His 
 faithful counsels and the fervour of His midnight 
 prayers. But out of the twelve there were three 
 (a sacred triumvirate) in whom He seemed speci- 
 ally to confide in the momentous crisis-hours and 
 incidents of His public ministry. Out of that 
 trio, again, there was one who, from congeniality 
 of mind, — love of goodness and purity, — shared his 
 more peculiar friendship, and that was John. None 
 but John leant on His bosom. The others were 
 friends. This was a Brother, a Son. "Son," said 
 He, " behold thy mother." And that intense love, 
 need we say, was fully reciprocated. The satellite 
 joyously returned ,the love of the parent Orb. Even 
 Peter's friendship was secondary and subordinate to 
 a far Higher. John's love to his Lord began per- 
 haps more with a human affection; but, as months 
 
and years went by, it was elevated, sublimated, 
 purified; "the earthly was absorbed in the heavenly." 
 The Eagle is the symbol which the Church of the 
 early age gave to this Evangelist, because he soared 
 on wings of love* His soul, from the first, seems 
 to have been a pellucid lens ; freely and beauteously 
 did he transmit the rays of the Great Sun of 
 Righteousness. One of the first to catch, like the 
 loftiest Alps, he was the last to lose the celestial 
 radiance. The quietude, silence, reticence we 
 attribute to him lay in the very strength and in- 
 tensity of his nature. His was not the shallow 
 current gurgling over its pebbly bed, but the 
 stream whose volume is too deep to be noisy. His 
 constant companionship with his beloved Saviour 
 seems to have transfigured him. Any rough- 
 nesses which at first may have gathered around 
 his nature were melted away by the sacred beams 
 under which he basked ; till at last, with open 
 face, thus long beholding as in a glass the glory 
 
 * One of the earliest representations of John with his assigned 
 bird-emblem is a Mosaic in the Church of St. Vi talis at Ravenna, 
 a.d. 547. He is seen with his open Gospel in his hands, a 
 table with writing materials at his side, and the eagle perched 
 on a height, as if ready for flight. A woodcut is given in Smith's 
 Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, p. 889. 
 
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 of his Lord, he was changed into the same image, 
 from glory to glory. Hence, in his old age, when 
 the outward man was perishing, we find imperish- 
 able Love, not only surviving the wreck of the 
 body, but shining with a holier lustre through the 
 chinks of the crumbling earthly tabernacle. We 
 all know tradition's last, most familiar, and most 
 trustworthy picture of the infirm, hoary-headed 
 disciple being assisted by his friends into his 
 Ephesus pulpit, and, when memory was decaying, 
 lifting up his enfeebled hands, and uttering over 
 and over the touching words, " Little children, love 
 one another."* 
 
 * We visited with singular interest the last abode of the 
 Apostle's declining years, where Gospel, Epistles, and possibly 
 the Book of Revelation were written. Standing on the site of the 
 great Temple of Diana, on which St. John must have often looked ; 
 gazing down on the now reedy marsh and delta, once a noble 
 harbour ; the classic island of Samos in the distance ; the valley 
 of the Cayster, flanked by the rocky hill of Prion and Coressus ; 
 we could form, amidst a desolation now almost hideous, a vivid 
 idea of what that great capital and emporium of Western Asia must 
 have been in the beloved Disciple's time. Somewhere among the 
 thickets of Mount Prion, in all probability, his sacred dust reposes. 
 
 For the statement that John died and was buried at Ephesus, 
 we have the authority of Pylocrates, Bishop of Ephesus "at the 
 close of the second century, in a letter to Victor, Bishop of Eome, 
 on the keeping of Easter." Similar testimony from Irenseus, 
 Clement, Origen, and Jerome. See Dean Alford's Greek Testa- 
 ment, Prolegomena, p. 52. 
 
And we are called, in this spiritual develop- 
 ment of his character, to adore and admire a won- 
 drous triumph of Divine grace. It may be, owing 
 to the more boisterous elements in that of his 
 friend and brother-disciple, this softening, mellow- 
 ing power is more remarkable in Peter's closing 
 life. The latter appears in his Epistles almost a 
 different man from the impetuous Apostle of former 
 years. But the sanctified change is not less real 
 or beautiful in the case of John. Both remind us 
 of one of our mountain lakes. Its surface is ruffled 
 in early morning and noonday with contending 
 breezes, the restless waves murmuring and chafing 
 on the pebbly shore. But by evening, as the sun 
 reposes on his couch of gold, every ripple is erased, 
 every zephyr hushed : — rock and tree and islet 
 below, and the quiet heavens above, are mirrored 
 peacefully in its bosom. Take, as an instance in 
 the history of John, one of those many undesigned 
 illustrative references we often meet with in Scrip- 
 ture. In the very mid-day of his apostolic life, 
 when his spiritual graces were yet undisciplined, 
 we find him pleading with his Lord, in a spirit of 
 unworthy intolerance, to call down fire from 
 heaven on a Samaritan village. That unwarrantable 
 
spirit towards this hated sect may, perchance, 
 have been fostered and nurtured under the roof 
 at Bethsaida, and the latent spark now burst into 
 a flame, owing to the conduct of some churlish 
 peasants. But see, in the close of his existence, 
 when sanctified and purified by suffering — see 
 him, as described in Acts viii., going cheerfully — 
 perhaps all the more so from the memory of his 
 former outbreak of misguided zeal — to confer 
 miraculous gifts on the very people he could 
 once have struck down with the bolts of heaven * 
 Indeed, as it has been often remarked regard- 
 ing the Apostle in later years (the John of the 
 Gospel and the Epistles), we see Christ Himself 
 best reflected in His disciple. He seems to wear 
 in all things the image of his loving and beloved 
 Lord. When we gaze for long on the sun in 
 the heavens, we bear away with us, in our dazzled 
 eyes, a blinding luminous picture of the orb of 
 day. John, by intently gazing on a Brighter 
 than the natural sun, seemed to carry along 
 with him a reflection of the great Sun of his 
 happiness; so that after the Ascension, when he 
 had survived to a green old age, as late as the 
 
 * See Archbishop Whately's Apostles. 
 
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reign of Trajan, many a devout Christian who 
 had never beheld the Master could say, in another 
 sense than the holy women at the sepulchre, 
 "we have seen the Lord." They saw Him in 
 this His best 'living Epistle.' The all-glorious Sun 
 had set; but His beams lingered on Patmos and 
 Ephesus, the two last homes of His survivor. 
 
 I remember, while wandering through the con- 
 vent of San Marco, at Florence, among the tender 
 and hallowed works of Era Angelico's genius, 
 tracing irresistibly a resemblance in spirit and 
 character to the Apostle of love. From the in- 
 spired writings of the latter, the former had un- 
 doubtedly largely gathered his own subjects for 
 fresco and canvas ; those angelic forms, with joyous 
 cymbal and trumpet, and resplendent with back- 
 ground of blue and gold ; as if he had tried, above 
 all other "Masters," to tread in the footsteps of 
 the favoured Seer ; gazing with him on " the 
 harpers harping with their harps, and having on 
 their heads crowns of gold " (Eev. xiv. 2, and iv. 4). 
 But it was not from the vision of seraphic angels 
 that both drank their deepest inspiration, and derived 
 their fullest joy. The same Invisible Eedeemer 
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 conscious nearness had transformed both into His 
 own glorious image and likeness. What our dis- 
 tinguished art-critic has said of Angelico and his 
 home in the Val d'Arno, could be written of his 
 greater 'father in the faith' in the wilds of 
 Patmos, or amid the olive-woods and mountains 
 of Ephesus : — " Could Christ be indeed in heaven 
 more than here ? Was He not always with Him ? 
 Could he breathe or see, but that Christ breathed 
 beside him, and looked into his eyes ! Under every 
 cypress-avenue the angels walked; he had seen 
 their white robes, whiter than the dawn, as he 
 awoke in early summer. They had sung with him, ^» 
 one on each side, when his voice failed for joy 
 at sweet vesper and matin time : his eyes were 
 blinded by their wings in the sunset when it sank 
 behind the hills." * 
 
 From the character of the man and the 
 Apostle, we can almost form a conjecture as to 
 what will be the nature of his inspired composi- 
 tions. We are not surprised to find "the alto- 
 gether Lovely One " looking forth from the lattice. 
 After the Great Sunset, the quiet evening star 
 
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 comes out with its mild lustre mainly to testify 
 to that "glory which excelleth," and to which it 
 owes all its radiance.* 
 
 We may select two of the most prominent, or 
 rather the two most characteristic themes of his 
 writing. It is worthy of careful attention that, 
 
 * It may here in brief be said, in a note, without entering 
 on the satisfactory reasons adduced by our best and most 
 trustworthy scholars both in England and Germany, that in 
 point of time and chronological sequence the Book of Revelation 
 must have been composed first, and indeed much the earliest, 
 of St. John's writings. The three Epistles, at all events the 
 two last, contained his final testimony to the church on earth. 
 The third was penned when possibly he may have attained the 
 extreme age of between ninety and a hundred — when standing, 
 so to speak, on the threshold of that Heaven which in spirit 
 he had long entered. His Gospel was intermediate. It was 
 penned when his eye was undimmed and his natural foi-ce un- 
 abated. Tholuck, in the Introduction to his Commentary, well 
 describes this Goldkn treasure — "It speaks a language to which 
 no parallel whatever is to be found in the whole compass of 
 literature ; such childlike simplicity with such contemplative 
 profundity ; such life and such deep rest ; such sadness and 
 such serenity, and, above all, such a breadth of love ; an eternal 
 life which has already dawned ; a life which rests in God ; 
 which has overcome the disunion between the world that is and 
 the world to come, the human and the divine." 
 
 On the testimony of Irenams, confirmed and repeated by 
 Jerome, his Gospel was written at Ephesus. Dean Alford states 
 at length the reasons for supposing it to have been composed 
 somewhere between a.d. 70-85. (Introduction to Greek Testa- 
 ment, p. 64.) 
 
while the other evangelists exalt the Work of 
 Christ — hring into prominence His miracles of power, 
 His parabolic teachings, His solemn warnings and 
 impending judgments — John brings out in more 
 special distinctiveness, alike in his Gospel and 
 Epistles (indeed it is his great peculiarity), Christ 
 the Incarnate Word in His Divine Person. It is 
 the living portraiture of the G-od-Man-Mediator in 
 His pre-existent glory with the Father, and His 
 assumption of the human nature with the divine, 
 which he hangs up before us in his inspired 
 narrative. He is the most minute narrator of 
 
 which were, to him alone, as * green spots in the 
 waste of memory' — if I might so express it, the 
 most dramatic painter of the Divine individual 
 Image of Christ. He seems ever to feel that if 
 he could only bring the unbeliever, be he Jew 
 or Greek, to his own standpoint, in living contact 
 with a living Eedeemer, that unbeliever would fall 
 at the feet of J esus and confess Him to be Lord. He 
 had unwillingly to engage in polemical conflicts in 
 his later life. The Gnostic and other heresies led 
 him to write his Epistles. But, in these, he refrains 
 from entering into argument. There is no attempt 
 
 many scenes of daily contact and intercourse, 
 
to meet the logical subtleties of his opponents. 
 He seems to ground his hopes of conviction on 
 this presentation to their mind's eye of the In- 
 carnate Saviour, His character and words, His 
 sayings and doings : — " That which was from the 
 beginning, which we have heard, which we have 
 seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon" 
 {gazed, like a gazing into the depths of the azure 
 sky), "and our hands have handled, of the Word of 
 life; . . . that which we have seen and heard declare 
 we unto you; that ye also may have fellowship 
 with us : and truly our fellowship is with the 
 Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." " He 
 that hath the Son hath life." Some discriminating 
 commentators trace, in the very expressions and 
 phraseology of John, a marked resemblance to the 
 sayings of His Great Master; an echo, as it were, 
 of the three memorable years of habitual inter- 
 course. Very beautifully does a writer of note, in 
 referring specially to some specimens of John's 
 unconscious repetitions of the verbal utterances of 
 the Redeemer, remark — " He had heard them in 
 the long golden hush of the summer evenings by 
 the shore of the lake of Galilee, in the sorrow of 
 the guest chamber, between the Brook of Kedron 
 
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 and the Garden of Agony, during the days when 
 the risen Lord spoke to them of the things per- 
 taining to the Kingdom of God. He had made 
 them so lovingly his own, that he could use them 
 with unerring precision."* 
 
 With what sublimity does his Gospel begin! 
 There is nothing in its abrupt grandeur finer in 
 all Scripture. But that grandeur consists in its 
 being a glorious unfolding of the dignity and Person 
 of the Divine "Word; a grand Te Deum; a revelation 
 of " God manifest in the flesh." Hear this Son 
 of Thunder ! Hear the first peal of his thunder- 
 ings. Its distant reverberation is heard in a past 
 eternity, swelling in deepening grandeur through 
 intervening ages : — " In the beginning was the 
 Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word 
 was God. The same was in the beginning with 
 God. All things were made by Him ; and without 
 Him was not any thing made that was made. . . . 
 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among 
 us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the 
 only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and 
 truth." Anon the sky brightens. Calm and lovely 
 
 * The Bishop of Deny, quoted in an Introduction of Dean 
 Howson's to Dr. Macdonald's volume. 
 
openings of serene sunshine appear gleaming in 
 Gospel and Epistles. Again the storm bursts over 
 the Isle of Patmos. But as the Apocalyptic 
 thunders roll and revel in mid-heaven, opening up 
 weird glimpses now of falling stars and sack- 
 clothed sun, now of victors by a glassy sea, now 
 of a lake of fire, now the smoke of torment, now 
 the song of Hallelujah; lo! as the last of the 
 tempest breaks over our heads, it is a disclosure 
 of the Person of his loving Lord, "the Faithful 
 and True," the "Alpha and Omega:" "I Jesus:" 
 " I am the root and the offspring of David, and 
 the bright and morning star : " " Surely / come 
 quickly." Then, amidst the retiring elements of 
 mingled terror and glory, the prayer is sweetly 
 breathed — " Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come 
 quickly."* 
 
 * My own glimpse of the scene of St. John's Revelations 
 was a brief and passing, I may say an accidental one. In sailing, 
 one spring evening, from Palestine through the isles of the 
 Archipelago, I happened to remark to the intelligent captain 
 of our steamer — "I presume Patmos is a long way from this, 
 and we shall not pass within sight of it." "There it is," was 
 his reply, as he pointed in the distance to a long rocky island 
 — a miniature in shape and form of the Scottish Arran. The 
 setting sun was nearly behind it, struggling through a golden 
 haze. But it required no brighter glow to seal and fix a life- 
 long impression. It was one of those moments enshrined at 
 
There is a second theme which is specially- 
 characteristic of St. John's writings — from what 
 we have already said, we may well expect it to 
 be so — The Love of Christ. His own love to that 
 Divine Person is ever like wine running over 
 the lip of a Golden goblet, which is unable to 
 hold it. He seems unable to think of anything 
 else. In his Epistles sometimes he appears, almost 
 unconsciously, to forget that there is no antecedent, 
 indicating to his readers of Whom at the time he 
 writes. He knows that, so far as regards himself 
 thus overflowing with love, he requires no inter- 
 
 examples: — "Hereby perceive we the love;" trans- 
 lators have added "of God," but there is no such 
 word in the original. It is a beautiful, significant 
 ellipsis; as if there could be but one such love, 
 and as if his whole soul was so occupied with 
 it that he need not tell to whom he refers : — 
 
 once, and for ever, in memory's sacred sanctuary. It has been 
 noted how many religious associations are connected with 
 islands. We need only mention two examples familiar to us — 
 lona, hallowed with the name of St. Columba ; and the sands 
 and low rocky reefs of Lindisfarne. But how do these and other 
 "Holy islands," associated with true successors of the Apostles, 
 pale before the exile-home made glorious with the visions of 
 Godl 
 
 preter, and he infers the same for others. Take two 
 
2£ 
 
 "Hereby perceive we the love, because He laid 
 down His life for us." It is the Being whose 
 living image was ever impressed on his moral 
 retina; the name which is above every name, 
 and which rung its never-dying music in his 
 ears. Again — " Behold," says he, " what manner of 
 love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we 
 should be called the sons of God ; " and then 
 (should we say ungrammatically ?) but oh ! with 
 what divine significance does he, as it were, forget 
 the antecedent and change the Person — "It doth 
 not yet appear what we shall be; but we know 
 that, when He shall appear." Who ? Is it God 
 the Father ? It is of Him that John last spoke 
 in the passage. Nay, it is regarding the One for 
 whom he had ofttimes breathed the prayer — " Come, 
 Lord Jesus, come quickly," he here exclaims — 
 "When He shall appear, we shall be like Him."* 
 
 One phase and phrase in John's contemplation, 
 alike of the Person and of the Love of Christ, 
 we cannot pass over in silence. It is his oft re- 
 iterated reference to Jesus as the Lamb of God. 
 
 Words which have been spoken with power iu 
 
 * See Archbishop Whately's Apostles, p. 167. 
 
some great crisis of our history never can be for- 
 gotten. The Sermon whose rousing appeals im- 
 pressed us : the touching Hymn whose music and 
 sentiment together stirred the slumbering forces 
 of the heart, and awoke them into new fervour: 
 the solemn adjurations addressed at a deathbed 
 by parent, or brother, or sister, or friend : in a 
 word, the hour, whatever the instrumentalities 
 employed, when, by means of some ' winged 
 arrow,' the soul was first sent to the Great Phy- 
 sician, or the unsealed inner eye obtained its first 
 realising glimpse of the divine glory and love : these 
 utterances (it matters not where or when) become 
 a life-memory. Life-pictures from that moment are 
 hung in the walls of the human spirit : strains of 
 holy music linger in the mind like songs of angels. 
 One of the most vivid and hallowed of Peter's 
 recollections was of that morning on the lake-side, 
 when he was publicly reponed as one of the 
 under shepherds of the Flock of Christ. The 
 shepherd-symbol and exhortation, "Feed my 
 sheep," "Feed my lambs," seems from that hour 
 to occupy the main place in his personal recol- 
 lections of the 4 Story of Grace.' They recur 
 again and again in his Epistles: — "The Shepherd;" 
 
"the Chief Shepherd;" "the Shepherd and Bishop 
 of souls." It was so conspicuously, with another 
 figure, in the case of St. John. His first glimpse 
 of the divine Messiah, on the banks of Jordan, 
 was accompanied with the Baptist's exclamation — 
 "Behold the Lamb of God" (John i. 36). It 
 formed his "treasure-trove" for all time to come. 
 Christ, as the Lamb, mingles constantly in his 
 future thoughts and writings. It is worthy of 
 note that in his Gospel alone is the antitypical 
 fulfilment of the injunction regarding the Paschal 
 Lamb mentioned — "A bone of him shall not be 
 broken" (John xix. 36); while none need to be 
 reminded that the favourite, the central Image in 
 the visions of the Apocalypse — that which has a 
 prominence above golden harps and glassy sea 
 and jasper walls — is that of a Lamb : — " The Lamb 
 as it had been slain": — "The Lamb in the midst 
 of the Throne": — "The Lamb" leading the com- 
 panies of the redeemed from fountain to fountain 
 of living waters: — "The Lamb on Mount Zion;" 
 superseding the need of any earthly Temple, "for 
 the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb 
 is the light thereof." 
 
 But to return from this parenthetical allusion. 
 
What nobler aspiration for the churches of these 
 latter days, and for each member of them, than 
 to catch up the spirit of John's writings, — the 
 lofty key-note struck by this divine philosopher; 
 to seek, while we love, to love like him a glorified 
 Person: to conjure up the cherished image of a 
 Living Redeemer: to speak and to feel regarding 
 Divine Love, not as of an abstract law or principle — 
 not as the contemplation of beauty in a statue, a 
 lifeless block of insensate marble — but the love 
 of a Brother-man. Sanctified affection clings to 
 the thought of departed friends, the spirits of 
 
 may or may not be regarding departed earthly 
 relatives ; but it is sublimely true regarding 
 our Heavenly Friend. There was no loneliness 
 even in desolate Patmos to John, with such 
 a Saviour. The presence of the ever - present 
 Jesus was his Home. Even though that Eedeemer 
 had ascended, and was removed from outward 
 sight, the Apostle seems to speak as if He were 
 in reality still by his side ; as if those eagle-wings 
 of his could at all times take him up in close 
 contact with the Invisible; — "Truly our fellowship 
 is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus 
 
 our 
 
 "loved and lost," hovering over us. 
 
Christ." God the Father, too (He whose Father- 
 hood is one of the many new beauteous and dis- 
 tinctive themes brought out in the Fourth Gospel), 
 He also was the dwelling of that saintly, loving 
 heart. John saw Him encircled with love. God 
 and Love were, to John, convertible terms. " He 
 that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God 
 in him." "When all other powers and energies 
 had failed, when the human was crumbling into 
 decay, Love was stronger than death, and, like 
 the Vestal-fires, burned with undimmed and un- 
 dying brightness. It is a beautiful saying of the 
 Jews, regarding Moses on Mount Pisgah, that " he 
 died with the kiss of God." This may have been 
 pre-eminently said of that Ephesus death-bed. 
 With the kiss of Love, so gave He "His beloved 
 sleep!" 
 
 And he is now, in a higher, holier sense, 
 dwelling in that God-love, undarkened by any 
 impure earthly medium. Oh ! what a glorious 
 transition that must have been, when he 
 burst the fetters of a world where his God 
 and Saviour was not loved, — to bask for ever 
 in a Realm of love, under its unclouded sun- 
 shine. "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they 
 
shall see God." The keen eye of love quickly 
 
 discerned the glorious Figure in early morning, 
 standing on the beach of the earthly lake : — " It 
 is the Lord!" That scene would have a truer 
 significance with reference to the Heavenly shore. 
 Yes, yes; at that moment, for which he had often 
 longed, when his spirit was borne amid the glories 
 of the upper Sanctuary, we know where his eye 
 would first wander. We can picture the fresh 
 enraptured gaze he would cast on Him who, for 
 seventy long years, not having seen, he had never- 
 theless loved. We can imagine, among all the 
 
 thousand" (the redeemed from the earth), none then, 
 none now, are more sweetly tuned than his to 
 the never-ending anthem — " Unto Him that loved 
 us!" 
 
 And if there be yet another remark still, in 
 closing, it is suggested by a well-known ingenious 
 theory — a beautiful dream, shall I call it? — of a 
 great German, who, in dividing the Church of the 
 Christian Era into three great epochs, denominates 
 the period from the 1st century to the 16th " the 
 Petrine;" the period from the Keformation to this, 
 " the Pauline ;" and predicts that we are now 
 
 harps of the adoring "hundred and forty and four 
 
entering on the last and culminating one — " the 
 Johanine " — that of John. Alas ! I repeat, beauti- 
 ful in theory, and one to which we would 
 fain cling amid the many wild fantasies of the 
 age. But its advent seems partial as yet. ' Enter- 
 ing it,' we have just said; and we trust it is so. 
 Never, within certain limits, has philanthropy been 
 busier and truer. Thanks be to God, many a 
 noble heart, in every grade of society, throbs res- 
 ponsive to the life and work of the loving Disciple. 
 Many are the men and women who have served 
 themselves heirs to his last legacy. Many a fertile 
 expedient for lessening the woes of suffering 
 humanity has had its birth in our era. Many 
 gates of despair have been closed; many gates of 
 mercy have been opened. Many a suffering body 
 and aching spirit have been eased and comforted. 
 Is it not, however, to be feared that these are but 
 the silver linings of a few clouds in a yet storm- 
 wreathed sky ? We see teeming proofs and traces 
 of the footsteps of the Son of Thunder. We see 
 the early John calling down the fire from heaven. 
 But we often look, well nigh despairingly, for the 
 later John, the venerable Impersonation of Love, 
 seated amid his spiritual children. Or, if we see 
 
him thus seated, he is tittering in vain the old 
 benediction and Eirenicon, " Little children, love 
 one another!" We see Christian nation con- 
 fronting Christian nation, with defiant mien, har- 
 bouring wanton and ill-concealed jealousies. We 
 see, ever and anon, political dishonour, lust of 
 aggrandizement, the old story of the strong attempt- 
 ing to crush the helpless and weak. We see 
 avarice and selfishness, party and denominational 
 exclusiveness, sect unchurching sect, mutual heart- 
 burnings and recriminations. We have contending 
 creeds, and rubrics, and rival church organisations. 
 We have enough of daring theological speculations. 
 But how often have we to lament the niggard 
 manifestation of that God-like, Christ-like Charity 
 which "hopeth all things, and believeth all things, 
 and endureth all things " ? Who is not at times 
 driven with breakings of heart to ask — Has Chris- 
 tian love taken John's eagle wings and left man- 
 kind ? How would that old man of Ephesus sit 
 and weep in the midst of a Christendom that has 
 so often denied its name and prostituted its great 
 mission ! 
 
 Blessed God!— the God of love and mercy — 
 fulfil this great dreamer's dream ! Let the voice 
 
of Thine own Evangelist be heard agaiD, and let 
 him, as the Son of Thunder, utter amid the strife 
 of parties, and the strife of creeds, and the strife 
 of empires — amid the reign of hatred and wrong — 
 the needed, yet terrible anathema — " If a man say 
 I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: 
 for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath 
 seen, how can he love God whom he hath not 
 seen ? " Hasten that blessed millennial morn- 
 ing, when the earthquake, the wind, and the fire, 
 we have already spoken of, shall pass away for 
 ever; when we may put our ear to the earth 
 to catch the whisper of 'the still small voice.' 
 Come it will, come it must, "for the mouth of 
 the Lord hath spoken it." The vultures of war, 
 and of all unrest, shall fold their wings ; and 
 John's eagle- winged Love will speed down to the 
 nations, bearing the charter of a millennial church 
 and regenerated world — " Now abideth faith, hope, 
 charity, these three ; but the greatest of these is 
 Chakity ! " 
 
 %* Since these pages were printed, a friend has accidentally 
 directed my attention to the following lines. Of course, they 
 are imaginary : but the idea they embody is singularly beautiful. 
 They are supposed to be words spoken by the Apostle of 
 Love in his old age, or rather on his deathbed ; and found after- 
 
wards in the house of Polycarp, one of his attached disciph 
 I have been unable with certainty to trace their authorshi 
 although a distinguished living poet is credited with thei 
 What is here given is only a fragment from the entire verses 
 
 ' ' My ears are dull : they scarcely hear the sobs 
 Of my dear children gathered by my couch; 
 My eyes so dim, they cannot see their tears. 
 But that Dear Face, and every word He spoke, 
 Grow more distinct as others fade awa)\ 
 
 To stand again upon my native hills, 
 
 Beside my Master. Oh! how oft I've seen 
 
 The touching of His Garments bring back strength 
 
 To palsied limbs! I feel it has to mine. 
 
 Up ! gently bear me to my Church once more, 
 
 There let me tell them of a Saviour's Love ; 
 
 For by the sweetness of my Master's Voice 
 
 Just now, I think He must be very near, 
 
 Coming, I trust, to break the veil, which time 
 
 Has worn so thin that I can see beyond. 
 
 How dark it is ! No longer I discern 
 The faces of my flock. Is that the sea 
 That murmurs so, or is it weeping? Hush! 
 My little children, 'God so loved the world, 
 He gave His Son.' So love ye one another. 
 
 Then lay me down upon my dying bed, 
 And ope the eastern window : see a light 
 Like that which broke upon my view at even, 
 When to the Isle of Patmos Gabriel sped, 
 And. touched me on the shoulder. Lo ! it grows, 
 As when we mounted towards the pearly gates. 
 I know the way. I trod it once before ; 
 And hark! it is the song the ransomed sang 
 Of glory to the Lamb ! Methinks my soul 
 Can join it now. But who are these that crowd 
 The shining way? Say! joy, 'tis the eleven! 
 I am the last. Again we are complete, 
 To gather round the Paschal Feast. My place 
 So near my Master. Oh ! my Lord, my Lord ! ! 
 How bright Thou art, and yet the very same 
 Of Galilee. 'Tis worth the severed years 
 To feel this bliss ! So lift me up, dear Christ, 
 Unto Thy Bosom ! There abide lor ever." 
 
 Just now I seemed 
 
 F 
 
ERCIFUL LORD, we 
 beseech Thee to east 
 Thy bright beams 
 of light upon Thy 
 ehureh; that it, being 
 enlightened by the doctrine of Thy 
 blessed Apostle and Evangelist, Saint 
 John, may so walk in the light of 
 Thy truth, that it may at length 
 attain to the light of everlasting 
 life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
\ w a s the 
 
 ^o^^^^ii' Word, an ^ 
 \W the Word 
 was with 
 God, and 
 the Word was God. 
 
 2 The same was in 
 the beginning with 
 \\d God. 
 ^ 3 All things 
 
 were 
 
 made by him ; 
 without him was not\|/^ 
 any thing made that 
 was made. 
 
 4 In him was life ; and 
 the life was the lights / 
 of men. 
 
 5 And the light shin- 
 eth in darkness ; and 
 the darkness compre- 
 hended it not. 
 
 6 Inhere was a man 
 sent from God, whose 
 name was John. 
 
 7 The same came for 
 
ST-cIOHN • I 
 
 a witness, to bear wit- 
 ness of the Light, that 
 1^* all men through him 
 might believe. 
 
 8 He was not that 
 Light, but was sent to 
 bear witness of that 
 Light. 
 
 9 That was the true 
 Light, which lighteth 
 every man that cometh 
 into the world. 
 
 10 He was in the 
 world, and the world 
 was made by him, and 
 the world knew him 
 
 ' not. 
 
 11 He came unto his 
 Vown, and his own re- 
 ^ ceived him not. 
 
 12 But as many as 
 ''received him, to them 
 
 gave he power to be- 
 j come the sons of God, 
 even to them that be- 
 ^lieve on his name : 
 
 13 Which were born, 
 not of blood, nor of the 
 will of the flesh, nor of 
 
 > 
 
 the will of man, but of 
 God. 
 
 14 And the Word was ^ " 
 made flesh, and dwelt VJ/ 
 among us, (and we be 
 held his glory, the glory V]/ 
 as of the only begotten \/ 
 of the Father,) full of \/ 
 grace and truth. ^£ 
 
 15 $ohn bare wit- 
 ness of him, and cried, >y ^ 
 saying, This was he of v . 
 whom I spake, He that * ' 
 cometh after me is pre- 
 ferred before me : for yi/ 
 he was before me. 
 
 16 And of his fulness 
 have all we received, 
 and grace for grace. 
 
 17 For the law was v > 
 given by Moses, but ' 
 grace and truth came\/ 
 by J esus Christ. 
 
 18 No man hath seen 
 God at any time ; the V/" 
 only begotten Son, \/ 
 which is in the bosom ^ 
 of the Father, he hath * 
 declared him. 
 
 v 
 
 V-? 
 
STcJOHN • I • 
 
 19 Und this is the 
 record of John, when 
 the Jews sent priests 
 and Levites from Jeru- 
 salem to ask him, Who 
 art thou 1 
 
 20 And he confessed, 
 and denied not ; but 
 confessed, I am not the 
 Christ. 
 
 21 And they asked 
 him, What then? Art 
 thou Elias ? And he 
 saith, I am not. Art 
 thou that prophet ? 
 And he answered, No. 
 
 22 Then said they 
 unto him, Who art 
 thou % that we may 
 give an answer to them 
 that sent us. What 
 sayest thou of thyself ? 
 
 23 He said, I am the 
 voice of one crying in 
 the wilderness, Make 
 straight the way of the 
 Lord, as said the pro- 
 phet Esaias. 
 
 24 And they which 
 
 were sent were of the ^ mM 
 Pharisees. *j V"* 
 
 25 And they asked 
 him, and said unto him, 
 Why baptizest thou 
 then, if thou be not 
 that Christ, nor Elias, 
 neither that prophet ? 
 
 26 John answered 
 them, saying, I baptize 
 with water : but there 
 standeth one among 
 you, whom ye know 
 not ; 
 
 27 He it is, who com- 
 ing after me is prefer- 
 red before me, whose ^ 
 shoe's latchet I am not 
 worthy to unloose. 
 
 28 These things were 
 done in Bethabara be- 
 yond Jordan, where ♦ /^^» 
 John was baptizing. 
 
 29 Ufhe next day 
 John seeth Jesus com- 
 ing unto him, and saith, 
 Behold the Lamb of 
 God, which takethaway 
 the sin of the world. 
 
20 
 
 30 This is he of whom 
 I said, After me cometh 
 a man which is prefer- 
 red before me: for he 
 was before me. 
 
 31 And I knew him 
 not : but that he should 
 be made manifest to 
 Israel, therefore am I 
 come baptizing with 
 water. 
 
 32 And John bare 
 record, saying, I saw 
 the Spirit descending 
 from heaven like a 
 dove, and it abode 
 upon him. 
 
 33 And I knew him 
 not: but he that sent 
 me to baptize with 
 water, the same said 
 unto me, Upon whom 
 thou shalt see the Spirit 
 descending, and re- 
 maining on him, the 
 same is he which bap- 
 tizeth with the Holy 
 
 Ghost. 
 34 And 
 
 saw, and 
 
 9 f *J V j 
 
 bare record that this Sl? 
 is the Son of God. y , 
 
 35 21gain the next 
 day after John stood, \f 
 and two of his disci- 
 ples ; 1 j 
 
 36 And looking upon *> 
 Jesus as he walked, he 
 saith, Behold the Lamb ' ' 
 of God ! | g 
 
 37 And the two disci- * ' 
 pies heard him speak, , r 
 and they followed 
 Jesus. f* 
 
 38 Then Jesus turned, 
 and saw them following, ^ 
 and saith unto them, v g 
 What seek ye? They 
 said unto him, Rabbi, 
 (which is to say, being 1 ' 
 interpreted, Master,) J ' 
 where dwellest thou ? If 
 
 39 He saith unto them, 
 Come and see. They 
 came and saw where he ily 
 dwelt, and abode with 
 him that day : for it was f 
 about the tenth hour. A . 
 
ST-cJOH N • I 
 
 whichheardJohns^a&, 
 and followed him, was 
 \\f- Andrew, Simon Peter's 
 brother. 
 
 41 He first findeth 
 his own brother Simon, 
 >and saith unto him, 
 We have found the 
 ' Messias, which is, being 
 ^ g interpreted, the Christ. 
 " ^ 42 And he brought 
 >f him to Jesus. And 
 j/f when Jesus beheld 
 T" him, he said, Thou art 
 f& Simon the son of Jona : 
 •> r* thou shalt be called 
 >t Cephas, which is by 
 \ f interpretation, A stone. 
 , 43 ?f he day follow- 
 ing Jesus would go 
 forth into Galilee, and 
 <^Qk findeth Philip,and saith 
 ^ unto him, Follow me. 
 
 44 Now Philip was of 
 Bethsaida, the city of 
 
 V|/ Andrew and Peter. 
 
 45 Philip findeth Na- 
 , thanael, and saith unto 
 him, We have found 
 
 him, of whom Moses in 
 the law, and the pro- 
 phets, did write, Jesus 
 of Nazareth, the son of 
 Joseph. 
 
 46 And Nathanael 
 said unto him, Can 
 there any good thing 
 come out of Nazareth ? 
 Philip saith unto him, 
 Come and see. 
 
 47 Jesus saw Natha- 
 nael coming to him, and 
 saith of him, Behold 
 an Israelite indeed, in 
 whom is no guile ! 
 
 48 Nathanael saith 
 unto him, Whence 
 knowest thou me? 
 Jesus answered and 
 said unto him, Before 
 that Philip called thee, 
 when thou wast under 
 the fig tree, I saw thee. 
 
 49 Nathanael answer- 
 ed and saith unto him, 
 Rabbi, thou art the Son 
 of God; thou art the 
 King of Israel. 
 
STcJOHN 
 
 5 Jesus answered and 
 said unto him, Because 
 I said unto thee, I saw 
 thee under the fig tree, 
 believest thou ? thou 
 shalt see greater things 
 than these. 
 
 51 And he saith unto 
 him, Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, Here- 
 after ye shall see hea- 
 ven open, and the an- 
 gels of God ascending 
 and descending upon 
 the Son of man. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 ND the third 
 day there was 
 a marriage in 
 Cana of Gali- 
 lee ; and the 
 mother of Jesus was 
 there : 
 
 2 And both Jesus was 
 called, and his disciples, 
 to the marriage. 
 
 3 And when they 
 wanted wine, the mo- 
 
 ther of Jesus saith un- 
 to him, They have no 
 wine. 
 
 4 J esus saith unto her, 
 Woman, what have I 
 to do with thee ? mine 
 hour is not yet come. 
 
 5 His mother saith 
 unto the servants, 
 Whatsoever he saith 
 unto you, do it. 
 
 6 And there were set 
 there six waterpots of 
 stone, after the man- 
 ner of the purifying 
 of the Jews, contain- 
 ing two or three firkins 
 apiece. 
 
 7 Jesus saith unto 
 them, Fill the water- 
 pots with water. And 
 they filled them up to 
 the brim. 
 
 8 And he saith unto 
 them, Draw out now, 
 and bear unto the go- 
 vernor of the feast. 
 And they bare it 
 
 9 When the ruler of 
 
 Si 
 
ST-cJOHN • 2 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 the feast had tasted the 
 water that was made 
 wine, and knew not 
 whence it was : (but 
 the servants which 
 drew the water knew;) 
 the governor of the 
 feast called the bride- 
 groom, 
 
 10 And saith unto 
 him, Every man at the 
 beginning doth set forth 
 good wine ; and when 
 men have well drunk, 
 then that which is 
 worse : but thou hast 
 kept the good wine 
 until now. 
 
 11 This beginning of 
 miracles did Jesus in 
 Cana of Galilee, and 
 manifested forth his 
 glory ; and his disci- 
 ples believed on him. 
 
 12 §|fter this he 
 went down to Caper- 
 naum, he, and his mo- 
 ther, and his brethren, 
 and his disciples : and 
 
 they continued 
 not many days. 
 
 13 ||nd the Jews' 
 passover was at hand, 
 and Jesus went up to 
 J erusalem, 
 
 14 And found in the 
 temple those that sold 
 oxen and sheep and 
 doves, and the chang- 
 ers of money sitting : 
 
 15 And when he had 
 made a scourge of small 
 cords, he drove them 
 all out of the temple, 
 and the sheep, and the 
 oxen ; and poured out 
 the changers' money, 
 and overthrew the ta- 
 bles ; 
 
 16 And said unto 
 them that sold doves, 
 Take these things 
 hence ; make not my 
 Father's house an house 
 of merchandise. 
 
 17 And his disciples 
 remembered that it was 
 written, The zeal of 
 
ST'dOHN • 3 
 
 thine house hath eaten 
 me up. 
 I-J* 18 Hfhen answered 
 the Jews and said unto 
 him, What sign shew- 
 \ est thou unto us, seeing 
 
 AJ| J. that thou doest these 
 
 things ? 
 
 vi^and said unto them, 
 Destroy this temple, 
 and in three days I 
 will raise it up. 
 
 20 Then said the Jews, 
 Forty and six years was 
 this temple in building, 
 f and wilt thou rear it 
 
 up in three days ? 
 J 21 But he spake of 
 * the temple of his body. 
 
 22 When therefore he 
 " was risen from the dead, 
 
 his disciples remember- 
 j ed that he had said this 
 mgjf k ] un ^° them; and they 
 believed the scripture, 
 and the word which 
 Jesus had said. 
 
 23 Mow when he 
 
 was m Jerusalem at 
 the passover, in the 
 feast day r , many be- ^ 
 lieved in his name, V/ 
 when they saw the m 
 miracles which he did. \/ 
 
 24 But Jesus did not \/ 
 commit himself unto \ / 
 them, because he knew ^ £ 
 all men f \s 
 
 25 And needed not>y^ 
 that any should tes- v , 
 tify of man : for he * ' 
 knew what was in man. life 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 HERE was a 
 man of the 
 Pharisees, 
 named Ni- 
 codemus, a 
 ruler of the Jews : 
 
 2 The same came to 
 Jesus by night, and 
 said unto him, Rabbi, 
 we know that thou art 
 a teacher come from 
 God : for no man can 
 do these miracles that 
 
 v 
 \/ 
 
 v 
 w 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
• ST-cJOHN • 3 • 
 
 thou doest, except God 
 be with him. 
 
 3 Jesus answered and 
 said unto him, Verily, 
 verily, I say unto thee, 
 Except a man be born 
 again, he cannot see 
 the kingdom of God. 
 
 4 Mcodemus saith 
 unto him, How can a 
 man be born when he 
 is old % can he enter 
 the second time into 
 his mother's womb, 
 and be born ? 
 
 5 Jesus answered, 
 Verily, verily, I say 
 unto thee, Except a 
 man be born of water 
 and of the Spirit, he 
 cannot enter into the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 6 That which is born 
 of the flesh is flesh ; 
 and that which is born 
 of the Spirit is spirit. 
 
 7 Marvel not that I 
 said unto thee, Ye must 
 be born again. 
 
 8 The wind bloweth ^ mM 
 where it listeth, and*" 
 thou hearest the sound 
 thereof, but canst not 
 tell whence it cometh, 
 and whither it goeth : 
 so is every one that is 
 born of the Spirit. 
 
 9 Nicodemus answer- 
 ed and said unto him, 
 How can these things 
 be? 
 
 10 Jesus answered 
 and said unto him, 
 Art thou a master of 
 Israel, and knowest not 
 these things % 
 
 11 Verily, verily, I 
 say unto thee, We 
 speak that we do know, 
 and testify that we 
 have seen; and ye re- 
 ceive not our witness. 
 
 12 If I have told you 
 earthly things, and ye 
 believe not, how shall 
 ye believe, if I tell you 
 of heavenly things ? 
 
 13 And no man hath 
 
ascended up to heaven, 
 but he that came down 
 from heaven, even the 
 Son of man which is 
 in heaven. 
 
 14 g|nd as Moses 
 lifted up the serpent in 
 the wilderness, even so 
 must the Son of man 
 be lifted up : 
 
 15 That whosoever 
 believeth in him should 
 not perish, but have 
 eternal life. 
 
 16 J$or God so loved 
 the world, that he gave 
 his only begotten Son, 
 that whosoever be- 
 lieveth in him should 
 not perish, but have 
 everlasting life. 
 
 17 For God sent not 
 his Son into the world 
 to condemn the world ; 
 but that the world 
 through him might be 
 saved. 
 
 18 ge that believeth 
 him is not con- 
 
 he that \£ 
 
 demned : but 
 believeth not is con- 
 demned already, be- 
 cause he hath not be- \f 
 lieved in the name of 
 the only begotten Son 
 of God. 
 
 19 And this is the 
 condemnation, that v 
 light is come into the * g 
 world, and men loved ^ 
 darkness rather than ^ 
 light, because their ( | 
 deeds were evil. ^ 
 
 20 For every one that 
 doeth evil hateth the ^ 
 light, neither cometh v g 
 to the light, lest his ^ir 
 deeds should be re- 
 proved. 
 
 21 But he that doeth J * 
 truth cometh to the 1^ 
 light, that his deeds 
 may be made manifest, 
 that they are wrought yj 
 in God. 
 
 22 ||fter these things V 
 came Jesus and his^i^ 
 disciples into the land 
 
ST'dOHN • 3 
 
 V/ 
 V 
 
 Y 
 
 v 
 
 V 
 
 Y 
 
 v 
 V 
 
 of Judaea ; and there 
 he tarried with them, 
 and baptized. 
 
 23 §|nd John also 
 was baptizing in .ZEnon 
 near to Salim, because 
 there was much water 
 there : and they came, 
 and were baptized. 
 
 24 For John was not 
 yet cast into prison. 
 
 25 |J§hen there arose 
 a question between 
 some of John's disciples 
 and the Jews about 
 purifying. 
 
 26 And they came 
 unto John, and said 
 unto him, Rabbi, he 
 that was with thee be- 
 yond Jordan, to whom 
 thou barest witness, 
 behold, the same bap- 
 tizeth, and all men 
 come to him. 
 
 27 John answered and 
 said, A man can receive 
 nothing, except it be 
 given him from heaven. 
 
 28 Ye yourselves bear 
 me witness, that I said, 
 I am not the Christ, 
 but that I am sent be- "^Sf^vJ 
 fore him. f^. 
 
 29 He that hath the 
 bride is the bride- 
 groom : but the friend 
 of the bridegroom, 
 which standeth and 
 heareth him, rejoiceth 
 greatly because of the 
 bridegroom's voice : this 
 my joy therefore is ful- 
 filled. 
 
 30 He must increase, 
 but I must decrease. 
 
 31 He that cometh 
 from above is above 
 all : he that is of the 
 earth is earthly, and \0J/~ 
 speaketh of the earth : f^Cl \- 
 he that cometh from 
 heaven is above all. 
 
 32 And what he hath 
 seen and heard, that 
 he testifieth ; and 
 man receiveth 
 timony. 
 
j-ST'cJOHN • 4< 
 
 33 He that hath re- 
 ceived his testimony 
 hath set to his seal 
 that God is true. 
 
 34 For he whom God 
 hath sent speaketh the 
 words of God : for God 
 giveth not the Spirit 
 by measure unto him. 
 
 35 The Father loveth 
 the Son, and hath given 
 all things into his hand. 
 
 36 He that believeth 
 on the Son hath ever- 
 lasting life : and he 
 that believeth not the 
 Son shall not see life ; 
 but the wrath of God 
 abideth on him. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 HEN there- 
 fore the Lord 
 knew how 
 the Phari- 
 sees had 
 heard that Jesus made 
 and baptized more dis- 
 ciples than John, 
 
 i 
 
 2 (Though Jesus him- 
 self baptized not, but 
 his disciples,) 
 
 3 He left Judaea, and 
 departed again into 
 Galilee. 
 
 4 And he must needs 
 go through Samaria. 
 
 5 Then cometh he to a 
 city of Samaria, which 
 is called Sychar, near 
 to the parcel of ground . 
 that J acob gave to his 4 
 son Joseph. W * 
 
 6 Now Jacob's well * 
 was there. Jesus there- 1 £ 
 fore, being wearied \ , 
 with his journey, sat / 
 thus on the well : and * 
 it was about the sixth V 
 hour. 
 
 7 There cometh a wo- 
 man of Samaria to draw 
 water : Jesus saith unto ^ j 
 her, Give me to drink. * / 
 
 8 (For his disciples $^ 
 were gone away unto / 
 the city to buy meat.) t |f 
 
 9 Then saith the wo- 
 
ST-cJOHN • 4 
 
 J" «v 
 
 V 
 
 v 
 
 man of Samaria unto 
 him, How is it that 
 thou, being a Jew, ask- 
 est drink of me, which 
 am a woman of Sama- 
 ria ? for the Jews have 
 no dealings with the 
 Samaritans. 
 
 10 Jesus answered 
 and said unto her, If 
 thou knewest the gift 
 of God, and who it is 
 that saith to thee, Give 
 me to drink ; thou 
 wouldest have asked of 
 him, and he would have 
 given thee living water. 
 
 11 The woman saith 
 unto him, Sir, thou hast 
 nothing to draw with, 
 and the well is deep : 
 from whence then hast 
 thou that living water ? 
 
 12 Art thou greater 
 than our father J acob, 
 which gave us the well, 
 and drank thereof him- 
 self, and his children, 
 and his cattle ? 
 
 13 Jesus answered 
 and said unto her, 
 Whosoever drinketh of 
 this water shall thirst 
 again : 
 
 14 But whosoever 
 drinketh of the water 
 that I shall give him 
 shall never thirst ; but 
 the water that I shall 
 give him shall be in 
 him a well of water 
 springing up into ever- 
 lasting life. 
 
 15 The woman saith 
 unto him, Sir, give me 
 this water, that I thirst 
 not , neither come hith er 
 to draw. 
 
 16 Jesus saith unto 
 her, Go, call thy hus- 
 band, and come hither. 
 
 17 The woman an- 
 swered and said, I have 
 no husband. Jesus said 
 unto her, Thou hast 
 well said, I have no 
 husband : 
 
 For thou hast had 
 
ST-dOHN • 4 • 
 
 five husbands ; and he 
 whom thou now hast 
 J/jJ|£* is not thy husband : in 
 lf**L i that saidst thou truly. 
 Vf^ 19 The woman saith 
 
 N?+> unto him, Sir, I per- 
 /j£J>ceive that thou art a 
 V\ r*h\ prophet. 
 
 j 20 Our fathers wor- 
 shipped in this moun- 
 tain ; and ye say, that 
 in Jerusalem is the 
 place where men ought 
 to worship. 
 
 21 Jesus saith unto 
 her, Woman, believe 
 
 ^me, the hour cometh, 
 when ye shall neither 
 Win this mountain, nor 
 " yet at Jerusalem, wor- 
 ship the Father. 
 
 22 Ye worship ye 
 know not what : we 
 
 /know what we wor- 
 ijjf / ship : for salvation is 
 U of the Jews. 
 
 23 But the hour com- 
 eth, and now is, when 
 the true worshippers 
 
 > 
 
 shall worship the Fa- 
 ther in spirit and in 
 truth : for the Father 
 seeketh such to wor- 
 ship him. 
 
 24 God is a Spirit : 
 and they that worship 
 him must worship him 
 in spirit and in truth. 
 
 25 The woman saith 
 unto him, I know that 
 Messias cometh, which 
 is called Christ : when 
 he is come, he will tell 
 us all things. 
 
 26 Jesus saith unto 
 her, I that speak unto 
 thee am he. 
 
 27 2Ind upon this 
 came his disciples, and 
 marvelled that he talk- 
 ed with the woman : 
 yet no man said, What 
 seekest thou ? or, Why 
 talkest thou with 
 her? 
 
 28 The woman then 
 left her waterpot, and 
 went her way into the 
 
 w 
 \/ 
 
 Y 
 
 I 
 
 >/ 
 
 v/ 
 
 V 
 V 
 
 v/ 
 
city, and saith to the 
 men, 
 
 29 Come, see a man, 
 which told me all things 
 that ever I did : is not 
 this the Christ ? 
 
 30 Then they went 
 out of the city, and 
 came unto him. 
 
 31 |n the mean while 
 his disciples prayed 
 him, saying, Master, 
 eat. 
 
 32 But he said unto 
 them, I have meat to 
 eat that ye know not of. 
 
 33 Therefore said the 
 disciples one to another, 
 Hath any man brought 
 him ought to eat ? 
 
 34 Jesus saith unto 
 them, My meat is to 
 do the will of him that 
 sent me, and to finish 
 his work. 
 
 35 Say not ye, There 
 are yet four months, 
 and then cometh har- 
 vest ? behold, I say un- 
 
 to you, Lift up your 
 eyes, and look on the' 
 fields ; for they are 
 white already to har- 
 vest. 
 
 36 And he that reap- 
 eth receiveth wages, 
 and gathereth fruit un- 
 to life eternal : that 
 both he that soweth 
 and he that reapeth 
 may rejoice together. 
 
 37 And herein is that 
 saying true, One sow- 
 eth, and another reap- 
 eth. 
 
 38 I sent you to reap 
 that whereon ye be- 
 stowed no labour: other 
 men laboured, and ye 
 are entered into their 
 labours. 
 
 39 |jnd many of the 
 Samaritans of that city 
 believed on him for the 
 saying of the woman, 
 which testified, He told 
 me all that ever I did. 
 
 40 So when the Sa- 
 
f rmaritans were 
 unto him, they be- 
 sought him that he 
 would tarry with them : 
 and he abode there 
 r^lfW' two days. 
 
 t41 And many more 
 believed because of his 
 own word; 
 42 And said unto the 
 — woman, Now we be- 
 lieve, not because of 
 thy saying : for we have 
 heard him ourselves, 
 and know that this is 
 indeed the Christ, the 
 Saviour of the world. 
 
 43 ||ow after two 
 days he departed 
 thence, and went into 
 Galilee. 
 
 44 For Jesus himself 
 testified, that a prophet 
 hath no honour in his 
 
 aV^V- own country. 
 
 i/mJ^ ^ Th en wnen ne was 
 come into Galilee, the 
 
 Galikeansreceived him, 
 
 having seen all the 
 
 things that he did at \& 
 Jerusalem at the feast: 
 for they also went un- 
 to the feast. \ f 
 
 46 So Jesus came 
 again into Cana of 'j 
 Galilee, where he made •> r* 
 the water wine. And 
 there was a certain no- 1 • 
 bleman, whose son was k g 
 sick at Capernaum. " " 
 
 47 When he heard , f 
 that Jesus was come ^ 
 out of Judaea into Ga-*\^ 
 lilee, he went unto him, 
 and besought him that 
 he would come down, 
 and heal his son : for ' 
 he was at the point of 
 death. 
 
 48 Then said Jesus ^ 
 unto him, Except ye 
 see signs and wonders, 
 ye will not believe. 
 
 49 The nobleman saith 
 unto him, Sir, come 
 down ere my child die. 
 
 50 Jesus saith unto,- 
 him, Go thy way ; thy^ 
 
son liveth. And the 
 man believed the word 
 that Jesus had spoken 
 unto him, and he went 
 his way. 
 
 51 And as he was now 
 going down, his ser- 
 vants met him, and told 
 him, saying, Thy son 
 liveth. 
 
 52 Then enquired he 
 of them the hour when 
 he began to amend. 
 And they said unto 
 him, Yesterday at the 
 seventh hour the fever 
 left him. 
 
 53 So the father knew 
 that it was at the same 
 hour, in the which 
 Jesus said unto him, 
 
 son liveth : and 
 himself believed, and 
 his whole house. 
 
 54 This is again the 
 second miracle that 
 Jesus did, when he 
 was come out of Judaea 
 into Galilee. 
 
 * 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 FTER this 
 there was a 
 feast of the 
 Jews ; and 
 Jesus went 
 up to J erusalem. 
 
 2 Now there is at Je- 
 rusalem by the sheep 
 market a pool, which 
 is called in the Hebrew 
 tongue Bethesda, hav- 
 ing five porches. 
 
 3 In these lay a great 
 multitude of impotent 
 folk, of blind, halt, wi- 
 thered, waiting for the 
 moving of the water. 
 
 4 For an angel went 
 down at a certain sea- 
 son into the pool, and 
 troubled the water : i^CTT 
 whosoever then first 
 after the troubling of 
 the water stepped in 
 was made whole of 
 whatsoever disease he 
 had. 
 
 5 And a certain man 
 
1 
 
 was there, which had 
 an infirmity thirty and 
 eight years. 
 
 6 When Jesus saw 
 him lie, and knew that 
 he had been now a 
 long time in that case, 
 he saith unto him, 
 Wilt thou be made 
 • y. j whole? 
 <Nf/ 7 The impotent man 
 \ answered him, Sir, I 
 yf/*' have no man, when the 
 K i water is troubled, to 
 put me into the pool : 
 but while I am coming, 
 another steppeth down 
 before me. 
 
 8 Jesus saith unto 
 him, Rise, take up thy 
 
 ST-cIOHN 
 
 bed, and walk. 
 
 9 And immediately 
 the man was made 
 whole, and took up his 
 bed, and walked : and 
 on the same day was 
 the sabbath. 
 
 10 !§he Jews there- 
 
 i 
 
 9 
 
 was cured, It is the 
 sabbath day : it is not 
 lawful for thee to carry 
 thy bed. 
 
 11 He answered them, 
 He that made me whole, 
 the same said unto me, 
 Take up thy bed, and 
 walk. 
 
 12 Then asked they 
 him, What man is that 
 which said unto thee, 
 Take up thy bed, and 
 walk? 
 
 13 And he that was 
 healed wist not who it I 4 
 was : for Jesus had \ j 
 conveyed himself away, / 
 a multitude being in - V 
 that place. 
 
 14 Afterward Jesus 
 findeth him in the tem- 
 ple, and said unto him, 
 Behold, thou art made 
 whole : sin no more, 
 lest a worse thing come 
 unto thee. 
 
 15 The man depart- 
 ed, and told the Jews 
 
ST cJOHN • 5 
 
 V 
 
 1 ' 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 that it was Jesus, 
 which had made him 
 whole. 
 
 16 And therefore did 
 the Jews persecute 
 Jesus, and sought to 
 slay him, because he 
 had done these things 
 on the sabbath day. 
 
 17 Qut Jesus answer- 
 ed them, My Father 
 worketh hitherto, and 
 I work. 
 
 18 Therefore the Jews 
 sought the more to kill 
 him, because he not 
 only had broken the 
 sabbath, but said also 
 that God was his Fa- 
 ther, making himself 
 equal with God. 
 
 19 Then answered Je- 
 sus and said unto them, 
 Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, The Son can 
 do nothing of himself, 
 but what he seeth the 
 Father do : for what 
 things soever he doeth, 
 
 these also doeth the 
 Son likewise. 
 
 20 For the Father 
 loveth the Son, and 
 sheweth him all things 
 that himself doeth : and 
 he will shew him great- 
 er works than these, 
 that ye may marvel. 
 
 21 For as the Father 
 raiseth up the dead, and 
 quickeneth them ; even 
 so the Son quickeneth 
 whom he will. 
 
 22 For the Father 
 judgeth no man, but 
 hath committed all 
 judgment unto theSon: 
 
 23 That all men should 
 honour the Son, even 
 as they honour the 
 Father. He that ho- 
 noureth not the Son 
 honoureth not the 
 Father which hath sent 
 him. 
 
 24 Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, He that 
 heareth my word, and 
 
ST-cJOHN • 5 
 
 y 
 
 believeth on him that 
 sent me, hath everlast- 
 ing life, and shall not 
 come into condemna- 
 tion; but is passed 
 from death unto life. 
 
 25 Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, The hour is 
 coming, and now is, 
 when the dead shall 
 hear the voice of the 
 Son of God : and they 
 that hear shall live. 
 
 26 For as the Father 
 hath life in himself; 
 so hath he given to 
 the Son to have life 
 in himself ; 
 
 27 And hath given 
 him authority to exe- 
 cute judgment also, be- 
 cause he is the Son of 
 man. 
 
 28 Marvel not at this : 
 for the hour is coming, 
 in the which all that 
 are in the graves shall 
 hear his voice, 
 
 29 And shall come 
 
 forth ; they that have 
 done good, unto the re- 
 surrection of life; and 
 they that have done 
 evil, unto the resurrec- 
 tion of damnation. 
 
 30 I can of mine own 
 self do nothing : as I 
 hear, I judge : and my 
 judgment is just ; be- 
 cause I seek not mine 
 own will, but the will 
 of the Father which 
 hath sent me. 
 
 31 If I bear witness 
 of myself, my witness 
 is not true. 
 
 32 Jphere is another 
 
 that beareth witness of 
 me ; and I know that 
 the witness which he 
 witnesseth of me is 
 true. 
 
 33 Ye sent unto John, 
 and he bare witness 
 unto the truth. 
 
 34 But I receive not 
 testimony from man : 
 but these things I 
 
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 v 
 v 
 
 V 
 
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 V 
 
 u 
 V 
 
 v 
 
 V 
 
 w 
 
STcJOHN • 5 
 
 say, that ye might be 
 saved. 
 
 35 He was a burning 
 and a shining light : 
 and ye were willing for 
 a season to rejoice in 
 his light. 
 
 36 ||ut I have greater 
 witness than that of 
 John : for the works 
 which the Father hath 
 given me to finish, the 
 same works that I do, 
 bear witness of me, 
 that the Father hath 
 sent me. 
 
 37 And the Father 
 himself, which hath sent 
 me, hath borne witness 
 of me. Ye have neither 
 heard his voice at any 
 time, nor seen his shape. 
 
 38 And ye have not 
 his word abiding in 
 you : for whom he hath 
 sent, him ye believe 
 not. 
 
 39 ^earch the scrip- 
 tures ; for in them ye 
 
 think ye have eternaf 
 life : and they are they 1 
 which testify of me. 
 
 40 And ye will not 
 come to me, that ye 
 might have life. 
 
 41 I receive not ho- 
 nour from men. 
 
 42 But I know you, 
 that ye have not the 
 love of God in you. 
 
 43 I am come in my 
 Father's name, and ye 
 receive me not : if an- 
 other shall come in his 
 own name, him ye will 
 receive. 
 
 44 How can ye be- 
 lieve, which receive 
 honour one of another, 
 and seek not the ho- 
 nour that cometh from; 
 God only ? 
 
 45 Do not think that 
 I will accuse you to 
 the Father : there is 
 one that accuseth you, 
 even Moses, in whom 
 ye trust. 
 
46 For had ye believ- 
 ed Moses, ye would 
 have believed me : for 
 he wrote of me. 
 
 47 But if ye believe 
 not his writings, how 
 shall ye believe my 
 words 1 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 FTER these 
 things Jesus 
 went over the 
 sea of Gali- 
 lee, which is 
 the sea of Tiberias. 
 
 2 And a great mul- 
 titude followed him, 
 because they saw his 
 miracles which he did 
 on them that were dis- 
 eased. 
 
 3 And J esus went up 
 into a mountain, and 
 there he sat with his 
 disciples. 
 
 4 And the passover, a 
 feast of the Jews, was 
 nigh. 
 
 o JjJ^ghen Jesus then 
 lifted up his eyes, and 
 saw a great company 
 come unto him, he saith \f 
 unto Philip, Whence 
 shall we buy bread, % 
 that these may eat ? •> 
 
 6 And this he said 
 to prove him : for he ' ' 
 himself knew what he 
 
 would do. 
 7 Philip 
 
 answered 
 
 him, Two hundred I 
 pennyworth of breads ^ 
 is not sufficient for 
 them, that every one of ■ 
 them may take a little, v g 
 
 8 One of his disciples, \ t 
 Andrew, Simon Peter's 
 brother, saith unto him, 
 
 9 There is a lad here, J ' 
 which hath five barley 
 loaves, and two small >r 
 fishes : but what are 
 they among so many % k|/ 
 
 10 And Jesus said, 
 Make the men sit down. 1 r 
 Now there was much^i^ 
 grass in the place. So 
 
^■^the men sat down, in 
 >r number about five 
 \/ thousand. 
 
 11 And Jesus took the 
 *\f loaves; and when he 
 
 * * had given thanks, he 
 
 distributed to the dis- 
 ^ ciples, and the disciples 
 ' to them that were set 
 ^ ^ down ; and likewise of 
 ™ the fishes as much as 
 they would. 
 
 12 When they were 
 filled, he said unto his 
 disciples, Gather up the 
 
 4» fragments that remain, 
 > r that nothing be lost. 
 \/ 13 Therefore they ga- 
 t thered them together, 
 
 * -and filled twelve bas- 
 
 kets with the fragments 
 <^jk of the five barley loaves, 
 
 * J which remained over 
 and above unto them 
 that had eaten. 
 
 \]/ 14 Then those men, 
 when they had seen the 
 miracle that Jesus did, 
 said, This is of a truth 
 
 that 
 
 prophet that 
 should come into the 
 world. 
 
 15 ^hen Jesus there- 
 fore perceived that they 
 would come and take 
 him by force, to make 
 him a king, he departed vv- 
 again into a mountain 
 himself alone. 
 
 16 And when even 
 was now come, his dis- 
 ciples went down unto 
 the sea, 
 
 17 And entered into 
 a ship, and went over 
 the sea toward Caper- 
 naum. And it was now 
 dark, and Jesus was 
 not come to them. 
 
 18 And the sea arose \£JJ/" 
 by reason of a great #&Tv_ 
 wind that blew. 
 
 19 So when they had 
 rowed about five and 
 twenty or thirty fur- 
 longs, they see Jesus 
 walking on the sea, 
 and drawing nigh un- 
 
f' ST-cJOHN - e 
 
 to the ship : and they 
 were afraid. 
 
 20 But he saith unto 
 them, It is I ; be not 
 
 . afraid. 
 
 21 Then they willing- 
 ly received him into 
 the ship: and immedi- 
 ately the ship was at 
 the land whither they 
 went. 
 
 22 f]|he day follow- 
 ing, when the people 
 which stood on the 
 other side of the sea 
 saw that there was none 
 other boat there, save 
 that one whereinto his 
 disciples were entered, 
 and that Jesus went 
 not with his disciples 
 into the boat, but that 
 his disciples were gone 
 away alone ; 
 
 23 (Howbeit there 
 came other boats from 
 Tiberias nigh unto the 
 place where they did 
 eat bread, after that 
 
 had given f< 
 
 the Lord 
 thanks 
 
 24 When the people 
 therefore saw that Je- 
 sus was not there, nei- ^ J 
 ther his disciples, they / 
 also took shipping, and k ' 
 came to Capernaum, i 
 seeking for Jesus. [ X 
 
 25 And when they 
 had found him on the 
 other side of the sea, J, . 
 they said unto him, / 
 Rabbi, when earnest W f 
 thou hither? ^ 
 
 26 Jesus answered i £ 
 them and said, Verily, \ 
 verily, I say unto you, * 
 Ye seek me, not be- 
 cause ye saw the mira- V 
 cles, but because ye did 
 eat of the loaves, and 
 were filled. 
 
 27 Labour not for the m j 
 meat which perisheth, 
 but for that meat which ? r 
 endureth unto eveiiast- / 
 ing life, which the Son ^ |f 
 of man shall give unto 
 
 i 
 
STcJOHN e 
 
 V 
 
 you : for him hath God 
 the Father sealed. 
 
 28 Then said they un- 
 to him, What shall we 
 do, that we might 
 work the works of 
 God? 
 
 29 Jesus answered 
 and said unto them, 
 This is the work of 
 God, that ye believe 
 on him whom he hath 
 sent. 
 
 30 They said therefore 
 unto him, What sign 
 shewest thou then, that 
 we may see, and be- 
 lieve thee % what dost 
 thou work % 
 
 31 Our fathers did eat 
 manna in the desert; 
 as it is written, He gave 
 them bread from hea- 
 ven to eat. 
 
 32 Then Jesus said 
 unto them, Verily, ve- 
 rily, I say unto you, 
 Moses gave you not 
 that bread from hea- 
 
 ven; but my Father 
 giveth you the true 
 bread from heaven. 
 
 33 For the bread of 
 God is he which com eth 
 down from heaven, and 
 giveth life unto the 
 world. 
 
 34 Then said they un- 
 to him, Lord, evermore 
 give us this bread. 
 
 35 And Jesus said un- 
 to them, I am the bread 
 of life : he that cometh 
 to me shall never hun- 
 ger; and he that be- 
 lieveth on me shall 
 never thirst. 
 
 36 But I said unto 
 you, That ye also have 
 seen me, and believe 
 not. 
 
 37 All that the Father 
 giveth me shall come 
 to me ; and him that 
 cometh to me I will in 
 no wise cast out. 
 
 38 For I came down 
 from heaven, not to do 
 
7^7* 
 
 w mine own will, but the 
 
 >2\ will of him that sent 
 
 jPfj( 39 And this is the 
 Y/T Father's will which 
 
 N2>^»- hath sent me, that of 
 A|% all which he hath given 
 ^/ftf me I should lose no- 
 thing, but should raise 
 it up again at the last 
 day. 
 
 40 And this is the 
 will of him that sent 
 me, that every one 
 '•which seeth the Son, 
 and believeth on him, 
 ^may have everlasting 
 life : and I will raise 
 ihim up at the last day. 
 r 41 The Jews then 
 murmured at him, be- 
 cause he said, I am 
 the bread which came 
 down from heaven. 
 42 And they said, Is 
 not this J esus, the son 
 of Joseph, whose father 
 and mother we know % 
 how is it then that he 
 
 A. 
 
 saith, I came down 
 from heaven ? 
 
 43 Jesus therefore an- ^ * 
 swered and said unto \f 
 them, Murmur not a- 
 mong yourselves. Si/ 
 
 44 No man can come \ / 
 to me, except the Fa- \ / 
 ther which hath sent ^ 
 me draw him : and I \ / 
 will raise him up aty^- 
 the last day. v ^ 
 
 45 It is written in * * 
 the prophets, And they m 
 shall be all taught ofyy 
 God. Every man there- 
 fore that hath heard, y > 
 and hath learned of ^ 
 the Father, cometh^ 
 unto me. v j 
 
 46 Not that any man * 
 hath seen the Father, \/ 
 save he which is of 
 God, he hath seen the w 
 Father. V/ 
 
 47 Verily, verily, l\/ 
 say unto you, He that ^ £ 
 believeth on me hath 
 everlasting life. 
 
STcJOHN • G 
 
 48 I am that bread 
 of life. 
 
 49 Your fathers did 
 eat manna in the wil- 
 derness, and are dead. 
 
 50 This is the bread 
 which cometh down 
 from heaven, that a 
 man may eat thereof, 
 and not die. 
 
 51 I am the living 
 bread which came 
 down from heaven: if 
 any man eat of this 
 bread, he shall live for 
 ever: and the bread 
 that I will give is my 
 flesh, which I will 
 give for the life of the 
 world. 
 
 52 The J ews therefore 
 strove among them- 
 selves, saying, How can 
 this man give us his 
 flesh to eat ? 
 
 53 Then Jesus said 
 unto them, Verily, ve- 
 rily, I say unto you, 
 Except ye eat the flesh 
 
 of the Son of man, and 
 drink his blood, ye have 1 
 no life in you. 
 
 54 Whoso eateth my 
 flesh, and clrinketh my 
 blood, hath eternal life; 
 and I will raise him up 
 at the last day. 
 
 55 For my flesh is 
 meat indeed, and my 
 blood is drink indeed. 
 
 56 He that eateth my 
 flesh, and drinketh my 
 blood, dwelleth in me, 
 and I in him. 
 
 57 As the living Fa- 
 ther hath sent me, and 
 I live by the Father : so 
 he that eateth me, even 
 he shall live by me. 
 
 58 This is that bread 
 which came down from 
 heaven : not as your 
 fathers did eat manna, 
 and are dead : he that 
 eateth of this bread 
 shall live for ever. 
 
 59 These things said 
 he in the synagogue, 
 
ST-cJOHN 
 
 30 
 
 he taught in Ca- 
 pernaum. 
 
 60 Many therefore of 
 his disciples, when they 
 had heard said, 
 This is an hard say- 
 ing ; who can hear it ? 
 
 61 When J esus knew 
 in himself that his dis- 
 ciples murmured at it, 
 he said unto them, 
 Doth this offend you % 
 
 62 What and if ye 
 shall see the Son of 
 man ascend up where 
 he was before ? 
 
 63 It is the spirit that 
 quickeneth; the flesh 
 profiteth nothing: the 
 words that I speak un- 
 to you, they are spirit, 
 and they are life. 
 
 64 But there are some 
 of you that believe not. 
 For Jesus knew from 
 the beginning who they 
 were that believed not, 
 and who should betray 
 him. 
 
 65 And he said, There- 
 fore said I unto you, w 
 that no man can come 
 unto me, except it were \ / 
 given unto him of my 
 Father. ' \ 
 
 66 jgrom that time*\<* 
 many of his disciples 
 went back, and walked 1 ' 
 no more with him. i g 
 
 67 Then said Jesus " 
 unto the twelve, Will , r 
 ye also go away ? . f 
 
 68 Then Simon Peter •sf 
 answered him, Lord, 
 to whom shall we go ? 
 thou hast the words of ^ 
 eternal life. 
 
 69 And we believe and 
 are sure that thou art 
 that Christ, the Son of ^ 
 the living God. 
 
 70 Jesus answered 
 them, Have not I cho- 
 sen you twelve, and one y f 
 of you is a devil ? 
 
 71 He spake of Judas 
 Iscariot the son of Si-.- 
 mon : for he it was that 
 
y 
 
 WW* 
 
 should betray him, be 
 ing one of the twelve. 
 
 V 
 
 Y 
 
 v 
 
 Y 
 
 Y 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 FTER these 
 things Jesus 
 walked in 
 Galilee : for 
 he would not 
 walk in Jewry, because 
 the Jews sought to kill 
 him. 
 
 2 Now the Jews' feast 
 of tabernacles was at 
 hand. 
 
 3 His brethren there- 
 fore said unto him, 
 Depart hence, and go 
 into Judsea, that thy 
 disciples also may see 
 the works that thou 
 doest. 
 
 4 For there is no man 
 that doeth any thing 
 in secret, and he him- 
 self seeketh to be 
 known openly. If thou 
 do these things, shew 
 thyself to the world. 
 
 5 For neither did his 
 brethren believe in him. 
 
 6 Then Jesus said un- 
 to them, My time is^j 
 not yet come: but your ^ 
 time is alway ready. 
 
 7 The world cannot 
 hate you ; but me it 
 hateth, because I tes- 
 tify of it, that the works 
 thereof are evil. 
 
 8 Go ye up unto this 
 feast : I go not up yet 
 unto this feast; for my 
 time is not yet full 
 come. 
 
 9 When he had said 
 these words unto them, 
 he abode still in Ga- 
 lilee. 
 
 10 ||ut when his bre- 
 thren were gone up, 
 then went he also up 
 unto the feast, not 
 openly, but as it were 
 in secret. 
 
 11 Then the Jews 
 sought him at the feast, 
 and said, Where is he ? 
 
ST-cJOHN • 7 
 
 12 And there was 
 much murmuring a- 
 mong the people con- 
 cerning him : for some 
 said, He is a good man : 
 others said, Nay ; but 
 he deceiveth the peo- 
 ple. 
 
 13 Howbeit no man 
 spake openly of him 
 for fear of the Jews. 
 
 14 ||ow about the 
 midst of the feast Je- 
 sus went up into the 
 temple, and taught. 
 
 15 And the Jews mar- 
 velled, saying, How 
 knoweth this man let- 
 ters, having never 
 
 ^ learned % 
 
 16 Jesus answered 
 them, and said, My 
 doctrine is not mine, 
 but his that sent me. 
 
 17 If any man will do 
 his will, he shall know 
 of the doctrine, whether 
 it be of God, or whether 
 T speak of myself. 
 
 V 
 
 18 He that speaketh 
 of himself seeketh his 
 own glory : but he that 
 seeketh his glory that 
 sent him, the same is 
 true, and no unright- 
 eousness is in him. 
 
 19 Did not Moses give 
 you the law, and yet 
 none of you keepeth 
 the law ? Why go ye 
 about to kill me? £ ' 
 
 20 The people an- i 
 swered and said, Thou W v 
 hast a devil: who goeth 
 about to kill thee \ i £ 
 
 21 Jesus answered \ 
 and said unto them, I * 
 have done one work, 
 and ye all marvel. V J 
 
 22 Moses therefore I f 
 gave unto you circum- ^ 
 cision; (not because it k ^ 
 
 is of Moses, but of the *| j 
 fathers ;) and ye on the * / 
 sabbath day circumcise 5 r . 
 a man. 
 23 If a man on the 
 sabbath day receive 
 
 i 
 
V 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 circumcision, that the 
 law of Moses should 
 not be broken; are ye 
 angry at me, because 
 I have made a man 
 every whit whole on 
 the sabbath day ? 
 
 24 J udge not accord- 
 ing to the appearance, 
 but judge righteous 
 judgment. 
 
 25 Then said some of 
 them of Jerusalem, Is 
 not this he, whom they 
 seek to kill ? 
 
 26 But, lo, he speak- 
 eth boldly, and they 
 say nothing unto him. 
 Do the rulers know 
 indeed that this is the 
 very Christ ? 
 
 27 Howbeit we know 
 this man whence he is : 
 but when Christ Com- 
 eth, no man knoweth 
 whence he is. 
 
 28 Then cried Jesus 
 in the temple as he 
 taught, saying, Ye both 
 
 know me, and ye know 
 whence I am: and I 
 am not come of my- 
 self, but he that sent 
 me is true, whom ye 
 know not. 
 
 29 But I know him: 
 for I am from him, and 
 he hath sent me. 
 
 30 Then they sought 
 to take him: but no 
 man laid hands on him, 
 because his hour was 
 not yet come. 
 
 31 And many of the 
 people believed on him, 
 and said, When Christ 
 cometh, will he do more 
 miracles than these 
 which this man hath 
 done ? 
 
 32 Uhe Pharisees 
 heard that the people 
 murmured such things 
 concerning him ; and 
 the Pharisees and the 
 chief priests sent offi- 
 cers to take him. 
 
 33 Then said Jesus 
 
unto them, Yet a little 
 while am I with you, 
 and then I go unto him 
 that sent me. 
 
 34 Ye shall seek me, 
 \ 7^^" and shall not find me: 
 
 Hp£Jj anc ^ wnere I am > Either 
 V H*h\ y e cannot come. 
 
 35 Then said the Jews 
 
 among themselves, 
 Whither will he go, 
 that we shall not find 
 him? will he go unto 
 the dispersed among 
 <• the Gentiles, and teach 
 the Gentiles ? 
 
 36 What manner of 
 saying is this that he 
 
 ysaid, Ye shall seek me, 
 * and shall not find me: 
 and where I am, thither 
 ye cannot come ? 
 
 37 In the last day, 
 r that great day of the 
 
 feast, Jesus stood and 
 scried, saying, If any 
 man thirst, let him 
 come unto me, and 
 drink. 
 
 w He that believeth ^ j 
 on me, as the scripture 
 hath said, out of his 
 belly shall flow rivers V/ 
 of living water. |p 
 
 39 (But this spake \j/ 
 he of the Spirit, which \/ 
 they that believe on\/ 
 him should receive : for ^ £ 
 the Holy Ghost was w 
 not yet given; because 
 that Jesus was not yet v . 
 glorified.) 
 
 40 $f any of the peo- 
 ple therefore, when \\s 
 they heard this saying, y / 
 
 said, Of a truth this is 
 
 v 
 
 the Prophet. 
 
 41 Others said, This 
 
 is the Christ. But some . ^ 
 said, Shall Christ come ' 
 out of Galilee ? \/ 
 
 42 Hath not the scrip- 
 ture said, That Christ W 
 cometh of the seed of V/ 
 David, and out of the V/ 
 town of Bethlehem, ^ 
 where David was ? 
 
 43 So there was a di- 
 
STdOHN • 8 
 
 vision among the peo- 
 ple because of him. 
 
 44 And some of them 
 would have taken him ; 
 but no man laid hands 
 on him. 
 
 45 H|hen came the 
 officers to the chief 
 priests and Pharisees; 
 and they said unto 
 them, Why have ye 
 not brought him ? 
 
 46 The officers an- 
 swered, Never man 
 spake like this man. 
 
 47 Then answered 
 them the Pharisees, 
 Are ye also deceived ? 
 
 48 Have any of the 
 rulers or of the Phari- 
 sees believed on him ? 
 
 49 But this people 
 who knoweth not the 
 law are cursed. 
 
 50 Nicodemus saith 
 unto them, (he that 
 came to Jesus by night, 
 being one of them,) 
 
 51 Doth our law judge 
 
 any man, before it hear 1 
 him, and know what he < 
 cloeth ? 
 
 52 They answered 
 and said unto him, Art 
 thou also of Galilee % 
 Search, and look: for 
 out of Galilee ariseth 
 no prophet. 
 
 53 And every man 
 went unto his own 
 house. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 ESUS went 
 unto the 
 mount of, 
 Olives. 
 2 And early 
 in the morning he came 
 again into the temple, 
 and all the people 
 came unto him ; and he 
 sat down, and taught 
 them. 
 
 3 And the scribes and 
 Pharisees brought un- 
 to him a woman taken 
 in adultery; and when 
 
3 
 
 they had set her in the 
 midst, 
 
 4 They say unto him, 
 Master, this woman 
 was taken in adultery, 
 in the very act. 
 
 5 Now Moses in the 
 law commanded us, 
 that such should be 
 stoned: but what savest 
 thou? 
 
 6 This they said, 
 tempting him, that 
 they might have to ac- 
 cuse him. But Jesus 
 stooped down, and with 
 his finger wrote on the 
 ground, as though he 
 heard them not. 
 
 7 So when they con- 
 tinued asking him, he 
 lifted up himself, and 
 said unto them, He 
 that is without sin a- 
 mong you, let him first 
 cast a stone at her. 
 
 8 And again he stoop- 
 f j ed down, and wrote on 
 
 the ground. 
 
 7V? 
 
 9 And they which Sfij 
 heard it, being convict- \ , 
 ed by their own con- 
 science, went out one \f 
 by one, beginning at 
 the eldest, even unto 
 the last : and J esus *> <* 
 was left alone, and the 
 woman standing in the ' ' 
 midst. k d 
 
 10 When Jesus had^" 
 lifted up himself, and , r 
 saw none but the wo- ^ 
 man, he said unto her, •> f 
 Woman, where are 
 those thine accusers? v 
 hath no man condemn- v g 
 edthee? \t 
 
 11 She said, No man, 
 Lord. And Jesus said 
 unto her, Neither do I J ^ 
 condemn thee : go, and ' 
 sin no more. 
 
 12 j|§hen spake Jesus 
 again unto them, say-y^ 
 ing, I am the light of 
 the world : he that fol- 1 ' 
 loweth me shall not^^ 
 walk in darkness, but 
 
shall have the light of 
 life. 
 
 \|/ 13 The Pharisees 
 therefore said unto 
 *sVhim, Thou bearest re- 
 cord of thyself; thy 
 record is not true. 
 14 Jesus answered 
 ' and said unto them, 
 ^ ^ Though I bear record 
 " " of myself, yet my re- 
 1 cord is true : for I 
 J£ know whence I came, 
 JT and whither I go; but 
 £pf ye cannot tell whence 
 I come, and whither I 
 
 >r gO. 
 
 \f 15 Ye judge after the 
 f flesh; I judge no man. 
 
 * » 16 And yet if I judge, 
 
 my judgment is true: 
 ^6bfor I am not alone, but 
 Jjljl and the Father that 
 
 sent me. 
 " 17 It is also written 
 \/in your law, that the 
 
 testimony of two men 
 
 * m is true. 
 
 H * 18 1 am one that bear 
 
 witness of myself, and 
 the Father that sent me 
 beareth witness of me. 
 
 19 Then said they un- 
 to him, Where is thy 
 Father? Jesus answer- 
 ed, Ye neither know 
 me, nor my Father : if 
 ye had known me, ye 
 should have known my 
 Father also. 
 
 20 These words spake 
 Jesus in the treasury, 
 as he taught in the 
 temple: and no man 
 laid hands on him; for 
 his hour was not yet 
 come. 
 
 21 Then said Jesus 
 again unto them, I go 
 my way, and ye shall 
 seek me, and shall die 
 in your sins: whither 
 I go, ye cannot come. 
 
 22 Then said the 
 Jews, Will he kill him- 
 self ? because he saith, 
 Whither I go, ye can- 
 not come. 
 
ST-cJOHN 
 
 23 And he said unto 
 them, Ye are from be- 
 neath; I am from a- 
 bove: ye are of this 
 world; I am not of 
 this world. 
 
 24 I said therefore 
 unto you, that ye shall 
 die in your sins : for if 
 
 , y i ye believe not that I 
 y If am he, ye shall die in 
 "\ //^" your sins. 
 1 25 Then said they un- 
 
 YZ i to him, Who art thou ? 
 And Jesus saith unto 
 them, Even the same 
 that I said unto you 
 from the beginning. 
 
 26 I have many things 
 Vwto say and to judge of 
 
 V A I you: but he that sent 
 ^-3^ ^ me is true ; and I speak 
 \^r\ to the world those 
 i^^J things which I have 
 heard of him. 
 
 27 They understood 
 not that he spake to 
 them of the Father. 
 
 r 28 Then said Jesus 
 
 §thi 
 he* 
 
 unto them, When ye it 
 have lifted up the Son i f 
 of man, 'then shall ye 
 
 of myself; but as my I 
 Father hath taught me, L ' 
 I speak these things. i 
 
 29 And he that sent [ 
 me is with me : the 
 Father hath not left 
 me alone; for I do al- ^ . 
 ways those things that / 
 please him. V r 
 
 30 As he spake these * 
 words, many believed ^ £ 
 
 on him. 
 
 31 Then said Jesus 
 to those Jews which 
 believed on him, If ye V 
 
 then are ye my disci- ^ 
 pies indeed; L 
 
 32 And ye shall know \ 
 
 v ■ ~ « — 7 J 
 
 continue in my word, 
 
 5 
 
 the truth, and the truth ^ / 
 shall make you free. $T 
 33 fjpiey answered / 
 him, We be Abraham's 1 ' 
 seed, and were never \) 
 
v 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 in bondage to any man : 
 how sayest thou, Ye 
 shall be made free ? 
 
 34 Jesus answered 
 them, Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, Whoso- 
 ever committeth sin is 
 the servant of sin. 
 
 35 And the servant 
 abideth not in the 
 house for ever : but the 
 Son abideth ever. 
 
 36 If the Son there- 
 fore shall make you 
 free, ye shall be free 
 indeed. 
 
 37 I know that ye 
 are Abraham's seed; 
 but ye seek to kill me, 
 because my word hath 
 no place in you. 
 
 38 I speak that which 
 I have seen with my 
 Father : and ye do that 
 which ye have seen 
 with your father, 
 
 39 They answered 
 and said unto him, 
 Abraham is our father. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, 
 If ye were Abraham's 
 children, ye would do 
 the works of Abraham. 
 
 40 And now ye seek 
 to kill me, a man that 
 hath told you the truth, 
 which I have heard of 
 God : this did not 
 Abraham. 
 
 41 Ye do the deeds 
 of your father. Then 
 said they to him, We 
 be not born of forni- 
 cation; we have one 
 Father, even God. 
 
 42 Jesus said unto 
 them, If God were your 
 Father, ye would love 
 me: for I proceeded 
 forth and came from 
 God ; neither came I of 
 myself, but he sent me. 
 
 43 Why do ye not 
 understand my speech? 
 even because ye cannot 
 hear my word. 
 
 44 Ye are of your fa- 
 ther the devil, and the 
 
lusts of your father ye 
 will do. Hewasamur- 
 derer from the begin- 
 f^L i ning, and abode not in 
 //T the truth, because there 
 
 Mi 
 
 is no truth in him. 
 fl?J. When he speaketh a 
 lie, he speaketh of his 
 own: for he is a liar, 
 
 and the father of it. 
 
 45 And because I tell 
 you the truth, ye be- 
 lieve me not. 
 
 46 Which of you con- 
 m vincethme of sin? And 
 
 if I say the truth, why 
 ^ do ye not believe me ? 
 
 47 He that is of God 
 iheareth God's words: 
 * ye therefore hear them 
 
 not, because ye are not 
 of God. 
 
 48 Then answered the 
 f Jews, and said unto 
 
 him, Say we not well 
 that thou art a Sa- 
 maritan, and hast a 
 devil ? 
 
 49 Jesus answered, I 
 
 have not a devil; but I 
 honour my Father, and * * 
 ye do dishonour me. 
 
 50 And I seek not\/ 
 mine own glory : there |p 
 is one that seeketh and \/ 
 judgeth. \/ 
 
 51 Verily, verily, I\/ 
 say unto you, If a man ^£ 
 keep my saying, he 
 
 shall never see death. 
 
 52 Then said the J ews v 
 unto him, Now we Nr 
 know that thou hast a 
 devil. Abraham isy/ 
 dead, and the pro- 
 phets ; and thou sayest, ^ > 
 If a man keep my say- 
 ing, he shall never taste V <% 
 of death. v > 
 
 53 Art thou greater ' 
 than our father Abra-\/ 
 ham, which is dead? ^ 
 and the prophets are w 
 dead: whom makest V/ 
 thou thyself? \/ 
 
 54 Jesus answered, If y £ 
 I honour myself, my 
 honour is nothing: it 
 
ST cXOHN • B 
 
 *7\# 
 
 is my Father that ho- 
 noureth me; of whom 
 ye say, that he is your 
 God: 
 
 55 Yet ye have not 
 known him; but I 
 know him : and if I 
 should say, I know him 
 not, I shall be a liar 
 like unto you: but I 
 know him, and keep 
 his saying. 
 
 56 Your father Abra- 
 ham rejoiced to see my 
 day : and he saw it, and 
 was glad. 
 
 57 Then said the 
 Jews unto him, Thou 
 art not yet fifty years 
 old, and hast thou seen 
 Abraham ? 
 
 58 Jesus said unto 
 them, Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, Before 
 Abraham was, I am. 
 
 59 Then took they up 
 stones to cast at him: 
 but Jesus hid himself, 
 and went out of the 
 
 temple, going through 
 the midst of them, and 1 
 so passed by. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 ND as Jesus 
 passed by, he 
 saw a man 
 which was 
 blind from 
 his birth. 
 
 2 And his disciples 
 asked him, saying, Mas- 
 ter, who did sin, this 
 man, or his parents, 
 that he was born 
 blind? 
 
 3 Jesus answered, 
 Neither hath this man 
 sinned, nor his parents : 
 but that the works of 
 God should be made 
 manifest in him. 
 
 4 I must work the 
 works of him that sent 
 me, while it is day: 
 the night cometh, when 
 no man can work. 
 
 5 As long as I am in 
 
world, I am the 
 
 light of the world. 
 
 6 When he had thus 
 spoken, he spat on the 
 ground, and made clay 
 of the spittle, and he 
 anointed the eyes of 
 the blind man with the 
 clay, 
 
 7 And said unto him, 
 Go, wash in the pool 
 of Siloam, (which is by 
 interpretation, Sent.) 
 He went his way there- 
 fore, and washed, and 
 came seeing. 
 
 8 Ufhe neighbours 
 therefore, and they 
 which before had seen 
 him that he was blind, 
 said, Is not this he that 
 sat and begged ? 
 
 9 Some said, This is 
 he: others said, He is 
 like him: but he said, 
 I am he. 
 
 10 Therefore said they 
 unto him, How were 
 thine eyes opened 1 
 
 11 He answered and 
 said, A man that is 
 called Jesus made clay, 
 and anointed mine \f 
 eyes, and said unto me, 
 Go to the pool of Si- 
 loam, and wash : and I 
 went and washed, and 
 I received sight. 
 
 12 Then said they k * 
 unto him, Where is^ 
 he ? He said, I know 
 not. 
 
 13 gfhey brought to*^* 
 the Pharisees him that 
 aforetime was blind. 
 
 14 And it was the^ g 
 sabbath day when Je-\J 
 sus made the clay, and 
 opened his eyes. 
 
 15 Then again the^ 
 Pharisees also asked Y 
 him how he had re- 
 ceived his sight. He 
 said unto them, He put y f 
 clay upon mine eyes, 
 and I washed, and do V 
 
 4* 
 
 see. 
 16 
 
 Therefore 
 
ST-cJOHN • B 
 
 v 
 
 V 
 
 some of the Pharisees, 
 This man is not of 
 God, because he keep- 
 eth not the sabbath 
 day. Others said, How 
 can a man that is a 
 sinner do such mira- 
 cles ? And there was 
 a division among them. 
 
 17 They say unto the 
 blind man again, What 
 say est thou of him, that 
 he hath opened thine 
 eyes ? He said, He is 
 a prophet. 
 
 18 But the Jews did 
 not believe concerning 
 him, that he had been 
 blind, and received his 
 sight, until they called 
 the parents of him that 
 had received his sight. 
 
 19 And they asked 
 them, saying, Is this 
 your son, who ye say 
 was born blind ? how 
 then doth he now see? 
 
 20 His parents an- 
 swered them and said, 
 
 We know that this is 
 our son, and that he 
 was born blind : 
 
 21 But by what 
 means he now seeth, 
 we know not; or who 
 hath opened his eyes, 
 we know not: he is of 1 
 age; ask him: he shall 
 speak for himself. 
 
 22 These words spake 
 his parents, because 
 they feared the Jews: 
 for the J ews had agreed 
 already, that if any man 
 did confess that he was 
 Christ, he should be put 
 out of the synagogue. 
 
 23 Therefore said his 
 parents, He is of age; 
 ask him. 
 
 24 Then again called 
 they the man that was 
 blind, and said unto 
 him, Give God the 
 praise: we know that 
 this man is a sinner. 
 
 25 He answered and 
 said, Whether he be a 
 
sinner or no, I know 
 not : one thing I know, 
 that, whereas I was 
 blind, now I see. 
 
 26 Then said they to 
 him again, What did 
 he to thee ? how open- 
 ed he thine eyes ? 
 
 27 He answered them, 
 
 STcJOHN 
 
 <Njf and ye did not hear: 
 ^ wherefore would ye 
 i hear it again ? will ye 
 yZ i also be his disciples ? 
 
 28 Then they reviled 
 him, and said, Thou 
 art his disciple ; but we 
 are Moses' disciples. 
 
 29 We know that God 
 spake unto Moses: as 
 for this fellow, we know 
 not from whence he is. 
 
 30 The man answer- 
 ed and said unto them, 
 
 ' ^ Why herein is a mar- 
 ^ vellous thing, that ye 
 know not from whence 
 he is, and yet he hath 
 opened mine eyes. 
 
 31 Now we know that it 
 God heareth not sin- \f 
 ners: but if any man 
 be a worshipper of God, 
 and doeth his will, him ^ J 
 he heareth. / 
 
 32 Since the world L ' 
 began was it not heard 1 
 that any man opened { I? 
 the eyes of one that 
 was born blind. 
 
 33 If this man were J 
 not of God, he could 
 do nothing. 
 
 34 They answered 
 and said unto him, i £ 
 Thou wast altogether \ , 
 born in sins, and dost * / 
 thou teach us ? And f 
 they cast him out. V 
 
 35 Jesus heard that 
 they had cast him 
 out; and when he hadl 1 
 found him, 
 
 i 
 
 he said 
 
 believe on the Son of 
 God? 
 
 36 He answered and 1 f 
 said, Who is he, Lord, \ 9 
 
STcJOHNIO 
 
 that I might believe 
 on him ? 
 
 37 And Jesus said 
 unto him, Thou hast 
 both seen him, and it 
 is he that talketh with 
 thee. 
 
 38 And he said, Lord, 
 I believe. And he wor- 
 shipped him. 
 
 39 ^|nd Jesus said, 
 For judgment I am 
 come into this world, 
 that they which see not 
 might see ; and that 
 they which see might 
 be made blind. 
 
 40 And some of the 
 Pharisees which were 
 with him heard these 
 words, and said un- 
 to him, Are we blind 
 also? 
 
 41 Jesus said unto 
 them, If ye were blind, 
 ye should have no sin: 
 but now ye say, We 
 see; therefore your sin 
 remaineth. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 ERILY, veri- 
 ly, I say unto 
 you, He that 
 entereth not 
 by the door 
 into the sheepfold, but 
 climbeth up some other 
 way, the same is a thief 
 and a robber. 
 
 2 But he that enter- 
 eth in by the door is 
 the shepherd of the 
 sheep. 
 
 3 To him the porter 
 openeth; and the sheep 
 hear his voice : and he 
 calleth his own sheep 
 by name, and leadeth 
 them out. 
 
 4 And when he put- 
 teth forth his own 
 sheep, he goeth before 
 them, and the sheep 
 follow him : for they 
 know his voice. 
 
 5 And a stranger will 
 they not follow, but 
 will flee from him : 
 
ST'dOHN *IO 
 
 V 
 
 for they know not the 
 voice of strangers. 
 <£• 6 This parable spake 
 Jesus unto them: but 
 they understood not 
 what things they were 
 which he spake unto 
 them. 
 
 7 Then said Jesus un- 
 to them again, Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you, 
 I am the door of the 
 sheep. 
 
 8 All that ever came 
 f* before me are thieves 
 
 and robbers : but the 
 f sheep did not hear 
 them. 
 
 J 9 I am the door: by 
 'me if any man enter 
 in, he shall be saved, 
 and shall go in and 
 out, and find pasture. 
 f 10 The thief cometh 
 not, but for to steal, 
 '•and to kill, and to de- 
 stroy: I am come that 
 they might have life, 
 and that they might 
 > 
 
 have it more abund- 
 antly. 
 
 11 I am the good 
 shepherd : the good 
 shepherd giveth his life 
 for the sheep. 
 
 12 But he that is an 
 hireling, and not the 
 shepherd, whose own 
 the sheep are not, 
 seeth the wolf coming, 
 and leaveth the sheep, 
 and fleeth : and the 
 wolf catcheth them, 
 and scattereth the 
 sheep. 
 
 13 The hireling fleeth, 
 because he is an hire- 
 ling, and careth not for 
 the sheep. 
 
 14 I am the good 
 shepherd, and know my 
 sheep, and am known 
 of mine. 
 
 15 As the Father 
 knoweth me, even so 
 know I the Father : 
 and I lay down my 
 life for the sheep. 
 
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 V 
 
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 v 
 
 Y, 
 
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 16 And other sheep 
 I have, which are not 
 of this fold : them 
 also I must bring, and 
 they shall hear my 
 voice; and there shall 
 be one fold, and one 
 shepherd. 
 
 17 Therefore doth my 
 Father love me, be- 
 cause I lay down my 
 life, that I might take 
 it again. 
 
 18 No man taketh it 
 from me, but I lay it 
 down of myself. I have 
 power to lay it down, 
 and I have power to 
 take it again. This 
 commandment have I 
 received of my Father. 
 
 T 19 gfhere was a di- 
 vision therefore again 
 among the Jews for 
 these sayings. 
 
 20 And many of them 
 said, He hath a devil, 
 and is mad; why hear 
 ye him ? 
 
 21 Others said, These 
 are not the words of< 
 him that hath a devil. 
 Can a devil open the 
 eyes of the blind ? 
 
 22 g|nd it was at Je- 
 rusalem the feast of 
 the dedication, and it 
 was winter. 
 
 23 And Jesus walked 
 in the temple in Solo- 
 mon's porch. 
 
 24 Then came the 
 Jews round about him, 
 and said unto him, How 
 long dost thou make 
 us to doubt ? If thou ( 
 be the Christ, tell us 
 plainly. 
 
 25 Jesus answered 
 them, I told you, and 
 ye believed not : the < 
 works that I do in my 
 Father's name, they 
 bear witness of me. 
 
 26 But ye believe not, 
 because ye are not of 
 my sheep, as I said 
 unto you. 
 
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 i-^^r 27 My sheep hear my 
 t7u voice, and I know 
 them, and they follow 
 me: 
 
 28 And I give unto 
 them eternal life; and 
 they shall never perish, 
 neither shall any man 
 pluck them out of my 
 hand. 
 
 29 My Father, which 
 gave tame,is greater 
 than all; andno?w#ftis 
 able to pluck them out 
 of my Father's hand. 
 
 30 I and my Father 
 are one. 
 
 31 Then the Jews 
 took up stones again 
 to stone him. 
 
 32 Jesus answered 
 them,Manygood works 
 have I shewed you 
 from my Father; for 
 
 'yy which of those works 
 ff» do ye stone me ? 
 *Li k _ 33 The Jews answer- 
 ^Vjl^ed him, saying, For a 
 yn^good work we stone 
 
 thee not; but for bias- \j 
 phemy ; and because 
 that thou, being a man, 
 makest thyself God. \f 
 
 34 Jesus answered 
 them, Is it not written % 
 in your law, I said, Ye *> 
 arc gods % 
 
 35 If he called them 
 gods, unto whom the k g 
 word of God came, and ^ 
 the scripture cannot be 
 broken; jf 
 
 36 Say ye of him,^ 
 whom the Father hath 
 sanctified, and sent in- 
 to the world, Thou 
 blasphemest; because 
 I said, I am the Son 
 of God 1 
 
 37 If I do not the,/, 
 works of my Father, 
 believe me not. >r 
 
 38 But if I do, though 
 
 ye believe not me, be-W 
 lieve the works: that ye 
 may know, and believe, ▼ 
 that the Father is 
 and I in him. 
 
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 39 Therefore they 
 sought again to take 
 him : but he escaped 
 out of their hand, 
 
 40 And went away 
 again beyond Jordan 
 into the place where 
 John at first baptized; 
 and there he abode. 
 
 41 And many resort- 
 ed unto him, and said, 
 John did no miracle: 
 but all things that John 
 spake of this man were 
 true. 
 
 42 And many believ- 
 ed on him there. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 OW a certain 
 man was sick, 
 named Lazar- 
 us, of Beth- 
 any, the town 
 of Mary and her sister 
 Martha. 
 
 2 (It was that Mary 
 which anointed the 
 Lord with ointment, 
 
 and wiped his feet 
 with her hair, whose 
 brother Lazarus was 
 sick.) ^ 
 
 3 Therefore his sisters 
 sent unto him, saying, 
 Lord, behold, he whom 
 thou lovest is sick. 
 
 4 When Jesus heard 
 that, he said, This sick- 
 ness is not unto death, 
 but for the glory of 
 God, that the Son of 
 God might be glorified 
 thereby. 
 
 5 Now Jesus loved 
 Martha, and her sister, 
 and Lazarus. 
 
 6 When he had heard 
 therefore that he was 
 sick, he abode two days 
 still in the same place 
 where he was. 
 
 7 Then after that saith 
 he to his disciples, Let 
 us go into Judaea again. 
 
 8 His disciples say 
 unto him, Master, the 
 Jews of late sought to 
 
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 stone thee; and goest 
 thou thither again ? 
 9 Jesus answered, Are 
 ^72\]L there not twelve hours 
 .in the day? If any 
 ^ i man walk in the day, 
 he stumbleth not, be- 
 V* cause he seeth the light 
 \ <lA of this world. 
 
 10 But if a man walk 
 in the night, he stum- 
 bleth, because there is 
 no light in him. 
 
 11 These things said 
 he: and after that he 
 saith unto them, Our 
 friend Lazarus sleep- 
 eth; but I go, that I 
 may awake him out of 
 sleep. 
 
 12 Then said his dis- 
 ciples, Lord, if he sleep, 
 he shall do well. 
 
 13 Howbeit Jesus 
 spake of his death : 
 but they thought that 
 he had spoken of tak- 
 ing of rest in sleep. 
 
 14 Then said Jesus 
 
 unto them plainly, La- 
 zarus is dead. 
 
 15 And I am glad for 
 your sakes that I was 
 not there, to the intent ^ J 
 ye may believe; never- f 
 theless let us go unto y 
 him. 1 
 
 16 Then said Thomas, [ X 
 which is called Didy 
 mus, unto his fellow 
 disciples, Let us also 
 go, that we may die 
 with him. k 
 
 17 Then when Jesus * 
 came, he found that he v K 
 had lain in the grave \ 
 four days already. 
 
 18 Now Bethany was 
 nigh unto Jerusalem, V 
 about fifteen furlongs 
 off: 
 
 19 And many of the ^ ^ 
 
 and Mary, to comfort */ 
 them concerning their f r 
 brother. / 
 
 20 Then Martha, as ^ If 
 soon as she heard that 
 
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 Jesus was coming, 
 went and met him : but 
 Mary sat still in the 
 house. 
 
 21 Then said Martha 
 unto Jesus, Lord, if 
 thou hadst been here, 
 my brother had not 
 died. 
 
 22 But I know, that 
 even now, whatsoever 
 thou wilt ask of God, 
 God will give it thee. 
 
 23 Jesus saith unto 
 her, Thy brother shall 
 rise again, 
 
 24 Martha saith unto 
 him, I know that he 
 shall rise again in the 
 resurrection at the last 
 day. 
 
 25 Jesus said unto 
 her, I am the resur- 
 rection, and the life : 
 he that believeth in 
 me, though he were 
 dead, yet shall he live : 
 
 26 And whosoever 
 liveth and believeth in 
 
 me shall never die. Be- 
 lievest thou this ? 
 
 27 She saith unto 
 him, Yea, Lord: I be- 
 lieve that thou art the 
 Christ, the Son of God, 
 which should come in- 
 to the world. 
 
 28 And when she had 
 so said, she went her 
 way, and called Mary 
 her sister secretly, say- 
 ing, The Master is 
 come, and calleth for 
 thee. 
 
 29 As soon as she 
 heard that, she arose 
 quickly, and came un- 
 to him. 
 
 30 Now Jesus was 
 not yet come into the 
 town, but was in that 
 place where Martha 
 met him. 
 
 31 The Jews then 
 which were with her 
 in the house, and com- 
 forted her, when they 
 saw Mary, that she 
 
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 rose up hastily and 
 went out, folio wed her, 
 "x]£|j§^* saying, She goeth un- 
 if^ii to the grave to weep 
 *\ \YT~ there. 
 
 \ Ity*- 32 Then when Mary 
 {ZJJs was come where Jesus 
 
 V\ was > an{ i saw n i m > sne 
 fell down at his feet, 
 
 saying unto him, Lord, 
 
 if thou hadst been here, 
 
 my brother had not 
 
 died. 
 
 WjufcS^ 33 When Jesus there- 
 -^^N^fore saw her weeping, 
 "^/^ and the Jews also 
 ~ ^weeping which came 
 with her, he groaned 
 I in the spirit, and was 
 troubled, 
 
 34 And said, Where 
 ^have ye laid him? 
 
 They said unto him, 
 Lord, come and see. 
 
 35 Jesus wept. 
 » 36 Then said the 
 Jews, Behold how he 
 r loved him ! 
 
 37 And some of them 
 
 said, Could not this 
 man, which opened the 
 eyes of the blind, have 
 caused that even this 
 man should not have 
 died? 
 
 38 Jesus therefore a- 
 gain groaning in him- 
 self cometh to the 
 grave. It was a cave, 
 and a stone lay upon it. 
 
 39 Jesus said, Take 
 ye away the stone. 
 Martha, the sister of 
 him that was dead, 
 saith unto him, Lord, 
 by this time he stink- 
 eth: for he hath been 
 dead four days. 
 
 40 Jesus saith unto 
 her, Said I not unto 
 thee, that, if thou 
 would est believe, thou 
 shouldest see the glory 
 of God ? 
 
 41 Then they took 
 away the stone from 
 the place where the 
 dead was laid. And 
 
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 J esus lifted up /m eyes, 
 and said, Father, I 
 thank thee that thou 
 hast heard me. 
 
 42 And I knew that 
 thou hearest me al- 
 ways: but because of 
 the people which stand 
 by I said it, that they 
 •may believe that thou 
 hast sent me. 
 
 43 And when he thus 
 had spoken, he cried 
 with a loud voice, La- 
 zarus, come forth. 
 
 44 And he that was 
 dead came forth, bound 
 hand and foot with 
 graveclothes : and his 
 face was bound about 
 with a napkin. Jesus 
 saith unto them, Loose 
 .him, and let him go. 
 
 45 Then many of the 
 Jews which came to 
 Mary, and had seen the 
 things which Jesus did, 
 believed on him. 
 
 46 But some of them 
 
 went their ways to the 
 Pharisees, and told 
 them what things Je- 
 sus had done. 
 
 47 U|hen gathered the 
 chief priests and the 
 Pharisees a council, 
 and said, What do we ? 
 for this man doeth 
 many miracles. 
 
 48 If we let him thus 
 alone, all men will be- 
 lieve on him: and the 
 Romans shall come 
 and take away both 
 our place and nation. 
 
 49 And one of them, 
 named Caiaphas, being 
 the high priest that 
 same year, said unto 
 them, Ye know noth- 
 ing at all, 
 
 50 Nor consider that 
 it is expedient for us, 
 that one man should 
 die for the people, and 
 that the whole nation 
 perish not. 
 
 51 And this spake he 
 
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 not of himself: but 
 being high priest that 
 year, he prophesied 
 that Jesus should die 
 for that nation; 
 
 52 And not for that 
 nation only, but that 
 also he should gather 
 together in one the 
 children of God that 
 were scattered abroad. 
 
 53 Then from that day 
 forth they took counsel 
 together for to put him 
 to death. 
 
 54 Jesus therefore 
 walked no more open- 
 ly among the Jews ; 
 but went thence unto 
 a country near to the 
 wilderness, into a city 
 called Ephraim, and 
 there continued with 
 his disciples. 
 
 55 g|nd the Jews' 
 passover was nigh at 
 hand: and many went 
 out of the country up 
 to Jerusalem before 
 
 the passover, to purify \0 
 themselves. , , 
 
 56 Then sought they 
 for Jesus, and spake \ f 
 among themselves, as 
 they stood in the tern- 1 j 
 pie, What think ye,*><* 
 that he will not come 
 
 to the feast? 
 
 57 Now both thek* 
 chief priests and the^" 
 Pharisees had given a 
 commandment, that, if . f 
 any man knew where 
 
 he were, he should 
 shew it, that they might 
 take him. ^ j 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 HEN Jesus " 
 six days be-jL 
 fore the pass- 
 over came >r 
 to Bethany, 
 where Lazarus was^ 
 which had been dead, 
 whom he raised from 
 the dead. A 
 
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 him a supper ; and 
 Martha served : but 
 Lazarus was one of 
 them that sat at the 
 table with him. 
 
 3 Then took Mary a 
 of ointment of 
 
 spikenard, very costly, 
 and anointed the feet 
 of Jesus, and wiped his 
 feet with her hair : and 
 the house was filled 
 with the odour of the 
 ointment. 
 
 4 Then saith one of 
 his disciples, J udas 
 Iscariot, Simon's son, 
 which should betray 
 him, 
 
 5 "Why was not this 
 ointment sold for three 
 hundred pence, and 
 given to the poor? 
 
 6 This he said, not 
 that he cared for the 
 poor; but because he 
 was a thief, and had 
 the bag, and bare what 
 was put therein. 
 
 7 Then said Jesus, 
 Let her alone : against 
 the day of my burying 
 hath she kept this. 
 
 8 For the poor always 
 ye have with you; but 
 me ye have not always. 
 
 9 Much people of the , 
 Jews therefore knew "^V 
 that he was there : 
 and they came not for 
 Jesus' sake only, but 
 that they might see 
 Lazarus also, whom he 
 had raised from the 
 dead. 
 
 10 ||ut the chief 
 priests consulted that 
 they might put Laza- 
 rus also to death; 
 
 11 Because that by sf^f 
 reason of him manyfej v_ 
 of the Jews went 
 away, and believed on 
 Jesus. 
 
 12 gn the next day 
 much people that were 
 come to the feast, when 
 they heard that Jesus 
 
was coming to Jeru- 
 salem, 
 
 13 Took branches of 
 palm trees, and went 
 forth to meet him, and 
 cried, Hosanna: Bless- 
 ed is the King of Is- 
 rael that cometh in the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 14 And Jesus, when 
 he had found a young 
 ass, sat thereon; as it 
 is written, 
 
 15 Fear not, daugh- 
 ter of Zion : behold, thy 
 King cometh, sitting 
 on an ass's colt. 
 
 16 These things un- 
 derstood not his dis- 
 ciples at the first: but 
 when Jesus was glori- 
 fied, then remembered 
 they that these things 
 were written of him, 
 and that they had done 
 these things unto him. 
 
 17 The people there- 
 fore that was with him 
 when he called Lazarus 
 
 out of his grave, and tj 
 raised him from the Vr 
 dead, bare record. \j 
 
 18 For this cause the f 
 people also met him, ^ J 
 for that they heard / 
 that he had done this y 
 miracle. 1 
 
 19 The Pharisees i [? 
 therefore said among 
 themselves, Perceive 
 ye how ye prevail no- ^ . 
 thing? behold, the / 
 world is gone after him. V J 
 
 20 f|nd there were * 
 certain Greeks among i & 
 them that came up to \ . 
 worship at the feast : ^ / 
 
 21 The same came f 
 therefore to Philip, V 
 which was of Bethsai- 
 da of Galilee, and de- 
 sired him, saying, Sir, I \ 
 we would see Jesus. \ j 
 
 22 Philip cometh and * / 
 telleth Andrew: and ff 
 again Andrew and / 
 Philip tell Jesus. I J 
 
 23 ||nd Jesus an- \? 
 
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 swered them, saying, 
 The hour is come, that 
 the Son of man should 
 be glorified. 
 
 24 Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, Except 
 a corn of wheat fall 
 into the ground and 
 die, it abideth alone : 
 but if it die, it bring- 
 eth forth much fruit. 
 
 25 He that loveth his 
 life shall lose it ; and 
 he that hateth his life 
 in this world shall keep 
 it unto life eternal. 
 
 26 If any man serve 
 me, let him follow me ; 
 and where I am, there 
 shall also my servant 
 be : if any man serve 
 me, him will my Father 
 honour. 
 
 27 Now is my soul 
 troubled ; and what 
 shall I say ? Father, 
 save me from this hour : 
 but for this cause came 
 I unto this hour. 
 
 28 Father, glorify thy 
 name. Then came 
 there a voice from 
 heaven, saying, I have 
 both glorified it, and 
 will glorify it again. 
 
 29 The people there- 
 fore, that stood by, and 
 heard it, said that it 
 thundered: others said, 
 An angel spake to him. 
 
 30 Jesus answered 
 and said, This voice 
 came not because of 
 me, but for your sakes. 
 
 31 Now is the judg- 
 ment of this world : 
 now shall the prince of 
 this world be cast out. 
 
 32 And I, if I be lift- 
 ed up from the earth, 
 will draw all men unto 
 me. 
 
 33 This he said, sig- 
 nifying what death he 
 should die. 
 
 34 The people an- 
 swered him, We have 
 heard out of the law 
 
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 that Christ abideth for 
 ever: and how sayest 
 thou, The Son of man 
 must be lifted up ? who 
 is this Son of man ? 
 35 Then Jesus said 
 fjj unto them, Yet a little 
 while is the light with 
 you. Walk while ye 
 L have the light, lest dark- 
 ness come upon you : 
 for he that walketh in 
 darkness knoweth not 
 whither he goeth. 
 
 * 36 While ye have 
 light, believe in the 
 
 ''light, that ye may be 
 the children of light. 
 J These things spake Je- 
 
 * sus, and departed, and 
 did hide himself from 
 
 ^ them. 
 
 37 Jljut though he 
 /had done so many 
 
 miracles before them, 
 ^yet they believed not 
 on him: 
 
 38 That the saying 
 of Esaias the prophet 
 
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 might be fulfilled, 
 which he spake, Lord, 
 who hath believed our 
 report ? and to whom V/ 
 hath the arm of the 
 Lord been revealed ? \/ 
 
 39 Therefore they \/ 
 could not believe, be- \ / 
 cause that Esaias said ^ £ 
 again, y/ 
 
 40 He hath blinded y^ 
 their eyes, and hard- w . 
 ened their heart; that 
 they should not see || 
 with their eyes, nory^ 
 understand with their y^ 
 heart, and be convert- ^ > 
 ed, and I should heal * 
 them. ^ % 
 
 41 These things said . . 
 Esaias, when he saw v 
 his glory, and spake \ / 
 of him. ^ 
 
 42 nevertheless a- W 
 mong the chief rulers V / 
 also many believed on \ / 
 him ; but because of ^ ^ 
 the Pharisees they did * 
 not confess him, lest 
 
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 they should be put out 
 of the synagogue : 
 
 43 For they loved the 
 praise of men more 
 than the praise of God. 
 
 44 Jesus cried and 
 said, He that believeth 
 on me, believeth not on 
 me,, but on him that 
 sent me. 
 
 45 And he that seeth 
 me seeth him that sent 
 me. 
 
 46 I am come a light 
 into the world, that 
 whosoever believeth 
 on me should not abide 
 in darkness. 
 
 47 And if any man 
 hear my words, and 
 believe not, I judge 
 him not : for I came 
 not to judge the world, 
 but to save the world. 
 
 48 He that rejecteth 
 me, and receiveth not 
 my words, hath one 
 that judgeth him : the 
 word that I have spo- 
 
 ken, the same shall 1 
 judge him in the last 1 
 day. 
 
 49 For I have not 
 spoken of myself ; but 
 the Father which sent 
 me, he gave me a 
 commandment, what I 
 should say, and what 
 I should speak. 
 
 50 And I know that 
 his commandment is 
 life everlasting: what- 
 soever I speak there- 
 fore, even as the Fa- 
 ther said unto me, so 
 I speak. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 OW before 
 the feast of 
 the passover, « 
 when Jesus 
 knew that his 
 hour was come that 
 he should depart out 
 of this world unto the 
 Father, having loved 
 his own which were in 
 
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 the world, he loved 
 them unto the end. 
 
 2 And supper being 
 ended, the devil having 
 now put into the heart 
 of Judas Iscariot, Si- 
 mon's son, to betray 
 him; 
 
 3 J esus knowing that 
 the Father had given 
 all things into his 
 hands, and that he was 
 come from God, and 
 went to God; 
 
 4 He riseth from sup- 
 per, and laid aside his 
 garments; and took a 
 towel, and girded him- 
 self. 
 
 5 After that he pour- 
 eth water into a bason, 
 and began to wash 
 the disciples' feet, and 
 to wipe them with the 
 towel wherewith he 
 was girded. 
 
 6 Then cometh he 
 to Simon Peter; and 
 Peter saith unto him, 
 
 Lord, dost thou wash w 
 my feet ? , , 
 
 7 Jesus answered and 
 said unto him, What \f 
 I do thou knowest not 
 now; but thou shalt 'j 
 know hereafter. 
 
 8 Peter saith unto 
 him, Thou shalt never f 
 wash my feet. Jesus 
 answered him, If 
 wash thee not, thou 
 hast no part with me. I 
 
 9 Simon Peter saith *\f 
 unto him, Lord, not my 
 feet only, but also my 
 hands and my head, v g 
 
 10 Jesus saith to him, \f 
 He that is washed 
 needeth not save to 
 wash his feet, but isjL 
 clean every whit: and 
 ye are clean, but not all. > < 
 
 11 For he knew who 
 should betray him;y^ 
 therefore said he, Ye 
 are not all clean. 
 
 12 So after he had^^ 
 washed their feet, and 
 
^had taken 
 ments, and 
 
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 his gar- 
 was set 
 
 \|/down again, he said 
 unto them, Know ye 
 *\|/*what I have done to 
 •^you? 
 
 13 Ye call me Master 
 and Lord : and ye say 
 well; for so I am. 
 J* 14 If I then, your 
 * " Lord and Master, have 
 v washed your feet; ye 
 J^also ought to wash one 
 JT another's feet. 
 ^f? 15 For I have given 
 •> * you an example, that 
 > r ye should do as I have 
 \/done to you. 
 
 16 Verily, verily, I say 
 » *unto you, The servant 
 
 is not greater than his 
 < ^ > lord; neither he that is 
 sent greater than he 
 that sent him. 
 
 17 If ye know these 
 \/ things, happy are ye 
 
 if ye do them. 
 
 18 | speak not of you 
 all : I know whom I 
 
 have chosen : but that 
 the scripture may be 
 fulfilled, He that eateth 
 bread with me hath 
 lifted up his heel a- 
 gainst me. 
 
 19 Now I tell you be- 
 fore it come, that, when 
 it is come to pass,ye may 
 believe that I am he. 
 
 20 Verily, verily, I say 
 unto you, He that re- 
 ceiveth whomsoever I 
 send receivethme; and 
 he that receiveth me 
 receiveth him that sent 
 me. 
 
 21 When Jesus had 
 thus said, he was trou- 
 bled in spirit, and tes- 
 tified, and said, Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you, 
 that one of you shall 
 betray me. 
 
 22 Then the disciples 
 looked one on another, 
 doubting of whom he 
 spake. 
 
 23 Now there was 
 
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 leaning on Jesus' bo- 
 som one of his disci- 
 ples, whom Jesus loved. 
 
 24 Simon Peter there- 
 fore beckoned to him, 
 that he should ask who 
 it should be of whom 
 he spake. 
 
 25 He then lying on 
 J esus' breast saith unto 
 him, Lord, who is it ? 
 
 26 Jesus answered, 
 He it is, to whom I 
 shall give a sop, when 
 I have dipped it. And 
 when he had dipped 
 the sop, he gave it to 
 Judas Iscariot, the son 
 of Simon. 
 
 27 And after the sop 
 Satan entered into him. 
 Then said Jesus unto 
 him, That thou doest, 
 do quickly. 
 
 28 Now no man at 
 the table knew for 
 what intent he spake 
 this unto him. 
 
 29 For some of them 
 
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 thought, because Judas 
 had the bag, that J esus 
 had said unto him, 
 Buy those things that 
 we have need of against 
 the feast; or, that he 
 should give something 
 to the poor. 
 
 30 He then having 
 received the sop went 
 immediately out : and . 
 it was night. ^ . 
 
 31 Ufherefore, when 4 
 he was gone out, J esus W r 
 said, Now is the Son of * 
 man glorified, and God i \ 
 is glorified in him. \ , 
 
 32 If God be glorified y f 
 in him, God shall also f 
 glorify him in himself, V J 
 and shall straightway V f 
 glorify him. l 
 
 33 Little children, yet L ^ 
 a little while I am with \ 
 you. Ye shall seek me : 
 and as I said unto the J! 
 J ews, Whither I go, ye 
 cannot come; so now I 
 say to you. 
 
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 34 A new command- 
 ment I give unto you, 
 That ye love one an- 
 other; as I have loved 
 you, that ye also love 
 one another. 
 
 35 By this shall all 
 men know that ye are 
 my disciples, if ye have 
 love one to another. 
 
 36 fgimon Peter said 
 unto him, Lord, whi- 
 ther goest thou? Jesus 
 answered him, Whither 
 I go, thou canst not 
 follow me now; but 
 thou shalt follow me 
 afterwards. 
 
 37 Peter said unto 
 him, Lord, why cannot 
 I follow thee now ? I 
 will lay down my life 
 for thy sake. 
 
 38 Jesus answered 
 him, Wilt thou lay 
 down thy life for my 
 sake ? Verily, verily, 
 I say unto thee, The 
 cock shall not crow, 
 
 m me. 
 
 2 In my Father's 
 house are many man- 
 sions : if it were not 
 so, I would have told 
 you. I go to prepare 
 a place for you. 
 
 3 And if I go and 
 prepare a place for 
 you, I will come again, 
 and receive you unto 
 myself; that where I 
 am, there ye may be 
 also. 
 
 4 And whither I go 
 ye know, and the way 
 ye know. 
 
 5 Thomas saith unto 
 him, Lord, we know 
 not whither thou go- 
 
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 est; and how can we 
 know the way? 
 
 6 Jesus saith unto 
 him, I am the way, the 
 truth, and the life : no 
 man cometh unto the 
 
 fj^ Father, but by me. 
 
 7 If ye had known 
 me, ye should have 
 known my Father al- 
 so : and from hence- 
 forth ye know him, 
 and have seen him. 
 
 J' 8 Philip saith unto 
 m him, Lord, shew us the 
 Father, and it sufficeth 
 r us. 
 
 9 Jesus saith unto 
 him, Have I been so 
 long time with you, 
 and yet hast thou not 
 known me, Philip ? he 
 that hath seen me hath 
 
 /seen the Father; and 
 how sayest thou then, 
 <* Shew us the Father ? 
 
 10 Belie vest thou not 
 that I am in the Fa- 
 ther, and the Father 
 
 in me ? the words that ^ ^ 
 I speak unto you I 
 speak not of myself: 
 but the Father that V/ 
 dwelleth in me, he do- || 
 eth the works. \/ 
 
 11 Believe me that I \/ 
 am in the Father, and \/ 
 the Father in me : or 
 else believe me for the 
 very works' sake. y/ 
 
 12 Verily, verily, I v > 
 say unto you, He that 
 believeth on me, the |p 
 works that I do shall 
 
 he do also; and greater 
 tvorks than these shall ^ > 
 he do; because I go ^ 
 unto my Father. ^ 
 
 13 And whatsoever* . 
 ye shall ask in my v 
 name, that will I do, \/ 
 that the Father may be Jf 
 glorified in the Son. w 
 
 14 If ye shall ask any- V/ 
 thing in my name, I \/ 
 will do it. ^ 
 
 15 |f ye love me, keep 1 
 my commandments. 
 
STdOHN • 14* 
 
 16 And I will pray 
 the Father, and he 
 shall give you another 
 Comforter, that he may 
 abide with you for ever; 
 
 17 Even the Spirit of 
 truth ; whom the world 
 cannot receive, be- 
 cause it seeth him not, 
 neither knoweth him: 
 but ye know him; for 
 he dwelleth with you, 
 and shall be in you. 
 
 18 I will not leave 
 you comfortless : I will 
 come to you. 
 
 19 Yet a little while, 
 and the world seeth 
 me no more ; but ye 
 see me : because I live, 
 ye shall live also. 
 
 20 At that day ye 
 shall know that I am 
 in my Father, and ye 
 in me, and I in you. 
 
 21 He that hath my 
 commandments, and 
 keepeth them, he it is 
 that loveth me : and 
 
 he that loveth me shall 
 be loved of my Father, < 
 and I will love him, and 
 will manifest myself to 
 him. 
 
 22 Judas saith unto 
 him, not Iscariot, Lord, 
 how is it that thou 
 wilt manifest thyself 
 unto us, and not unto 
 the world ? 
 
 23 Jesus answered 
 and said unto him, If 
 a man love me, he will 
 keep my words : and 
 my Father will love 
 him, and we will come ( 
 unto him, and make 
 our abode with him. 
 
 24 He that loveth me 
 not keepeth not my 
 sayings : and the word 
 which ye hear is not 
 mine, but the Father's 
 which sent me. 
 
 25 These things have 
 I spoken unto you, 
 being yet present with 
 you. 
 
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 26 But the Comfort 
 er, which is the Holy 
 Ghost, whom the Fa- 
 ther will send in my 
 name, he shall teach 
 you all things, and 
 bring all things to your 
 remembrance, whatso- 
 ever I have said unto 
 you. 
 
 27 Peace I leave with 
 you, my peace I give 
 unto you : not as the 
 world giveth, give I 
 unto you. Let not your 
 heart be troubled, nei- 
 ther let it be afraid. 
 
 28 Ye have heard how 
 I said unto you, I go 
 away, and come again 
 unto you. If ye loved 
 me, ye would rejoice, 
 because I said, I go 
 unto the Father : for 
 my Father is greater 
 than I. 
 
 29 And now I have 
 told you before it come 
 to pass, that, when it 
 
 3 \t 
 
 might believe. 
 
 30 Hereafter I will 
 not talk much with \f 
 you : for the prince of 
 this world cometh, and 1 j 
 hath nothing in me. *> 
 
 31 But that the world 
 may know that I love 1 f 
 the Father; and as the k g 
 Father gave me com- ^ " 
 mandment, even so I 
 do. Arise, let us go ( I 
 hence. *s f 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 AM the true j 
 vine, and my 
 Father is 
 the husband- . 
 man. J L 
 
 2 Every branch in me H 
 that beareth not fruit $ 
 he taketh away : and 
 every branch that bear- 4 / 
 eth fruit, he purgeth 
 
 it, that it may bring J 
 forth more fruit. ^ L 
 
 3 Now ye are clean ^ 
 
ST-cIOHN'IS 
 
 ^through the word 
 v which I have spoken 
 \f unto you. 
 
 , , 4 Abide in me, and I 
 •v /• in you. As the branch 
 •T cannot bear fruit of it- 
 self, except it abide in 
 the vine ; no more can 
 ' ye, except ye abide in 
 
 xw 5 1 am the vine, ye 
 v are the branches: He 
 J(f that abideth in me, 
 and I in him, the same 
 Jbringeth forth much 
 4* fruit : for without me 
 v ye can do nothing. 
 \/ 6 If a man abide not 
 in me, he is cast forth 
 
 ias a branch, and is 
 withered ; and men 
 .gather them, and cast 
 them into the fire, and 
 they are burned, 
 t 7 If ye abide in me, 
 \/ and my words abide in 
 , , you, ye shall ask what 
 •\ /> y e will* an( i ^ shall be 
 done unto you. 
 
 8 Herein is my Fa- 
 ther glorified, that ye 
 bear much fruit ; so 
 shall ye be my disciples. 
 
 9 As the Father hath 
 loved me, so have I 
 loved you : continue ye 
 in my love. 
 
 10 If ye keep my com- 
 mandments, ye shall 
 abide in my love; even 
 as I have kept my 
 Father's command- 
 ments, and abide in 
 his love. 
 
 11 These things have 
 I spoken unto you, that 
 my joy might remain 
 in you, and that your 
 joy might be full. 
 
 12 This is my com- \{}J/~ 
 mandment, That ye 1^1 V_ 
 love one another, as I 
 have loved you. 
 
 13 Greater love hath 
 no man than this, that 
 a man lay down his life 
 for his friends. 
 
 14 Ye are my friends, 
 
l-ST'cJOHN-15 
 
 if ye do whatsoever 1 
 command you. 
 
 15 Henceforth I call 
 you not servants ; for 
 the servant knoweth 
 not what his lord doeth : 
 but I have called you 
 friends; for all things 
 that I have heard 
 of my Father I have 
 made known unto you. 
 
 16 Ye have not cho- 
 sen me, but I have 
 chosen you, and or- 
 dained you, that ye 
 should go and bring 
 forth fruit, and that 
 your fruit should re- 
 main: that whatsoever 
 ye shall ask of the Fa- 
 ther in my name, he 
 may give it you. 
 
 17 These things I 
 command you, that ye 
 love one another. 
 
 18 If the world hate 
 you, ye know that it 
 hated me before it 
 hated you. 
 
 19 If ye were of the 
 world , the world would 
 love his own: but be- 
 cause ye are not of 
 the world, but I have 
 chosen you out of the 
 world, therefore the 
 world hateth you. 
 
 20 Remember the 
 word that I said unto 
 you, The servant is not 
 greater than his lord. 
 If they have persecuted 
 me, they will also per- V 
 secute you ; if they * 
 have kept my saying, i 4 
 they will keep your's \ . 
 also. / 
 
 21 But all these things r 
 will they do unto you V t 
 for my name's sake, 
 because they know not 
 him that sent me. L \ 
 
 22 If I had not come \ j 
 and spoken unto them, * / 
 they had not had sin: f r 
 but now they have no / 
 cloke for their sin. 1 f 
 
 23 He that hateth y£ 
 
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 v 
 
 V 
 
 v 
 
 me hateth my Father 
 also. 
 
 24 If I had not done 
 among them the works 
 which none other man 
 did, they had not had 
 sin : but now have 
 they both seen and 
 hated both me and my 
 Father. 
 
 25 But this cometh 
 to pass, that the word 
 might be fulfilled that 
 is written in their law, 
 They hated me without 
 a cause. 
 
 26 But when the Com- 
 forter is come, whom I 
 will send unto you from 
 the Father, even the 
 Spirit of truth, which 
 proceedeth from the 
 Father, he shall testify 
 of me: 
 
 27 And ye also shall 
 bear witness, because 
 ye have been with me 
 from the beginning. 
 
 out 
 
 yea, the time cometh, 
 that whosoever killeth 
 you will think that he 
 doeth God service. 
 
 3 And these things 
 will they do unto you, 
 because they have not 
 known the Father, nor 
 me. 
 
 4 But these things 
 have I told you, that 
 when the time shall 
 come, ye may remem- 
 ber that I told you 
 of them. And these 
 things I said not unto 
 you at the beginning, 
 because I was with you. 
 
 5 But now I go my 
 way to him that sent 
 
me; and none of you 
 asketh me, Whither 
 goest thou? 
 
 6 But because I have 
 said these things unto 
 you, sorrow hath filled 
 your heart. 
 
 7 Nevertheless I tell 
 you the truth; It is 
 expedient for you that 
 I go away : for if I go 
 not away, the Comfort- 
 er will not come unto 
 you; but if I depart, I 
 will send him unto you. 
 
 8 And when he is 
 come, he will reprove 
 the world of sin, and 
 of righteousness, and 
 of judgment: 
 
 9 Of sin, because they 
 believe not on me; 
 
 10 Of righteousness, 
 because I go to my Fa- 
 ther, and ye see me no 
 more ; 
 
 11 Of judgment, be- 
 cause the prince of this 
 world is judged. 
 
 12 I have yet many 
 things to say unto you, 
 but ye cannot bear 
 them now. 
 
 13 Howbeit when he, 
 the Spirit of truth, is 
 come, he will guide you 
 into all truth : for he 
 shall not speak of him- 
 self; but whatsoever he 
 shall hear, that shall 
 he speak: and he will 
 shew you things to 
 come. 
 
 14 He shall glorify 
 me : for he shall re- 
 ceive of mine, and shall 
 shew it unto you. 
 
 15 All things that the 
 Father hath are mine : 
 therefore said I, that he 
 shall take of mine, and 
 shall shew it unto you. 
 
 16 A little while, and 
 ye shall not see me : 
 and again, a little while, 
 and ye shall see me, 
 because I go to the 
 Father. 
 
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 17 Then said some 
 of his disciples among 
 themselves, What is 
 this that he saith unto 
 us, A little while, and 
 ye shall not see me : 
 and again, a little while, 
 and ye shall see me: 
 and, Because I go to 
 the Father? 
 
 18 They said there- 
 fore, What is this that 
 he saith, A little while \ 
 we cannot tell what he 
 saith. 
 
 . 19 Now Jesus knew 
 that they were desirous 
 to ask him, and said 
 unto them, Do ye en- 
 quire among yourselves 
 of that I said, A little 
 while, and ye shall not 
 . see me : and again, a 
 little while, and ye shall 
 see me % 
 
 20 Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you, That ye 
 shall weep and lament, 
 but the world shall re- 
 
 joice: and ye shall be 1 
 sorrowful, but your< 
 sorrow shall be turned 
 into joy. 
 
 21 A woman when 
 she is in travail hath 
 sorrow, because her 
 hour is come: but as 
 soon as she is delivered 
 of the child, she re- 
 membereth no more 
 the anguish, for joy 
 that a man is born into 
 the world. 
 
 22 And ye now there- 
 fore have sorrow: but 
 I will see you again, 
 and your heart shall 
 rejoice, and your joy 
 no man taketh from 
 you. 
 
 23 And in that day. 
 ye shall ask me no- 
 thing. Verily, verily, 
 I say unto you, What- 
 soever ye shall ask the 
 Father in my name, he 
 will give it you. 
 
 24 Hitherto have ye 
 
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 asked nothing in my 
 name : ask, and ye shall 
 receive, that your joy 
 may be full. 
 
 25 These things have 
 I spoken unto you in 
 proverbs : but the time 
 cometh, when I shall 
 no more speak unto 
 you in proverbs, but I 
 shall shew you plainly 
 of the Father. 
 
 26 At that day ye 
 shall ask in my name : 
 and I say not unto you, 
 that I will pray the 
 Father for you : 
 
 27 For the Father 
 himself loveth you, be- 
 cause ye have loved 
 me, and have believed 
 that I came out from 
 God. 
 
 28 I came forth from 
 the Father, and am 
 come into the world: 
 again, I leave the world, 
 and go to the Father. 
 
 29 His disciples said 
 
 unto him, Lo, now w 
 speakest thou plainly, v 
 and speakest no pro- 
 verb. \ f 
 
 30 Now are we sure 
 that thou knowest all s 'i 
 things, and needest not 
 that any man should 
 ask thee : by this we > ' 
 believe that thou cam- k * 
 est forth from God. " " 
 
 31 Jesus answered , r 
 them, Do ye now be- ^ 
 lieve % *n t* 
 
 32 Behold, the hour 
 cometh, yea, is now y 
 come, that ye shall bev g 
 scattered, every man" " 
 to his own, and shall 
 leave me alone : and 
 yet I am not alone, J L 
 because the Father is 
 with me. y 
 
 33 These things I have 
 spoken unto you, thatyy 
 in me ye might have 
 peace. In the world 
 ye shall have tribula-^ 
 tion : but be of good 
 
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 cheer; I 
 come the 
 
 have over 
 world. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 IHESE words 
 spake Jesus, 
 and lifted up 
 his eyes to 
 ' heaven, and 
 
 ^ f said, Father, the hour 
 ^ is come ; glorify thy 
 Son, that thy Son also 
 j(f may glorify thee: 
 
 2 As thou hast given 
 him power over all 
 
 4* flesh, that he should 
 >r give eternal life to as 
 \/many as thou hast 
 given him. 
 
 3 And this is life eter- 
 •f» nal, that they might 
 
 . know thee the only true 
 God, and Jesus Christ, 
 whom thou hast sent. 
 Y 4 1 have glorified thee 
 \|/ on the earth : I have 
 finished the work 
 * » which thou gavest me 
 •h to do. 
 
 5 And now, O Father, 
 glorify thou me with 
 thine own self with the 
 glory which I had with 
 thee before the world 
 was. 
 
 6 I have manifested 
 thy name unto the men 
 which thou gavest me 
 out of the world : thine 
 they were, and thou ga- 
 vest them me; and they 
 have kept thy word. 
 
 7 Now they have 
 known that all things 
 whatsoever thou hast 
 given me are of thee. 
 
 8 For I have given 
 unto them the words 
 which thou gavest me ; 
 and they have received 
 them, and have known 
 surely that I came out 
 from thee, and they 
 have believed that thou 
 didst send me. 
 
 9 I pray for them : I 
 pray not for the world, 
 but for them which 
 
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ST-cJOHN 
 
 thou hast given me ; 
 for they are thine. 
 
 10 And all mine are 
 thine, and thine are 
 mine; and I am glori- 
 fied in them. 
 
 11 And now I am no 
 more in the world, but 
 these are in the world, 
 and I come to thee. 
 Holy Father, keep 
 through thine own 
 name those whom thou 
 hast given me, that 
 they may be one, as 
 we are. 
 
 12 While I was with 
 them in the world, I 
 kept them in thy name : 
 those that thou gavest 
 me I have kept, and 
 none of them is lost, 
 but the son of perdi- 
 tion ; that the scripture 
 might be fulfilled. 
 
 13 And now come I to 
 thee; and these things 
 I speak in the world, 
 that they might have 
 
 my joy fulfilled 
 themselves. 
 
 14 I have given them 
 thy word ; and the 
 world hath hated them, 
 because they are not 
 of the world, even as 
 I am not of the world. 
 
 15 I pray not that 
 thou shouldest take 
 them out of the world, 
 but that thou should- 
 est keep them from the 
 evil. 
 
 16 They are not of 
 the world, even as 
 am not of the world 
 
 17 Sanctify them 
 through thy truth : thy 
 word is truth. V 
 
 18 As thou hast sent 
 me into the world, even 
 so have I also sent 
 them into the world. 
 
 19 And for their sakes 
 I sanctify myself, that 
 they also might be 
 sanctified through the. 
 truth. 
 
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 20 Neither pray I for 
 these alone, but for 
 them also which shall 
 believe on me through 
 their word; 
 
 21 That they all may 
 be one; as thou, Fa- 
 ther, art in me, and I 
 in thee, that they also 
 may be one in us : 
 that the world may 
 believe that thou hast 
 sent me. 
 
 22 And the glory 
 which thou gavest me 
 I have given them ; 
 that they may be one, 
 even as we are one: 
 
 23 1 in them, and thou 
 in me, that they may 
 be made perfect in one ; 
 and that the world may 
 know that thou hast 
 sent me, and hast lov- 
 ed them, as thou hast 
 loved me. 
 
 24 Father, I will that 
 they also, whom thou 
 hast given me, be with 
 
 me where I am ; that 
 they may behold my 
 glory, which thou hast 
 given me : for thou 
 loveclst me before 
 the foundation of the 
 world. 
 
 25 O righteous Fa- 
 ther, the world hath 
 not known thee : but I 
 have known thee, and 
 these have known that 
 thou hast sent me. 
 
 26 And I have declar- 
 ed unto them thy name, 
 and will declare it: that 
 the love wherewith 
 thou hast loved me 
 may be in them, and I 
 in them. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 HEN Jesus 
 had spoken 
 these words, 
 he went forth 
 with his dis- 
 ciples over the brook 
 Cedron, where was a 
 
garden, into the which 
 he entered, and his 
 disciples. 
 
 2 And Judas also, 
 which betrayed him, 
 knew the place: for 
 Jesus ofttimes resort- 
 ed thither with his 
 disciples. 
 
 3 Judas then, having 
 received a band of men 
 and officers from the 
 chief priests and Pha- 
 risees, cometh thither 
 
 '•with lanterns and 
 torches and weapons. 
 
 4 Jesus therefore, 
 knowing all things that 
 
 J should come upon him, 
 ^went forth, and said 
 unto them, Whom seek 
 ye? 
 
 5 They answered him, 
 / Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, 
 i^I am he. And Judas 
 also, which betrayed 
 him, stood with them. 
 
 6 As soon then as he 
 
 had said unto them, I ?\ 
 am he, they went back- £^ 
 ward, and fell to the 
 ground. \/ 
 
 7 Then asked he them m 
 again, Whom seek ye ? \/ 
 And they said, Jesus \/ 
 of Nazareth. \/ 
 
 8 Jesus answered, I 
 have told you that I \ / 
 am he: if therefore ye yy 
 seek me, let these go w 
 their way: 
 
 9 That the saying || 
 might be fulfilled, 
 which he spake, Of y/ 
 them which thou gavest ^ > 
 me have I lost none. 
 
 10 Then Simon Peter 
 having a sword drew . ^ 
 it, and smote the high ^ 
 priest's servant, and\/ 
 cut off his right ear. I 
 The servant's name 
 was Malchus. X/ 
 
 11 Then said Jesus \/ 
 unto Peter, Put up thy ^ 
 sword into the sheath : ' 
 the cup which my 
 
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 Father hath given me, 
 shall I not drink it % 
 
 12 Then the band and 
 the captain and officers 
 of the Jews took Jesus, 
 and bound him, 
 
 13 And led him away 
 to Annas first; for he 
 was father in law to 
 Caiaphas, which was 
 the high priest that 
 same year. 
 
 14 Now Caiaphas was 
 he, which gave counsel 
 to the Jews, that it 
 was expedient that one 
 man should die for the 
 people. 
 
 15 f|nd Simon Peter 
 followed Jesus, and 
 so did another disci- 
 ple : that disciple was 
 known unto the high 
 priest, and went in with 
 Jesus into the palace of 
 the high priest. 
 
 16 But Peter stood 
 at the door without. 
 Then went out that 
 
 other disciple, which 1 
 was known unto the' 
 high priest, and spake 
 unto her that kept the 
 door, and brought in 
 Peter. 
 
 17 Then saith the 
 damsel that kept the 
 door unto Peter, Art 
 not thou also one of 
 this man's disciples? 
 He saith, I am not. 
 
 18 And the servants 
 and officers stood there, 
 who had made a fire 
 of coals ; for it was 
 cold : and they warmed ( 
 themselves : and Peter 
 stood with them, and 
 warmed himself. 
 
 19 |j§he high priest 
 then asked Jesus of« 
 his disciples, and of 
 his doctrine. 
 
 20 Jesus answered 
 him, I spake openly 
 to the world ; I ever 
 taught in the syna- 
 gogue, and in the tern- 
 
pie, whither the Jews 
 always resort; and in 
 secret have I said no- 
 thing. 
 
 21 Why askest thou 
 me? ask them which 
 heard me, what I have 
 said unto them : be- 
 hold, they know what 
 I said. 
 
 22 And when he had 
 thus spoken, one of the 
 officers which stood by 
 struck Jesus with the 
 palm of his hand, say- 
 ing, Answerest thou 
 the high priest so % 
 
 23 Jesus answered 
 him, If I have spoken 
 evil, bear witness of the 
 evil: but if well, why 
 smitest thou me ? 
 
 24 Now Annas had 
 sent him bound un- 
 to Caiaphas the high 
 priest. 
 
 25 And Simon Peter 
 stood and warmed him- 
 self. They said there- 
 
 fore unto him, Art not w 
 thou also one of his dis- , , 
 ciples ? He denied it, 
 and said, I am not. \f 
 
 26 One of the servants 
 of the high priest, be- s 'a 
 ing his kinsman whose *> <* 
 ear Peter cut off, saith, 
 Did not I see thee in v 
 the garden with him ? | g 
 
 27 Peter then denied " " 
 again : and immediate- , , 
 ly the cock crew. if 
 
 28 Uhen led they^ 
 Jesus from Caiaphas 
 unto the hall of judg- 
 ment : and it was early ; v g 
 and they themselves 
 went not into the judg- 
 ment hall, lest they 
 should be defiled; butJ^ 
 that they might eat the ' 
 passover. 
 
 29 Pilate then went 
 out unto them, andyi^" 
 said, What accusation 
 bring ye against this % 
 man % 
 
 They answered 
 
and said unto him, If 
 he were not a malefac- 
 \|/ tor, we would not have 
 delivered him up unto 
 f thee. 
 
 31 Then said Pilate 
 unto them, Take ye 
 him, and judge him 
 according to your law. 
 
 ^ l>The Jews therefore 
 " ' said unto him, It is 
 ' not lawful for us to 
 j^put any man to death: 
 
 32 That the saying of 
 Jesus might be fili- 
 al* filled, which he spake, 
 v signifying what death 
 
 \/he should die. 
 
 33 Then Pilate en- 
 into the judg- 
 hall again, and 
 
 called Jesus, and said 
 ^^unto him, Art thou the 
 King of the Jews ? 
 
 34 Jesus answered 
 \J/him, Sayest thou this 
 
 thing of thyself, or did 
 
 Xtered 
 ment 
 
 v 
 
 others tell it thee of me? 
 35 Pilate answered, 
 
 Am I a Jew? Thine 
 own nation and the 
 chief priests have de- 
 livered thee unto me: 
 what hast thou clone ? 
 
 36 Jesus answered, 
 My kingdom is not of 
 this world : if my king- 
 dom 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. 
 
 37 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. 
 
 38 Pilate saith unto 
 him, What is truth ? 
 
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 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. 
 
 39 But ye have a cus- 
 tom, that I should re- 
 lease unto you one at 
 the passover: will ye 
 therefore that I release 
 unto you the King of 
 the Jews ? 
 
 40 Then cried they 
 all again, saying, Not 
 this man, but Barab- 
 bas. Now Barabbas 
 was a robber. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 HEN Pilate 
 therefore 
 took Jesus, 
 and scourg- 
 ed him. 
 2 And the soldiers 
 platted a crown of 
 thorns, and put it on 
 his head, and they put 
 on him a purple robe, 
 
 3 And said, Hail, 
 King of the Jews ! and 
 they smote him with 
 their hands. 
 
 4 Pilate therefore 
 went forth again, and 
 saith unto them, Be- 
 hold, I bring him forth 
 to you, that ye may 
 know that I find no 
 fault in him. 
 
 5 Then came Jesus 
 forth, wearing the 
 crown of thorns, and 
 the purple robe. And 
 Pilate saith unto them, 
 Behold the man ! 
 
 6 When the chief 
 priests therefore and 
 officers saw him, they 
 cried out, saying, Cru- 
 cify him, crucify him. 
 Pilate saith unto them, 
 Take ye him, and cru- 
 cify him: for I find no 
 fault in him. 
 
 7 The Jews answered 
 him, We have a law, 
 and by our law he 
 
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ought to die, because 
 y[ he made himself the 
 g& Son of God. 
 | 8 J$$hen Pilate there- 
 
 Yfore heard that saying, 
 he was the more afraid ; 
 *"* 9 And went again in- 
 to the judgment hall, 
 and saith unto Jesus, 
 ,r Whence art thou ? But 
 \ / Jesus gave him no an- 
 » swer. 
 
 10 Then saith Pilate 
 unto him, Speakest 
 thou not unto me 1 
 
 Yknowest thou not that 
 I have power to crucify 
 thee, and have power 
 to release thee ? 
 
 11 Jesus answered, 
 Thou couldest have no 
 
 Y power at all against 
 me, except it were 
 given thee from above : 
 therefore he that de- 
 livered me unto thee 
 - hath the greater sin. 
 \ / 12 And from thence- 
 V forth Pilate sought 
 
 release him : but the 
 Jews cried out, say- 
 ing, If thou let this 
 man go, thou art not 
 Caesar's friend : whoso- 
 ever maketh himself a 
 king speak eth against 
 Caesar. 
 
 13 Ifhen Pilate 
 therefore heard that 
 saying, he brought Je- 
 sus forth, and sat down 
 in the judgment seat 
 in a place that is call- 
 ed the Pavement, but 
 in the Hebrew, Gab- 
 batha. 
 
 14 And it was the 
 preparation of the 
 passover, and about 
 the sixth hour: and he 
 saith unto the Jews, 
 Behold your King ! 
 
 15 But they cried 
 out, Away with him, 
 away with him, crucify 
 him. Pilate saith un- 
 to them, Shall I cru- 
 
 ify vour Kins'? The 
 
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 chief priests answered, 
 We have no king but 
 «£• Caesar. 
 y^Ti 16 Then delivered 
 *\ / yT~ he him therefore unto 
 \ Iryf them to be crucified. 
 
 HL2 And they took Jesus, 
 V and led him away. 
 
 17 And he bearing 
 his cross went forth 
 into a place called the 
 place of a skull, which 
 is called in the Hebrew 
 
 CjL>r 18 Where they cru- 
 i cified him, and two 
 A/CTv Mother with him, on 
 OL? either side one, and 
 
 19 §|nd Pilate wrote 
 a title, and put it on 
 
 *the cross. And the 
 writing was, JESUS 
 
 /of nazabeth 
 ' the king of the 
 
 r» JEWS. 
 
 20 This title then 
 ( read many of the Jews : 
 for the place where Je- 
 
 sus was crucified was^^ 
 nigh to the city: and^^ 
 it was written in He- 
 brew, and Greek, and\/ 
 Latin. |p 
 
 21 Then said the chief \/ 
 priests of the Jews to \/ 
 Pilate, Write not, The \/ 
 King of the Jews; but ^ 
 that he said, I am w 
 King of the Jews. v * 
 
 22 Pilate answered, . . 
 What I have written 
 
 I have written. |jp 
 
 23 |§hen the soldiers, >yy 
 when they had cru- 
 
 cified Jesus, took his 
 
 v 
 
 garments, and made 
 four parts, to every sol- $1? 
 dier a part ; and also . . 
 his coat : now the coat * * 
 was without seam, \/ 
 woven from the top 
 throughout. ^ 
 24 They said there- V/ 
 fore among themselves, \ / 
 Let us not rend it, but y ^ 
 cast lots for it, whose 4 
 it shall be : that the 
 
ST*cJOH N • l& 
 
 scripture might be ful- 
 filled, which saith, They 
 parted my raiment 
 among them, and for 
 my vesture they did 
 cast lots. These things 
 therefore the soldiers 
 did. 
 
 25 }J|ow there stood 
 •by the cross of Jesus 
 his mother, and his 
 mother's sister, Mary 
 the wife of Cleophas, 
 and Mary Magdalene. 
 
 26 When Jesus there- 
 fore saw his mother, 
 and the disciple stand- 
 ing by, whom he loved, 
 he saith unto his mo- 
 ther, Woman, behold 
 thy son ! 
 
 27 Then saith he to 
 ,the disciple, Behold 
 thy mother ! And from 
 that hour that disciple 
 took her unto his own 
 home. 
 
 28 ||fter this, Jesus 
 knowing that all things 
 
 4a* 
 
 were now accomplish-^ 
 ed, that the scripture 
 might be fulfilled, saith, 
 I thirst. 
 
 29 Now there was set 
 a vessel full of vinegar : 
 and they filled a spunge 
 with vinegar, and put 
 it upon hyssop, and put 
 it to his mouth. 
 
 30 When Jesus there- 
 fore had received the 
 vinegar, he said, It is 
 finished: and he bowed 
 his head, and gave up 
 the ghost. 
 
 31 The Jews there- 
 fore, because it was 
 the preparation, that 
 the bodies should not 
 remain upon the cross 
 on the sabbath day, 
 (for that sabbath day 
 was an high day,) be- 
 sought Pilate that their 
 legs might be broken, 
 and that they might be 
 taken away. 
 
 32 Then came the 
 
soldiers, and brake the 
 legs of the first, and of 
 the other which was 
 crucified with him. 
 
 33 But when they 
 came to Jesus, and saw 
 that he was dead al- 
 ready, they brake not 
 his legs: 
 
 34 But one of the 
 soldiers with a spear 
 pierced his side, and 
 forthwith came there 
 out blood and water. 
 
 35 And he that saw 
 it bare record, and his 
 record is true : and he 
 knoweth that he saith 
 true, that ye might 
 believe. 
 
 36 For these things 
 were done, that the 
 scripture should be 
 fulfilled, A bone of him 
 shall not be broken. 
 
 37 And again another 
 scripture saith, They 
 shall look on him whom 
 they pierced. 
 
 38 g|nd after this 
 Joseph of Arimathaea, , , 
 being a disciple of 
 
 J esus, but secretly for \ / 
 fear of the Jews, be- 
 sought Pilate that he 'j 
 might take away the*\^ 
 body of Jesus: and 
 Pilate gave him leave. 
 He came therefore, k g 
 and took the body of " 
 Jesus. 
 
 39 And there came 
 also Mcodemus, which 
 at the first came to 
 Jesus by night, and 
 brought a mixture of v g 
 myrrh and aloes, a \ " 
 bout an hundred pound 
 weight. 
 
 40 Then took theyV. 
 the body of Jesus, ' 
 and wound it in linen s< 
 clothes with the spices, 
 
 as the manner of they^ 
 Jews is to bury. 
 
 41 Now in the place 1 ' 
 where he was crucified^) ^ 
 there was a garden ; 
 
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 STcJOHN'20 
 
 and in the garden a 
 new sepulchre, where- 
 in was never man yet 
 laid. 
 
 42 There laid they 
 Jesus therefore be- 
 cause of the Jews' pre- 
 paration day; for the 
 sepulchre was nigh at 
 hand. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 V 
 
 HE first da^ 
 of the week 
 cometh Mary 
 Magdalene 
 early, when 
 it was yet dark, unto 
 the sepulchre, and 
 seeth the stone taken 
 away from the sepul- 
 chre. 
 
 2 Then she runneth, 
 and cometh to Simon 
 Peter, and to the other 
 disciple, whom Jesus 
 loved, and saith unto 
 them, They have taken 
 away the Lord out of 
 
 the sepulchre, and we 
 know not where they 
 have laid him. 
 
 3 Peter therefore 
 went forth, and that 
 other disciple, and 
 came to the sepulchre. 
 
 4 So they ran both to- 
 gether : and the other 
 disciple did outrun 
 Peter, and came first 
 to the sepulchre. 
 
 5 And he stooping 
 down, and looking in, 
 saw the linen clothes 
 lying; yet went he not 
 in. 
 
 6 Then cometh Simon 
 Peter following him, 
 and went into the se- 
 pulchre, and seeth the 
 linen clothes lie, 
 
 7 And the napkin, 
 that was about his 
 head, not lying with 
 the linen clothes, but 
 wrapped together in a 
 place by itself. 
 
 8 Then went in also 
 
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 that other disciple, 
 which came first to the 
 sepulchre, and he saw, 
 and believed. 
 
 9 For as yet they 
 knew not the scripture, 
 that he must rise again 
 from the dead. 
 
 10 Then the disciples 
 went away again unto 
 their own home. 
 
 11 J^ut Mary stood 
 without at the sepul- 
 chre weeping: and as 
 she wept, she stooped 
 down, and looked into 
 the sepulchre, 
 
 12 And seeth two an- 
 gels in white sitting, 
 the one at the head, 
 and the other at the 
 feet, where the body of 
 Jesus had lain. 
 
 13 And they say un- 
 to her, Woman, why 
 weepest thou ? She 
 saith unto them, Be- 
 cause they have taken 
 away my Lord, and I 
 
 know not where they 
 have laid him. 
 
 14 And when she had 
 thus said, she turned 
 herself back, and saw 
 Jesus standing, and 
 knew not that it was 
 J esus. 
 
 15 Jesus saith unto 
 her, Woman, why weep- 
 est thou ? whom seek- 
 est thou? She, sup- ^ . 
 posing him to be the 4 
 gardener, saith unto W r 
 him, Sir, if thou have * 
 borne him hence, tell ^ £ 
 me where thou hast 
 laid him, and I will 
 take him away. 
 
 16 Jesus saith unto V 
 her, Mary. She turned 
 herself, and saith unto 
 him, Eabboni; which i Z 
 is to say, Master. \ j 
 
 17 Jesus saith unto ^/ 
 her, Touch me not; for ? f 
 I am not yet ascended / 
 to my Father: but go 1 j 
 to my brethren, and say 1 9 
 
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STcJOHN-20 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 unto them, I ascend 
 unto my Father, and 
 your Father ; and to 
 my God, and your God. 
 
 18 Mary Magdalene 
 came and told the dis- 
 ciples that she had 
 seen the Lord, and that 
 he had spoken these 
 things unto her. 
 
 19 fjfhen ^ ne same 
 day at evening, being 
 the first day of the 
 week, when the doors 
 were shut where the 
 disciples were assem- 
 bled for fear of the 
 Jews, came Jesus and 
 stood in the midst, and 
 saith unto them, Peace 
 be unto you. 
 
 20 And when he had 
 so said, he shewed unto 
 them his hands and 
 his side. Then were 
 the disciples glad, when 
 they saw the Lord. 
 
 21 Then said Jesus 
 to them again, Peace 
 
 be unto you : as my 
 Father hath sent me, 
 even so send I you. 
 
 22 And when he had 
 said this, he breathed 
 on them, and saith un- 
 to them, Receive ye the 
 Holy Ghost: 
 
 23 Whose soever sins 
 ye remit, they are re- 
 mitted unto them ; and 
 whose soever sins ye re- 
 tain, they are retained. 
 
 24 gut Thomas, one 
 of the twelve, called 
 Didymus, was not with 
 them when J esus came. 
 
 25 The other disciples 
 therefore said unto 
 him, We have seen the 
 Lord. But he said un- 
 to them, Except I shall 
 see in his hands the 
 print of the nails, and 
 put my finger into the 
 print of the nails, and 
 thrust my hand into 
 his side, I will not be- 
 lieve. 
 
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 after eight 
 
 26 glnd 
 days again his disci- 
 pies were within, and 
 Thomas with them : 
 then came Jesus, the 
 
 \ doors being shut, and 
 
 (Z$J* stood in the midst, and 
 
 V\ r*hlC sa *^> P eace be unto you. 
 
 27 Then saith he to 
 Thomas, Reach hither 
 thy finger, and behold 
 my hands ; and reach 
 hither thy hand, and 
 thrust it into my side : 
 
 -^^N^and be not faithless, 
 ^ but believing. 
 
 28 And Thomas an- 
 swered and said unto 
 Ihim, My Lord and my 
 God. 
 
 29 Jesus saith unto 
 him, Thomas, because 
 thou hast seen me, thou 
 hast believed : blessed 
 are they that have not 
 
 <»seen, and yet have be- 
 lieved. 
 
 30 f|nd many other 
 signs truly did Jesus 
 
 in the presence of his 
 disciples, which are not £ ^ 
 written in this book : 
 
 31 But these are writ- V/ 
 ten, that ye might be- 
 lieve that Jesus is the V/ 
 Christ, the Son of God; \/ 
 and that believing ye \/ 
 might have life through ^ £ 
 his name. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. ^ 
 
 FTER these V 
 things Jesus |j| 
 shewed him-yy 
 self again to 
 the disciples 
 at the sea of Tiberias; * 
 and on this wise shew- ^ ^ 
 ed he himself. . > 
 
 2 There were toge- ^ 
 ther Simon Peter, and \ / 
 Thomas called Didy- Jf 
 mus, and Nathanael of IP 
 Cana in Galilee, and V/ 
 the sons of Zebedee, \/ 
 and two other of his ^ 
 disciples. 
 
 3 Simon Peter saith 
 
STcJOHN-2I 
 
 unto them, I go a fish- 
 ing. They say unto 
 him, We also go with 
 thee. They went forth, 
 and entered into a ship 
 immediately; and that 
 night they caught no- 
 thing. 
 
 4 But when the morn- 
 ing was now come, 
 Jesus stood on the 
 shore : but the disciples 
 knew not that it was 
 J esus. 
 
 5 Then Jesus saith 
 unto them, Children, 
 have ye any meat ? 
 They answered him, 
 No. 
 
 6 And he said unto 
 them, Cast the net on 
 the right side of the 
 ship, and ye shall find. 
 They cast therefore, 
 and now they were not 
 able to draw it for the 
 multitude of fishes. 
 
 7 Therefore that dis- 
 ciple whom Jesus lov- 
 
 ed saith unto Peter, 
 It is the Lord. Now 
 when Simon Peter 
 heard that it was the 
 Lord, he girt his fish- 
 er's coat unto him, (for 
 he was naked,) and 
 did cast himself into 
 the sea. 
 
 8 And the other dis- 
 ciples came in a little 
 ship ; (for they were 
 not far from land, but 
 as it were two hun- 
 dred cubits,) dragging 
 the net with fishes. 
 
 9 As soon then as 
 they were come to 
 land, they saw a fire 
 of coals there, and 
 fish laid thereon, and 
 bread. 
 
 10 Jesus saith unto 
 them, Bring of the fish 
 which ye have now 
 caught. 
 
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 fishes, an hundred and 
 fifty and three : and 
 for all there were so 
 many, yet was not the 
 net broken. 
 
 12 Jesus saith unto 
 them, Come and dine. 
 And none of the dis- 
 ciples durst ask him, 
 Who art thou ? know- 
 ing that it was the 
 Lord. 
 
 13 Jesus then com- 
 eth, and taketh bread, 
 and giveth them, and 
 fish likewise. 
 
 14 This is now the 
 third time that Jesus 
 shewed himself to his 
 disciples, after that he 
 was risen from the 
 dead. 
 
 15 ^|o when they had 
 dined, Jesus saith to 
 Simon Peter, Simon, 
 son of Jonas, lovest 
 thou me more than 
 
 He saith unto 
 Lord; thou 
 
 knowest that I love 
 thee. He saith unto 
 him, Feed my lambs. 
 
 16 He saith to him \f 
 again the second time, 
 Simon, son of Jonas, 
 lovest thou me ? He *y* 
 saith unto him, Yea, 
 Lord ; thou knowest 
 that I love thee. He i g 
 saith unto him, Feed ™ 
 my sheep. 
 
 17 He saith unto him jt 
 the third time, Simon, *y* 
 son of Jonas, lovest 
 thou me % Peter was 
 grieved because he said v g 
 unto him the third \r 
 time, Lovest thou me % 
 And he said unto him, 
 Lord, thou knowest J ^ 
 all things; thou know- 
 est that I love thee. >r 
 Jesus saith unto him, 
 Feed my sheep. ^ f 
 
 18 Verily, verily, I 
 say unto thee, When ' ' 
 thou wast young, thou^j ^ 
 girdedst thyself, and ' 
 
^"^walkedst whither thou 
 v wouldest : but when 
 
 \/ thou shalt be old, thou 
 , , shalt stretch forth thy 
 
 •v/* hands, and another 
 
 * * shall gird thee, and 
 
 carry thee whither thou 
 J? . wouldest not. 
 ^ 19 This spake he, sig- 
 v nifying by what death 
 he should glorify God. 
 1 ' And when he had spo- 
 j£ken this, he saith unto 
 JX him, Follow me. 
 
 20 Then Peter, turn- 
 •><* ing about, seeth the 
 v disciple whom Jesus 
 
 \ / loved following ; which 
 also leaned on his 
 
 * abreast at supper, and 
 J '% said, Lord, which is he 
 
 that betrayeth thee ? 
 
 21 Peter seeing him 
 saith to Jesus, Lord, 
 
 f and what shall this 
 man do f 
 
 22 Jesus saith unto 
 
 * m him, If I will that he 
 
 tarry till I come, what 
 
 is that to thee % follow 
 thou me. 
 
 23 Then went this 
 saying abroad among 
 the brethren, that that 
 disciple should not die : 
 yet Jesus said not unto 
 him, He shall not die; 
 but, If I will that he 
 tarry till I come, what 
 is that to thee ? 
 
 24 This is the disci- 
 ple which testifieth of 
 these things, and wrote 
 these things : and we 
 know that his testi- 
 mony is true. 
 
 25 And there are al- 
 so many others things 
 which Jesus did, the 
 which, if they should 
 be written every one, 
 I suppose that even 
 the world itself could 
 not contain the books 
 that should be written. 
 
 Hmen,