The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.

[ A] * 1.1ANd it came to passe / when Iesus had fy¦nisshed all these sayinges / he sayd vn∣to his disciples: ✚ Ye knowe that after ii. dayes shalbe ester / & the sonne of man shal∣be delyvered to be crucified.

Then assembled togedder the chefe prestes and the scribes and the elders of the people to the palice of the hye preste / called Cayphas / * 1.2 and heelde a counsell / how they mygt take Ie¦sus by suttelte and kyll him. But they sayd / not on the holy daye / lest eny vproure aryse a∣monge the people.

* 1.3When Iesus was in Bethany / in the hou∣se of Symon the leper / ther came vnto him a woman / which had an alablaster boxe of pre¦cious oyntment / and powred it on his heed / as he sate at the bourde. When his disciples sa∣we that / they had indignacion sayinge: what neded this wast? This oyntmēt myght have bene well solde / & geven to the povre. When Iesus vnderstod that / he sayde vnto thē: why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a

good worke apon me. For ye shall have poore folcke alwayes with you: but me shall ye not have all wayes. And in y^t she casted this oynt¦ment on my bodye / she dyd it to burye me w^t all. Verely I saye vnto you / wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached throughoute all the worlde / there shall also this that she hath do∣ne / be tolde for a memoriall of her.

[ B] * 1.4Then one of the twelve called Iudas Isca¦rioth / went vnto the chefe prestes / and sayd: what will ye geve me / and I will deliver him vnto you? And they apoynted vnto him thir∣ty peces of sylver. And from that tyme he sought oportunite to betraye him.

* 1.5The fyrst daye of swete breed y^e disciples cam to Iesus sayinge vnto him: where wylt thou that we prepare for y^e to eate y^e paschall lambe? And he sayd: Go into the cite / vnto so∣che a man / and saye to him: the master sayeth / my tyme is at hande / I will kepe myne ester at thy housse with my desciples. And the di∣sciples did as Iesus had apoynted them / and made redy the ester lambe.

* 1.6When the even was come / he sate doune w^t the .xii. And as they dyd eate / he sayde: Verely I saye vnto you / that one of you shall betraye me. And they were excedinge sorowfull / & be∣ganne every one of thē to saye vnto him: is it I master? He answered & sayde: he y^t deppeth his honde w^t me in y^e disshe / the same shall be∣traye me. The sonne of mā goeth as it is writ¦ten of him:* 1.7 but wo be to y^t mā / by whom y^e son¦ne of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good

for that man / yf he had never bene borne.

[ C] * 1.8Then Iudas wich betrayed him / answered and sayde: is it I master? He sayde vnto him: thou hast sayde. As they dyd eate / Iesus toke breed & gave thankes / brake it / & gave it to the disciples / & sayde: Take / eate / this is my body. And he toke the cup / and thanked / and gave it them / sayinge: drinke of it every one. For this is my bloude of the new testament / that shalbe shedde for many / for the remission of synnes. I saye vnto you: I will not drinke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tree / vn∣tyll that daye / when I shall drinke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome.

* 1.9And when they had sayde grace / they went out into mounte olyvete. Then sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shallbe offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will smyte y^e shepeherde / & the shepe of y^e flocke shalbe scattered abroode. But after I am rysen ageyne / I will goo before you into Galile. Peter answered / & sayde vnto him: though all men shulde be offended by y^e / yet wolde I never be offended. Iesus sayde vnto him. * 1.10Verely I saye vnto y^e / that this same night before the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse. Peter sayde vnto him: Yf I shulde dye with y^e / yet wolde I not denye y^e. Lyke wyse also sayde all y^e disciples.

[ D] * 1.11Then went Iesus with them into a place which is called Gethsemane / and sayde vnto the disciples / syt ye here / whyll I go & praye yonder. And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of zebede / & began to wexe sorow∣full

and to be in an agonye. Then sayd Iesus vnto them: my soule is hevy even vnto the deeth. Tary ye here & watche w^t me. And he went a lytell aparte / and fell flat on his face / and prayed sayinge: O my father / yf it be pos∣sible / let this cuppe passe from me: neverthe∣lesse / not as I wyll / but as thou wylt. And he* 1.12 came vnto the disciples / and founde them aslepe / and sayde to Peter: what / coulde ye not watche with me one houre: watche & praye / that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge / but the flesshe is weake.

He went awaye once moare / & prayed / sayin∣ge: O my father / yf this cuppe can not passe away from me / but y^t I drinke of it / thy wyll be fulfylled. And he came / & founde thē aslepe agayne. For their eyes were hevy. And he lef∣te them & went agayne and prayed y^e thrid ty∣me sayinge y^e same wordes. Then came he to his disciples & sayd vnto them: Slepe hence forth & take youre reest. Take hede the houre is at honde / & y^e sonne of man shalbe betrayed into y^e hondes of synners. Ryse / let vs be goin∣ge: beholde / he is at honde y^t shall betraye me. * 1.13Whyll he yet spake: lo / Iudas one of y^e xii. ca¦me & w^t him a greate multitude w^t sweardes & staves / sent from the chefe prestes & elders [ E] of the people. And he that betrayed him / had geven thē a token / sayinge: whosoever I kys∣se / y^t same is he / ley hond{is} on him. And forth w^t all he came to Iesus / & sayde: hayle master / and kyssed him.* 1.14 And Iesus sayde vnto him: frende / wherfore arte thou come? Then came

they and layed hondes on Iesus & toke him.

And beholde / one of them which were with Iesus / stretched oute his honde and drue his swearde / and stroke a servaunt of the hye pre∣ste / and smote of his eare. Then sayde Iesus vnto him: put vp thy swearde into his shea∣the. * 1.15For all that ley hond on y^e swearde / shall perisshe with y^e swearde. Ether thinkest thou that I cannot now praye to my father / & he shall geve me moo then .xii. legions of angel∣les?* 1.16 But how then shuld the scriptures be fulfylled: for so must it be.

[ F] The same tyme sayd Iesus to the multi∣tude:ye be come out as it were vnto a thefe / with sweardes & staves for to take me. I sa∣te daylie teachinge in the temple amōge you and ye toke me not. * 1.17All this was done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be ful∣filled. * 1.18Then all the disciples forsoke him and fleed. And they toke Iesus and leed him to Cayphas the hye preeste / where the Scribes and the Elders where assembled. And Peter folowed him a farre of / vnto the hye prestes place: and went in / and sate with the servaun∣tes / to se the ende.

* 1.19The chefe prestes and the elders / and all the counsell / sought false witnes agenste Ie∣sus / for to put him to deeth / but founde none: in somoche that when many false witnesses cam / yet founde they none. At the last came two false witnesses and sayd: * 1.20This felowe sayde: I can distroye the temple of God / and bylde it agayne in .iii. dayes.

And the chefe preste arose / & sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it y^t these beare witnes ageynst the? But Iesus helde his peace: And the chefe Preeste answered / and sayd to him: I charge the in the name of the lyvinge God / that thou tell vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God. Iesus sayd to him: thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you / hereafter shall ye se the sonne of mā syttinge on the right honde of power / and co∣me in the clowddes of the skye.

[ G] Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayin¦ge:He hath blasphemed: what nede we of eny moo witnesses? Behold now ye have hearde his blasphemy: what thinke ye? They ans∣wered and sayd: he his worthy to dye. Then spat they in his face / and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes on ye face / sayinge: tell vs thou Christ / who is he that smote the?

* 1.21Peter sate with out in the palice. And a damsell came to him sayinge: Thou also wa∣ste w^t Iesus of Galilee: but he denyed before thē all sayinge: I woot not what thou sayst. When he was goone out into the poorche / another wenche sawe him / & sayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth. And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man. And af∣ter a whyle came vnto him they y^t stode bye / and sayde vnto Peter: suerly thou arte even one of thē / for thy speache bewreyeth y^e. Then beganne he to course & to sweare / that he kne∣we

not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe. And Peter remembred the wordes of Iesu which sayde vnto him: before the cocke crowe / thou shalt deny me thryse: and went out at the dores and wepte bitterly.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The pas∣sion. Mar. xiiij a. Luk. xxij. a.
• * 1.2

  Cayphas
• * 1.3

  Io. xij. a. Marc. xiiij. a. He is an∣noynted.
• * 1.4

  He is sol¦de. Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.
• * 1.5

  Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.
• * 1.6

  Mar. xiiij lu. xxij. b Io. xiij. b
• * 1.7

  Psa. x••. c
• * 1.8

  The insti¦tucion of the sacra∣ment. j. cor. xj. c Lu. xxij.
• * 1.9

  Mar. xiiij c. Luk. xxij. b. Io. xviij. a. zacha. xiij. c. mar. xiiij c. &. xv••••••
• * 1.10

  Mar. xiiij c. lu. xxij b. Ioan. xiij. d.
• * 1.11

  Mar. xiii•• d. Luk. xxij. d.
• * 1.12

  He arme∣th him selfe aga¦ynst the passion.
• * 1.13

  Marc. xiiij. c. lu. xxij. e Iohan. xviij. a.
• * 1.14

  He is be∣trayed.
• * 1.15

  Gen. ix. •• apo. xiij. c
• * 1.16

  Esaie. liiij. c.
• * 1.17

  thre. iiij. d
• * 1.18

  Mar. .xiiij. f. lu. xxij. f Io. viij. c He is ta∣ken.
• * 1.19

  He is fal∣selye ac∣cused.
• * 1.20

  Io. ij. d.
• * 1.21

  Mar. xiiij Lu. xxij f Io. xviij c Peter de∣nyeth.