Matthew 26:52-75 ▼

52 Then sayde Iesus vnto him: put vp thy swearde into his sheathe. For all that ley hond on ye swearde shall perisshe with ye swearde.

53 Ether thinkest thou that I cannot now praye to my father and he shall geve me moo then .xii. legions of angelles?

54 But how then shuld the scriptures be fulfylled: for so must it be.

55 The same tyme sayd Iesus to the multitude: ye be come out as it were vnto a thefe with sweardes and staves for to take me. I sate daylie teachinge in the temple amoge you and ye toke me not.

56 All this was done that the scriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfilled.

57 Then 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.

58 And Peter folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes place: and went in and sate with the servauntes to se the ende.

59 The chefe prestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false witnes agenste Iesus for to put him to deeth

60 but founde none: in somoche that when many false witnesses cam yet founde they none. At the last came two false witnesses

61 and sayd: This felowe sayde: I can distroye the temple of God and bylde it agayne in .iii. dayes.

62 And the chefe preste arose and sayde to him: answerest thou nothinge? How is it yt these beare witnes ageynst the?

63 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.

64 Iesus sayd to him: thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye se the sonne of ma syttinge on the right honde of power and come in the clowddes of the skye.

65 Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayinge: He hath blasphemed: what nede we of eny moo witnesses? Behold now ye have hearde his blasphemy:

66 what thinke ye? They answered and sayd: he his worthy to dye.

67 Then spat they in his face and boffeted him with fistes. And other smote him with the palme af their hondes

68 on ye face sayinge: tell vs thou Christ who is he that smote the?

69 Peter sate with out in the palice. And a damsell came to him sayinge: Thou also waste wt Iesus of Galilee:

70 but he denyed before the all sayinge: I woot not what thou sayst.

71 When he was goone out into the poorche another wenche sawe him and sayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth.

72 And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man.

73 And after a whyle came vnto him they yt stode bye and sayde vnto Peter: suerly thou arte even one of the for thy speache bewreyeth ye.

74 Then beganne he to course and to sweare that he knewe not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe.

75 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.