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"Jesus Alone On the Cross "
-- byJames Tissot |
FIRST
READING:
Isaiah 52:
13 -- 53:
12
13
Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and
extolled, and shall be exceeding high.
14
As many have been astonished at thee, so shall his visage be
inglorious among men, and his form among the sons of men.
15
He shall sprinkle many nations, kings shall shut their mouth at him:
for they to whom it was not told of him, have seen: and they that
heard not, have beheld.
1
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord
revealed?
2
And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out
of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and
we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be
desirous of him:
3
Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and
despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
4
Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we
have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and
afflicted.
5
But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are
healed.
6
All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into
his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7
He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his
mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb
as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.
8
He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare
his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living:
for the wickedness of my people have I struck him.
9
And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his
death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in
his mouth.
10
And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay
down his life for sin, he shall see a long-lived seed, and the will
of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand.
11
Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his
knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear
their iniquities.
12
Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the
spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death,
and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many,
and hath prayed for the transgressors.
PSALM:
Psalms 31:
2, 6, 12 - 13, 15 - 17, 25
2
In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me
in thy justice.
6
Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord,
the God of truth.
12
I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my
neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without
fled from me.
13
I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel
that is destroyed.
15
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
16
My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies;
and from them that persecute me.
17
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
25
Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope
in the Lord.
SECOND
READING:
Hebrews 4:
14 - 16; 5:
7 - 9
14
Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.
15
For we have not a high priest, who can not have compassion on our
infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without
sin.
16
Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we
may obtain mercy, and find grace in seasonable aid.
7
Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering
up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from
death, was heard for his reverence.
8
And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the
things which he suffered:
9
And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of
eternal salvation.
VERSE
BEFORE THE GOSPEL:
Philippians 2:
8 - 9
Christ
humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death,
even
to the death of the cross.
For
which cause God also hath exalted him
and
hath given him a name which is above all names.
GOSPEL:
John 18:
1 -- 19:
42
1
When Jesus had said these things, he went forth with his disciples
over the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he
entered with his disciples.
2
And Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus had
often resorted thither together with his disciples.
3
Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers and servants from
the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and
torches and weapons.
4
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went
forth, and said to them: Whom seek ye?
5
They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them: I am he.
And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them.
6
As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he; they went
backward, and fell to the ground.
7
Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of
Nazareth.
8
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he. If therefore you seek
me, let these go their way.
9
That the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them whom thou
hast given me, I have not lost any one.
10
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and struck the servant of
the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the
servant was Malchus.
11
Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the scabbard.
The chalice which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12
Then the band and the tribune, and the servants of the Jews, took
Jesus, and bound him:
13
And they led him away to Annas first, for he was father in law to
Caiphas, who was the high priest of that year.
14
Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews: That it was
expedient that one man should die for the people.
15
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. And that
disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into
the court of the high priest.
16
But Peter stood at the door without. The other disciple therefore,
who was known to the high priest, went out, and spoke to the
portress, and brought in Peter.
17
The maid therefore that was portress, saith to Peter: Art not thou
also one of this man's disciples? He saith: I am not.
18
Now the servants and ministers stood at a fire of coals, because it
was cold, and warmed themselves. And with them was Peter also,
standing, and warming himself.
19
The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his
doctrine.
20
Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world: I have always
taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither all the Jews
resort; and in secret I have spoken nothing.
21
Why asketh thou me? ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto
them: behold they know what things I have said.
22
And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by,
gave Jesus a blow, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so?
23
Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the
evil; but if well, why strikest thou me?
24
And Annas sent him bound to Caiphas the high priest.
25
And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself. They said
therefore to him: Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied
it, and said: I am not.
26
One of the servants of the high priest (a kinsman to him whose ear
Peter cut off) saith to him: Did I not see thee in the garden with
him?
27
Again therefore Peter denied; and immediately the cock crew.
28
Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was
morning; and they went not into the hall, that they might not be
defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.
29
Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation bring
you against this man?
30
They answered, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would
not have delivered him up to thee.
31
Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and judge him according
to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us
to put any man to death;
32
That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said, signifying
what death he should die.
33
Pilate therefore went into the hall again, and called Jesus, and said
to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?
34
Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others
told it thee of me?
35
Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests,
have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?
36
Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were
of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not
be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
37
Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered:
Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came
I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every
one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.
38
Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went
out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.
39
But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the
pasch: will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the
Jews?
40
Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas. Now
Barabbas was a robber.
1
Then therefore, Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him.
2
And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head;
and they put on him a purple garment.
3
And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave
him blows.
4
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring
him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him.
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5
(Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the
purple garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.
6
When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants, had seen him,
they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith to
them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.
7
The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he
ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8
When Pilate therefore had heard this saying, he feared the more.
9
And he entered into the hall again, and he said to Jesus: Whence art
thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10
Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou
not that I have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release
thee?
11
Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless
it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me
to thee, hath the greater sin.
12
And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried
out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend.
For whosoever maketh himself a king, speaketh against Caesar.
13
Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and
sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called
Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.
14
And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he
saith to the Jews: Behold your king.
15
But they cried out: Away with him; away with him; crucify him. Pilate
saith to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered:
We have no king but Caesar.
16
Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they
took Jesus, and led him forth.
17
And bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place which is
called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.
18
Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side,
and Jesus in the midst.
19
And Pilate wrote a title also, and he put it upon the cross. And the
writing was: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
20
This title therefore many of the Jews did read: because the place
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in
Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
21
Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Write not, The
King of the Jews; but that he said, I am the King of the Jews.
22
Pilate answered: What I have written, I have written.
23
The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took his
garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part,) and
also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top
throughout.
24
They said then one to another: Let us not cut it, but let us cast
lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be
fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among them, and upon
my vesture they have cast lots. And the soldiers indeed did these
things.
25
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalen.
26
When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing
whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son.
27
After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from
that hour, the disciple took her to his own.
28
Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that
the scripture might be fulfilled, said: I thirst.
29
Now there was a vessel set there full of vinegar. And they, putting a
sponge full of vinegar and hyssop, put it to his mouth.
30
Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is
consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.
31
Then the Jews, (because it was the parasceve,) that the bodies might
not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that was a great
sabbath day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and
that they might be taken away.
32
The soldiers therefore came; and they broke the legs of the first,
and of the other that was crucified with him.
33
But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already
dead, they did not break his legs.
34
But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately
there came out blood and water.
35
And he that saw it, hath given testimony, and his testimony is true.
And he knoweth that he saith true; that you also may believe.
36
For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled:
You shall not break a bone of him.
37
And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they
pierced.
38
And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (because he was a
disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews) besought Pilate
that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave leave. He
came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39
And Nicodemus also came, (he who at the first came to Jesus by
night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound
weight.
40
They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths,
with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41
Now there was in the place where he was crucified, a garden; and in
the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid.
42
There, therefore, because of the parasceve of the Jews, they laid
Jesus, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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"Jesus in the Sepulchre "
-- byJames Tissot
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