Luke 22-23
1599 Geneva Bible
22 3 Judas selleth Christ. 7 The Apostles prepare the Passover. 24 They strive who shall be chiefest. 31 Satan desireth them. 35 Christ showeth that they wanted nothing. 42 He prayeth in the mount. 44 He sweateth blood. 50 Malchus’s ear cut off and healed. 57, 58, 60 Peter denieth Christ thrice. 63 Christ is mocked and strooken. 69 He confesseth himself to be the Son of God.
1 Now (A)the [a]feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
2 And the high Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.
3 (B)[b]Then entered Satan into Judas, who was called Iscariot, and was of the number of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed with the high Priests and [c]captains, how he might betray him to them.
5 So they were glad, and agreed to give him money.
6 And he consented, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them, when the people were [d]away.
7 ¶ (C)[e]Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the Passover [f]must be sacrificed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the [g]Passover that we may eat it.
9 And they said to him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare it?
10 Then he said unto them, Behold, when ye be entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water: follow him into the house that he entereth in,
11 And say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the lodging where I shall eat my Passover with my disciples?
12 Then he shall show you a great high chamber trimmed: there make it ready.
13 So they went, and found as he had said unto them, and made ready the Passover.
14 (D)[h]And when the [i]hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve Apostles with him.
15 Then he said unto them, I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you, before I [j]suffer.
16 For I say unto you, Henceforth I will not eat of it anymore, until it be fulfilleth in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among you:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God be come.
19 (E)[k]And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in the remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also after supper he took the cup, saying, This [l]cup is [m]that new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21 (F)[n]Yet behold, the [o]hand of him that betrayeth me, is with me at the table.
22 [p]And truly the Son of man goeth as it is appointed: but woe be to that man by whom he is betrayed.
23 Then they began to inquire among themselves which of them it should be, that should do that.
24 ¶ (G)[q]And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seem to be the greatest.
25 But he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles reign over them, and they that bear rule over them, are called [r]bountiful.
26 But ye shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serveth.
27 For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serveth.
28 [s]And ye are they which have continued with me in my tentations.
29 Therefore I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me,
30 (H)That ye may eat, and drink at my table, in my kingdom, and sit on seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 ¶ [t]And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, (I)Satan hath desired you, [u]to winnow you as wheat.
32 [v]But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: therefore when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
33 (J)[w]And he said unto him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee into prison, and to death.
34 But he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before thou hast thrice denied that thou knewest me.
35 ¶ And he said unto them, (K)When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.
36 [x]Then he said to them, But now he that hath a bag, let him take it, and likewise a scrip: and he that hath none, let him sell his coat, and buy a sword.
37 For I say unto you, That yet the same which is written, must be performed in me, (L)Even with the wicked was he numbered: for doubtless those things which are written of me, have an end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
39 ¶ (M)And he came out, and went (as he was wont) to the mount of Olives: and his disciples also followed him.
40 (N)[y]And when he came to the place, he said to them, Pray, lest ye enter into tentation.
41 [z]And he was drawn aside from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, If thou wilt, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.
43 And there appeared an Angel unto him from heaven, comforting him.
44 But being in an [aa]agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like [ab]drops of blood, trickling down to the ground.
45 [ac]And he rose up from prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping for heaviness.
46 And he said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into tentation.
47 ¶ (O)[ad]And while he yet spake, behold, a company, and he that was called Judas one of the twelve, went before them, and came near unto Jesus to kiss him.
48 And Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
49 [ae]Now when they which were about him, saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
50 And one of them smote a servant of the high Priest, and struck off his right ear.
51 Then Jesus answered, and said, Suffer them thus far: and he touched his ear, and healed him.
52 [af]Then Jesus said unto the high Priests, and captains of the Temple, and the Elders which were come to him, Be ye come out as unto a thief with swords and staves?
53 When I was daily with you in the Temple, ye stretched not forth the hands against me: but this is your very hour, and the [ag]power of darkness.
54 ¶ (P)Then took they him, and led him, and brought him to the high Priest’s house. [ah]And Peter followed afar off.
55 (Q)And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter also sat down among them.
56 And a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and having well looked on him, said, This man was also with him.
57 But he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
58 And after a little while, another man saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
59 And about the space of an hour after, a certain other affirmed, saying. Verily, even this man was with him: for he is also a Galilean.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately while he yet spake, the cock crew.
61 Then the Lord turned back, and looked upon Peter: and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, (R)Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
63 ¶ (S)[ai]And the men that held Jesus, mocked him, and struck him.
64 And when they had blindfolded him, they smote him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy who it is that smote thee.
65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
66 (T)[aj]And as soon as it was day, the Elders of the people, and the high Priests and the Scribes came together, and led him into their Council,
67 Saying, Art thou that Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe it.
68 And if also I ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.
69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand of the power of God.
70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say, that I am.
71 Then said they, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard it of his own mouth.
23 1 He is accuseth before Pilate. 7 He is sent to Herod. 11 He is mocked. 24 Pilate yieldeth him up to the Jews’ request. 27 The women bewail him. 33 He is crucified. 39 One of the thieves revileth him. 43 The other is saved by faith. 45 He dieth. 53 He is buried.
1 Then [ak]the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man [al]perverting the nation, (U)and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying, That he is Christ a King.
3 (V)And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the high Priests, and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
5 But they were the more fierce, saying, He moveth the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning at Galilee, even to this place.
6 [am]Now when Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.
7 And when he knew that he was of [an]Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, which was also at Jerusalem in those days.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him, and trusteth to have seen some sign done by him.
9 Then questioned he with him of many things: but he answered him nothing.
10 The high Priests also and Scribes stood forth and accused him vehemently.
11 And Herod with his [ao]men of war, despised him, and mocked him, and arrayed him in white, and sent him again to Pilate.
12 [ap]And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were enemies one to another.
13 ¶ [aq]Then Pilate called together the high Priests, and the [ar]rulers, and the people,
14 (W)And said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverted the people: and behold, I have examined him before you, and have found no fault in this man, of those things whereof ye accuse him:
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him: and lo, nothing worthy of death is done of him.
16 [as]I will therefore chastise him, and let him loose.
17 (For of necessity he must have let one loose unto them at the feast.)
18 Then all the multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliver unto us Barabbas:
19 Which for a certain insurrection made in the city, and murder, was cast in prison.
20 Then Pilate spake again to them, willing to let Jesus loose.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
22 [at]And he said unto them the third time, But what evil hath he done? I find no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him loose.
23 But they were instant with loud voices, and required that he might be crucified: and the voices of them and of the high Priests prevailed.
24 So Pilate gave sentence, that it should be as they required.
25 And he let loose unto them him that for insurrection and murder was cast into prison, whom they desired, and delivered Jesus to do with him what they would.
26 ¶ (X)[au]And as they led him away, they caught one Simon of Cyrene, coming out of the field, and on him they laid the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
27 [av]And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, which women bewailed and lamented him.
28 But Jesus turned back unto them, and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For behold, the days will come, when men shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, (Y)Fall on us: and to the hills, Cover us.
31 (Z)For if they do these things to a [aw]green tree, what shall be done to the dry?
32 (AA)And there were two others, which were evildoers, led with him to be slain.
33 [ax]And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the evildoers: one at the right hand, and the other at the left.
34 [ay]Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35 And the people stood, and beheld: and the rulers mocked him with them, saying, He saved others: let him save himself, if he be that Christ the [az]Chosen of God.
36 The soldiers also mocked him, and came and offered him vinegar,
37 And said, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself.
38 [ba]And a superscription was also written over him, in Greek letters, and in Latin, and in Hebrew, THIS IS THAT KING OF THE JEWS.
39 ¶ [bb]And [bc]one of the evildoers, which were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be that Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answered, and rebuked him, saying, Fearest thou not God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 We are indeed righteously here: for we receive things worthy of that we have done: but this man hath done nothing [bd]amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 Then Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in [be]Paradise.
44 ¶ [bf]And it was about the sixth hour: and there was a darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.
45 [bg]And the Sun was darkened, and the veil of the Temple rent through the midst.
46 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, (AB)Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit. And when he thus had said, he gave up the ghost.
47 ¶ [bh]Now when the Centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Of a surety this man was just.
48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done: smote their breasts, and returned.
49 [bi]And all his acquaintances stood afar off, and the women that followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.
50 ¶ (AC)[bj]And behold, there was a man named Joseph, which was a counselor, a good man and a just.
51 He did not consent to the counsel and deed of them, which was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
52 He went unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus,
53 And took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb hewn out of a rock, wherein was never man yet laid.
54 And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath [bk]drew on.
55 [bl]And the women also that followed after, which came with him from Galilee, beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.
56 And they returned and prepared odors, and ointments, and resteth the Sabbath day according to the commandment.
Footnotes
- Luke 22:1 Christ is taken upon the day of the Passover, rather by the providence of his Father, than by the will of men.
- Luke 22:3 God by his wonderful providence, causeth him to be the minister of our salvation, who was the author of our destruction.
- Luke 22:4 They that had the charge of keeping the Temple, which were none of the Priests and Bishops, as appeareth by verse 52 of this Chapter.
- Luke 22:6 Without tumult, unwitting to the people which used to follow him: and therefore indeed they watched their time, when they knew he was alone in the garden.
- Luke 22:7 Christ teacheth his disciples by a manifest miracle, that although he be going to be crucified, yet nothing is hid from him: and therefore that he goeth willingly to death.
- Luke 22:7 By the order appointed by the Law.
- Luke 22:8 The lamb which was the figure of the Passover: And this is spoken by the figure metonymy, which is very usual in the matter of the Sacraments.
- Luke 22:14 Christ having ended the Passover according to the order of the Law, forewarneth them that this shall be his last banquet with them, after the manner and necessity of this life.
- Luke 22:14 The evening and twilight, at what time this supper was to be kept.
- Luke 22:15 I am put to death.
- Luke 22:19 Christ establisheth his new Covenant, and his communicating with us with new signs.
- Luke 22:20 Here is a double Metonymy: for first the vessel is taken for that which is contained in the vessel, as the cup, for the wine which is within the cup. Then the wine is called the Covenant or Testament, whereas indeed it is but the sign of the Testament, or rather of the blood of Christ, whereby the Testament was made: neither is it a vain sign, though it be not all one with the thing that it representeth.
- Luke 22:20 This word, that, showeth the excellency of the Testament, and answereth to the place of Jeremiah, Chapter 31:31, where the new Testament is promised.
- Luke 22:21 Christ showeth again that he goeth to death willingly, although he be not ignorant of Judas’s treason.
- Luke 22:21 That is, his practice , so use the Hebrews to speak, 2 Kings 14:19.Is not the hand of Joab in this matter?
- Luke 22:22 Although the decree of God’s providence comes necessarily to pass, yet it excuseth not the fault of the instruments.
- Luke 22:24 The Pastors are not called to rule, but to serve.
- Luke 22:25 Have great titles, for so it was the custom to honor Princes with some great titles.
- Luke 22:28 Such as are partakers of the afflictions of Christ, shall also be partakers of his kingdom.
- Luke 22:31 We must always think upon the wait that Satan layeth for us.
- Luke 22:31 To toss you and scatter you, and also to cast you out.
- Luke 22:32 It is through the prayers of Christ, that the elect do never utterly fall away from the faith: and that for this cause, that they should stir up one another.
- Luke 22:33 Christ showeth that faith differeth much from a vain security, in setting before us the grievous example of Peter.
- Luke 22:36 All this talk is by way of an allegory, as if he said, O my friends and fellow soldiers, you have lived hitherto as it were in peace: but now there is a most sharp battle at hand to be fought, and therefore you must lay all other things aside, and think upon furnishing yourselves in armor. And what this armor is, he showeth by his own example, when he prayed afterward in the garden, and reproved Peter for striking with the sword.
- Luke 22:40 Christ hath made death acceptable unto us, by overcoming in our name, all the horrors of death, which had joined with them the curse of God.
- Luke 22:41 Prayers are a sure succor against the most perilous assaults of our enemies.
- Luke 22:44 This agony showeth that Christ strove much, and was in great distress: for Christ strove not only with the fears of death, as other men used to do, for so many martyrs might seem more constant than Christ, but with the fearful judgment of his angry Father, which is the fearfullest thing in the world: and the matter was, for that he took the burden of all our sins upon himself.
- Luke 22:44 These do not only show that Christ was true man, but other things also which the goodly have to consider of, wherein redemption of all mankind is contained in the son of God his debasing himself to the state of a servant: such things as no man can sufficiently declare.
- Luke 22:45 Men are utterly sluggish, even in their greatest dangers until Christ stir them up.
- Luke 22:47 Christ is willingly betrayed and taken, that by his obedience he might deliver us which were guilty for the betraying of God’s glory.
- Luke 22:49 That zeal which carrieth us out of the bounds of our vocation, pleaseth not Christ.
- Luke 22:52 Even the very fear of them which took Christ, proveth partly their evil conscience, and partly also that all these things were done by God’s providence.
- Luke 22:53 The power that was given to darkness, to oppress the light for a season.
- Luke 22:54 We have to behold in Peter an example both of the fragility of man’s nature, and of the singular goodness of God toward his elect.
- Luke 22:63 Christ bare the shame that was due to our sins.
- Luke 22:66 Christ is wrongfully condemned of blasphemy before the high Priest’s judgment seat, that we might be quit before God from the blasphemy which we deserved.
- Luke 23:1 Christ, who is now ready to suffer for the sedition, which we raised in this world, is first of all pronounced guiltless, that it might appear that he suffered not for his own sins (which were none) but for ours.
- Luke 23:2 Corrupting the people, and leading them into errors.
- Luke 23:6 Christ is a laughingstock to princes, but to their great smart.
- Luke 23:7 This was Herod Antipas the Tetrarch, in the time of whose governance, which was almost the space of 22 years, John the Baptist preached and was put to death, and Jesus Christ also died and rose again, and the Apostles began to preach, and divers things were done at Jerusalem almost seven years after Christ’s death. This Herod was sent into banishment to Lyons, about the second year of Gaius Caesar.
- Luke 23:11 Accompanied with his nobles and soldiers which followed him from Galilee.
- Luke 23:12 The hatred of godliness joineth the wicked together.
- Luke 23:13 Christ is quit the second time, even of him of whom he is condemned, that it might appear, how he being just, redeemed us which were unjust.
- Luke 23:13 Those whom the Jews called the Sanhedrin.
- Luke 23:16 The wisdom of the flesh, of two evils chooseth the less, but God curseth such counsels.
- Luke 23:22 Christ is quit the third time, before he was condemned once, that it might appear, how that our sins were condemned in him.
- Luke 23:26 An example of the outrageousness and disorder of the soldiers.
- Luke 23:27 The triumph of the wicked hath a most horrible end.
- Luke 23:31 As if he said, If they do thus to me that am fruitful, and always flourishing, and who lives forever by reason of my Godhead, what will they do to you, that are unfruitful and void of all lively righteousness?
- Luke 23:33 Christ became accursed for us upon the Cross, suffering the punishment which they deserved that would be God’s.
- Luke 23:34 Christ in praying for his enemies, showeth that he is both the sacrifice and the Priest.
- Luke 23:35 Whom God loveth more than all others.
- Luke 23:38 Pilate at unawares is made a preacher of the kingdom of Christ.
- Luke 23:39 Therefore either we must take that spoken by Synecdoche which Matthew saith, or that both of them mocked Christ. But one of them at length overcome with the great patience of God, brake forth into that confession worthy all memory.
- Luke 23:39 Christ, in the midst of the humbling of himself upon the cross, showeth indeed that he hath both power of life to save the believers, and of death to revenge the rebellious.
- Luke 23:41 More than he ought.
- Luke 23:43 God made the visible paradise to the East part of the world: but that which we behold with the eyes of our mind is the place of everlasting joy and salvation through the goodness and mercy of God, a most pleasant rest of the souls of the godly, and most quiet and joyful dwelling.
- Luke 23:44 Christ being even at the point of death, showeth himself to be God almighty, even to the blind.
- Luke 23:45 Christ entereth stoutly into the very darkness of death, for to overcome death even within his most secret places.
- Luke 23:47 Christ causeth his very enemies to give honorable witness on his side, so oft as it pleaseth him.
- Luke 23:49 Christ gathereth together, and defendeth his little flock in the midst of the tormentors.
- Luke 23:50 Christ through his famous burial confirmeth the truth both of his death, and resurrection, by the plain and evident witness of Pilate.
- Luke 23:54 Word for word, dawning, as now beginning, for the light of the former day drew toward the going down, and that was the day of preparation for the feast which was to be kept the day following.
- Luke 23:55 Christ, being set upon by the devil and all his instruments, and being even, in death’s mouth, setteth weak women in his foreward, minding straightways to triumph over those terrible enemies without any great endeavor.
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