Luke 23-24 (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition)

Luke 23

 ¹And the whole multitude of them rising up, led him to Pilate.

    ²And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he is Christ the king.

    ³And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, said: Thou sayest it.

    ⁴And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find no cause in this man.

    ⁵But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

    ⁶But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee?

    ⁷And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem, in those days.

    ⁸And Herod, seeing Jesus, was very glad; for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him.

    ⁹And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing.

    ¹⁰And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him.

    ¹¹And Herod with his army set him at nought, and mocked him, putting on him a white garment, and sent him back to Pilate.

    ¹²And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day; for before they were enemies one to another.

    ¹³And Pilate, calling together the chief priests, and the magistrates, and the people,

    ¹⁴Said to them: You have presented unto me this man, as one that perverteth the people; and behold I, having examined him before you, find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him.

    ¹⁵No, nor Herod neither. For I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him.

    ¹⁶I will chastise him therefore, and release him.

    ¹⁷Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.

    ¹⁸But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:

    ¹⁹Who, for a certain sedition made in the city, and for a murder, was cast into prison.

    ²⁰And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus.

    ²¹But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, crucify him.

    ²²And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore, and let him go.

    ²³But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified; and their voices prevailed.

    ²⁴And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

    ²⁵And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition, had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

    ²⁶And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country; and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

    ²⁷And there followed him a great multitude of people, and of women, who bewailed and lamented him.

    ²⁸But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

    ²⁹For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck.

    ³⁰Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us; and to the hills: Cover us.

    ³¹For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry?

    ³²And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death.

    ³³And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there; and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

    ³⁴And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.

    ³⁵And the people stood beholding, and the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God.

    ³⁶And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

    ³⁷And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

    ³⁸And there was also a superscription written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    ³⁹And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

    ⁴⁰But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art condemned under the same condemnation?

    ⁴¹And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done no evil.

    ⁴²And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom.

    ⁴³And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

    ⁴⁴And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

    ⁴⁵And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

    ⁴⁶And Jesus crying out with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost.

    ⁴⁷Now the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man.

    ⁴⁸And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight, and saw the things that were done, returned striking their breasts.

    ⁴⁹And all his acquaintance, and the women that had followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.

    ⁵⁰And behold there was a man named Joseph, who was a counsellor, a good and just man,

    ⁵¹(The same had not consented to their counsel and doings;) of Arimathea, a city of Judea; who also himself looked for the kingdom of God.

    ⁵²This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.

    ⁵³And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid.

    ⁵⁴And it was the day of the Parasceve, and the sabbath drew on.

    ⁵⁵And the women that were come with him from Galilee, following after, saw the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

    ⁵⁶And returning, they prepared spices and ointments; and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment.

   

Luke 24

 ¹And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

    ²And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre.

    ³And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

    ⁴And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel.

    ⁵And as they were afraid, and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead?

    ⁶He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was in Galilee,

    ⁷Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

    ⁸And they remembered his words.

    ⁹And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

    ¹⁰And it was Mary Magdalen, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles.

    ¹¹And these words seemed to them as idle tales; and they did not believe them.

    ¹²But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves; and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

    ¹³And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus.

    ¹⁴And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

    ¹⁵And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.

    ¹⁶But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

    ¹⁷And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?

    ¹⁸And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger to Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?

    ¹⁹To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people;

    ²⁰And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

    ²¹But we hoped, that it was he that should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

    ²²Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us, who before it was light, were at the sepulchre,

    ²³And not finding his body, came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

    ²⁴And some of our people went to the sepulchre, and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not.

    ²⁵Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken.

    ²⁶Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?

    ²⁷And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things that were concerning him.

    ²⁸And they drew night to the town, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther.

    ²⁹But they constrained him; saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

    ³⁰And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

    ³¹And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight.

    ³²And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in this way, and opened to us the scriptures?

    ³³And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were staying with them,

    ³⁴Saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

    ³⁵And they told what things were done in the way; and how they knew him in the breaking of the bread.

    ³⁶Now whilst they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them, and saith to them: Peace be to you; it is I, fear not.

    ³⁷But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit.

    ³⁸And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

    ³⁹See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have.

    ⁴⁰And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet.

    ⁴¹But while they yet believed not, and wondered for joy, he said: Have you any thing to eat?

    ⁴²And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish, and a honeycomb.

    ⁴³And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to them.

    ⁴⁴And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

    ⁴⁵Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures.

    ⁴⁶And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead, the third day:

    ⁴⁷And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

    ⁴⁸And you are witnesses of these things.

    ⁴⁹And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the city till you be endued with power from on high.

    ⁵⁰And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

    ⁵¹And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them, and was carried up to heaven.

    ⁵²And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy.

    ⁵³And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.