The Life of Jesus

Then gathered the hie Priests, and the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles.

If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.

Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all,

Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

This spake hee not of himselfe: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation:

And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.

Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.

Iesus therefore walked no more openly among the Iewes, but went thence vnto a countrey neere to the wildernes, into a citie called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

And the Iewes Passeouer was at hande, and many went out of the countrey vp to Hierusalem before the Passeouer, to purifie themselues.

Then sought they for Iesus, and spake among themselues, as they stoode in the Temple, What thinke ye, that he cometh not to the feast?

Now both the high Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commandement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

Then Iesus, sixe dayes before the Passeouer, came to Bethania, where Lazarus was, who died, whom he had raised from the dead.

There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them that sate at the table with him.

Then tooke Mary a pound of oyntment of Spikenarde very costly, and anoynted Iesus feete, and wiped his feete with her heare, and the house was filled with the sauour of the oyntment.

Then said one of his disciples, euen Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne, which should betray him:

Why was not this oyntment sold for three hundreth pence, and giuen to the poore?

Nowe he said this, not that he cared for the poore, but because hee was a theefe, and had the bagge, and bare that which was giuen.

Then said Iesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying she kept it.

For the poore alwayes yee haue with you, but me ye shall not haue alwayes.

Then much people of the Iewes knewe that hee was there: and they came, not for Iesus sake onely, but that they might see Lazarus also, whome he had raysed from the dead.

The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also,

Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away, and beleeued in Iesus.

On the morowe a great multitude that were come to the feast, when they heard that Iesus should come to Hierusalem,

Tooke branches of palme trees, and went foorth to meete him, and cried, Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel that commeth in the Name of the Lord.

And Iesus found a yong asse, and sate thereon, as it is written,