¹ When the mornynge was come all ye chefe prestes and the elders of ye people helde a counsayle agenst Iesu to put him to deeth

² and brought him bounde and delivered him vnto Poncius Pilate the debite.

³ Then when Iudas which betrayed him sawe that he was condempned he repented him sylfe and brought ageyne the .xxx. plattes of sylver to ye chefe prestes and elders

⁴ sayinge: I have synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.

⁵ And he cast doune the sylver plattes in the temple and departed and went and hounge him sylfe.

⁶ And the chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasury because it is the pryce of bloud.

⁷ And they toke counsell and bought with them a potters felde to bury strangers in.

⁸ Wherfore that felde is called the felde of bloud vntyll this daye.

⁹ Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremy the Prophet sayinge: and they toke .xxx. sylver plattes the prise of him that was valued whom they bought of the chyldren of Israel

¹⁰ and they gave them for the potters felde as the Lorde appoynted me.

¹¹ Iesus stode before the debite: and the debite axed him sayinge: Arte thou the kynge of ye Iues? Iesus sayd vnto him: Thou sayest

¹² and when he was accused of ye chefe prestes and elders he answered nothinge.

¹³ Then sayd Pilate vnto him: hearest thou not how many thinges they laye ageynste ye?

¹⁴ And he answered him to never a worde: in so moche that the debite marveylled greatlie.

¹⁵ At that feest the debite was wonte to deliver vnto ye people a presoner whom they wolde desyer.

¹⁶ He had then a notable presoner called Barrabas.

¹⁷ And when they were gadered together Pilate sayde vnto the: whether wyll ye that I geve losse vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ?

¹⁸ For he knewe well that for envie they had delivred him.

¹⁹ When he was set doune to geve iudgemet his wyfe sent to him sayinge: have thou nothinge to do with that iuste man. For I have suffered many thinges this daye in a dreame about him.

²⁰ But the chefe preestes and the elders had parswaded the people that they shulde axe Barrabas and shulde destroye Iesus.

²¹ Then the debite answered and sayde vnto them: whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loosse vnto you? And they sayde Barrabas.

²² Pilate sayde vnto them: what shall I do then with Iesus which is called Christ? They all sayde to him: let him be crucified.

²³ Then sayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more sayinge: let him be crucified.

²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he prevayled nothinge but that moare busines was made he toke water and wasshed his hondes before ye people sayinge: I am innocent of the bloud of this iuste person and that ye shall se.

²⁵ Then answered all the people and sayde: his bloud be on vs and on oure chyldren.

²⁶ Then let he Barrabas loose vnto them and scourged Iesus and delivered him to be crucified.

²⁷ Then the soudeours of the debite toke Iesus vnto the comen hall and gaddered vnto him all the company.

²⁸ And they stripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe

²⁹ and platted a croune of thornes and put vpon his heed and a rede in his ryght honde: and bowed their knees before him and mocked him saying: hayle kinge of the Iewes:

³⁰ and spitted vpon him and toke the rede and smoote him on the heed.

³¹ And when they had mocked him they toke the robe of him ageyne and put his awne reymet on him and leed him awaye to crucify him.

³² And as they came out they fonnde a man of Cyren named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse.

³³ And whe they cam vnto ye place called Golgotha (that is to saye a place of deed mens sculles)

³⁴ they gave him veneger to drinke mengled with gall. And when he had tasted therof he wolde not drinke.

³⁵ When they had crucified him they parted his garmentes and did cast lottes: to fulfyll that was spoken by the prophet. They deuyded my garmetes amonge them: and apon my vesture did cast loottes.

³⁶ And they sate and watched him there.

³⁷ And they set vp over his heed the cause of his deeth written. This is Iesus the kynge of the Iewes.

³⁸ And ther were two theves crucified with him one on ye right honde and another on the lyfte.

³⁹ They that passed by revyled him waggynge ther heeddes

⁴⁰ and sayinge: Thou that destroyest the temple of God and byldest it in thre dayes save thy sylfe. If thou be ye sonne of God come doune from the crosse.

⁴¹ Lykwyse also the hye prestes mockinge him with the scribes aud elders sayde:

⁴² He saved other him sylfe he can not save. If he be ye kynge of Israel: let him now come doune from the crosse and we will beleve him.

⁴³ He trusted in God let him deliver him now yf he will have him: for he sayde I am the sonne of God.

⁴⁴ That same also the theves which were crucified with him cast in his tethe.

⁴⁵ From the sixte houre was there dercknes over all the londe vnto the nynth houre.

⁴⁶ And about ye nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayinge: Eli Eli lama asbathani. That is to saye my God my God why hast thou forsaken me?

⁴⁷ Some of them that stode there when they herde that sayde: This man calleth for Helyas.

⁴⁸ And streyght waye one of them ranne and toke a sponge and filled it full of veneger and put it on a rede and gave him to drinke.

⁴⁹ Other sayde let be: let vs se whyther Helyas will come and deliver him.

⁵⁰ Iesus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce and yelded vp the goost.

⁵¹ And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd rent

⁵² and graves dyd open: and the bodies of many sainctes which slept arose

⁵³ and came out of ye graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many.

⁵⁴ When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus sawe ye erth quake and those thinges which hapened they feared greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.

⁵⁵ And many wemen were there beholdinge him a farre of which folowed Iesus fro Galile ministringe vnto him.

⁵⁶ Amonge which was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and ye mother of zebedes chyldren.

⁵⁷ When the even was come there came a ryche man of Aramathia named Ioseph which same also was Iesus disciple.

⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus. Then Pilate commaunded the body to be delivered.

⁵⁹ And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a clene lynnyn clooth

⁶⁰ and put it in his newe tombe which he had hewen out even in the roke and rolled a greate stone to the dore of ye sepulcre and departed.

⁶¹ And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sittynge over ageynste the sepulcre.

⁶² The nexte daye that foloweth good frydaye the hye prestes and pharises got them selves to Pilate

⁶³ and sayde: Syr we remember yt this deceaver sayde whyll he was yet alyve After thre dayes I will aryse agayne.