Matthew · Chapter 27

[ edit] Forſoþe þe morwe maad, alle þe princis of preſtis, and eldre men of þe peple token counſeil aȝeins Jheſu, þat þei ſhulden take hym to deþ. And þei ladden hym bounden, and bitoken hym to Pilat of Pounce, meire, or chef iuſtice. Þanne Judas þat bitrayede hym, ſeynge þat he was dampnyd, he led by penaunce, or forþenkynge, brouȝte aȝein þritti platis of ſeluer to þe princis of preſtis, and to þe eldre men of þe peple, ſeyinge, I haue ſynned, bitrayinge iuſt blood. And þei ſeiden, What to vs? ſe þou. And þe platis of ſeluer caſt awey in þe temple, he wente awey, and goyinge awey he hangide hym wiþ a grane, or a gnare.

Forſoþe þe princis of preſtis, taken þe platis of ſeluer, ſeiden, It is nat leueful to ſende hem in to þe treſorie, for it is þe pris of blood. Soþly counceil taken, þei bouȝten wiþ þem þe feeld of a potter, in to byryinge of dead men. For þis þing þe ilk feeld is clepid Acheldemak, þat is, a feeld of blood, til in to þis day. Þanne it is fulfillid, þat þing þat is ſeid by þe prophete Jeremye, ſeyynge, And þei token þritty platis of ſyluer, þe pris of a man preyſid, whom þei preyſiden of þe ſonys of Yrael; and þei ȝauen hem in to þe feeld of a potter, as þe Lord ordeyned to me. Soþely Jheſus ſtood byfore þe meyre, or domyſman; and þe preſedent axide hym, ſeyinge, Art þou kyng of Jewis?

Jheſus ſeiþ to hym, Þou ſeiſt. And whenne he was acuſid of þe princes of preſtis, and eldre men of þe peple, he anſweride no þing. Þan Pilat ſeiþ to hym, Heriſt þou nat, hou many witneſſyngis þei ſeien aȝeinus þee? And he anſweride nat to hym to eny word, ſo þat þe preſedent wondride gretely. Forſoþe by a ſolempne day þe preſedent was wont for to delyuere to þe peple oon bounden, whom þei wolden. Forſoþe he hadde a noble man bounden, þat was ſeid Barabas. Þerfore Pilat ſeid to hem gedrid to gidre, Whom wole ȝee, I leeue, or delyuere, to ȝou? wher Barabas, or Jheſu, þat is ſeid Criſt? Soþely he wiſte, þat by enuye þei betraieden hym.

Forſoþe hym ſittynge for iuſtiſe, or domyſman, his wyf ſente to hym, ſeyinge, No þing to þee and to þat iuſt man; ſoþely I haue ſuffrid þis day many þingis for hym, by a viſioun, or ſweuen. Forſoþe þe princis of preſtis and þe eldre men tiſiden, or counſeiliden, to þe peplis, þat þei ſhulden axe Barabas, but Jheſu þei ſhulden leſe. Forſoþe þe preſident anſwerynge ſeiþ to hem, Whom of þe two wolen ȝee to be left, or delyuerid, to ȝou? And þei ſeiden, Barabas. Pilat ſeiþ to hem, What þerfore ſhal I do of Jheſu, þat is ſeid Criſt? Alle ſeien, Be he crucified. Þe preſedent ſeiþ to hem, Soþely what of yuel haþ he don? And þei crieden more, ſeyinge, Be he crucified.

Forſoþe Pilat ſeynge þat he profitide no þing, but þe more noyſe was maad, water taken, waſhide þe hondis byfore þe peple, ſeyinge, I am innocent, or giltleſſe, fro þe blood of þis iuſt man; ſe ȝee. And al þe peple anſwerynge ſeide, His blood vpon vs, and on oure ſonys. Þanne he lefte to hem Barabas, but he toke to hem Jheſu ſcourgid, þat he ſhulde be crucified. Þanne kniȝtis of þe preſident takynge Jheſu in þe mote halle, gedriden to hym alle þe cumpanye of kniȝtis.

And þei vncloþinge hym, diden aboute hym a rede mantel; and þei foldynge a crowne of þornis, puttiden on his heued, and a reed in his riȝt hond; and þe knee bowid, or folden, bifore hym, þei ſcornyden hym, ſeyinge, Hayle, kyng of Jewis. And þei ſpittynge in to hym, token a reed, and ſmyten his heued. And after þat þei hadden ſcorned hym, þei vncloþiden hym of þe mantel, and þei cloþiden hym wiþ his cloþis, and ledden hym for to crucifie. Soþely þei goynge out, founden a man of Syrynen, cummynge fro a toun, Symont by name; þei conſtreyneden hym, þat he ſhulde take his croſſe. And þei camen in to a place þat is clepid Golgaþa, þat is, þe place of Caluarie.

And þei ȝauen hym for to drinke wiyn meyngid wiþ galle; and whenne he had taſtid, he wolde nat drinke. Soþely after þat þei hadden crucified hym, þei departiden his cloþis, ſendynge lot, þat it ſhulde be fulfillid, þat is ſeid by þe prophete, ſeyinge, Þei departiden to hem my cloþis, and on my cloþ þei ſenten lot. And þei ſittynge kepten hym; and þei puttiden on his heued þe cauſe of hym wryten, Þis is Jheſus of Nazareþ, kyng of Jewis. Þanne two þeeues ben crucified wiþ him, oon on þe riȝt half, and oon on þe left half.

Forſoþe men paſſynge forþ blasfemyden hym, moouynge her heuedis, and ſeyinge, Vaþ, or fie, to þee, þat diſtroyiſt þe temple of God, and in þe þridde day bildiſt it aȝein; ſaue þou þi ſelf; ȝif þou art þe ſone of God, cume doun of þe croſſe. Alſo and princis of preſtis ſcornynge, wiþ ſcribis and eldre men, ſeiden, He made oþer men ſaaf, he may nat make hym ſelf ſaaf; ȝif he is kyng of Yrael, cume he nowe doun fro þe croſſe, and we bileuen to hym; he truſtiþ in God, delyuere he hym nowe, ȝif he wole; forſoþe he ſeide, For I am Goddis ſone. Forſoþe and þe þeeuys, þat weren crucified wiþ hym, puttiden to hym wiþ repreue þe ſame þing.

Soþely fro þe ſixte hour dercneſſis ben maad on al þe erþe, til to þe nyneþe hour. And about þe nynþe houre Jheſus criede wiþ grete voice, ſeyinge, Hely, Hely, lamazabatany, þat is, My God, my God, wherto, or whi, haſt þou forſaken mee? Soþly ſummen ſtondynge þere, and heerynge, ſeiden, Þis clepiþ Hely. And anon oon of hem rennynge, fillide a ſpounge taken wiþ aycel, or vynegre, and puttide to a reed, and ȝaue to hym for to drinke. But oþer ſeiden, Suffre þou; ſee we wher Hely cumme, delyuerynge hym. Forſoþe Jheſus eftſones cryynge wiþ grete voice, ſente out þe ſpirit. And loo! þe veile of þe temple is kitt, or rent, in to two parties, fro þe heiȝeſt til doun.

And þe erþe is moued, and ſtoonys ben cleft; and biriels ben openyd, and many bodies of ſeintes þat ſlepten, or weren dead, ryſen aȝein. And þei goynge out of her biriels, after his reſureccioun camen in to þe holy citee, and apeeriden to manye. Treuly centurio and þei þat weren wiþ hym kepinge Jheſu, þe moouynge of þe erþe ſeen, and þoo þingis þat weren done, dredden greteli, ſeyinge, Verrely þis was Goddis ſone. Forſoþe þere weren þere many wymmen afer, þat ſueden Jheſu fro Galilee, mynyſtrynge to hym. Amonge whiche was Marie Mawdeleyne, and Marie of Jamys, and þe modir of Joſeph, and þe modir of Zebedees ſones.

Forſoþe when þe euenyng was maad, þere came a riche man fro Armaþia, Joſeph by name, þe whiche and he was diſciple of Jheſu. He wente to Pilate, and axide þe body of Jheſu. Þanne Pilate comaundide þe body to be ȝolden. And þe body taken, Joſeph wlappide it in a clene ſendel, or lynnen cloþ, and puttide it in his newe biriel, þat he hadde hewen in a ſtoon; and he walowid to a grete ſtoon at þe dore of þe biriel, and wente awey. Forſoþe Marye Mawdeleyne and an oþere Marye weren þere, ſittynge aȝeins þe ſepulcre.

Soþely on þe toþer day, þat is after paſcke euenynge, þe princis of preſtis and Phariſees camen to gidere to Pilate, ſeiynge, Sire, we han mynde, for þe ilke traitour, or diſſeyuour, ſayde ȝit lyuynge, Aftir þre dayes I ſhal ryſe aȝen. Þerfore comaunde þou þe ſepulcre to be kept til in to þe þridde day; leſt perauenture his diſciplis comen, and ſtelen him, and ſeyen to þe peple, He is riſun fro deeþ; and þe laſte errour ſchal be worſe þan þe formere. Pilat ſeiþ to hem, Ȝe han þe kepinge; go ȝe, kepe ȝe as ȝe kunnen. Forſoþ þei goynge forþ, kepten, or wardiden, þe ſepulcre, markinge, or ſeelinge, þe ſtoon, wiþ keperis.