A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!”

The inscription of the charge against him read, “The king of the Jews.”

And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.

They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant –