And  one  ran,  and  filling  a  sponge  full  of  vinegar,  put  it  on  a
reed,  and  gave  him  to   drink,  saying,  Let   be;   let  us  see


78  THE    APOSTOLIC    GOSPEL

37  whether    EHjah    cometh   to   take    him    down.     And    Jesus

40  uttered  a  loud  voice,  and  gave  up  the  ghost.  And  there  were
also  women  beholding  from  afar :  among  whom  were  Mary
Magdalene,  and  Joanna,  and  Mary  the  mother  of  James ;

41  who,  when  he  was  in  Galilee,  followed  him,  and  ministered
unto  him ;  and  many  other  women  which  came  up  with  him
unto  Jerusalem.
Lu.  xxiii
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§  57.— The  Burial

And  behold,  a  man  named  Joseph,  who  was  a  councillor,

1  a  good  man  and  a  righteous  (he  had  not  consented  to  their
counsel  and  deed),  a  man  of  Arimathgea,  who  was  looking

52  for  the  kingdom  of  God :  this  man  went  to  Pilate,  and  asked

53  for  the  body  of  Jesus.  And  he  took  it  down,  and  wrapped  it
in  a  linen  cloth,  and  laid  him  in  a  tomb  that  was  hewn  in

54  stone,  where  never  man  had  yet  lain.     And  it  was  the  day  of

55  the  Preparation,  and  the  Sabbath  drew  on.  And  the  women,
which  had  come  with  him  out  of  Galilee,  followed  after,  and

50  beheld  the  tomb,  and  how  his  body  was  laid.  And  they
returned,  and  prepared  spices  and  ointments.
