1    ^note Ða soðlice genealæhte freols-dædia;g azimorum se is gecweden eastre.

2   ∧ þara sacerda ealdras ∧ þa boceras smeadon hu hig hine forspildon; [Soðlice hig adredon him &thaet; folc;]

3   Ða eode satanas on iudam. se wæs oðre naman scarioth. an of þam twelfum.

4   þa ferde he ∧ spæc mid þara sacerda ealdor-mannum ∧ duguðe ealdrum hu he h&idia;ne him gesealde;

5   And hig fagenydun ∧ him weddedon feoh to syllenne.

6   ∧ he behet ∧ he sohte hu he eaðelicust hine be-æftan þære menego gesealde;

7   Ða com se dædia;g azimorum on þam hi woldon hyra eastron gewyrcan

8   ∧ he sende petrum. ∧ iohannem ∧ cwæð to him farað ∧ gearwiað us &thaet; we ure eastron gewyrcon;

9   Ða cwædon hig hwar wylt tu &thaet; we gearwion

10   ∧ he cwæð to him; Nu þænne ge on þa ceastre gað eow agen yrnð an man mid wæter-buce. filigeað him on &thaet; hus þe he in-gæð.

11   ∧ secgeað þam hus-hlaforde; Ure lareow þe segð hwar ys cumena hus. þar ic mine eastron wyrce mid minon leorning-cnihtum;

12   And he eow betæcð mycele healle gedæfte. gegearwiað þara;

13   Ða ferdun hig ∧ gemettun swa he him sæde. ∧ hig gegearwudun eastrun;

14   And þa tima wæs he sæt ∧ his twelfe apostolas mid him

15   ∧ he sædia;de him; Of gewilnunge ic gewilnude etan mid eow þas eastron ær ic forð-fare;

16   Ic eow secge &thaet; ic heonon-forð ne &edia;te. ær hyt sy on godes r&idia;ce gefylled;

17   And onfeng calice ∧ þancas dyde ∧ cwæð; Onfoð ∧ dælað betwux eow.

18   Soðlice ic eow secge &thaet; ic ne drince of þises win-geardes cynne ær godes r&idia;ce cume;

19   And he onfengc hlafe ∧ þancude ∧ him sealde. ∧ cwæð; Ðis is min lichama. se is for eow geseald doð þis on min gemynd;

20   And swa eac þæne calic. syððan he ge-eten hæfde ∧ cwæð; Ðes calic is niwe cyðnys on minum blode se bið for eow agoten;

21   Ðeah-hwæðere her is þæs lædia;wan hand mid me on mysan.

22   ∧ witodlice mannes sunu gæð æ[f]ter þam ðe him fore-stihtud wæs. þeah-hwæðere wa þam men þe he þurh geseald bið;

23   And hi agunnon betwux him smeagan hwylc of him &thaet; to donne wære;

24   ∧ hi flitun betwux him hwylc hyra wædia;re yldest;

25   Þa sædia;de he him cyningas wealdað hyra þeoda. ∧ ða ðe anweald ofer hig habbað synt frem-fulle genemned.

26   ac ne beo ge na swa; Ac gewurðe he swa swa gingra se þe yldra ys betwux eow; And se þe fore-stæppend ys beo he swylce he þ&edia;n sy;

27   Hwæðer ys yldra þe se þe ðenað þe se ðe sitt. witudlice se ðe sitt; Ic eom on eowrum midlene swa swa se þe ðenað;

28   Ge synt þe mid me þurh-wunedon on m&idia;num geswincum

29   ∧ ic eow dihte swa min fæder me rice dihte.

30   &thaet; ge eton ∧ drincon ofer mine m&ydia;san on m&idia;num r&idia;ce ∧ ge sitton ofer þrym-setl demende twelf mægða israhel;

31   Ða cwæð drihten. Simon Simon. nu satanas gyrnde &thaet; he eow hridrude swa swa hwædia;te;

32   Ic gebæd for þe &thaet; ðin geleafa ne geteorige; And þu æt sumum cyrre gewend ∧tryme þine gebroðru;

33   Ða cwæð he drihten. ic eom gearu to farenne mid þe. ge on cwertern ge on deað;

34   Ða cwæþ he. ic secge þe petrus. ne cræwþ se h&adia;na to-dædia;g ær þu me æt-sæcst;

35   Ða cwæð he to him þa ic eow sende butan seode ∧ codde ∧ ge-scy wæs eow ænig þing wana; Ða cwædon hig nan þing;

36   Ða cwæð he. ac n&udia; se þe hæfð seod gel&idia;ce nime codd. ∧ se ðe næfð sylle his tunecan ∧ bicge him swurd;

37   Soðlice ic eow secge &thaet; gyt scyl beon gefylled &thaet; be me awriten is. ∧ &thaet; he mid rihtwisum get&edia;ald wæs. witudlice þa þing þe be me synt habbað ende;

38   And hig cwædon. drihten. her synt twa swurd ∧ he cwæð &thaet; ys ge-noh;

39   And æfter gewunan he ut-eode on þæne munt oliuarum &thaet; ys ele-bergena. ∧ his leorning-cnihtas him fyligdon;

40   And þa he com to þære st&odia;we he sæde him. ge-biddað &thaet; ge on costnunge ne g&adia;n;

41   And he wæs fram him alocen swa mycel swa is anes stanes wyrp. ∧ gebigedum cneowum he hyne gebæd

42   ∧ cwæð; Fæder gif þu wylt. afyr þysne calic fram me þeah-hwæðere ne ge-wurðe min willa ac þin;

43   Þa æt-ywde him godes engel. of heofone ∧ hyne gestrangode

44   ∧ he wæs on gewinne ∧ hine lange gebæd ∧ his swat wæs swylce blodes dropan on eorðan yrnende.

45   ∧ þa he of gebede aras ∧ com to his leorning-cnihtum he hig funde slæpende for unrotnesse.

46   ∧ he sædia;de him. hwi slape ge. arisað ∧ biddað ge on costunge ne gan;

47   Him þa þa gyt sprecendum þa com &thaet; wered ∧ him to-foran eode &adia;n of þam twelfum se wæs genemned iudas ∧ he ge-nealæhte þam hælende &thaet; he hine cyste;

48   Ða cwæð se hælend iudas. mannes sunu þu mid cosse sylst;

49   Ða gesawon þa ðe him abutan wædia;ron &thaet; þær towerd wæs ∧ cwædia;don. drihten. slea we mid sw&udia;rde;

50   Ða sloh hyra &adia;n þara sacerda ealdres þeow ∧ hys swyðre eare of-acerf;

51   Þa ∧swarude se hælend lætað þus; ∧ þa he æt-hran hys eare he hyt gehædia;lde;

52   Ða cwæð se hælend to þam ealdor-mannum ∧ to þam witum ∧ þæs temples ealdrum; Ge ferdon swa swa to ^note anum sceaðan mid swurdum ∧ mid sahlum &thaet; ge me gefengon;

53   Ð&adia; ic wæs dæg-hwamlice on temple mid eow. ne aþenedon ge eower handa on me. ac þis is eower t&idia;d ∧ þystra anweald;

54   Ða namon hig hine ∧ læddon to þæra sacerda ealdres huse. ∧ petrus fyligde feorran;

55   And petrus wæs mid him on middan þam cafertune. þar hig æt þam fyre sæton;

56   Ða hine geseah sum þinen æt leohte sittende ∧ hine beheold. þa cwæð heo. ∧ þes wæs mid him;

57   Ða æt-soc he ∧ cwæð. eala w&idia;f ne can ic hyne;

58   And þa embe lytel hine ge-seah oðer. ∧ cwæð. þu eart of him; Ða cwæð petrus eala mann ic ne eom;

59   ∧ þa æfter lytlum fæce swylce &adia;nre t&idia;de. sum oðer seðde ∧ cwæð; Soðlice þes wæs mid him. witodlice he is galileisc;

60   Ða cwæð petrus. eala man nat ic hwæt þu segst; And þa hig &thaet; spræcon samninga s&edia; h&adia;na creow.

61   þa drihten bewende h&idia;ne ∧ beseah to petre. Ða gemunde petrus drihtnes wordes þe he cwæð. &thaet; ðu m&idia;n æt-sæcst. þriwa to-dæg ær se hana cr&adia;we;

62   Ða eode petrus &udia;t ∧ biterlice weop.

63   ∧ þa ðe þæne hælend heoldon hine bysmrodon ∧ beoton.

64   ∧ ofer-wrugon hys ansyne ∧ þurhsun his nebb. ∧ ahsodon hyne. arædia;d. hwylc ys. se ðe þe sloh;

65   And manega oðre þing hig him to cwædia;don dysigende;

66   And þa ða dædia;g wæs þa to-gædere comun þæs folces yldran ∧ þara sacerda ealder-menn ∧ boceras ∧ læddon hine to hyra gemote ∧ cwædia;don;

67   Sege us gif þu sy crist; Ða cwæþ he þeah ic eow secge. ge me ne ^note gelyfaþ.

68   þeh ic eow ahsige ge ne ∧swariað m&edia; ne ne forlætað;

69   Heonun-forð bið mannes sunu sittende on godes mægnes swyþran healfe;

70   Ða cwædia;don hig ealle. eart þu godes sunu; Ða cwæð he ge secgað &thaet; ic eom;

71   And hig cwædon. hwi gyrne w&edia; gyt gewitnesse. sylfe we gehyrdon of hys muðe;

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