Wycliffe (Late) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02020].
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CAP. I.
1 Theofle, first `Y made a sermoun of
alle thingis, that Jhesu bigan to do and
to teche note,
2 in to the daie of his ascencioun,
in which he comaundide bi the
Hooli Goost to hise apostlis, whiche he
hadde chosun;
3 to whiche he schewide
hym silf `alyue aftir his passioun, by
many argumentis, apperinge to hem
fourti daies, and spekinge of the rewme
of God note.
4 And he ete with hem, and
comaundide, that thei schulden not departe
fro Jerusalem, but abide the biheest
of the fadir, which &yogh;e herden, he
seide, bi my mouth;
5 for Joon baptiside
in watir, but &yogh;e schulen be baptisid in
the Hooli Goost, aftir these fewe daies.
6 Therfor thei that weren come to gidere,
axiden hym, and seiden, Lord, whether
in this time thou schalt restore the kingdom
-- --
of Israel?
7 And he seide to hem,
It is not &yogh;oure to knowe the tymes
ether momentis, whiche the fadir hath
put in his power;
8 but &yogh;e schulen take
the vertu note of the Hooli Goost comynge
fro aboue in to &yogh;ou, and &yogh;e schulen be
my witnessis in Jerusalem, and in al
Judee, and Samarie, and to the vtmeste
of the erthe.
9 And whanne he had seid
these thingis, in her si&yogh;t he was lift vp,
and a cloude resseyuede him fro her
i&yogh;en.
10 And whanne thei biheelden hym
goynge in to heuene, lo! `twei men note
stoden bisidis hem in white clothing,
and seiden,
11 Men of Galile, what stonden
&yogh;e biholdinge in to heuene? This Jhesu,
which is takun vp `fro &yogh;ou in to
heuene, schal come, as &yogh;e seyn hym goynge
in to heuene.
12 Thanne thei turneden
a&yogh;en to Jerusalem, fro the hille
that is clepid `the hille of Olyuete,
which is bisidis Jerusalem an halidaies
iourney.
13 And whanne thei weren entrid
in to the hous, where thei dwelliden, thei
wenten vp in to the soler, Petir and
Joon, James and Andreu, Philip and
Thomas, Bartholomew and Matheu,
James of Alphei, and Symount Zelotes,
and Judas of James.
14 Alle these weren
lastingli contynuynge with o wille in
preier, with wymmen, and Marie, the
moder of Jhesu, and with hise britheren.
15 In tho daies Petre roos vp in the myddil
of the britheren, and seide; and ther
was a company of men togidere, almest
an hundrid and twenti;
16 Britheren, it
bihoueth that the scripture be fillid,
whiche the Hooly Goost bifore seide bi
the mouth of Dauith, of Judas that was
ledere of hem that token Jhesu;
17 and
was noumbrid among vs, and gat a part
-- --
of this seruyce.
18 And this Judas hadde
a feeld of the hire of wickidnesse, and
he was hangid, and `to-brast the myddil,
and alle hise entrailes weren sched
abrood.
19 And it was maad knowun to
alle men that dwelten in Jerusalem, so
that the ilke feeld was clepid Acheldemak
in the langage of hem, that is, the
feeld of blood.
20 And it is writun in the
book of Salmes, The abitacioun of hem
be maad desert, and be ther noon that
dwelle in it, and an other take his bishopriche.
21 Therfor it bihoueth of these
men, that ben gaderid togidere with vs
in al the tyme, in which the Lord Jhesu
entride, and wente out among vs,
22 and bigan fro the baptym of Joon til in
to the dai in which he was takun vp fro
vs, that oon of these be maad a witnesse
of his resurreccioun with vs.
23 And thei
ordeyneden tweyn note, Joseph, that was
clepid Barsabas, that was named Just,
and Mathie.
24 And thei preieden, and
seiden, Thou, Lord, that knowist the
hertis of alle men, schewe whom thou
hast chosun of these tweyne,
25 that oon
take the place of this seruyce and apostlehed,
of which Judas trespasside, that
he schulde go in to his place.
26 And thei
&yogh;auen lottis to hem, and the lot felde on
Mathie; and he was noumbrid with
enleuen apostlis.
Wycliffe (Late) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02020].
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