Book of Common Prayer, 1928

Tuesday before Easter
fore the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And
when he thought thereon, he wept.
Tuesday before Easter.
The Collect.
LORD God, whose blessed Son, our Saviour, gave his
O back to the smiters and hid not his face from shame;
Grant us grace to take joyfully the sufferings of the present
time, in full assurance of the glory that shall be revealed;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
FOT the Epistle. Isaiah I. 5.
THE Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not
rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back
to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the
hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the
Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I
shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will
contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary?
let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord GOD
will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? 10, they all
shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the
voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no
light? let him trust in the name of the loRD, and stay upon
his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves
about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and
in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of
mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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Tuesday before Easter
The Gospel. St. Mark xv. I.
AND straightway in the morning the chief priests held
f\.. a consultation with the elders and scribes and the
whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and
delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou
the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him,
Thou sayest it. And the chief priests accused him of many
things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him
again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many
things they witness against thee. But Jesus yet answered
nothing; so that Pilate Now at that feast released
unto them one prISoner, whomsoever they deSIred.
And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with
them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed
murder in the insurrection. And the multitude crying
aloud began to desire him to do as had done
unto them. But Pilate answered them, saymg, Will ye that
I release unto you the King of the Jews? For he knew
that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. But the
chief priests moved the people, that he should rather
release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered and said
again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do him
whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cned out
again, Crucify him. Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what
evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly,
Crucify him. And so Pilate, willing to content the
people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus,
when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers
led him away into the haIl, called Prretorium; and they
call together the whole band. And they clothed him with
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his
head, and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And
they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon
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