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324 saith unto them, Is the governor also become his disciple, and doth he make a plea for him? Hath not Cæsar appointed him to this dignity? Now the Jews were raging and gnashing their teeth against Nicodemus. Pilate saith to them, Why do ye gnash your teeth against him when ye hear the truth? The Jews say to Nicodemus, Receive his truth and a portion with him. Nicodemus saith, Amen, amen, amen, may I receive as ye have said.

a certain other of the Jews, starting up, asked the governor that he might say a word. The governor saith, What thou wilt say, say. He said, I lay eight-and-thirty years infirm in my bed in the greatest pain. And when Jesus came, many demoniacs and persons seized with divers infirmities were healed by him. And certain young men pitied me and carried me in my bed and placed me before him. And when Jesus saw, he had pity on me and said this word to me, Take up thy bed and walk. And immediately I was made whole, and took up my bed and walked. The Jews say unto Pilate, Ask him what day it was when he was healed. He said, The Sabbath. The Jews said, Have we not thus declared, that on the Sabbath he healeth and casteth out demons?