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XXVII, 42] 35. Sōþlīce ǣfter þām þe hig hyne on rōde āhēngon, hig tōdǣldon hys rēaf, and wurpon hlot þǣr ofer: þæt wǣre gefylled þæt ðe gecweden wæs þurh ðone wītegan, and þus cwæð, Hig tōdǣldon heom mīne rēaf, and ofer mīne rēaf hig wurpon hlot.

36. And hig behēoldon hyne, sittende.

37. And hig āsetton ofer hys hēafod hys gylt þuss āwritenne, Đis ys sē Hǣlynd, Iudea Cyning

38. Đā wǣron āhangen mid hym twēgen sceaþan, ān on þā swīðran healfe, and ōðer on þā wynstran.

39. Witodlīce þā wegfērendan hyne bysmeredon, and cwehton heora hēafod,

40. And cwǣdon, Wā þæt ðēs tōwyrpð Godes templ, and on þrīm dagum hyt eft getimbrað; gehǣl nū þē sylfne; gyf þū sȳ Godes Sunu, gā nyþer of þǣre rōde.

41. Ēac þǣra sācerda ealdras hyne bysmeredon mid þām bōcerum and mid þam ealdrum, and cwǣdun,

42. Ōþere hē gehǣlde, and hyne sylfne gehǣlan ne mæg. Gyf hē Israhela Cyning sȳ, gā nū nyþer of þǣre rōde, and wē gelȳfað hym.