And he went up from there to Beth-el. And he was going up in the highway. And little boys came out from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!
And the people shall be oppressed man against man, and a man against his neighbor. The boy will act insolently against the old one, and the one being despised against the one being honored.
And some began to spit at Him, and to cover His face, and to beat Him with a fist, and to say to Him, Prophesy! And the under- officers struck Him with slaps.
said to them, You brought this Man to me as perverting the people. And, behold, examining Him before you, I found no cause of death in this Man regarding that which you bring charge against Him.
And the people stood watching. And the rulers with them also scoffed, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself, if this One is the Christ, the Elect of God.
But becoming jealous, and taking some wicked men of the market loafers, and gathering a crowd, the disobeying Jews set the city into an uproar. And coming on the house of Jason, they sought to bring them on to the assembled people.