And, watchin him uncolie, they sent oot fause men, wha soud pretend to be just, that they micht tak haud oʼ his speech, sae as to deliver him up to the pooer and authoritie oʼ the Governor.
Noo, iʼ the fifteenth year oʼ the rule oʼ Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate bein Governor oʼ Judea, and Herod Tetrarch oʼ Galilee; Philip, his brither, bein Tetrarch oʼ the kintra oʼ Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius Tetrarch oʼ Abilene,
Than took they Jesus frae Caiaphas intil the Judgment‐haʼ; and it was early: and they their sels gaed‐na intil the Judgment‐haʼ, that they soudna be defiled — sae as they could eat the Pasche.
And whan Herod wad hae feshʼt him oot, at nicht Peter was sleepin atween twa sodgers, fast wiʼ twa chains; and gairds afore the door tentit the prison.
“The God oʼ Abraʼm, oʼ Isaac, and oʼ Jaucob, the God oʼ oor faithers, has glorifyʼt his Son Jesus; wham ye gied up, and disowned him fornent Pilateʼs face, when he was mindit to assoilzie him.
“For oʼ a truth they war gaitherʼt in this citie, again thy Holy Ane Jesus, that thou did anoint, baith Herod and Pontius Pilate, wiʼ Gentiles and folk oʼ Israʼl,
And craved frae him letters to Damascus, to the kirks, sae as, gin they faund ony oʼ “The Way,” aither men or weemen, he soud fesh them in thrall to Jerusalem.