18 Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele uJesu ngomona.
18 Ngoba wayesazi ukuthi kwakungenxa yomhawu okwenza banikela uJesu kuye.
Ulaka lulolunya, lentukuthelo injengesikhukhula; kodwa ngubani ongema phambi komona na?
Kwasekusuka umpristi omkhulu labo bonke ababelaye abangabehlelo labaSadusi, bagcwala umona,
Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi abapristi abakhulu bamnikele ngomona.
Licabanga ukuthi umbhalo utsho ize na nxa usithi: Umoya awuhlalise kithi ulobukhwele?
Kodwa abaJuda bebona ixuku bagcwala umona, baphikisa lokho okwakhulunywa nguPawuli bemhlambaza.
Okhokho babelomona ngoJosefa, bamthengisa eGibithe; kodwa uNkulunkulu wayelaye,
Abafowabo baba lomona ngaye, kodwa uyise wawagcina amazwi akhe enhliziyweni yakhe.
Nkosi, isandla sakho siphakanyisiwe, kodwa izitha zakho kazisiboni. Kazibone ukutshisekela kwakho abantu bakho, zibe lenhloni. Umlilo olungiselwe zona kawuziqede.
Ngasengibona ukuthi ukusebenza lakho konke ukuphumelela kuvela ekuncintanisaneni kwabantu. Lokho lakho kulize lamaya.
Kwathi lapho besiba lomhawu ngoMose ezihonqweni langoAroni ongcwele weNkosi,
Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kibo: Lithanda ukuba ngilikhululele bani, uBarabasi ingabe uJesu othiwa nguKristu na?
Kwathi esahlezi esihlalweni sokuthetha amacala, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: Ungabi landaba kulowomuntu olungileyo, ngoba lamuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ngaye ephupheni.