Kusukela kuleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukubonisa abafundi bakhe ukuba umelwe ukuya eJerusalema, ahlushwe ngokuningi ngamalunga nangabapristi abakhulu nababhali, abulawe, kepha avuswe ngosuku lwesithathu.

ehluphekile ngokuningi ezinyangeni eziningi , echithile konke ayenakho , engasizakalanga ngalutho, kodwa kwayilokhu kuqhubeka,

Khona waqala ukubafundisa ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi , ilahlwe ngamalunga nabapristi abakhulu nababhali, ibulawe, ivuswe emva kwezinsuku ezintathu.

Wayesethi kubo : Nempela u -Eliya uyeza kuqala ukuba abuyisele konke ; kepha kulotshiwe kanjani ngeNdodana yomuntu ukuthi izakuhlupheka ngokuningi, idelelwe, na?

Abapristi abakhulu bammangalela ngokuningi.

UPilatu wabuye wambuza , wathi: Awuphenduli lutho na ? Bheka, bakuthwesa icala ngokuningi kangaka.

wathi: INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi , ilahlwe ngamalunga nabapristi abakhulu nababhali , ibulawe, ivuswe ngosuku lwesithathu.

Kepha kuqala imelwe ukuhlupheka ngokuningi, yaliwe yilesi sizukulwane.

Ngokuba sonke siyakhubeka ngokuningi; uma umuntu engakhubeki ngazwi, lowo uyindoda epheleleyo enamandla okubamba nomzimba wonke kungathi ngetomu.