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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.[1]

36. And hig behēoldon hyne, sittende.

37. And hig āsetton ofer hys hēafod hys gylt þuss āwritenne, Đis ys sē Hǣlynd, Iudea Cyning[2]

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,[3]

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.[4]

41. Ēac þǣra sācerda ealdras hyne bysmeredon mid þām bōcerum and mid þam ealdrum, and cwǣdun,[5]

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.[6]

  1. A, hym, B, him.
  2. A, B, þus; A, hælend.
  3. B, Witudlice; B, hyra heafud.
  4. B, cwadun; A, tempel; B, dagun; A, getymbreð.
  5. B, bysmrydun; B, bocerun; B, ealdrun; A, cwædon.
  6. B, cing.