P072 A Short History of the English Bible.

P072 A Short History of the English Bible.

18. Taverner, 1539.

After two dayes folowed Ester, and the dayes of swete breed. And the hygh preestes and the Scrybes sought howe to take hym by gyle and put hym to deth. But they sayd: not in the feest daye, leest any rore aryse amonge the people. When he was in Bethani, in the house of Symon the leper, as he sate at meate, there came a woman, havynge an alabaster boxe of oyntmente called narde, that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.

19. Whittingham, 1557. And after two dayes folowed the feast of Easter, and of unlevened bread: and the hie Priestes, & Scribes soght how they myght take hym by craft, and put him to death.

2. And they sayd, Not in the feast day, lest any busynes aryse among the people.

3. And when he was in Bethanie, in the house of Simon the leper, even as he sate at meat, there came a woman hauing an alabaster boxe of oyntment called spikenarde, that was verie costly, & she brake the boxe and powred it on his head.

20. Geneva, 1560.

1. And two dayes after followed the feast of the Passeover, and of unleavened bread: and the hie Priests, and Scribes soght how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2. But they said, Not in the feast day, lest there be any tumult among the people.

3. And when he was in Bethania in the house of Simon the leper, as he sate at table, there came a womā having a boxe of ointment of spikenarde, verie costlie, and she brake the boxe, and powred it on his head.

21. Bishops’, 1568.

1. After two dayes was [the feaste] of the Passeover & of unlevened bread. And the hye priestes and the scribes, sought how they myght take him by craft, and put hym to death.