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Latin Gospel Passion Narratives: Matthew 10

Here is the text taken from the Evangelium secundum Matthaeum. Scroll down the page for a segmented version of the text, with some grammar notes to help you in your reading.

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27:20-30 Principes autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt turbis, ut peterent Barabbam, Iesum vero perderent. Respondens autem praeses ait illis: "Quem vultis vobis de duobus dimittam?" At illi dixerunt: "Barabbam!" Dicit illis Pilatus: "Quid igitur faciam de Iesu, qui dicitur Christus?" Dicunt omnes: "Crucifigatur!" Ait autem: "Quid enim mali fecit?" At illi magis clamabant dicentes: "Crucifigatur!" Videns autem Pilatus quia nihil proficeret, sed magis tumultus fieret, accepta aqua, lavit manus coram turba dicens: "Innocens ego sum a sanguine hoc; vos videritis!" Et respondens universus populus dixit: "Sanguis eius super nos et super filios nostros." Tunc dimisit illis Barabbam; Iesum autem flagellatum tradidit, ut crucifigeretur. Tunc milites praesidis suscipientes Iesum in praetorio congregaverunt ad eum universam cohortem. Et exuentes eum, clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei et plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput eius et arundinem in dextera eius et, genu flexo ante eum, illudebant ei dicentes: "Ave, rex Iudaeorum!" Et exspuentes in eum acceperunt arundinem et percutiebant caput eius.

Here is a segmented version of the text to help you in your reading comprehension.

27:20 Principes autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt turbis, ut peterent Barabbam, Iesum vero perderent.	autem: postpositive peterent...perderent: subjunctive with ut vero: postpositive
27:21 Respondens autem praeses ait illis: "Quem vultis vobis de duobus dimittam?"	respondens...ait : participle plus verb (he answered... and said...) autem: postpositive dimittam = ut dimittam, subjunctive with ut
At illi dixerunt: "Barabbam!"
27:22 Dicit illis Pilatus: "Quid igitur faciam de Iesu, qui dicitur Christus?"	igitur: postpositive qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with Iesu in gender and number
Dicunt omnes: "Crucifigatur!"	crucifigatur: jussive subjunctive
27:23 Ait autem: "Quid enim mali fecit?"	autem: postpositive enim: postpositive quid...mali: split phrase - partitive genitive
At illi magis clamabant dicentes: "Crucifigatur!"	clamabant...dicentes : participle plus verb (they shouted... and said...) crucifigatur: jussive subjunctive
27:24 Videns autem Pilatus quia nihil proficeret, sed magis tumultus fieret, accepta aqua, lavit manus coram turba dicens:	autem: postpositive proficeret...fieret: subjunctive of attributed thought videns...lavit...dicens : participle plus verb (he saw... and washed... and said) accepta aqua : ablative absolute
"Innocens ego sum a sanguine hoc; vos videritis!"	videritis: subjunctive as imperative
27:25 Et respondens universus populus dixit: "Sanguis eius super nos et super filios nostros."	respondens...dixit : participle plus verb (the people answered... and said...) sanguis eius = sanguis eius est
27:26 Tunc dimisit illis Barabbam;
Iesum autem flagellatum tradidit, ut crucifigeretur.	autem: postpositive crucifigeretur: subjunctive with ut
27:27 Tunc milites praesidis suscipientes Iesum in praetorio congregaverunt ad eum universam cohortem.	suscipientes...congregaverunt: participle plus verb (they took... and gathered...)
27:28 Et exuentes eum, clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei	exuentes...circumdederunt: participle plus verb (they undressed... and wrapped around...)
27:29 et plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput eius et arundinem in dextera eius	plectentes...posuerunt: participle plus verb (they wove... and placed...)
et, genu flexo ante eum, illudebant ei dicentes: "Ave, rex Iudaeorum!"	genu flexo: ablative absolute illudebant...dicentes: participle plus verb (they taunted... and said...)
27:30 Et exspuentes in eum acceperunt arundinem et percutiebant caput eius.	exspuentes...acceperunt: participle plus verb (they spat... and took...)