Builders of the Wall

3 Eliashib^(A) the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt^(B) the Sheep Gate.^(C) They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel.^(D)

³⁹ over the Gate of Ephraim,^(A) the Jeshanah^[a] Gate,^(B) the Fish Gate,^(C) the Tower of Hananel^(D) and the Tower of the Hundred,^(E) as far as the Sheep Gate.^(F) At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

¹³ When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat^(A) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic^(B) is Gabbatha).

¹⁷ Carrying his own cross,^(A) he went out to the place of the Skull^(B) (which in Aramaic^(C) is called Golgotha).

²⁰ Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,^(A) and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,^(A) “Rabboni!”^(B) (which means “Teacher”).

⁴⁰ After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned^(A) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic^[a]:^(B)

² When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,^(A) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said:

¹⁴ We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice^(A) saying to me in Aramaic,^[a](B) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’