Biblical Research on Richard II
(par Veee aka 2Nini)
The lion against the leopard: Shakespeare apparently took the passage from the Geneva Bible.
KING RICHARD. Rage must be withstood.
Give me his gage. Lions make leopards tame.
MOWBRAY. Yea, but not change his spots. Take but my shame,
And I resign my gage. My dear dear lord,
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation; that away,
Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
A jewel in a ten-times-barred-up chest
Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one.
Take honour from me, and my life is done.
Then, dear my liege, mine honour let me try;
In that I live, and for that will I die. (1.1.174-185)
Jeremiah 13:23 (King James Version) King James Version
(KJV)
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also
do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah 13:23 (Amplified Bible)Amplified Bible (AMP)
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you
do good who are accustomed and taught [even trained] to do evil.
Jeremiah 13:23 the Geneva bible
http://www.studylight.org/
http://www.thedcl.org/bible/gb/gb-jeremiah.pdf
Can the blacke More change his fkin? or the leopard his fpottes? Then maie ye alfo do good, that are accuftomed to do euil.
The Bishop’s Bible
MOWBRAY. No, Bolingbroke. If ever I were traitor,
My name be blotted from the book of life,
And I from heaven banished as from hence!
But what thou art, God, thou and I do know;
And all too soon, I fear, the King shall rue.
Farewell, my liege. Now no way can I stray;
Save back to England, all the world’s my way. (1.3.201-7)
Revelation
(StudyLight.org)
He that ouercommeth, shalbe thus clothed in whyte aray, and I wyll not put out
his name out of the booke of life, and I will confesse his name before my father,
and before his Angels.
The Queen’s exclamation: from the Geneva Bible
QUEEN. With signs of war about his aged neck.
O, full of careful business are his looks!
Uncle, for God’s sake, speak comfortable words. (2.2.74-6)
The King’s rebuke of Aumerle
KING. Discomfortable cousin, knowst thou not
That when the searching eye of heaven is hid
Behind the globe and lights the lower world,
Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen
In murders and in outrage boldly here; […] (3.2.36-40)
2.Samuel 14:17
(StudyLight.org)
Therefore thine handmaid sayd, The word of my lord the King shall now be comfortable:
for my lorde the King is euen as an Angel of God in hearing of good and bad:
therefore the Lord thy God be with thee.
Zechariah 1:13
And the Lorde answered the Angel that talked with me, with good wordes and comfortable
wordes.
Bolingbroke before the combat: from the Geneva Bible
LORD MARSHALL. Harry of Henrenford, Lancaster and Derby,
Receive thy lance; and God defend the right.
BOLINGBROKE. Strong as a tower in hope, I cry ‘Amen’! (1.3.100-2)
Proverbs 18:10
The Name of the Lorde is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and
is exalted.
Psalm 61:3
For thou hast bene mine hope, and a strong tower against the enemie.
The Duchess of Gloucester denouncing her husband’s assassination: from the Geneva Bible
DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. […] But Thomas, my dear lord, my
life, my Gloucester,
One vial full of Edward’s sacred blood,
One flourishing branch of his most royal root,
Is cracked, and all the precious liquor spilt,
Is hacked down, and his summer leaves all faded
By Envy’s hand and Murder’s bloody axe. […] (1.2.16-21)
Psalm 1:3
For he shall be like a tree planted by the riuers of waters, that will bring
foorth her fruite in due season: whose leafe shall not fade: so whatsoeuer he
shall doe, shall prosper.
Isaiah 1:30
For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: and as a garden that hath no water.
The scene of the mirror: from the Geneva Bible
KING RICHARD. […] Was this face the face
That every day under his household rood
Did keep ten thousand men? Was this the face
That like the sun did make beholders wind. (4.1.281-4)
Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seuen starres: and out of his mouth went a sharpe
two edged sword: and his face shone as the sunne shineth in his strength.
Matthew 17:2
And was trasfigured before them: and his face did shine as the Sunne, and his
clothes were as white as the light.
Exodus 34:35
And the children of Israel sawe the face of Moses, howe the skin of Moses face
shone bright: therefore Moses put the couering vpon his face, vntill he went
to speake with God.
Gaunt and Bolingbroke before his exile: from the Geneva Bible
GAUNT. Come, come, my son, I’ll bring thee on thy way.
Had I thy youth and cause, I would not stay. (1.3.304-5)
Abraham => Genesis 18:16
Afterwarde the men did rise vp from thence and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham
went with them to bring them on the way.
Consolation => I Corinthiens 16:6 (1st Episte of
Paul to the Corinthiens)
And it may be that I will abide, yea, or winter with you, that ye may bring
me on my way, whither soeuer I goe.
Bolingbroke and his speeches about Abel and Cain: from the King James Version of the Bible
BOLINGBROKE. […] Which blood, like sacrificing Abel’s,
cries
Even from the tongueless caverns of the earth
To me for justice and rough chastisement.
And by the glorious worth of my descent,
This arm shall do it, or this life be spent! (1.1.104-8)
KING HENRY. [To Exton] […] With Cain go wander thorough
shades of the night,
And never show thy head by day nor light. (5.6.43-4)
The story of Abel and Cain in the book of Genesis 4:1-16
(1) And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
(2) And she again bare his brother Abel.
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
(3) And in process of time it came to pass,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
(4)And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and
to his offering:
(5)But unto Cain and to his offering he
had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
(6) And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
(7) If thou doest well, shalt thou not
be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
(8) And Cain talked with Abel his brother:
and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.
(9) And the LORD said unto Cain, Where
is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
(10) And he said, What hast thou done?
the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
(11) And now art thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
(12) When thou tillest the ground, it shall
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
thou be in the earth.
(13) And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment
is greater than I can bear.
(14) Behold, thou hast driven me out this
day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall
be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every
one that findeth me shall slay me.
(15) And the LORD said unto him, Therefore
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD
set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
(16) And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
The original Fall: the Garden of Eden from the KJV of the Bible
- Gaunt’s speech about England:
GAUNT. […] This other Eden, demi-paradise, […] (2.1.42)
- The Garden scene:
1 MAN. […] When our sea-walled garden, the whole land,
Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up, […] (3.4.43-4)
QUEEN. […] Thou, old Adam’s likeness,
Set to dress this garden, how dares
Thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?
What Eve, what serpent hath suggested thee
To make a second fall of cursed man? […] (3.4.73-6)
The story of Adam and Eve : Genesis: 2:6-25 to 3:1-24
(6) But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole
face of the ground.
(7) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
(8) And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the
man whom he had formed.
(9) And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant
to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
(10) And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was
parted, and became into four heads.
(11) The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land
of Havilah, where there is gold;
(12) And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
(13) And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
the whole land of Ethiopia.
(14) And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward
the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
(15) And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress
it and to keep it.
(16) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat:
(17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of
it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
(18) And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.
(19) And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and
every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
(20) And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
(21) And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and
he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
(22) And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man.
(23) And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
(24) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
(25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field
which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees
of the garden:
(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
(6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and
he did eat.
(7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
(8) And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD
God amongst the trees of the garden.
(9) And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
(10) And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because
I was naked; and I hid myself.
(11) And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the
tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
(12) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I did eat.
(13) And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
(14) And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
(15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
(16) Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception;
in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband,
and he shall rule over thee.
(17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy
wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt
not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life;
(18) Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field;
(19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return.
(20) And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all
living.
(21) Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and
clothed them.
(22) And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree
of life, and eat, and live for ever:
(23) Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till
the ground from whence he was taken.
(24) So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the
tree of life.
The Christ-Pilate story: from the KJV
KING RICHARD. […] Though some of you, with Pilate, wash
your hands,
Showing an outward pity, yet you Pilates
Have here delivered me to my sour cross,
And water cannot wash away your sin. (4.1.239-42)
Matthew 27:1-66
(1) When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders
of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
(2) And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius
Pilate the governor.
(3) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
and elders,
(4) Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they
said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
(5) And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went
and hanged himself.
(6) And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
(7) And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in.
(8) Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
(9) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued,
whom they of the children of Israel did value;
(10) And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
(11) And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying,
Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
(12) And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
(13) Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness
against thee?
(14) And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled
greatly.
(15) Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner,
whom they would.
(16) And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
(17) Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom
will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
(18) For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
(19) When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying,
Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things
this day in a dream because of him.
(20) But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should
ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
(21) The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye
that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
(22) Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called
Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
(23) And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out
the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
(24) When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult
was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,
I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
(25) Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our
children.
(26) Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified.
(27) Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and
gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
(28) And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
(29) And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked
him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
(30) And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
(31) And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and
put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
(32) And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they
compelled to bear his cross.
(33) And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a
place of a skull,
(34) They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink.
(35) And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
(36) And sitting down they watched him there;
(37) And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
(38) Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.
(39) And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
(40) And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
(41) Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders,
said,
(42) He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let
him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
(43) He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he
said, I am the Son of God.
(44) The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
(45) Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth
hour.
(46) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
(47) Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth
for Elias.
(48) And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
(49) The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
(50) Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
(51) And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
(52) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
(53) And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy
city, and appeared unto many.
(54) Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw
the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying,
Truly this was the Son of God.
(55) And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from
Galilee, ministering unto him:
(56) Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses,
and the mother of Zebedees children.
(57) When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
(58) He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded
the body to be delivered.
(59) And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
(60) And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and
he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
(61) And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against
the sepulchre.
(62) Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests
and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
(63) Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive,
After three days I will rise again.
(64) Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day,
lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people,
He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
(65) Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as
ye can.
(66) So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting
a watch.
The story of Judas: from the KJV
KING RICHARD. […] So Judas did to Christ, but He in twelve
Found truth I all but one; I, in twelve thousand, none. […] (4.1.171-2)
Matthiew 26:14-57
(14) Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto
the chief priests,
(15) And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?
And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
(16) And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
(17) Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the
passover?
(18) And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master
saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
(19) And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready
the passover.
(20) Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
(21) And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall
betray me.
(22) And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto
him, Lord, is it I?
(23) And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish,
the same shall betray me.
(24) The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by
whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not
been born.
(25) Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He
said unto him, Thou hast said.
(26) And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
(27) And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink
ye all of it;
(28) For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
(29) But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
(30) And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
(31) Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
shall be scattered abroad.
(32) But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
(33) Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because
of thee, yet will I never be offended.
(34) Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
(35) Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny
thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
(36) Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto
the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
(37) And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy.
(38) Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with me.
(39) And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not
as I will, but as thou wilt.
(40) And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto
Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
(41) Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
(42) He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if
this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
(43) And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
(44) And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying
the same words.
(45) Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and
take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners.
(46) Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
(47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him
a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders
of the people.
(48) Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is he: hold him fast.
(49) And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
(50) And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they,
and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
(51) And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off
his ear.
(52) Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all
they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
(53) Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently
give me more than twelve legions of angels?
(54) But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
(55) In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against
a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching
in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
(56) But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
(57) And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Matthew 27:3-5
(3) Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders,
(4) Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they
said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
(5) And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went
and hanged himself.
(based on the following article: Biblical References
and Analogies in Richard II, Catherine Lisak, from the book Richard II, William
Shakespeare, ouvrage dirigé par Henri Suhamy, Ellipses)