受难节（三）-异域风情-休闲英语-轻松英语-洪恩在线

Good Friday （3）

　　(Review: Last chapter after Jesus and his eleven disciples had supper, they went up a hill to a garden named Gethsemane.)
　　
esus was crucified. Since Jesus often went to the Garden of Gethsemane, it was there that Judas brought soldiers to capture him. To identify which of the men they should take, Judas kissed Jesus. Then Jesus asked Judas, "Are you betraying me with a kiss?" So in English "a Judas' kiss" is a pretended show of love which is for the purpose of hurting the other person.
From the garden the soldiers led Jesus first to one group of officials and then to some others. The Jewish religious and political leaders wanted Jesus killed, but only the Romans could legally give that order.[1] The leaders encouraged some of the onlookers to shout, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" -meaning that Jesus should be killed the Roman way by being nailed to a wood cross and there left until he died.
The Roman governor Pontius Pilate said that even though some Jews had said that Jesus was the king of the Jews, he had done nothing to death[2]. So, Pilate had the soldiers beat Jesus, and a crown made of thorns was pushed down on his head. Then Pilate prepared to release Jesus, but someone shouted that if he let him go, he would be helping an enemy of the Roman Emperor.
Then Pilate[3] took a basin of water, and washed his hands in front of the mob, saying that he was innocent of this man's blood. They were responsible for Jesus' death. So in English, "to wash your hands of a matter" means to refuse to make a decision or take responsibility when you should.

注释：

1． The Jewish religious... give that order.：这里的leaders指的是当时耶路撒冷的首领（居民主要是犹太人），当时耶路撒冷正处于罗马帝国的统治下，所以处死耶酥要有罗马帝国的同意才行。

2． do nothing to death：没有做伤天害理的事情。那么“做伤天害理的事”就一定是do something to death。

3． Pilate：罗马总督“本丢·彼拉多”。其实他并不想处死耶酥，但他却为维护自己的统治而同意处死耶酥。所以现在 “a Pilate”是指一个人为了自己的政治目的而无原则地牺牲清白的人。

受难节（三）

　　(上一节我们已经说到耶酥和他的十一个门徒晚餐后来到一个叫做客西马尼的花园。)

　　因为耶稣经常去客西马尼花园，所以犹大就把士兵带到那里去抓他。为了确认该抓哪个人，犹大亲了耶稣一下。然后耶稣就问犹大“你用一个吻背叛我吗？”所以在英语里“犹大的吻”指的是表面上装出虔诚而实际上想陷害别人的人。

　　士兵们先把耶稣从公园带到一群官员面前，然后又带到另一群面前。犹太的宗教和政治首领们想杀死耶稣，但只有罗马人才能给予法定的命令。于是这些犹太教首领们便怂恿一些围观者喊叫：“把他钉死在十字架上，把他钉死在十字架上！”——意思是把耶稣按照罗马方式钉在一个木头的十字架上直到他死去。

　　罗马总督本丢·彼拉多说，尽管一些犹太人认为耶稣是犹太人的首领，但他并没有干什么伤天害理的事情。所以彼拉多让他的士兵抽打耶稣，并把用荆棘编成的冠套在他的头上。然后他打算释放耶稣，但是有人喊道，如果让耶稣走了，那么本丢就是在帮助罗马帝国的敌人。

　　于是彼拉多拿了一盆水，在众人面前洗了手，并说他的手上没有这个人的血。是他们杀死了耶稣。所以在英语里对某件事情“洗自己的手”的意思是当某人应该做某事时拒绝下决定或逃避责任。

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