riversident Matthew:26:36-46
riversident@Matthew:26:36 @ Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples,
riversident@Matthew:26:37 @ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.
riversident@Matthew:26:38 @ He said to them,
riversident@Matthew:26:39 @ Then he went a little farther and fell on his face and prayed,
riversident@Matthew:26:40 @ Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,
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riversident@Matthew:26:42 @ Again a second time he went away and prayed,
riversident@Matthew:26:43 @ He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
riversident@Matthew:26:44 @ So he left them and went away again and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.
riversident@Matthew:26:45 @ Then he came to the disciples and said to them,
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riversident@Matthew:26:47 @ While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, sent by the high priests and elders of the people.
riversident@Matthew:26:48 @ The traitor had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is he. Arrest him."
riversident@Matthew:26:49 @ Immediately he came up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and kissed him affectionately.
riversident@Matthew:26:50 @ Jesus said to him, Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and arrested him.
riversident@Matthew:26:51 @ Suddenly one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the High Priest, cutting off his ear.
riversident@Matthew:26:52 @ Jesus said to him,
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riversident@Matthew:26:55 @ Jesus said to the crowd,
riversident@Matthew:26:56 @ Then all the disciples left him and fled.
riversident@Matthew:26:57 @ The men who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had assembled.
riversident@Matthew:26:58 @ Peter followed him at a distance as far as the court of the High Priest, and went in and sat among the attendants to see the end.
riversident@Matthew:26:59 @ The high priests and the whole council sought for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
riversident@Matthew:26:60 @ But they did not find any, although many false witnesses came. Finally, two came forward
riversident@Matthew:26:61 @ and said, "This man said, 'I can pull down the Temple of God and in three days build it up again.' "
riversident@Matthew:26:62 @ The High Priest rose and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is it that these are testifying to against you?"
riversident@Matthew:26:63 @ But Jesus kept silence. The High Priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
riversident@Matthew:26:64 @ Jesus said to him,
riversident@Matthew:26:65 @ Then the High Priest rent his garments, saying, "Impious words! Why do we any longer need witnesses? See, you have now heard his impious words.
riversident@Matthew:26:66 @ What do you think?" They answered, "He deserves death."
riversident@Matthew:26:67 @ Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Some slapped him,
riversident@Matthew:26:68 @ saying, "Act the prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you? "
riversident@Matthew:26:69 @ Peter was sitting outside in the court. A maid came up to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."
riversident@Matthew:26:70 @ But he denied it before all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
riversident@Matthew:26:71 @ When he had gone out into the gateway, another maid saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."
riversident@Matthew:26:72 @ Then again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the man."
riversident@Matthew:26:73 @ After a little those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, "Truly you are one of them, for your accent proves it."
riversident@Matthew:26:74 @ Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man." Immediately the cock crew, and
riversident@Matthew:26:75 @ Peter remembered what Jesus had said, and he went out and wept bitterly.