Matthew:26:47-
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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 .
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Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign ,
saying ,
Whomsoever I shall kiss ,
that same is he :
hold him fast .
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And forthwith he came to Jesus ,
and said ,
Hail ,
master ;
and kissed him .
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And Jesus said unto him ,
Friend ,
wherefore art thou come ?
Then came they ,
and laid hands on Jesus ,
and took him .
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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 .
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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 .
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Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father ,
and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels ?
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But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled ,
that thus it must be ?
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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 .
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But all this was done ,
that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled .
Then all the disciples forsook him ,
and fled .
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And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest ,
where the scribes and the elders were assembled .
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But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest '
s palace ,
and went in ,
and sat with the servants ,
to see the end .
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Now the chief priests ,
and elders ,
and all the council ,
sought false witness against Jesus ,
to put him to death ;
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But found none :
yea ,
though many false witnesses came ,
yet found they none .
At the last came two false witnesses ,
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And said ,
This fellow said ,
I am able to destroy the temple of God ,
and to build it in three days .
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And the high priest arose ,
and said unto him ,
Answerest thou nothing ?
what is it which these witness against thee ?
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But Jesus held his peace .
And the high priest answered and said unto him ,
I adjure thee by the living God ,
that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ ,
the Son of God .
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Jesus saith unto him ,
Thou hast said :
nevertheless I say unto you ,
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power ,
and coming in the clouds of heaven .
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Then the high priest rent his clothes ,
saying ,
He hath spoken blasphemy ;
what further need have we of witnesses ?
behold ,
now ye have heard his blasphemy .
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What think ye ?
They answered and said ,
He is guilty of death .
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Then did they spit in his face ,
and buffeted him ;
and others smote him with the palms of their hands ,
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Saying ,
Prophesy unto us ,
thou Christ ,
Who is he that smote thee ?
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Now Peter sat without in the palace :
and a damsel came unto him ,
saying ,
Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee .
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But he denied before them all ,
saying ,
I know not what thou sayest .
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And when he was gone out into the porch ,
another maid saw him ,
and said unto them that were there ,
This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth .
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And again he denied with an oath ,
I do not know the man .
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And after a while came unto him they that stood by ,
and said to Peter ,
Surely thou also art one of them ;
for thy speech bewrayeth thee .
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Then began he to curse and to swear ,
saying ,
I know not the man .
And immediately the cock crew .
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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus ,
which said unto him ,
Before the cock crow ,
thou shalt deny me thrice .
And he went out ,
and wept bitterly .
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