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And while He was still speaking ,
behold ,
Judas ,
one of the twelve ,
with a great multitude with swords and clubs ,
came from the chief priests and elders of the people .
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Now His betrayer had given them a sign ,
saying , "
Whomever I kiss ,
He is the One ;
seize Him ."
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Immediately he went up to Jesus and said , "
Greetings ,
Rabbi !"
and kissed Him .
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But Jesus said to him , "
Friend ,
why have you come ?"
Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him .
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And suddenly ,
one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword ,
struck the servant of the high priest ,
and cut off his ear .
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But Jesus said to him , "
Put your sword in its place ,
for all who take the sword will perish by the sword .
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Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father ,
and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels ?
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How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled ,
that it must happen thus ?"
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In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes , "
Have you come out ,
as against a robber ,
with swords and clubs to take Me ?
I sat daily with you ,
teaching in the temple ,
and you did not seize 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 those who had laid hold of 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 at a distance to the high priest '
s courtyard .
And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end .
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Now the chief priests ,
the elders ,
and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death ,
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but found none .
Even though many false witnesses came forward ,
they found none .
But at last two false witnesses came forward
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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 to Him , "
Do You answer nothing ?
What is it these men testify against You ?"
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But Jesus kept silent .
And the high priest answered and said to Him , "
I put You under oath by the living God :
Tell us if You are the Christ ,
the Son of God !"
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Jesus said to him , "
It is as you said .
Nevertheless ,
I say to you ,
hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power ,
and coming on the clouds of heaven ."
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Then the high priest tore his clothes ,
saying , "
He has spoken blasphemy !
What further need do we have of witnesses ?
Look ,
now you have heard His blasphemy !
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What do you think ?"
They answered and said , "
He is deserving of death ."
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Then they spat in His face and beat Him ;
and others struck Him with the palms of their hands ,
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saying , "
Prophesy to us ,
Christ !
Who is the one who struck You ?"
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Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard .
And a servant girl came to him ,
saying , "
You also were with Jesus of Galilee ."
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But he denied it before them all ,
saying , "
I do not know what you are saying ."
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And when he had gone out to the gateway ,
another girl saw him and said to those who were there , "
This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth ."
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But again he denied with an oath , "
I do not know the Man !"
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And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter , "
Surely you also are one of them ,
for your speech betrays you ."
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Then he began to curse and swear ,
saying , "
I do not know the Man !"
Immediately a rooster crowed .
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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him , "
Before the rooster crows ,
you will deny Me three times ."
So he went out and wept bitterly .