Jesus Is Arrested
47 While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came up. The man named Judas was leading them. He was one of the Twelve. Judas approached Jesus to kiss him.
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But Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you handing over the Son of Man with a kiss?"
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Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen. So they said, "Lord, should we use our swords against them?"
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One of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
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But Jesus answered, "Stop this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
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Then Jesus spoke to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders. They had all come for him. "Am I leading a band of armed men against you?" he asked. "Do you have to come with swords and clubs?
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Every day I was with you in the temple courtyard. And you didn't lay a hand on me. But this is your hour. This is when darkness rules."
Peter Says He Does Not Know Jesus
54 Then the men arrested Jesus and led him away. They took him into the high priest's house. Peter followed from far away.
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They started a fire in the middle of the courtyard. Then they sat down together. Peter sat down with them.
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A female servant saw him sitting there in the firelight. She looked closely at him. Then she said, "This man was with Jesus."
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But Peter said he had not been with him. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
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A little later someone else saw Peter. "You also are one of them," he said. "No," Peter replied. "I'm not!"
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About an hour later, another person spoke up. "This fellow must have been with Jesus," he said. "He is from Galilee."
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Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
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The Lord turned and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had spoken to him. "The rooster will crow today," Jesus had said. "Before it does, you will say three times that you don't know me."
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Peter went outside. He broke down and sobbed.
The Guards Make Fun of Jesus
63 There were men guarding Jesus. They began laughing at him and beating him.
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They blindfolded him. They said, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"
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They also said many other things to make fun of him.