49
When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they asked, "Lord, should we strike with the sword?"
50
Then one of them struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear.
51
But Jesus responded, "No more of this!" And touching his ear, He healed him.
52
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?
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Every day while I was with you in the temple complex, you never laid a hand on Me. But this is your hour-and the dominion of darkness."
Peter Denies His Lord
54 They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest's house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.
55
They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.
56
When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, "This man was with Him too."
57
But he denied it: "Woman, I don't know Him!"
58
After a little while, someone else saw him and said, "You're one of them too!" "Man, I am not!" Peter said.
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About an hour later, another kept insisting, "This man was certainly with Him, since he's also a Galilean."