Mark 14:43-52

Betrayal and Arrest

43 ¹Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied * by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

44 Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever * I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard."

45 After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, "²Rabbi!" and kissed Him.

46 They laid hands on Him and seized Him.

47 But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

49 "Every day I was with you ³in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures."

50 And they all left Him and fled.

51 A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.

52 But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 14:43-50: {Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-11}
• 2. Matthew 23:7
• 3. Mark 12:35; Luke 19:47; Luke 21:37

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and with him"
• [b]. Lit "safely"
• [c]. Lit "took off"
• [d]. Lit "left behind"