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Rouse yourselves, let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand."
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Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.
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Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man: lay hold of him, and take him safely away."
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So he came, and going straight to Jesus he said, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him with seeming affection;
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whereupon they laid hands on Him and held Him firmly.
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But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.
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"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?
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Day after day I used to be among you in the Temple teaching, and you never seized me. But this is happening in order that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.'
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Then His friends all forsook Him and fled.
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One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,
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but he left the linen cloth in their hands and fled without it.