Mark 14:43-65

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

43 ¹And immediately, while he was still speaking, ²Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

44 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard."

45 And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, ³"Rabbi!" And he ⁴kissed him.

46 And they laid hands on him and seized him.

47 But one of those who stood by drew his ⁵sword and struck the servant^[a] of the high priest and cut off his ear.

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

49 ⁶Day after day I was with you in the temple ⁷teaching, and you did not seize me. But ⁸let the Scriptures be fulfilled."

50 ⁹And they all left him and fled.

A Young Man Flees

51 And a young man followed him, with nothing but ¹⁰a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him,

52 but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.

Jesus Before the Council

53 ¹¹And ¹²they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together.

54 ¹³And ¹⁴Peter had followed him at a distance, ¹⁵right into ¹⁶the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with ¹⁷the guards and ¹⁸warming himself at the fire.

55 Now the chief priests and the whole Council^[b] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

56 ¹⁹For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony ²⁰did not agree.

57 And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

58 ²¹"We heard him say, ²²'I will destroy this temple ²³that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, ²⁴not made with hands.'"

59 Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?"^[c]

61 But ²⁵he remained silent and made no answer. ²⁶Again the high priest asked him, "Are you ²⁷the Christ, the Son of ²⁸the Blessed?"

62 And Jesus said, "I am, and ²⁹you will see the Son of Man ³⁰seated at the right hand of Power, and ³¹coming with the clouds of heaven."

63 And the high priest ³²tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?

64 You have heard ³³his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they ³⁴all condemned him as ³⁵deserving death.

65 ³⁶And some began ³⁷to spit on him and ³⁸to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, "Prophesy!" And the guards received him ³⁹with blows.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 43-50, see Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-11
• 2. ver. 10; Acts 1:16
• 3. See John 1:38
• 4. Luke 7:38, 45; Luke 15:20; Acts 20:37(Gk.)
• 5. [Luke 22:38]
• 6. [John 8:2]; [Luke 2:46; John 18:20]
• 7. Matthew 21:23; [Matthew 4:23]
• 8. See ver. 21; Matthew 1:22
• 9. ver. 27; [Psalms 88:8, 18; John 16:32]
• 10. Mark 15:46; Judges 14:12; Proverbs 31:24
• 11. For ver. 53-65, see Matthew 26:57-68; [John 18:12, 13, 19-24]
• 12. Luke 22:54, 55
• 13. [See ver. 53 above]
• 14. [John 18:15]
• 15. [ver. 68]
• 16. See Matthew 26:3
• 17. John 7:32; John 18:3
• 18. ver. 67; John 18:18
• 19. Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11
• 20. [Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15]
• 21. [Acts 6:14]
• 22. Mark 15:29; See John 2:19
• 23. Acts 7:48; Acts 17:24; Hebrews 9:11, 24
• 24. 2 Corinthians 5:1
• 25. Mark 15:4, 5; Isaiah 53:7; John 19:9
• 26. For ver. 61-63, [Luke 22:67-71]
• 27. Mark 8:29; See Matthew 1:17
• 28. [Romans 1:25]
• 29. See Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30
• 30. Psalms 110:1; Hebrews 1:3; [Mark 16:19]
• 31. See Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30
• 32. Numbers 14:6; Acts 14:14
• 33. Matthew 9:3; John 10:36
• 34. [Luke 23:50, 51]
• 35. See Leviticus 24:16
• 36. Luke 22:63, 64
• 37. Mark 10:34; Mark 15:19; Isaiah 50:6
• 38. [Esther 7:8]
• 39. Matthew 5:39; [Acts 23:2]

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek bondservant
• [b]. Greek Sanhedrin
• [c]. Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?