Mark 14:43-53

43 And while he was yet speaking, cometh Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve: and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients.
44 And he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he. Lay hold on him: and lead him away carefully.
45 And when he was come, immediately going up to him he saith: Hail, Rabbi! And he kissed him.
46 But they laid hands on him and held him.
47 And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear.
48 And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching: and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled.
50 Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away.
51 And a certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body. And they laid hold on him.
52 But he, casting off the linen cloth, fled from them naked.
53 And they brought Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests and the scribes and the ancients assembled together.

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