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A certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth thrown around him, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
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but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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They led Yeshua away to the Kohen Gadol. All the chief Kohanim, the Zakenim, and the Sofrim came together with him.
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Kefa had followed him afar off, until he came into the court of the Kohen Gadol. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
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Now the chief Kohanim and the whole council sought witnesses against Yeshua to put him to death, and found none.
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For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.
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Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
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"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"
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Even so, their testimony did not agree.
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The Kohen Gadol stood up in the midst, and asked Yeshua, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"
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But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the Kohen Gadol asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?"