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In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staffs to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
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But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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And they that had laid hold on Jesus, led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
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But Peter followed him at a distance, to the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants to see the end.
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Now the chief priests and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;
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But found none: and, though many false witnesses came, [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
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And said, This [man] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
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And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what [is it which] these testify against thee?
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But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ the Son of God.
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Jesus saith to him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.