Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^43 (A)And immediately, while he was still speaking, ^(B)Judas 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, ^(C)“Rabbi!” And he ^(D)kissed him. ⁴⁶ And they laid hands on him and seized him. ⁴⁷ But one of those who stood by drew his ^(E)sword 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 (F)Day after day I was with you in the temple ^(G)teaching, and you did not seize me. But ^(H)let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” ^50 (I)And they all left him and fled.

A Young Man Flees

⁵¹ And a young man followed him, with nothing but ^(J)a 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 (K)And ^(L)they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. ^54 (M)And ^(N)Peter had followed him at a distance, ^(O)right into ^(P)the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with ^(Q)the guards and ^(R)warming 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 (S)For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony ^(T)did not agree. ⁵⁷ And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, ^58 (U)“We heard him say, ^(V)‘I will destroy this temple ^(W)that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, ^(X)not 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 ^(Y)he remained silent and made no answer. ^(Z)Again the high priest asked him, “Are you ^(AA)the Christ, the Son of ^(AB)the Blessed?” ⁶² And Jesus said, “I am, and ^(AC)you will see the Son of Man ^(AD)seated at the right hand of Power, and ^(AE)coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁶³ And the high priest ^(AF)tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? ⁶⁴ You have heard ^(AG)his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they ^(AH)all condemned him as ^(AI)deserving death. ^65 (AJ)And some began ^(AK)to spit on him and ^(AL)to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him ^(AM)with blows.

¹⁵ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having ^(A)scourged^[a] Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (B)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(C)the palace (that is, ^(D)the governor's headquarters),^[b] and they called together the whole ^(E)battalion.^{[c] 17} And they clothed him in ^(F)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(G)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(H)spitting on him and ^(I)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(J)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(K)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(L)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (M)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (N)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(O)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(P)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(Q)it was the third hour^[d] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(R)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(S)robbers, ^(T)one on his right and one on his left.^{[e] 29} And ^(U)those who passed by derided him, ^(V)wagging their heads and saying, ^(W)“Aha! ^(X)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(Y)“He saved others; ^(Z)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(AA)the Christ, ^(AB)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(AC)see and believe.” ^(AD)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[f] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[g] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(AE)cried with a loud voice, ^(AF)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(AG)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(AH)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(AI)uttered a loud cry and ^(AJ)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(AK)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (AL)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[h] breathed his last, he said, ^(AM)“Truly this man was the Son^[i] of God!”