Mark 14:43-52

New American Standard Bible

Betrayal and Arrest

⁴³^(A)And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up, ^[a]accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who were from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. ⁴⁴Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away ^[b]under guard.” ⁴⁵And after coming, Judas immediately went to Him and *said, “^(B)Rabbi!” and kissed Him. ⁴⁶And they laid hands on Him and arrested Him. ⁴⁷But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and ^[c]cut off his ear. ⁴⁸And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a man inciting a revolt? ⁴⁹Every day I was with you ^(C)within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me; but this has taken place so that the Scriptures will be fulfilled.” ⁵⁰And ^[d]His disciples all left Him and fled.

⁵¹A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. ⁵²But he ^[e]pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

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Mark 14:43 Lit and with him
Mark 14:44 Lit safely
Mark 14:47 Lit took off
Mark 14:50 Lit they
Mark 14:52 Lit left behind

Mark 15:1-15

New American Standard Bible

Jesus before Pilate

15 ^(A)Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders, scribes, and the entire ^[a]^(B)Council immediately held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate. ²^(C)Pilate questioned Him: “So You are the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is as you say.” ³And the chief priests started accusing Him ^[b]of many things. ⁴But Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You offer nothing in answer? See how many charges they are bringing against You!” ⁵But Jesus ^(D)said nothing further in answer, so Pilate was amazed.

⁶^(E)Now at the Passover Feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. ⁷And the one named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt. ⁸And the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. ⁹Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ^(F)to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. ¹²And responding again, Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³They shouted ^[c]back, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁴But Pilate said to them, “Why, what ^[d]evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁵Intent on satisfying the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ^(G)flogged, he handed Him over to be crucified.