Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land

The Prayer in the Garden^(A)

^39 (B)Coming out, ^(C)He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. ^40 (D)When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

^41 (E)And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, ⁴² saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless ^(F)not My will, but Yours, be done.” ^43 [a]Then ^(G)an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. ^44 (H)And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

⁴⁵ When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. ⁴⁶ Then He said to them, “Why ^(I)do you sleep? Rise and ^(J)pray, lest you enter into temptation.”

Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane^(K)

⁴⁷ And while He was still speaking, ^(L)behold, a multitude; and he who was called ^(M)Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. ⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a ^(N)kiss?”

⁴⁹ When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” ⁵⁰ And ^(O)one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹ But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

^52 (P)Then Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to Him, “Have you come out, as against a ^(Q)robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³ When I was with you daily in the ^(R)temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your ^(S)hour, and the power of darkness.”

Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly^(T)

^54 (U)Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house. ^(V)But Peter followed at a distance. ^55 (W)Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. ⁵⁶ And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”

⁵⁷ But he denied ^[b]Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”

^58 (X)And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are of them.”

But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

^59 (Y)Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a ^(Z)Galilean.”

⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!”

Immediately, while he was still speaking, ^[c]the rooster crowed. ⁶¹ And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then ^(AA)Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, ^(AB)“Before the rooster ^[d]crows, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² So Peter went out and wept bitterly.