Luke 22:47–71

JUDAS’S BETRAYAL OF JESUS

⁴⁷While^w he was still speaking, suddenly a mob came, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?” ⁵⁰Then one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus responded, “No more of this!” And touching his ear, he healed him. ⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?^{H 53}Every day while I was with you in the temple,^x you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour^y—and the dominion of darkness.”^z

PETER DENIES HIS LORD

⁵⁴They seized him, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter^aa was following at a distance. ⁵⁵They^ab lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard^ac and sat down together, and Peter sat among them. ⁵⁶When a servant saw him sitting in the light, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with him too.”

⁵⁷But he denied it: “Woman, I don’t know him.”

⁵⁸After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too.”

“Man, I am not!” Peter said.

⁵⁹About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter.^ad So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”^{ae 62}And he went outside and wept bitterly.

JESUS MOCKED AND BEATEN

⁶³The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating him.^{af 64}After blindfolding him, they kept^A asking, “Prophesy! Who was it that hit you?” ⁶⁵And they were saying many other blasphemous^ag things to him.

JESUS FACES THE SANHEDRIN

⁶⁶When daylight came,^a the elders^B of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes,^b convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.^{c 67}They said,^d “If you are the Messiah, tell us.”

But he said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe. ⁶⁸And if I ask you, you will not answer. ⁶⁹But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”^e

⁷⁰They all asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?”^f

And he said to them, “You say that I am.”^g

⁷¹“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from his mouth?”