Luke 22:47–71

The Arrest of Jesus

⁴⁷Jesus was still speaking when a crowd arrived, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. He came up to Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸But Jesus said, “Judas, is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?”

⁴⁹When the disciples who were with Jesus saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Shall we use our swords, Lord?” ⁵⁰And one of them struck the High Priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹But Jesus said, “Enough of this!” He touched the man’s ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and the elders who had come there to get him, “Did you have to come with swords and clubs, as though I were an outlaw? ^53*I was with you in the Temple every day, and you did not try to arrest me. But this is your hour to act, when the power of darkness rules.”

Peter Denies Jesus

⁵⁴They arrested Jesus and took him away into the house of the High Priest; and Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵A fire had been lit in the centre of the courtyard, and Peter joined those who were sitting round it. ⁵⁶When one of the servant women saw him sitting there at the fire, she looked straight at him and said, “This man too was with Jesus!”

⁵⁷But Peter denied it, “Woman, I don’t even know him!”

⁵⁸After a little while a man noticed Peter and said, “You are one of them, too!”

But Peter answered, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹And about an hour later another man insisted strongly, “There isn’t any doubt that this man was with Jesus, because he also is a Galilean!”

⁶⁰But Peter answered, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!”

At once, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed. ⁶¹The Lord turned round and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered that the Lord had said to him, “Before the cock crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.” ⁶²Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus Is Mocked and Beaten

⁶³The men who were guarding Jesus mocked him and beat him. ⁶⁴They blindfolded him and asked him, “Who hit you? Guess!” ⁶⁵And they said many other insulting things to him.

Jesus Is Brought Before the Council

⁶⁶When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council. ⁶⁷“Tell us,” they said, “are you the Messiah?”

He answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me; ⁶⁸and if I ask you a question, you will not answer. ⁶⁹But from now on the Son of Man will be seated on the right of Almighty God.”

⁷⁰They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?”

He answered them, “You say that I am.”

⁷¹And they said, “We don’t need any witnesses! We ourselves have heard what he said!”