Luke 22:47–71

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^47aWhile He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming ahead of them, and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹And when those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the ^asword?”

⁵⁰And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus answered and said, “¹Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests and ^aofficers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs ^bas against a robber?

⁵³“While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands against Me, but ¹this hour and the authority of darkness are yours.”

^54aNow having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest, but ^bPeter was following at a distance.

^55aAnd after they had kindled a fire in the middle of ^bthe courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

⁵⁶And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”

⁵⁷But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”

⁵⁸A little later, ^aanother saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹And after about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man was with Him too, ^afor he also is a Galilean.”

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

^61aAnd the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “^bBefore a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

⁶²And he went out and cried bitterly.

^63aNow the men who were holding ¹Jesus in custody were mocking Him while they beat Him,

⁶⁴and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “^aProphesy, who is the one who hit You?”

⁶⁵And they were saying many other things against Him, ^ablaspheming.

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

^66aAnd as the day came, ^bthe Council Sanhedrin of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their ^cSanhedrin, saying,

⁶⁷“^aIf You are the ¹Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

⁶⁸and if I ask a question, you will not answer.

⁶⁹“^aBut from now on ^bthe Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of ¹God.”

⁷⁰And they all said, “Are You ^athe Son of God, then?” And He said to them, “^bYou yourselves say that I am.”

⁷¹Then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”