Luke 22:39–53

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

22:40–46pp—Mt 26:36–46; Mk 14:32–42

³⁹Jesus went out as usual^v to the Mount of Olives,^w and his disciples followed him. ⁴⁰On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”^{x 41}He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down^y and prayed, ⁴²“Father, if you are willing, take this cup^z from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”^{a 43}An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.^{b 44}And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.^c

⁴⁵When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. ⁴⁶“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”^c

Jesus Arrested

22:47–53pp—Mt 26:47–56; Mk 14:43–50; Jn 18:3–11

⁴⁷While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”^{d 50}And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard,^e and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? ⁵³Every day I was with you in the temple courts,^f and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour^g—when darkness reigns.”^h