Luke 22:21–71

Christ Predicts His Betrayer

Matt. 26:21–25; Mark 14:18–21; John 13:21–26

^21pBut behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table. ^22qAnd truly the Son of Man goes ^ras it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

^23sThen they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

The Disciples Argue Over Who is the Greatest

^24tNow there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. ^25uAnd He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ ^26vBut not so among you; on the contrary, ^whe who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. ^27xFor who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet ^yI am among you as the One who serves.

²⁸“But you are those who have continued with Me in ^zMy trials. ²⁹And ^aI bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, ³⁰that ^byou may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, ^cand sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Christ Predicts Peter’s Denial

Matt. 26:31–35; Mark 14:27–31; John 13:36–38

³¹⁴And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, ^dSatan has asked for you, that he may ^esift you as wheat. ³²But ^fI have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, ^gstrengthen your brethren.”

³³But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”

^34hThen He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”

Christ Predicts Coming Conflict

³⁵ⁱAnd He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?”

So they said, “Nothing.”

³⁶Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. ³⁷For I say to you that this which is written must still be ⁵accomplished in Me: ^j‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”

³⁸So they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.”

And He said to them, “It is enough.”

Christ Prays in Gethsemane

Matt. 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42; John 18:1

^39kComing out, ^lHe went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. ^40mWhen He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

⁴¹ⁿAnd He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless ^onot My will, but Yours, be done.” ⁴³⁶Then ^pan angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. ^44qAnd being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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

Judas Betrays Christ

Matt. 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–50; John 18:2–11

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

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

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

^52xThen 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 ^yrobber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³When I was with you daily in the ^ztemple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your ^ahour, and the power of darkness.”

Peter Denies Christ

Matt 26:57, 58, 69–75; Mark 14:53, 54, 66–72; John 18:15–18, 25–27

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

⁵⁷But he denied ⁷Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”

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

But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

^59fThen after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a ^gGalilean.”

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

Immediately, while he was still speaking, ⁸the rooster crowed. ⁶¹And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then ^hPeter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, ⁱ“Before the rooster ⁹crows, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶²So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Christ is Beaten

Matt. 26:67, 68; Mark 14:65

^63jNow the men who held Jesus mocked Him and ^kbeat Him. ⁶⁴¹And having blindfolded Him, they ^lstruck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?” ⁶⁵And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.

The Sanhedrin Tries Christ

Matt. 27:1; Mark 15:1

^66mAs soon as it was day, ⁿthe elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, ^67o“If You are the Christ, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will ^pby no means believe. ⁶⁸And if I ²also ask you, you will by no means answer ³Me or let Me go. ^69qHereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?”

So He said to them, ^r“You rightly say that I am.”

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