18After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees.G2424G2036G5023G1831G4862G846G3101G4008G5493G2748G3699G2258G2779G1519G3739G846G1525G2532G846G3101 2Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.G1161G2455G2532G3588G3860G846G1492G5117G3754G2424G4178G4863G1563G3326G846G3101 3The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.G2455G3767G2983G4686G2532G5257G1537G749G2532G5330G2064G1563G3326G5322G2532G2985G2532G3696 4Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" he asked.G2424G3767G1492G3956G2064G1909G846G1831G2036G846G5101G2212 5"Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. "I AM he," Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)G611G846G2424G3480G2424G3004G846G1473G1510G1161G2455G2532G3588G3860G846G2476G3326G846 6As Jesus said "I AM he," they all drew back and fell to the ground!G5613G3767G2036G846G3754G1473G1510G565G1519G3694G2532G4098G5476 7Once more he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" And again they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene."G3767G1905G846G3825G5101G2212G1161G2036G2424G3480 8"I told you that I AM he," Jesus said. "And since I am the one you want, let these others go."G2424G611G2036G5213G3754G1473G1510G1487G3767G2212G1691G863G5128G5217 9He did this to fulfill his own statement: "I did not lose a single one of those you have given me."G2443G3056G4137G3739G2036G3754G1537G846G3739G1325G3427G3756G622G3762 10Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest's slave.G3767G4613G4074G2192G3162G1670G846G2532G3817G749G1401G2532G609G846G1188G5621G1161G1401G3686G2258G3124 11But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?"G3767G2036G2424G4074G906G4675G3162G1519G2336G4221G3739G3962G1325G3427G4095G3378G4095G846 12So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.G3767G4686G2532G5506G2532G5257G2453G4815G2424G2532G1210G846 13First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time.G2532G520G846G520G4314G452G4412G1063G2258G3995G2533G3739G2258G749G1565G1763 14Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, "It's better that one man should die for the people."G1161G2533G2258G3588G4823G2453G3754G4851G1520G444G622G5228G2992 15Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest's courtyard with Jesus.G1161G4613G4074G190G2424G2532G243G3101G1161G1565G3101G2258G1110G749G2532G4897G2424G1519G833G749 16Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in.G1161G4074G2476G4314G2374G1854G3767G1831G243G3101G3739G2258G1110G749G2532G2036G2377G2532G1521G4074 17The woman asked Peter, "You're not one of that man's disciples, are you?" "No," he said, "I am not."G3767G3004G3814G2377G4074G1488G3361G4771G2532G1537G5127G444G3101G1565G3004G1510G3756 18Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself.G1161G1401G2532G5257G2476G4160G439G3754G2258G5592G2532G2328G1161G4074G2258G2476G3326G846G2532G2328 19Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them.G749G3767G2065G2424G4012G846G3101G2532G4012G846G1322 20Jesus replied, "Everyone knows what I teach. I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the people gather. I have not spoken in secret.G2424G611G846G1473G2980G3954G2889G1473G3842G1321G1722G4864G2532G1722G2411G3699G2453G3842G4905G2532G1722G2927G2980G3762 21Why are you asking me this question? Ask those who heard me. They know what I said."G5101G1905G3165G1905G191G5101G2980G846G2396G3778G1492G3739G1473G2036 22Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. "Is that the way to answer the high priest?" he demanded.G1161G846G2036G5023G2036G1520G5257G3936G1325G4475G2424G1325G4475G2036G611G749G3779 23Jesus replied, "If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I'm speaking the truth, why are you beating me?"G2424G611G846G1487G2980G2560G3140G4012G2556G1161G1487G2573G5101G1194G3165 24Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.G452G649G846G1210G4314G2533G749 25Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, "You're not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "No, I am not."G1161G4613G4074G2258G2476G2532G2328G2036G3767G846G1488G3361G4771G2532G1537G846G3101G1565G720G2532G2036G1510G3756 26But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Didn't I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?"G1520G1537G1401G749G5607G4773G3739G5621G4074G609G3004G1492G3756G1473G1492G4571G1722G2779G3326G846 27Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.G4074G3767G720G3825G2532G2112G220G5455 28Jesus' trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn't go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn't be allowed to celebrate the Passover.G3767G71G2424G575G2533G1519G4232G1161G2258G4405G2532G846G1525G3756G1519G4232G3363G3392G235G2443G5315G3957 29So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, "What is your charge against this man?"G4091G3767G1831G4314G846G2532G2036G5101G2724G5342G2596G5127G444 30"We wouldn't have handed him over to you if he weren't a criminal!" they retorted.G611G2532G2036G846G1508G3778G2258G1508G2555G302G3756G3860G846G3860G4671 31"Then take him away and judge him by your own law," Pilate told them. "Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone," the Jewish leaders replied.G3767G2036G4091G846G2983G5210G846G2532G2919G846G2596G5216G3551G2453G3767G2036G846G1832G3756G1832G2254G615G3762G615 32(This fulfilled Jesus' prediction about the way he would die.)G2443G3056G2424G4137G3739G2036G4591G4169G2288G3195G599 33Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. "Are you the king of the Jews?" he asked him.G3767G4091G1525G1519G4232G3825G2532G5455G2424G2532G2036G846G1488G4771G935G2453 34Jesus replied, "Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?"G2424G611G846G3004G4771G5124G575G1438G2228G243G2036G4671G4012G1700 35"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"G4091G611G3385G1510G1473G2453G4674G1484G2532G749G3860G4571G1698G5101G4160 36Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world."G2424G611G1699G932G2076G3756G1537G5127G2889G1487G1699G932G2258G1537G5127G2889G302G1699G5257G75G3363G3860G3363G3860G2453G1161G3568G2076G1699G932G3756G1782 37Pilate said, "So you are a king?" Jesus responded, "You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true."G4091G3767G2036G846G1488G4771G935G3766G2424G611G4771G3004G3754G1473G1510G935G1519G5124G1080G1473G1080G2532G1519G5124G2064G1519G2889G2443G3140G225G3956G5607G1537G225G191G3450G5456 38"What is truth?" Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, "He is not guilty of any crime.G4091G3004G846G5101G2076G225G2532G2036G5124G1831G3825G4314G2453G2532G3004G846G1473G2147G1722G846G3762G156 39But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this 'King of the Jews'?"G1161G5213G2076G4914G2443G630G5213G1520G1722G3957G1014G3767G630G5213G935G2453 40But they shouted back, "No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!" G3767G2905G3956G3825G3004G3361G5126G235G912G1161G912G2258G3027
19Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.G5119G4091G3767G2983G2424G2532G3146 2The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.G2532G4757G4120G4735G1537G173G2007G846G2776G2532G4016G846G4210G2440 3"Hail! King of the Jews!" they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.G2532G3004G5463G935G2453G2532G1325G846G4475 4Pilate went outside again and said to the people, "I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty."G4091G3767G1831G1854G3825G2532G3004G846G2396G71G846G1854G5213G2443G1097G3754G2147G3762G156G1722G846 5Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, "Look, here is the man!"G3767G1831G2424G1854G5409G4735G174G2532G4210G2440G2532G3004G846G2396G444 6When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" "Take him yourselves and crucify him," Pilate said. "I find him not guilty."G3753G749G3767G2532G5257G1492G846G2905G3004G4717G4717G4091G3004G846G2983G5210G846G2532G4717G1063G1473G2147G3756G156G1722G846 7The Jewish leaders replied, "By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God."G2453G611G846G2249G2192G3551G2532G2596G2257G3551G3784G599G3754G4160G1438G5207G2316 8When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.G3753G4091G3767G191G5126G3056G5399G3123G5399 9He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave no answer.G2532G1525G3825G1519G4232G2532G3004G2424G4159G1488G4771G1161G2424G1325G846G3756G612 10"Why don't you talk to me?" Pilate demanded. "Don't you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?"G3767G3004G4091G846G2980G3756G1698G1492G3756G3754G2192G1849G4717G4571G2532G2192G1849G630G4571 11Then Jesus said, "You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin."G2424G611G2192G3756G1849G3762G2596G1700G1508G2258G1325G4671G509G5124G1223G3860G3165G4671G2192G3187G266 12Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, "If you release this man, you are no 'friend of Caesar.' Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar."G1537G5127G4091G2212G630G846G1161G2453G2896G3004G1437G630G5126G630G1488G3756G2541G5384G3956G4160G846G935G483G2541 13When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement.G4091G3767G191G5126G3056G71G2424G1854G2532G2523G1909G968G1519G5117G3004G3038G1161G1447G1042 14It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, "Look, here is your king!"G1161G2258G3904G3957G1161G5616G1623G5610G2532G3004G2453G2396G5216G935 15"Away with him," they yelled. "Away with him! Crucify him!" "What? Crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the leading priests shouted back.G1161G2905G142G142G4717G846G4091G3004G846G4717G5216G935G749G611G2192G3756G935G1508G2541 16Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus away.G5119G3860G846G3767G846G2443G4717G1161G3880G2424G2532G520 17Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull.G2532G941G846G4716G1831G1519G5117G3004G2898G3739G3004G1447G1115 18There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them.G3699G4717G846G2532G1417G243G3326G846G2532G1782G1782G1161G2424G3319 19And Pilate posted a sign over him that read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."G1161G2532G4091G1125G5102G2532G5087G1909G4716G1161G1125G2258G2424G3480G935G2453 20The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.G5126G5102G3767G314G4183G2453G3754G5117G3699G2424G4717G2258G1451G4172G2532G2258G1125G1447G1676G4515 21Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, "Change it from 'The King of the Jews' to 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'"G3767G3004G749G2453G4091G1125G3361G935G2453G235G3754G1565G2036G1510G935G2453 22Pilate replied, "No, what I have written, I have written."G4091G611G3739G1125G1125 23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.G3767G4757G3753G4717G2424G2983G846G2440G2532G4160G5064G3313G1538G4757G3313G2532G5509G1161G5509G2258G729G5307G1537G509G1223G3650 24So they said, "Rather than tearing it apart, let's throw dice for it." This fulfilled the Scripture that says, "They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing." So that is what they did.G2036G3767G4314G240G4977G3361G4977G846G235G2975G4012G846G5101G2071G2443G1124G4137G3588G3004G1266G3450G2440G1438G2532G1909G3450G2441G906G2819G5023G3303G3767G4757G4160 25Standing near the cross were Jesus' mother, and his mother's sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene.G1161G2476G3844G4716G2424G846G3384G2532G846G3384G79G3137G3588G2832G2532G3137G3094 26When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, "Dear woman, here is your son."G2424G3767G1492G3384G2532G3101G3936G3739G25G3004G846G3384G1135G2400G4675G5207 27And he said to this disciple, "Here is your mother." And from then on this disciple took her into his home.G1534G3004G3101G2400G4675G3384G2532G575G1565G5610G3101G2983G846G1519G2398 28Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, "I am thirsty."G3326G5124G2424G1492G3754G3956G5055G2235G5055G2443G1124G5048G3004G1372 29A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.G3767G2749G4632G3324G3690G1161G4130G4699G3690G2532G4060G5301G4374G846G4750 30When Jesus had tasted it, he said, "It is finished!" Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.G3753G2424G3767G2983G3690G2036G5055G2532G2827G2776G3860G4151 31It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn't want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath . So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.G2453G3767G1893G2258G2258G3904G3363G4983G3306G3363G3306G1909G4716G1722G4521G1063G1565G4521G2258G3173G2250G2065G4091G2443G846G4628G2608G2532G142 32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.G3767G2064G4757G2532G2608G4628G3303G4413G2532G243G3588G4957G846 33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs.G1161G5613G2064G1909G2424G1492G846G2348G2235G2608G3756G846G4628 34One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.G235G1520G4757G3057G3572G846G4125G2532G2117G1831G129G2532G5204 35(This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also can believe.)G2532G3708G3140G2532G846G3141G2076G228G2548G1492G3754G3004G227G2443G5210G4100 36These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, "Not one of his bones will be broken,"G1063G5023G1096G2443G1124G4137G3747G846G4937G3756G4937 37and "They will look on the one they pierced."G2532G3825G2087G1124G3004G3700G1519G3739G1574 38Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus' body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away.G1161G3326G5023G2501G575G707G5607G3101G2424G1161G2928G1223G5401G2453G2065G4091G2443G142G4983G2424G2532G4091G2010G2064G3767G2532G142G4983G2424 39With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.G1161G2064G2532G3530G3588G4412G2064G4314G2424G3571G5342G3395G4666G2532G250G5616G1540G3046 40Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus' body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth.G3767G2983G4983G2424G2532G1210G846G3608G3326G759G2531G1485G2453G2076G1779 41The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.G1161G1722G5117G3699G4717G2258G2779G2532G1722G2779G2537G3419G1722G3739G5087G3764G3762G3764G5087 42And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.G1563G5087G2424G3767G1223G2453G3904G3754G3419G2258G1451
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they replied. "I AM he," Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)G611
