Luke 22:47-69

⁴⁷While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came to him. Judas, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, was leading them. He came close to Jesus and kissed him on the cheek as if to greet him, but was really a signal to those with him which one was Jesus.

⁴⁸Jesus said to him, “Judas, ◄I am disappointed that it is by kissing me that you are enabling my enemies to seize me, the one who came from heaven!/is it by kissing me as though you loved me that you are enabling my enemies to seize me, the one who came from heaven?► RHQ”

⁴⁹When the disciples who were around Jesus realized what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we (exc) strike them with our swords?”

⁵⁰One of his disciples drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest to kill him, but only cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus said, “Do not do any more of that!” He touched the servant's ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the Temple guards, and the Jewish elders who had come to seize him, “◄It is ridiculous that you have come here with swords and clubs to capture MTY me, as if I were a bandit!/Why have you come here with swords and clubs to capture MTY me, as if I were a bandit?► RHQ Day after day I was with you in the Temple courtyard, and you did not seize me! But this is the time MTY when God is allowing you to do what you want. It is also the time MTY when God is allowing Satan, who rules MTY in the darkness, to do what he wants.”

⁵⁴They seized Jesus and led him away. They brought him to the high priest's house. Peter followed them at a distance.

⁵⁵They kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them.

⁵⁶As the light from the fire shone on his face, a female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with the man whom they have arrested!”

⁵⁷But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!”

⁵⁸A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You (sg) also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not one of them!”

⁵⁹About an hour later someone else said emphatically about Peter, “ The way that this man speaks shows that he is from Galilee district. Certainly this man was also with the man whom they arrested, who is from Galilee!”

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

⁶¹The Lord Jesus turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “This night, before the rooster crows, you (sg) will deny three times that you know me.”

⁶²And Peter went out of the courtyard and cried very sorrowfully.

⁶³The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.

⁶⁴They put a blindfold on him and beat him again. Then they said to him, “ Because you(sg) say IRO that you are a prophet, prove it by telling us who it was that struck you!”

⁶⁵They said many other evil things about him, insulting him.

⁶⁶At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him,

⁶⁷“If you (sg) are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I tell you that, you will not believe me.

⁶⁸If I ask you what you think about the Messiah, you will not answer me.

⁶⁹But some day you will see me, the one who came from heaven, sitting next to almighty God and ruling MTY!”