The Arrest of Jesus
(Matthew 26.47-56Mark 14.43-50Luke 22.47-53)1 After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across Kidron Brook. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in. 2 Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some Temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches. 4 Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
“I am he,” he said.
Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them. 6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground. 7 Again Jesus asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”
“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.
8 “I have already told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go.” ( 9 He said this so that what he had said might come true: “Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.”)
10 Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the High Priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. The name of the slave was Malchus. 11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”
Jesus before Annas
12 Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, tied him up, 13 and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.
Peter Denies Jesus
(Matthew 26.69Matthew 70Mark 14.66-68Luke 22.55-57)15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was well known to the High Priest, so he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the High Priest's house, 16 while Peter stayed outside by the gate. Then the other disciple went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Peter inside. 17 The girl at the gate said to Peter, “Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?”
“No, I am not,” answered Peter.
18 It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a charcoal fire and were standing around it, warming themselves. So Peter went over and stood with them, warming himself.
The High Priest Questions Jesus
(Matthew 26.59-66Mark 14.55-64Luke 22.66-71)19 The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 20 Jesus answered, “I have always spoken publicly to everyone; all my teaching was done in the synagogues and in the Temple, where all the people come together. I have never said anything in secret. 21 Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them—they know what I said.”
22 When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!”
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell everyone here what it was. But if I am right in what I have said, why do you hit me?”
24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the High Priest.
Peter Denies Jesus Again
(Matthew 26.71-75Mark 14.69-72Luke 22.58-62)25 Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, “Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?”
But Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said.
26 One of the High Priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up. “Didn't I see you with him in the garden?” he asked.
27 Again Peter said “No”—and at once a rooster crowed.
Jesus before Pilate
(Matthew 27.1Matthew 2Matthew 11-14Mark 15.1-5Luke 23.1-5)28 Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal. 29 So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of?”
30 Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”
31 Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.”
They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.” ( 32 This happened in order to make come true what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)
33 Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.
34 Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”
35 Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?”
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!”
37 So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”
38 “And what is truth?” Pilate asked.
Jesus Is Sentenced to Death
(Matthew 27.15-31Mark 15.6-20Luke 23.13-25)Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him. 39 But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the king of the Jews?”
40 They answered him with a shout, “No, not him! We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a bandit.)
1 To sacījis, Jēzus ar Saviem mācekļiem aizgāja pāri Kidronas strautam; tur bija dārzs. Tanī Viņš un Viņa mācekļi iegāja. 2 Bet arī Jūda, Viņa nodevējs, zināja šo vietu, jo Jēzus ar Saviem mācekļiem tur daudzreiz bija bijuši kopā. 3 Tad nu Jūda, paņēmis kareivju nodaļu un augsto priesteru un farizeju sulaiņus, ierodas tur ar lāpām, lukturiem un ieročiem. 4 Zinādams visu, kam jānāk pār Viņu, Jēzus izgāja tiem pretim un sacīja: "Ko jūs meklējat?" 5 Tie atbildēja Viņam: "Jēzu Nacarieti." Viņš tiem saka: "Es tas esmu." Bet arī Viņa nodevējs Jūda stāvēja pie viņiem. 6 Kad nu Viņš teica: Es tas esmu, - tie atkāpās un nokrita pie zemes. 7 Tad Viņš vēlreiz viņus jautāja: "Ko jūs meklējat?" Un tie atbildēja: "Jēzu Nacarieti." 8 Jēzus atbildēja: "Es jums esmu sacījis, ka Es tas esmu; ja jūs Mani meklējat, tad lai šie aiziet!" 9 Tā piepildījās vārdi, ko Viņš bija teicis: "No tiem, ko Tu Man esi devis, Es nevienam neesmu ļāvis iet bojā." 10 Tad Sīmanis Pēteris, kam bija zobens, izvilka to, cirta augstā priestera kalpam un nocirta tam labo ausi. Bet kalpa vārds bija Malhs. 11 Tad Jēzus sacīja Pēterim: "Bāz zobenu makstī! Vai tad Man nedzert to biķeri, ko Mans Tēvs Man ir nolicis?" 12 Pēc tam kareivji līdz ar virsnieku un jūdu sulaiņiem saņēma Jēzu, sasēja To 13 un aizveda papriekš pie Annas, jo tas bija sievastēvs Kajafam, tā gada augstajam priesterim. 14 Bet Kajafa bija tas, kas jūdiem bija devis padomu, ka esot pareizi, ka viens cilvēks mirst, ja to prasa tautas labums. 15 Bet Jēzum sekoja Sīmanis Pēteris un vēl viens māceklis. Šis māceklis augstajam priesterim bija pazīstams un iegāja līdz ar Jēzu augstā priestera pilī. 16 Bet Pēteris palika ārpusē pie durvīm stāvot. Tad otrs māceklis, kas augstajam priesterim bija pazīstams, iznāca ārā, runāja ar durvju sargu un ieveda Pēteri iekšā. 17 Tad kalpone, kas sargāja durvis, saka Pēterim: "Vai arī tu nepiederi pie šī cilvēka mācekļiem?" Bet viņš saka: "Nepiederu." 18 Tur stāvēja kalpi un sulaiņi, kas no oglēm bija sakūruši uguni un sildījās, jo bija auksts; bet arī Pēteris bija nostājies pie viņiem un sildījās. 19 Pa to laiku augstais priesteris vaicāja Jēzum par Viņa mācekļiem un par Viņa mācību. 20 Jēzus viņam atbildēja: "Es pilnīgi atklāti esmu runājis pasaules priekšā; Es pastāvīgi esmu mācījis sinagogā un Templī, kur sanāk visi jūdi, un neko neesmu runājis slepeni. 21 Ko tu Mani jautā? Jautā tiem, kas dzirdējuši, ko Es uz tiem esmu runājis; tie zina, ko Es esmu teicis." 22 Kad Viņš to bija teicis, viens no sulaiņiem, kas tur stāvēja, Jēzum iesita vaigā, sacīdams: "Vai Tu tā atbildi augstajam priesterim?" 23 Jēzus viņam atbildēja: "Ja Es nepareizi esmu runājis, tad pierādi, ka tas bija nepareizi; bet, ja Es esmu runājis pareizi, ko tu Mani sit?" 24 Tad Anna Viņu sasietu sūtīja pie augstā priestera Kajafas. 25 Bet Sīmanis Pēteris stāvēja un sildījās. Tie viņam sacīja: "Vai arī tu nepiederi pie Viņa mācekļiem?" Bet viņš liedzās un sacīja: "Nē." 26 Viens no augstā priestera kalpiem, radinieks tam, kam Pēteris bija nocirtis ausi, vēl saka: "Vai es tevi neredzēju pie Viņa dārzā?" 27 Tad Pēteris atkal liedzās; un tūdaļ gailis dziedāja. 28 No Kajafas tie Jēzu ved uz pārvaldnieka pili. Bija agrs rīts. Paši tie neiegāja pārvaldnieka pilī, lai neapgānītos, bet varētu ēst Pashā jēru. 29 Tad Pilāts iznāca pie tiem ārā un teica: "Kādu sūdzību jūs ceļat pret šo cilvēku?" 30 Tie atbildēja viņam: "Ja Viņš nebūtu ļaundaris, mēs Viņu nebūtu tev nodevuši." 31 Tad Pilāts viņiem sacīja: "Ņemiet jūs Viņu un tiesājiet Viņu pēc sava likuma!" Jūdi viņam sacīja: "Mums nav tiesību nevienu nonāvēt." 32 Tā sāka piepildīties Jēzus vārdi, ko Viņš bija teicis par to, kādā nāvē Viņam bija mirt. 33 Tad Pilāts atkal iegāja savā pilī, iesauca Jēzu iekšā un sacīja Viņam: "Vai Tu esi Jūdu ķēniņš?" 34 Jēzus atbildēja: "Vai tu to saki no sevis, jeb vai citi tev par Mani stāstījuši?" 35 Pilāts atbildēja: "Vai tad es esmu jūds? Tava tauta un augstie priesteri man Tevi ir nodevuši. Ko Tu esi darījis?" 36 Jēzus atbildēja: "Mana valstība nav no šīs pasaules. Ja Mana valstība būtu no šīs pasaules, mani sulaiņi cīnītos par to, lai Es nekristu jūdu rokās. Bet nu Mana valstība nav no šejienes." 37 Tad Pilāts Viņam sacīja: "Tad Tu tomēr esi Ķēniņš?" Jēzus atbildēja: "Tu pareizi saki, Es esmu Ķēniņš. Tāpēc Es esmu dzimis un pasaulē nācis, lai apliecinātu patiesību. Ikviens, kas ir no patiesības, dzird Manu balsi." 38 Pilāts Viņam saka: "Kas ir patiesība?" Un, to sacījis, viņš atkal izgāja ārā pie jūdiem un saka viņiem: "Es nekādas vainas pie Viņa neatrodu. 39 Bet jums ir paradums, ka es jums Pashā vienu atlaižu. Vai jūs gribat, ka es jums atlaižu Jūdu ķēniņu?" 40 Tad viņi atkal brēca: "Ne Šo, bet Barabu!" Bet Baraba bija laupītājs.
