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| | But one of the men who were standing by drew a sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear. Jesus said, "Are you coming to get me with your swords and sticks as you would an insurrectionist? I was right there with you, teaching in the temple every single day, and you never came for me then. But the scriptures will have to be fulfilled." Then they all abandoned him and fled. | | But one of the men who were standing by drew a sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear. Jesus said, "Are you coming to get me with your swords and sticks as you would an insurrectionist? I was right there with you, teaching in the temple every single day, and you never came for me then. But the scriptures will have to be fulfilled." Then they all abandoned him and fled. |
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| | + | A youth there following him, with a linen sheet wrapped around his naked body, when he was grabbed by the men. He ran away naked, leaving the sheet behind. Then the armed men took Jesus to the [[High Priest]], and all the leading priests, elders, and scribes were assembled there. Peter followed from a distance, all the way into the High Priest's palace, and he sat down at the fire with the attendants to keep warm. |
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| + | The leading priests and the rest of the [[Sanhedrin]] asked for testimony against Jesus so they could put him to death, but found none. There was much false testimony, and the witnesses contradicted each other. Then a certain particularly deceitful witnesses said, "We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this handmade temple, and within three days I will build another without using My hands." But these witnesses also contradicted each other. |
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| − | |<span id="14:51"></span>And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
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| − | |A youth there following him, with a linen sheet wrapped around his naked body, when he was grabbed by the men.
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| − | |<span id="14:52"></span>And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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| − | |<span id="14:53"></span>And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
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| − | |Then the armed men took Jesus to the [[High Priest]], and all the leading priests, elders, and scribes were assembled there.
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| − | |This was the midnight meeting of the [[Sanhedrin]].
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| − | |<span id="14:54"></span>And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
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| − | |Peter followed from a distance, all the way into the High Priest's palace, and he sat down at the fire with the attendants to keep warm.
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| − | |<span id="14:55"></span>And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
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| − | |The leading priests and the rest of the [[Sanhedrin]] asked for testimony against Jesus so they could put him to death, but found none.
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| − | |<span id="14:56"></span>For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
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| − | |<span id="14:57"></span>And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
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| − | |<span id="14:58"></span>We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
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| − | |"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this handmade temple, and within three days I will build another without using My hands."
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| − | |<span id="14:59"></span>But neither so did their witness agree together.
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| − | |<span id="14:60"></span>And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
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| − | |The High Priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Do you have nothing to say? Just what are they saying about you?"
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| − | |<span id="14:61"></span>But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
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| − | |Jesus kept silent. The High Priest started interrogating him again: "Are you the Christ, the Son of the blessed?"
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| − | |<span id="14:62"></span>And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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| − | |Jesus answered, saying "I am, and you all are going to see the Son as man sitting at the right hand side of power and coming in the clouds of heaven."
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| − | |<span id="14:63"></span>Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
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| − | |The High Priest ripped his shirt down the middle, saying "We don't need any more witnesses!
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| − | |<span id="14:64"></span>Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
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| − | |You all heard the blasphemy, now how do you vote?" And they all condemned him to death.
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| − | |<span id="14:65"></span>And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
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| − | |Some of them spat on him. They put a bag over his head and punched him. They taunted him, "Tell us the future, Prophet!", and the attendants slapped him.
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| − | |Capitalized on account of Who He is, not on account of what the Sanhedrin members and their attendants thought He was.
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| + | The High Priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Do you have nothing to say? Just what are they saying about you?" Jesus kept silent. The High Priest started interrogating him again: "Are you the Christ, the Son of the blessed?" Jesus answered, saying "I am, and you all are going to see the Son as man sitting at the right hand side of power and coming in the clouds of heaven." The High Priest ripped his shirt down the middle, saying "We don't need any more witnesses! You all heard the blasphemy, now how do you vote?" And they all condemned him to death. |
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| + | Some of them spat on him. They put a bag over his head and punched him. They taunted him, "Tell us the future, Prophet!", and the attendants slapped him. Meanwhile, Peter was downstairs in the palace, when one of the high priest's maids came by. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth." He denied it, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." And as he went out to the porch, the rooster crowed. And another maid saw him, and said to the bystanders, "This is one of them." But he denied it again. And again the bystanders said to Peter, "Surely, you are one of them, for your accent is Galilean." But he began to swear, saying, "I do not know the man you speak of." And the cock crowed for the second time. Peter recalled what Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he wept when he realized this. |
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| − | |<span id="14:67"></span>And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
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| − | |<span id="14:68"></span>But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
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| − | |<span id="14:69"></span>And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
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| − | |<span id="14:70"></span>And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
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| − | |<span id="14:72"></span>And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |