y what to answer him. And he cometh the third time,
and saith unto them:
"Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come;
behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up,
let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand."
And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,
and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed him had
given them a token, saying, "Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he;
take him, and lead him away safely."
And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith,
"Master, master;" and kissed him. And they laid their hands on him,
and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a
servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answered
and said unto them:
"Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to
take me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me
not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled."
And they all forsook him, and fled. 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: and he left the linen cloth, and fled from
them naked.
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled
all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 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. And the chief
priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him
to death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but
their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare
false witness against him, saying:
"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.'"
But neither so did their witness agree together. And the high priest
stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying:
"Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee?"
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?"
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."
Then the high priest rent h
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