Mt 26:36-46

³⁶Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.” ³⁷He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. ³⁸Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.”

³⁹He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

⁴⁰He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour? ⁴¹Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴²Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.” ⁴³He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

³²They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.” ³³He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. ³⁴He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch.”

³⁵He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. ³⁶He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

³⁷He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour? ³⁸Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

³⁹Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. ⁴⁰Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn’t know what to answer him. ⁴¹He came the third time, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

⁴⁰When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

⁴¹He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

⁴³An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. ^{b 44}Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

⁴⁵When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief, ⁴⁶and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

1When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

 Mt 26:47-50

⁴⁷While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people. ⁴⁸Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, “Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him.” ⁴⁹Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Friend, why are you here?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

⁴³Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came—and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. ⁴⁴Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.” ⁴⁵When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him. ⁴⁶They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

⁴⁷While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, “Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

⁵They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

Jesus said to them, “I am he.”

Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. ⁶When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward, and fell to the ground.

⁷Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,” ⁹that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”[1]

[1]18:9 John 6:39

Mt 26:51-54

⁵¹Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear. ⁵²Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

⁴⁷But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁹When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” ⁵⁰A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus answered, “Let me at least do this”—and he touched his ear, and healed him.

Jn 18:10-11

¹⁰Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. ¹¹Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”

Mt 26:55-56a

⁵⁵In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. ⁵⁶But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

⁴⁸Jesus answered them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me? ⁴⁹I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

⁵²Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? ⁵³When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

⁵⁴They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.

¹²So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,

Mt 26:56b

 ⁵⁶But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

⁵⁰They all left him, and fled. ⁵¹A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him, ⁵²but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

Jn 18:13-14,  ^c 19-23

¹³and led him to Annas ^d first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.

¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching. ²⁰Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret. ²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said.”

²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”

²³Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?”

[Mt 26:67-68] ⁱ

⁶⁷Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, ⁶⁸saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

⁶⁵Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

⁶³The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. ⁶⁴Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?” ⁶⁵They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

Mt 27:1

¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

¹Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

⁶⁶As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying, ⁶⁷“If you are the Christ, tell us.”

But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe, ⁶⁸and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go. ⁶⁹From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?”

He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”

⁷¹They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”

a) See No. 254. Matthew and Mark narrate the Lord's announcement of Peter's denials as if it had taken place after they had left the upper room and were on their way to the Mount of Olives ; Luke and John, as taking place before they had left the room. John does not mention the agony in Gethsemane. It is, however, implied in the reference to the cup which the Father had given Him to drink, John 18:11 (No. 261). compared with the prayer to remove the cup recorded by the Synoptists in the present section.

b) As Luke alone mentions the appearing of an angel, it is not certain where this should be inserted in the accounts of Matthew and Mark. Some place it between the first and second prayer, believing that an angel came at this juncture to strengthen Him for that still more terrible struggle, when He was sweating great drops of blood. Others think the death agony and the sweating of blood took place before the appearance of the angel, indeed, that he was sent by the Father after this culmination of the Lord's soul suffering had been reached, though narrated after it. The latter would not have been contrary to the practice of Luke, as may be seen from other sections of his Gospel. See No. 249.

c) The Jewish trial comprised three stages: The preliminary investigation by Anne, the informal trial by the Sanhedrin, and the formal trial after dawn. With these are related the denials of Peter, and the suicide of Judas. Each of the four Gospels records the denials of Peter, but the details differ considerably, as must be the case where various reports point out certain features and pass over the rest. Of these three stages of the trial John apparently gives the first stage, Matthew and Mark give the second stage fully and mention the third only briefly, while Luke mentions the last part of the Jewish trial. Between verses 14 and 19 and following verse 24 John records the denial of Peter. Likewise the other three Evangelists insert the incident into their account, Matthew and Mark as running through the second stage of the trial and Luke as preceding that of the final session. In separating the trials and throwing together the denials, we are following the lead of the Gospels in an attempt to give a combined arrangement of the progress of events. We must, however, confess our inability to arrange exactly all circumstances into a complete program.

d) Annas was high-priest from 6-15 A.D. He is still called "high priest," but the actual office holder was his son-in-law Caiaphas, 18-36 A.D.

e) The regular place of meeting was the Hall Gazith, the Chamber of Hewn Stone, in the Temple buildings. We must regard this meeting in the palace of Caiaphas as an exception to the rule.

f) The account is interspaced with the dentate of Peter.

g) For verses 67-68 see No. 267.

h) For verse 65 see No. 267.

i) The Account of Matthew and Mark was interrupted by the narration of Peter's denials.

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