23 Bible Verses about Arresting Christ

When his family heard about it, they went to restrain him, because they kept saying, "He's out of his mind!"

Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

Then the Jewish leaders tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

The Pharisees heard the crowd debating these things about him, so the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Jesus.

Jesus replied, "You don't know me or my Father. If you had known me, you would've known my Father, too." He spoke these words in the treasury, while he was teaching in the Temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him."

Now the betrayer personally had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him, and lead him safely away."

At this point, Jesus asked the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit? Day after day I sat teaching in the Temple, yet you didn't arrest me.

Jesus asked them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?

Day after day I was with you in the Temple teaching, yet you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."

"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through the voice of David about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus,

Jesus asked him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then the other men surged forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

Then the men took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

Then they arrested him, led him away, and brought him to the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

Then the soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus and tied him up.

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am the one, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."