Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

and declared, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?"

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!"

Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!"

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

He trusts in God -- let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!"

When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah."

But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him."

Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!"

and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.'

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can."

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.