Then a certain one of them struck the head priest's slave and sheared off his right ear. [Note: It was Peter who struck this man, whose name was Malchus. See John 18:10].

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders [of the Sanhedrin] who had come out against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?

Then they arrested Jesus and led Him away to the head priest's house [i.e., Caiaphas. See Matt. 26:57]. But Peter followed Him from a distance [i.e., as they went to the head priest's courtyard].

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, “This man was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

"Man, I don't know what you mean," replied Peter. No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed.

And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

how he had said to him, Before cock-crowing, thou wilt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking and ridiculing Him [and treating Him with contempt] and beating Him.

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him,

Then Pilate said to the leading priests and to the crowds [that had gathered], "I do not find anything wrong with this man."

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

And the chief priests and the scholars had stood, vehemently accusing him.

And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves.

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

said to them, You have brought me this man as one that perverts the people; and behold, having had an examination before you, I have found in this man no cause for the charges which you bring against him,

[For according to the festival he had to release someone to them.]

a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.

who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and for murder, had been cast into prison.

But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

And he released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

And when they had led him away, they laid hold on one Simon a Cyrenaean, coming out of the country, and laid on him the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

And when they had come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors; one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.

There was moreover a writing over His head: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

because the sun had stopped shining, and the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he began praising and honoring God, saying, “Certainly this Man was innocent.”

And all the crowds who had come together to that sight, having seen the things that took place, returned, beating their breasts.

And all those who knew him stood afar off, the women also who had followed him from Galilee, beholding these things.

who had not consented to their decision and deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever yet been laid.

And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

And when they had entered they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day."

Then they remembered what He had said to them.

But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

While they were discussing and analyzing what had happened, Jesus himself approached and began to walk with them,

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

They answered him, "The events involving Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in what he said and did before God and all the people, and how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and had him crucified.

But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder, for they went early to the place where his body had been put,

And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

When they had come near the village to which they were going, He appeared to be going further.

And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view.

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

Who told them that the Master had really risen, and had appeared to Simon.

And they related what had happened on the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

Then he told them, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."