Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high-priest.

Then they who had apprehended Jesus, brought him to Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled.

Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas.

But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest addressing him, said, I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken [the fact]. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying, he hath blasphemed: what farther need have we of witnesses? lo! now ye have heard his blasphemy:

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium: and it was early: and they themselves went not into the praetorium, that they should not be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.


Then they who had apprehended Jesus, brought him to Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled.

Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Then were the chief priests and scribes, and the elders of the people gathered together in the palace of the high-priest, called Caiaphas.

But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest addressing him, said, I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art the Messiah, the Son of God. Jesus saith to him, Thou hast spoken [the fact]. Moreover I tell you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying, he hath blasphemed: what farther need have we of witnesses? lo! now ye have heard his blasphemy:

Then one particular person of them, Caiaphas, being the high-priest of that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation be not destroyed. And this he spake not from himself: but being the high-priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

Now Caiaphas was the person who had given his advice to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should be destroyed instead of the people.



Jesus answered and said to them, Pull down this temple, and in three days I will rear it up again.



Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.

Behold, the hour is coming, yea, it is already come, that ye shall be dispersed, each after his own concerns, and shall leave me alone: though I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Lo! we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles, to insult, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall rise again.

But he answered and said unto them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet: for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And as they were returning into Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of men: and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were grieved exceedingly.


And as they were eating, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

But he answering said, He that dippeth his hand with me into the dish, that man shall betray me. The Son of man indeed is departing, as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for that man if he had never had a being.

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Do ye still sleep on, and repose yourselves? lo! the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us go: lo! he that betrayeth me approaches.

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him: and after being killed, the third day he shall rise again.

And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was advancing before them: and they were astonished; and followed him full of fear. And again taking the twelve aside, he began to tell them what things were about to befall him: For, lo! said he, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles: and they will insult him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day rise again. And he said unto them, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall preserve it.

Then taking aside the twelve, he said to them, Lo, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man will be fulfilled. For he shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, and they shall insult him, and treat him with indignity, and spit upon him: and after scourging, shall slay him: and the third day he shall rise again.

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me. Now I tell you previously, before this comes to pass, that, when it cometh to pass, ye may believe that I am. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I shall send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. read more.
As Jesus was speaking these words, he was greatly agitated in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. Then the disciples looked one at another, doubting of whom he spake. Now there was one of the disciples reclining on the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved. Therefore Simon Peter gave him a significant look, that he should inquire of Jesus, which of them it should be of whom he spake. And he leaning on the breast of Jesus, said to him, Lord, which is it? Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give this morsel of bread, when I have dipped it. And dipping the morsel of bread, he gave it unto Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus saith to him, What thou doest, do quickly.

Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, Whither art thou going? Jesus answered him, Whither I am going, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me hereafter. Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I tell thee, the cock will not crow, before thou shalt deny me thrice.


Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium: and it was early: and they themselves went not into the praetorium, that they should not be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.


NOW the passover and the feast of unleavened bread were but two days distant; and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might seize him by craft, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be a commotion among the people.