23 Bible Verses about Arresting Christ
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When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.
The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.
These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.
Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;
Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.”
Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard.”
At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.
And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?
Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures.”
“Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
And Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.
Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance.
So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”