23 Bible Verses about Arresting Christ
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And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a 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 should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,
Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man; seize him."
Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard."
At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled."
"Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you came to do." Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.
Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance.
So the band of soldiers and their captain 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 men go."