23 Bible Verses about Arresting Christ
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And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"
and [although they] wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.
And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.
So they were seeking to seize him, and 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, they should report [it], in order that they could arrest him.)
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these [things] about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers in order {to take him into custody }.
He spoke these words by the treasury [while] teaching in the temple [courts], and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
So they were seeking again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand.
and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill [him].
Now after two days it was the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, [after] arresting him by stealth, they could kill [him].
Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him!"
Now the one who was betraying him had given them a sign, saying, "[The one] whom I kiss--he is [the one]. Arrest him and lead [him] away under guard!"
At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple [courts] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me!
And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me?
Every day I was with you in the temple [courts] teaching, and you did not arrest me! But [this has happened] in order that the scriptures would be fulfilled.
"Men [and] brothers, it was necessary [that] the scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit proclaimed beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,
And Jesus said to him, "Friend, [do that] for which you have come." Then they came up [and] laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.
And they arrested him [and] led [him] away and brought [him] into the house of the high priest. But Peter was following at a distance.
Then the cohort and the military tribune and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and tied him up,
Jesus replied, "I said to you that I am [he]! So if you are looking for me, let these [men] go,"