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48 (Now His betrayer had given them a sign saying, “Whomever I kiss, it is He; take Him!”)
49 And he went right up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
50 So Jesus said to him, “Friend, what brings you here?” Then approaching they laid hands on Jesus and took Him.
51 And then, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and striking the servant of the high priest he cut off his ear!
52 But Jesus says to him: “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will die by the sword.
53 Do you actually suppose that I cannot call upon my Father right now and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it has to happen this way?”
55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd: “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a bandit, to arrest me? I used to sit daily with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me.
56 But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets should be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and ran away.
57 So those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
58 Now Peter was following Him at a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. And going inside he sat down with the attendants, to see the end.
59 The chief priests and the elders, in fact the whole Council, kept looking for false witnesses against Jesus so that they could put Him to death,