Luke 22:46–54
46and said to them,“Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”↗
47While he was still speaking, a crowd appeared. He who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.↗
48But Jesus said to him,“Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”↗
49When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”↗
50A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.↗
51But Jesus answered,“Let me at least do this”—and he touched his ear and healed him.↗
52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him,“Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?↗
53When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”↗
54They seized him and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.↗
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