Matthew 26:55–63

⁵⁵In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes,“Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.↗

⁵⁶But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.↗

⁵⁷Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.↗

⁵⁸But Peter followed him from a distance to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.↗

⁵⁹Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,↗

⁶⁰and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward↗

⁶¹and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”↗

⁶²The high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”↗

⁶³But Jesus stayed silent. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”↗