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And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

Every day I was with you ^(al)in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures."

And they all left Him and fled.

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.

But he ^[v]pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

^(am)They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together.

Peter had followed Him at a distance, ^(an)right into ^(ao)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ^[w]officers and ^(ap)warming himself at the ^[x]fire.

Now the chief priests and the whole ^[y](aq)Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent.

Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,

"We heard Him say, ‘^(ar)I will destroy this ^[z]temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent.

The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? ^[aa]What is it that these men are testifying against You?"

^(as)But He kept silent and did not answer. ^(at)Again the high priest was questioning Him, and ^[ab]saying to Him, "Are You ^[ac]the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"