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But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.

Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?"

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here."

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

Then they shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

and he went back into the governor's residence and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"

Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, ‘The king of the Jews,' but rather, ‘This man said, I am king of the Jews.'"

So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, " They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice ." So the soldiers did these things.

But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.

He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"