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So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the temple police how he could betray him to them.

So Jesushe">[fn] sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

So they went and found everything just as Jesushe">[fn] had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.Matthew 20:26; Luke 9:48; 1 Peter 5:3;">[xr]

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."Psalm 49:14; Matthew 8:11; 19:28; Luke 14:15; 1 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 3:21; 19:9;">[xr]

So they said, "Lord, look! Here are two swords." He answered them, "Enough of that!"That is enough">[fn]

But Jesus said, "No more of this!" So he touched his ear and healed him.

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so."Matthew 27:11; 1 Timothy 6:13;">[xr]

So he continued to question him for a long time, but Jesushe">[fn] gave him no answer at all.

So Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day. Before this they had been enemies.Acts 4:27;">[xr]

So I will punish him and let him go."Matthew 27:26; John 19:1;">[xr]

But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, so he appealed to them again,

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

So he released the man who had been put in prison for revolt and murder - the man they continued to demand - but he let them have their way with Jesus.he turned Jesus over to their will">[fn]

So the women who had come with Jesushim">[fn] from Galilee, following close behind, saw the tomb and how his body was laid.Mark 15:47; Luke 8:2;">[xr]

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.

But they urged him strongly, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening and the day is almost gone." So he went in to stay with them.Genesis 19:3; Acts 16:15;">[xr]

Then he opened their minds so that they might come to understand the Scriptures.Acts 16:14;">[xr]

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.Acts 19:4;">[xr]

So they asked him, "Well then, are you Elijah?"He said, "I am not.""Are you the Prophet?"He answered, "No."Deuteronomy 18:15,18; Malachi 4:5; Matthew 17:10;">[xr]