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And they said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough."

And when those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"

Now having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest, but Peter was following at a distance.

And after they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, "Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?"

And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming.

And as the day came, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their Sanhedrin, saying,

And they all said, "Are You the Son of God, then?" And He said to them, "You yourselves say that I am."

And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."

Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!"

But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices were prevailing.

And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

And when they led Him away, they took hold of a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,' and to the hills, ‘Cover us.'

And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, were returning, beating their chests.

Then after they returned, they prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.