Mark 14:43-72

New American Standard Bible

Betrayal and Arrest

^43 (A)And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up, ^[a]accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs who were from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. ⁴⁴ Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; arrest Him and lead Him away ^[b]under guard.” ⁴⁵ And after coming, Judas immediately went to Him and *said, “^(B)Rabbi!” and kissed Him. ⁴⁶ And they laid hands on Him and arrested Him. ⁴⁷ But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and ^[c]cut off his ear. ⁴⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a man inciting a revolt? ⁴⁹ Every day I was with you ^(C)within the temple grounds teaching, and you did not arrest Me; but this has taken place so that the Scriptures will be fulfilled.” ⁵⁰ And ^[d]His disciples all left Him and fled.

⁵¹ A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. ⁵² But he ^[e]pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

Jesus before His Accusers

^53 (D)They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes *gathered together. ⁵⁴ And Peter had followed Him at a distance, ^(E)right into ^(F)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ^[f]officers and ^(G)warming himself at the ^[g]fire. ⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the entire ^[h](H)Council were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. ⁵⁶ For many people were giving false testimony against Him, and so their testimonies were not consistent. ⁵⁷ And then some stood up and began giving false testimony against Him, saying, ⁵⁸ “We heard Him say, ‘^(I)I will destroy this ^[i]temple that was made by hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.’” ⁵⁹ And not even in this respect was their testimony consistent. ⁶⁰ And then the high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not offer any answer for what these men are testifying against You?” ^61 (J)But He kept silent and did not offer any answer. ^(K)Again the high priest was questioning Him, and *said to Him, “Are You the ^[j]Christ, the Son of ^[k]the Blessed One?” ⁶² And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see ^(L)the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and ^(M)coming with the clouds of heaven.” ^63 (N)Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? ⁶⁴ You have heard the ^(O)blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death. ⁶⁵ And some began to ^(P)spit on Him, and ^[l](Q)to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists and say to Him, “^(R)Prophesy!” Then the officers took custody of Him ^[m]and slapped Him in the face.

Peter’s Denials

^66 (S)And while Peter was below in ^(T)the courtyard, one of the slave women of the high priest *came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(U)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You were with Jesus the ^(V)Nazarene as well.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he ^(W)went out onto the ^[n]porch.^{[o] 69} The slave woman saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!” ⁷⁰ But again ^(X)he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “You really are one of them, ^(Y)for you are a Galilean as well.” ⁷¹ But he began to ^[p]curse himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!” ⁷² And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before ^(Z)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And ^[q]he hurried on and began to weep.