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The Book of Jesus Chapter Eighteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
This was to fulfill the words he had spoken: 'Not one of those you have given me have I lost'. His followers seeing what was going to
happen said:
DISCIPLES.
Lord, shall we use our swords?
NARRATOR.
The mob came forward, seized Jesus and took him into custody. At that, one of the followers of Jesus who carried a sword, Simon
Peter, stretched out his hand, drew his sword and struck one of the high priest's servant, wounding him by cutting off his right ear. The
servants name was Malchus. But at this, Jesus spoke:
JESUS.
Stop it! That will do.
NARRATOR.
And touching the man's ear he healed him. Jesus then said to Peter:
JESUS.
Put your sword back in its' sheath, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Don't you think that I could appeal to my Father
and he would promptly send me more than twelve legions of angels to my defence. But then, how would the scriptures be fulfilled
that say this is the way it must be? Am I not to drink the cup that my Father has given me to drink?
NARRATOR.
Then Jesus said to the crowds: the chief priests, captains of the Temple guard and elders who had come for him:
JESUS.
Am I a thief that you had to set out to capture me with swords and clubs? When I sat among you teaching in the Temple day after day,
you never moved to lay hands on me. But all this was done, in order that the scriptures of the prophets be fulfilled. This is your hour
and the reign of darkness.
NARRATOR.
Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away. However, there was a young man who followed him who had nothing on but a linen
cloth wrapped around his naked body. The mob caught hold of him, but he left the cloth in their hands and ran away naked.
Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18: 2-11
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Peter's Denial
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NARRATOR.
The cohort, its' captain and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him. The men who had arrested Jesus led him off to Caiaphas,
the high priest for that year. They took him to the high priest's house where the chief priests, elders and scribes were assembled. They
took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Now it was Caiaphas who had suggested to the Jews that it
was better that one man die for the people. Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus at a distance. John [this disciple], who
was known to the high priest, went in with Jesus into the palace of the High Priest, but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other
disciple, the one known to the High Priest, went in and spoke to the woman who was keeping the door and brought in Peter. He went
into the High Priest's palace and sat down in the courtyard with the servants to see the end of what was going to happen. Now it was
cold and the servants and guards had lit a charcoal fire in the middle of the courtyard and were standing there warming themselves.
Peter also stood there and warmed himself with the others. While Peter was down below in the courtyard sitting there by the fire, one
of the High Priest's servant girls, the maid on duty at the door, came up and saw Peter warming himself there. She stared at him and
said:
DOOR GIRL.
Aren't you also one of this man's disciples? You were too with Jesus the Galilean, the man from Nazareth! This man was also with
him.
NARRATOR.
But he denied it in front of them all.
SIMON.
I am not. Woman, I don't even know him. I don't understand what you're talking about.
NARRATOR.
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