Matthew 26:50

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus said to him,“Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

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  • Matt 20:13 : 13 And the landowner replied to one of them,‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage?
  • Matt 22:12 : 12 And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.
  • Luke 22:48 : 48 But Jesus said to him,“Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
  • 2 Sam 16:17 : 17 Absalom said to Hushai,“Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”
  • Ps 41:9 : 9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
  • Ps 55:13-14 : 13 But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. 14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

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  • Mark 14:41-49
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    41He came a third time and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

    43Betrayal and Arrest Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

    44(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)

    45When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said,“Rabbi!” and kissed him.

    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

    47One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

    48Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

    49Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

  • Matt 26:45-49
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    45Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

    48(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)

    49Immediately he went up to Jesus and said,“Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him.

  • Matt 26:51-52
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    51But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

    52Then Jesus said to him,“Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

  • Matt 26:54-57
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    54How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

    56But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • Luke 22:47-54
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    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

    48But Jesus said to him,“Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

    49When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said,“Lord, should we use our swords?”

    50Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.

    51But Jesus said,“Enough of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

    53Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

    54Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

  • Matt 26:25
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    25Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said,“Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied,“You have said it yourself.”

  • John 18:12
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    12Jesus Before Annas Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

  • John 18:22-23
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    22When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”

    23Jesus replied,“If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”

  • John 18:3-5
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    3So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

    4Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”

    5They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

  • Matt 26:23
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    23He answered,“The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

  • John 13:25-26
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    25Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest and asked him,“Lord, who is it?”

    26Jesus replied,“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

  • Matt 26:67-68
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    67Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

    68saying,“Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

  • Matt 26:36
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    36Gethsemane Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples,“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

  • Matt 26:15-16
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    15and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

    16From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • John 19:3
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    3They came up to him again and again and said,“Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly in the face.

  • Luke 22:64
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    64They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,“Prophesy! Who hit you?”

  • John 18:26
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    26One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,“Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”

  • Zech 13:6
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    6Then someone will ask him,‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer,‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’

  • John 7:44
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    44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

  • Luke 22:21
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    21A Final Discourse“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

  • Mark 14:19
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    19They were distressed, and one by one said to him,“Surely not I?”