49. And immediately Judah drew near to Yeshua and said, “Shalom, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
50. “Friend,” Yeshua said to him, “do what you’ve come to do.” Then they came up and threw their hands on Yeshua and seized Him.
51. And suddenly, one of those with Yeshua stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and he struck the kohen gadol ’s servant and cut off his ear.
52. Then Yeshua said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
53. Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions of angels?
54. How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
55. At that hour Yeshua said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, to capture Me as you would a revolutionary? Every day I sat teaching in the Temple, and you didn’t seize Me.
56. But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning Him.
57. Now those who had seized Yeshua led Him away to Caiaphas, the kohen gadol , where the Torah scholars and elders had gathered.
58. Peter was following Him from a distance as far as the courtyard of the kohen gadol . And after going inside, he was sitting with the guards, to see the outcome.
59. Now the ruling kohanim and all the Sanhedrin kept trying to get false testimony against Yeshua so they could put Him to death.
60. But they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward
61. and said, “This fellow said, ‘I’m able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days!’”
62. The kohen gadol stood up and said to Yeshua, “Have You no answer? What’s this they’re testifying against You?”
63. But Yeshua kept silent. The kohen gadol said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God, tell us if You are Mashiach Ben-Elohim!”