14. The Trial before the Sanhedrin: Peter followed Jesus to the high priest

Matthew 26:57-68; 14:53-65; Luke 22:54-55, 63-71; John 18:12-16, 18-24

 NARRATOR:    They take Jesus to the Sanhedrin to try him for blasphemy; if guilty, Jesus would die by stoning.

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The Roman cohort and its tribune and the Jewish guards seized Jesus and bound him. They took him first to Annas, the former high priest; Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 

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They led him to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, and the elders and scribes assembled there.

 

They led him to the high priest; and the chief priests and elders and scribes assembled there.

 

They seized Jesus and led him to the high priest.

 

 

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It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews, ‘(Can’t you see) it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people.’

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Peter

followed Jesus at a distance into the high priest’s palace,

 

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followed Jesus at a distance into the high priest’s palace,

 

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followed at a

distance.

 

Simon Peter, with another disciple, followed Jesus.

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and Peter went in

 

 

 

 

 

This other disciple went with Jesus into the high priest’s palace, but Peter stayed outside the door. So the other disciple spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

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They had lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard

 

Now it was cold, and the servants and the guards had lit a fire and were standing there warming themselves. Peter stood there too, warming himself with the others.

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and Peter sat with them to wait for the verdict.

 

and Peter sat with them warming himself at the fire.

 

and Peter sat with them.

 

 

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The men who guarded Jesus were mocking and beating him. They blindfolded him and questioned him, saying, ‘You’re a prophet! Who hits you now?!’ And they all laughed and mocked him.

 

 

 

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The high priest questioned Jesus about his teaching. ‘I have always taught in the Temple; I have said nothing in secret. Why ask me? Ask the people there.’ One of the guards slapped Jesus, ‘Is that how you answer the high priest?’ Then Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

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When day broke there was a meeting of the elders of the people, the chief priests and the scribes. He was brought before them.

 

 

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The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus, however false, in order to have him killed. But they could not find any. Several false witnesses came forward. Two came forward and said, 

 

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus in order to have him killed. But they could not find any. Several false witnesses came forward, but their evidence was conflicting. Some stood up and said,

 

 

 

 

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‘We heard him say, AI can destroy the Temple of God and in three days rebuild it.@=

 

‘We heard him say, AI will destroy this Temple of God made by hands, and in three days build another, not made by hands.@= But they could not agree on what Jesus really said.

 

 

 

Destroy this Temple, and in three days raise it.

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The high priest then rose and said to him,

 ‘Have you nothing to say? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?’ But Jesus was silent.

 

The high priest then rose before the whole assembly and put this question to Jesus, ‘Have you nothing to say? What is this evidence these men are bringing against you?’ But Jesus was silent and made no reply.

 

 

 

 

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And the high priest put this question to him, ‘I put you on oath by the living God to tell us, are you the Christ, the Son of God?’

 

The high priest put this question to him, ‘Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?’

 

And they put this question to him, ‘Tell us, are you the Christ?’

 

 

‘So you say.

 

‘So you say,

 

‘So you say;

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if I tell you, you will not believe, and if I question you, you will not answer.

 

 

But, I tell you that from now on you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on with clouds of heaven.’

 

and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’

 

But from now on you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power of God.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘So you are the Son of God then?’ ‘So you say.’

 

 

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, ‘He has blasphemed.

 

The high priest tore his robes and said,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then they said, ‘Why do we need any evidence? We have heard it for ourselves from his own lips.’

 

 

What need of witnesses have we now? Look! You have heard the blasphemy. What has this revealed to you?

 

‘What need of witnesses have we now? You heard the blasphemy. What has this revealed to you?’

 

 

 

 

They all said, ‘He deserves to die.’

 

They all judged, he deserves to die.

 

 

 

 

Then they spat in his face and struck him; others said as they struck him,

 

Some of them spat at him, covered his face, and struck him, and said:

 

 

 

 

 ‘You’re a prophet, Christ! Who hits you now?!’

 

 ‘You’re a prophet! Who hits you now?!’

 

‘You’re a prophet! Who hits you now?!’

 

 

 

 

And the guards beat him too.

 

 

 

 
 

Two men say Jesus prophesied, foreseeing the Wailing Wall.
The Temple is the work of man; to rise, it first must fall.
The priest says Jesus must respond; He's silent as a lamb;
And then demands, 'Are you the Christ?' But you say that I am.

That's Blasphemy! cries Caiaphas, this charge they all embrace.
As one they beat and batter him, and then they shroud his face.
Now prophesy to us!, you fraud!, who strikes you where you stand?
He says, from now the Son of Man will rule at God's right hand.

Music: Chicago; refrain based on Canterbury, English 1585