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Text -- Luke 22:47-71 (NET)
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Betrayal and Arrest
22:47 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 .
22:48 But Jesus said to him , “Judas , would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss ?”
22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen , they said , “Lord , should we use our swords ?”
22:50 Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave , cutting off his right ear .
22:51 But Jesus said , “Enough of this !” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him .
22:52 Then 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 ?
22:53 Day 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 !”
Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials
22:54 Then they arrested Jesus , led him away , and brought him into the high priest’s house . But Peter was following at a distance .
22:55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together , Peter sat down among them .
22:56 Then a slave girl , seeing him as he sat in the firelight , stared at him and said , “This man was with him too!”
22:57 But Peter denied it: “Woman , I don’t know him !”
22:58 Then a little later someone else saw him and said , “You are one of them too.” But Peter said , “Man , I am not !”
22:59 And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him , because he too is a Galilean .”
22:60 But Peter said , “Man , I don’t know what you’re talking about !” At that moment , while he was still speaking , a rooster crowed .
22:61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter , and Peter remembered the word of the Lord , how he had said to him , “Before a rooster crows today , you will deny me three times .”
22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly .
22:63 Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.
22:64 They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly , “Prophesy ! Who hit you ?”
22:65 They also said many other things against him , reviling him.
22:66 When day came , the council of the elders of the people gathered together , both the chief priests and the experts in the law . Then they led Jesus away to their council
22:67 and said, “If you are the Christ , tell us .” But he said to them , “If I tell you , you will not believe ,
22:68 and if I ask you, you will not answer .
22:69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God .”
22:70 So they all said , “Are you the Son of God , then ?” He answered them , “You say that I am .”
22:71 Then they said , “Why do we need further testimony ? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips !”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Prisoners |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Jesus, The Christ |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
OSTRACA |
Court |
Government |
Priest |
Readings, Select |
Peter |
JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF |
PETER, SIMON |
Cowardice |
Malchus |
Lies and Deceits |
Temptation |
Indictments |
SON OF GOD, THE |
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NET Notes -> Luk 22:47; Luk 22:47; Luk 22:47; Luk 22:48; Luk 22:49; Luk 22:49; Luk 22:49; Luk 22:50; Luk 22:50; Luk 22:50; Luk 22:51; Luk 22:51; Luk 22:51; Luk 22:52; Luk 22:52; Luk 22:52; Luk 22:53; Luk 22:53; Luk 22:53; Luk 22:53; Luk 22:54; Luk 22:54; Luk 22:54; Luk 22:54; Luk 22:56; Luk 22:57; Luk 22:57; Luk 22:57; Luk 22:58; Luk 22:58; Luk 22:58; Luk 22:59; Luk 22:59; Luk 22:60; Luk 22:60; Luk 22:61; Luk 22:61; Luk 22:62; Luk 22:63; Luk 22:63; Luk 22:64; Luk 22:64; Luk 22:64; Luk 22:64; Luk 22:65; Luk 22:66; Luk 22:66; Luk 22:66; Luk 22:66; Luk 22:67; Luk 22:67; Luk 22:67; Luk 22:67; Luk 22:67; Luk 22:68; Luk 22:68; Luk 22:69; Luk 22:69; Luk 22:69; Luk 22:70; Luk 22:70; Luk 22:70; Luk 22:70; Luk 22:71; Luk 22:71; Luk 22:71
NET Notes: Luk 22:47 Many mss (D Θ Ë13 700 pm as well as several versional mss) add here, “for this is the sign he gave to them: Whoever I kiss is [the one...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:48 Jesus’ comment about betraying the Son of Man with a kiss shows the hypocrisy and blindness of an attempt to cover up sin. On “misused kis...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:49 “Should we use our swords?” The disciples’ effort to defend Jesus recalls Luke 22:35-38. One individual did not wait for the answer.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:51 When Jesus healed the man’s ear he showed grace even to those who hated him, following his own teaching (Luke 6:27-36).
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NET Notes: Luk 22:52 Or “a revolutionary.” This term can refer to one who stirs up rebellion: BDAG 594 s.v. λῃστής 2 has “...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:54 Putting all the gospel accounts together, there is a brief encounter with Annas (brought him into the high priest’s house, here and John 18:13, ...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:56 The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:57 The expression “I do not know him” had an idiomatic use in Jewish ban formulas in the synagogue and could mean, “I have nothing to d...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:59 According to Mark 14:70 it was Peter’s accent that gave him away as a Galilean.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:60 A real rooster crowing is probably in view here (rather than the Roman trumpet call known as gallicinium), in part due to the fact that Mark 14:72 men...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:61 “The word of the Lord” is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:62 When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:63 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:64 Who hit you? This is a variation of one of three ancient games that involved blindfolds.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:65 Or “insulting.” Luke uses a strong word here; it means “to revile, to defame, to blaspheme” (L&N 33.400).
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NET Notes: Luk 22:66 Their council is probably a reference to the Jewish Sanhedrin, the council of seventy leaders.
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NET Notes: Luk 22:69 The expression the right hand of the power of God is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century...
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NET Notes: Luk 22:70 Jesus’ reply, “You say that I am,” was not a denial, but a way of giving a qualified positive response: “You have said it, but...
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