Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff – no bread, no bag, no money in their belts –

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

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.