Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them.

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

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

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

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

They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

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

After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty!”

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately.

And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

Completely baffled, they said, “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs – we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”

In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.