<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

For Herod had arrested John, bound him,<n id="1" /> and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife,

(Now the betrayer<n id="1" /> had given them a sign, saying, &#8220;The one I kiss is the man.<n id="2" /> Arrest him!&#8221;)<n id="3" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Friend, do what you are here to do.&#8221; Then they came and took hold<n id="2" /> of Jesus and arrested him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house<n id="1" /> the experts in the law<n id="2" /> and the elders had gathered.

But<n id="1" /> Jesus met them, saying, &#8220;Greetings!&#8221; They<n id="2" /> came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, &#8220;<i>Talitha koumi>,&#8221; which means, &#8220;Little girl, I say to you, get up.&#8221;

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing,<n id="1" /> holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.<n id="1" />)<n id="2" />

<p class="bodyblock">Now<n id="1" /> they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So<n id="2" /> they left him and went away.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> were trying to find a way<n id="2" /> to arrest Jesus<n id="3" /> by stealth and kill him.

(Now the betrayer<n id="1" /> had given them a sign, saying, &#8220;The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.&#8221;)<n id="2" />

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet<n id="1" /> you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that<n id="2" /> the scriptures would be fulfilled.&#8221;

But God raised him up,<n id="1" /> having released<n id="2" /> him from the pains<n id="3" /> of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While the man<n id="1" /> was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway<n id="2" /> called Solomon&#8217;s Portico.<n id="3" />

so that we who have found refuge in him<n id="1" /> may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

He<n id="1" /> seized the dragon &#8211; the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan &#8211; and tied him up for a thousand years.

He said to them, &#8220;Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

After<n id="1" /> he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins.<n id="2" /> So<n id="3" /> he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him,<n id="4" /> saying, &#8216;Pay back what you owe me!&#8217;<n id="5" />

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, &#8220;Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?<n id="1" /> Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet<n id="2" /> you did not arrest me.