The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (111 page)

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 "I do not pray for these only, but also for
those who believe
in me through their word,
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that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
²²
The glory which you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
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I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so
that the world may know
that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
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Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me,
may be with me
where I am, to behold my glory which you have given me in your love for me before the foundation of the world.
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O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you have sent me.
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I made known to them your name, and I will make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them."

The Arrest of Jesus [
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]

18
  
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples across
the Kidron valley
, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
²
Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
³
So Judas, procuring a
band of soldiers
and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
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Then Jesus, knowing all that was to befall him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
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They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
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When he said to them, "
I am
he," they drew back and fell to the ground.
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Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
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Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he; so, if you seek me, let these men go."
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This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom you gave me I lost not one."
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Then Simon Peter, having
a sword
, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.
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Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink
the chalice
which the Father has given me?"

Jesus before the High Priest

12
 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him.
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First they led him to
Annas
; for he was the father-in-law of Cai'aphas, who was high priest that year.
 
*
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It was Cai'aphas who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that
one man should die
for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus

15
 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did
another disciple
. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he entered the court of the high priest along with Jesus,
¹⁶
while Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
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The maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
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Now the servants
^l
and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves; Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

19
 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
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Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together; I have said nothing secretly.
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Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I said to them; they know what I said."
²²
When he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
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Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?"
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Annas then sent him
bound to Cai'aphas
the high priest.

Peter Denies Jesus Again

25
 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, "Are not you also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
²⁶
One of the servants
^l
of the high priest, a kinsman of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
²⁷
Peter
again denied it
; and at once the cock crowed.

Jesus before Pilate [
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28
 Then they led Jesus from the house of Cai'aphas to
the praetorium
. It was early. They themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
 
*
²⁹
So
Pilate
went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
 
*
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They answered him, "If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over."
³¹
Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "
It is not lawful
for us to put any man to death."
 
*
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This was to fulfil the word which Jesus had spoken to show by
what death
he was to die.

Jesus Sentenced to Death

33
 Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the
King of the Jews
?"
³⁴
Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"
³⁵
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?"
³⁶
Jesus answered, "
My kingship
is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world."
³⁷
Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice."
³⁸
Pilate said to him, "
What is truth
?"

After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told them, "I find no crime in him.
³⁹
But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover; will you have me release for you the King of the Jews?"
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They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barab'bas!" Now Barab'bas was
a robber
.

1
  Then Pilate took Jesus and
scourged
him.
²
And the soldiers plaited a
crown of thorns
, and put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe;
³
they came up to him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands.
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Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him."
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So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!"
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When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "
Crucify him
, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no crime in him."
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The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law
he ought to die
, because he has made himself the Son of God."
 
*
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When Pilate heard these words, he was even more afraid;
⁹
he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" 
 
*
But Jesus gave no answer.
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Pilate therefore said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?"
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Jesus answered him, "You would have
no power over me
unless it had been given you from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin."

12
 Upon this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are
not Caesar's friend
; every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar."
¹³
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called
The Pavement
, and in Hebrew, Gab'batha.
¹⁴
Now it was the
day of Preparation
of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your King!"
¹⁵
They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have
no king but Caesar
."
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Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

17
 So they took Jesus, and he went out,
bearing his own cross
, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Gol'gotha.
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There they crucified him, and with him two others,
one on either side
, and Jesus between them.
¹⁹
Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."
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Many of the Jews read
this title
, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
²¹
The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.' "
²²
Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."

23
 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and made four parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. But
the tunic
was without seam, woven from top to bottom;
²⁴
so they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be." This was to fulfil the Scripture,

  
"
They parted my garments
among them,

  
and for my clothing they cast lots."

25
 So the soldiers did this. But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and
his mother's sister
, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Mag'dalene.
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When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "
Woman
, behold, your son!"
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Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
 
*

28
 After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), "
I thirst
."
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A bowl full of vinegar stood there; so they put a sponge full of the
vinegar
on hyssop and held it to his mouth.
³⁰
When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

31
 Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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So the soldiers came and
broke the legs
of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him;
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but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
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But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out
blood and water
.
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He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that
he tells the truth
—that you also may believe.
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For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "
Not a bone
of him shall be broken."
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And again another Scripture says, "
They shall look
on him whom they have pierced."