Matthew 26:47-75 | Mark 14:43-72 | Luke 22:47-65 | John 18:2-27

Immediately following the prayer of Jesus in the garden, Judas led hundreds of soldiers there to arrest Him.  It’s been noted that Judas had to identify Jesus with a kiss, and that he was probably very ordinary in the way he looked.  They first take Jesus to the house of Annas, the father-in-law of the High Priest, Caiaphas, and it is in the courtyard of his house that Peter denies Jesus three times before the rooster crows.

Jesus is questioned, with the intent that He would say something they could kill Him for, but He only says what He had been saying before.  None of the witnesses against Him were consistent in saying the same thing.  In all of these things the trail and conviction of Jesus was illegal in Israel, yet they were already determined to kill Him.  Finally, they ask Him plainly if He is the Christ, and Jesus confirms that He is, which they interpret to be blaspheme - of course, it’s not blaspheme if it’s true!