Outline/Summary The chief priests convince Pilate to allow the execution of Jesus Jesus stood before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, who asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. When he was earlier accused by the chief priests and the elders of the people, Jesus had refused to answer. Pilate asked him,
Outline/Summary A potter’s field, a field of blood The Jewish leaders perceived Jesus’ teachings as threatening the Jewish religion and their credibility. After arresting Jesus (with assistance from the disciple Judas), early in the morning, the chief priests and the elders of the people planned how they could have Jesus executed. They bound him and handed him
Outline/Summary Jesus appears before Caiaphas and the teachers of the law After his capture and arrest, Jesus was taken to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. Peter followed them from a distance, right up to the courtyard. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the
Outline/Summary The Arrest of Jesus After Jesus predicted the disciples would betray him, they all went to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus told them, “Sit here and wait while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he became troubled and sad. He said to them, “My