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May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us, so the world may believe You sent Me.

I am in them and You are in Me. May they be made completely one, so the world may know You have sent Me and have loved them as You have loved Me.

I made Your name known to them and will make it known, so the love You have loved Me with may be in them and I may be in them.

So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

"I told you I am He," Jesus replied. "So if you're looking for Me, let these men go."

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard.

But Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

So Pilate told them, "Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law." "It's not legal for us to put anyone to death," the Jews declared.

They said this so that Jesus' words might be fulfilled signifying what kind of death He was going to die.

"My kingdom is not of this world," said Jesus. "If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I wouldn't be handed over to the Jews. As it is, My kingdom does not have its origin here."

You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

So Pilate said to Him, "You're not talking to me? Don't You know that I have the authority to release You and the authority to crucify You?"

So then, because of them, he handed Him over to be crucified. Therefore they took Jesus away.

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Don't write, ‘The King of the Jews,' but that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.'"

So they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it." They did this to fulfill the Scripture that says: They divided My clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for My clothing. And this is what the soldiers did.

A jar full of sour wine was sitting there; so they fixed a sponge full of sour wine on hyssop and held it up to His mouth.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man and of the other one who had been crucified with Him.

He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: Not one of His bones will be broken.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus—but secretly because of his fear of the Jews—asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away.