Arrest of Jesus

Pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels

The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio, 1602 Events in the

Life of Jesus
according to the canonical gospels

Early life

* Annunciation
* Visitation
* Joseph's dreams
* Nativity
* Virgin birth
* Annunciation to the Shepherds
* Adoration of the Shepherds
* Circumcision
* Adoration of the Magi
* Flight into Egypt
* Massacre of the Innocents
* Presentation
* Return to Nazareth
* Finding in the Temple

Ministry

* Baptism
* Temptation
* Commissioning the Twelve Apostles
* Sermon on the Mount / Plain
* Beatitudes
* Lord's Prayer
* Miracles
* Parables
* Prayer
* Rejection
* Transfiguration

Passion

* Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
* Temple cleansing
* Second coming prophecy
* Anointing
* Last Supper
* Farewell Discourse
* Paraclete promised
* Agony in the Garden
* Kiss of Judas
* Arrest
* Sanhedrin trial
* Mocking
* Herod's court
* Pilate's court
* Flagellation
* Crown of Thorns
* Via Dolorosa
* Crucifixion
* Descent from the Cross
* Entombment
* Harrowing of Hell

Resurrection

* Empty tomb
* Appearances
* Noli me tangere
* Road to Emmaus
* Great Commission
* Ascension

In rest of the NT

* Road to Damascus
* John's vision

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The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels. It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), and immediately after the kiss of Judas, which is traditionally said to have been an act of betrayal since Judas made a deal with the chief priests to arrest Jesus. The event ultimately led, in the Gospel accounts, to Jesus's crucifixion.[1][2]

The arrest led immediately to his trial before the Sanhedrin, during which they condemned him to death and handed him to Pontius Pilate the following morning.[3] In Christian theology, the events from the Last Supper until the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus are referred to as the Passion.

In the New Testament, all four Gospels conclude with an extended narrative of Jesus's arrest, trial, crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. In each Gospel, these five events in the life of Jesus are treated with more intense detail than any other portion of that Gospel's narrative. Scholars note that the reader receives an almost hour-by-hour account of what is happening.[4]: p.91

## Biblical narrative

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See also: Kiss of Judas

The Capture of Christ by Fra Angelico, c. 1440, depicting Judas and Peter, cutting the ear of Malchus, the servant of Caiaphas Part of a series on

Death and Resurrection of Jesus

Passion

* Last Supper
* Arrest
* Trials
* Sanhedrin trial
* Herod's court
* Pilate's court
* Flagellation
* Mocking
* Crown of thorns
* Via Dolorosa
* Crucifixion and Death
* Burial

Resurrection

* Empty tomb
* Biblical accounts (overview)
* Noli me tangere
* Road to Emmaus
* Great Commission
* Ascension

Holy Week

* Palm Sunday
* Holy Monday
* Holy Tuesday
* Holy Wednesday
* Maundy Thursday
* Good Friday
* Holy Saturday
* Easter Sunday

Significance

* Session of Christ
* Salvation
* Jewish eschatology
* Christian eschatology

Visions of Jesus

* Vision theory
* Visions
* Religious experience

Empty tomb theories

* Stolen body
* Swoon
* Lost body
* Twin

Related

* Instrument of crucifixion
* Crucifixion darkness
* Conversion of Paul the Apostle
* Islamic view

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John 7:30 and 32 refer to early attempts to arrest Jesus which were unsuccessful. Luke 4:29 recounts that "everyone in the synagogue" in Nazareth laid hold of Jesus and "dragged him out of town", but he escaped and continued "on his way".[5]

According to the canonical gospels, after the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples went out to Gethsemane, a garden located at the edge of the Kidron Valley, thought by scholars to probably have been an olive grove. Once there, he is described as leaving the group so that he could pray privately.[6][7]

The synoptics state that Jesus asked God for the burden of death by crucifixion to save humankind be taken from him, though still leaving the final choice to God. Luke states that an angel appeared and strengthened Jesus, who then accepted God's will and returned to his disciples. The synoptics state that the three disciples that were with Jesus had fallen asleep, and that Jesus criticized them for failing to stay awake even for an hour, suggesting that they pray so that they could avoid temptation.[7]

At that point, Judas gave Jesus a kiss, as a pre-arranged sign to those that had accompanied Judas as to who Jesus was.[7][8] Having been identified, the officers arrested Jesus, although one of Jesus's disciples attempted to stop them with a sword and cut off the ear of one of the arresting officers.[7][8] The Gospel of John specifies that was Simon Peter and identifies the wounded officer with Malchus, the servant of Caiaphas, the High Priest of Israel.[7][8] Luke adds that Jesus healed the wound. John, Matthew, and Luke state that Jesus criticized the violent act, insisting that they do not resist Jesus's arrest. In Matthew, Jesus made the well known statement "all who live by the sword, shall die by the sword".[7][8]

The account in the Gospel of John differs from that of the synoptics: only in John do Roman soldiers help to carry out the arrest. Judas leads the arresting party to Jesus, but rather than Judas pointing out Jesus, John has Jesus himself, "knowing all that was to happen to him", ask them whom they are looking for; when they say "Jesus of Nazareth", he replies "I am he",[9] at which point all members of the arrest party went backward and fell to the ground.[7][8]

Only in the earliest version of Jesus's capture, appearing in the Gospel of Mark 14:51–52, is there any mention of a fleeing naked young man.

The arrest of Jesus and Judas' role in acting as a guide to those arresting him are subsequently referred to by Peter in Acts 1:16.

## Gallery of art

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* From the Maestà by Duccio, 1308–1311

* Dieric Bouts, c. 1450–1460

* The Taking of Christ by Gerard Douffet, c. 1620

## See also

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* Chronology of Jesus
* Life of Jesus in the New Testament

## Notes

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Capture of Jesus Christ.

1. ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 26:14-16 - New International Version". Bible Gateway.
2. ^ "The death of Jesus", BBC
3. ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Mark 15 - New International Version". Bible Gateway.
4. ^ Powell, Mark A. Introducing the New Testament. Baker Academic, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8010-2868-7
5. ^ Luke 4:28–30: Good News Translation
6. ^ The Synoptics: Matthew, Mark, Luke by Ján Majerník, Joseph Ponessa, Laurie Watson Manhardt 2005 ISBN 1-931018-31-6 page 169
7. ^ a b c d e f g The Bible Knowledge Commentary: New Testament edited by John F. Walvoord, Roy B. Zuck 1983 ISBN 978-0-88207-812-0 pages 83-85
8. ^ a b c d e The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Matthew-Luke, Volume 1 by Craig A. Evans 2003 ISBN 0-7814-3868-3 page 487-500
9. ^ Note, the word "he" is supplied by the translators; the Greek has "I am", the Ego eimi, which explains why the arresting party is stunned. John 18:4

## References

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* Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament Doubleday 1997 ISBN 0-385-24767-2
* Brown, Raymond E. et al. The New Jerome Biblical Commentary Prentice Hall 1990 ISBN 0-13-614934-0
* Kilgallen, John J. A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark Paulist Press 1989 ISBN 0-8091-3059-9
* Miller, Robert J. Editor The Complete Gospels Polebridge Press 1994 ISBN 0-06-065587-9

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* Presentation in the Temple
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* Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
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* Flagellation
* Mocking of Christ
* Ecce homo
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* Stabat Mater
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* Noli me tangere
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