Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.

So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!

I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”

They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.

I will therefore have him flogged and release him.”

When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

They say, “God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,