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53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts,[a] you did not arrest me.[b] But this is your hour,[c] and that of the power[d] of darkness!”

Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials

54 Then[e] they arrested[f] Jesus,[g] led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house.[h] But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:53 tn Grk “in the temple.”
  2. Luke 22:53 tn Grk “lay hands on me.”
  3. Luke 22:53 tn Or “your time.”
  4. Luke 22:53 tn Or “authority,” “domain.”
  5. Luke 22:54 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  6. Luke 22:54 tn Or “seized” (L&N 37.109).
  7. Luke 22:54 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  8. Luke 22:54 sn Putting all the gospel accounts together, there is a brief encounter with Annas (brought him into the high priest’s house, here and John 18:13, where Annas is named); the meeting led by Caiaphas (Matt 26:57-68 = Mark 14:53-65); and then a Sanhedrin meeting (Matt 27:1; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66-71). These latter two meetings might be connected and apparently went into the morning.