All this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.– Matthew 26:56. Forthwith came Judas, and drew near unto Jesus, and said, “Hail, Master!” (Matthew 26:49), and kissed Him. Jesus, however, said to this thoroughly hardened and …

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If, therefore, ye seek Me, let these go their way. – John 18:8. And immediately, while He yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the Twelve, came, and after him a multitude of Roman soldiers and officers from the chief priests …

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Yet it pleased God to bruise Him. – Isaiah 53:10. Sorrowful unto death, under the burden of God’s wrath and curse, Jesus withdrew from His disciples, and went about a stone’s cast farther into the garden, and falling upon His …

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He hath made Him to be sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. – II Corinthians 5:21. Now they came to Gethsemane. Gethsemane was a garden where olive trees …

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Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd and against the Man that is My Fellow, saith the Lord of hosts. Smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn Mine hand upon the little ones.  Zechariah 13:7. …

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Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am. – John 17:24. Those who believe in Jesus Christ, through the Word preached by the apostles, and are sanctified to God through such …

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Sanctify them through Thy Truth; Thy Word is Truth. – John 17:17. And now the Lord prayed for His disciples, the apostles.  He prayed thus: “I have manifested Thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest me out of the …

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And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. – John 17:3. In the night in which He was betrayed, after the parting words, which John records, had been …

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In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.– John 16:33. When the Lord conversed so kindly with His disciples, and promised them that later on they would fully understand His words, …

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, He will give it you. – John 16:23. Do you hear, O Christian, what the Lord assures you of here?  Whatsoever you will ask in Jesus’ …

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