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Thearrest of Jesus was a pivotal event inChristianity recorded in thecanonical gospels. It occurred shortly after theLast Supper (during which Jesus gave hisfinal sermon), and immediately after thekiss 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, toJesus's crucifixion.[1][2]
The arrest led immediately to histrial before the Sanhedrin, during which they condemned him to death and handed him toPontius Pilate the following morning.[3] InChristian theology, the events from the Last Supper until thecrucifixion andresurrection of Jesus are referred to asthe Passion.
In theNew 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
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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" inNazareth 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 toGethsemane, a garden located at the edge of theKidron 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]
Thesynoptics 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 anangel 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,Judasgave 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] TheGospel of John specifies that wasSimon Peter and identifies the wounded officer withMalchus, the servant ofCaiaphas, theHigh 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 theGospel of Mark 14:51–52, is there any mention of afleeing 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 inActs 1:16.
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