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Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va’ed. Shema

Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is One! Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom, forever and ever. Amein. Shema

While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the chief priest arrived. When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him closely and said, “Hey, you! You were with that Nazarene, Yeshua!” But Peter denied it. “I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about!” he exclaimed. He went outside on the porch and a rooster crowed. Mark 14:66-72 The Source with Hebraic adaptation by Rabbi Lutton

The servant girl looked at him again, and kept saying to the bystanders, “This guy is one of them!” But he denied it again. Soon after, some of the ones standing nearby said to Peter, “Surely you’re one of them! You’re a Galilean!” Then Peter stared cursing.

He swore, “I really don’t know this guy you’re talking about!” Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered that Yeshua had said to him, “You will deny you know me three times before the rooster crows twice!” While he was thinking about it he burst out crying.

They arrested him and took him off to the Chief Priest’s house They arrested him and took him off to the Chief Priest’s house. Peter was following at a distance. They lit a fire in the courtyard and sat down, and Peter sat down with them. A girl saw him sitting there in the firelight. She had a close look at him and said, “This person was with him too!” “Lady, I don’t even know him!” Peter said. Luke 22:54-62

A little later someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them, too “I am not!” Peter denied. About an hour later someone else insisted, “I’m sure this guy was with him, because he’s from Galilee!” “Listen to me,” Peter insisted, “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, the rooster crowed.

The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the words the Lord had spoken earlier, “Today you will deny you know me three times before the rooster crows.” He went outside and burst out crying bitterly.

Peter sat outside in the courtyard Peter sat outside in the courtyard. A servant girl went over to him and remarked, “You were with Yeshua of Galilee!” But he denied it in front of everyone, “I haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about!” he said. Matthew 26:69-75

When he’d gone out the gateway, another girl saw him and said to the bystanders, “He was with Yeshua of Nazareth.” But he denied it again with an oath, “I don’t know the person!” A little later the people who were standing around came up and said to Peter, “Surely you’re one of them! Come on, your dialect gives you away!”

So Peter started calling down curses and swearing oaths: “I don’t know the person!” And at that very point a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered Yeshua’ words, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny that you know me three times.” He went away and cried bitterly.

Simon Peter and another disciple were following Yeshua Simon Peter and another disciple were following Yeshua. Because this particular disciple was a close friend of the chief priest, he went with Yeshua into the chief priest’s courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, the one who was a close friend of the chief priest, came back, spoke to the girl who guarded the door, and brought Peter in. John 18:15-18

So the girl who guarded the door said to Peter, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you? “No, I’m not!” Peter said. It was cold, so the servants and officials stood around a coal fire they had made to keep warm. Peter stood with them too, and warmed himself.

Simon Peter was standing there getting warm Simon Peter was standing there getting warm. They asked him, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you? Peter denied it. “I am not!” One of the chief priest’s slave servants, who was a relative of the person whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?” Again Peter denied it, and immediately the rooster crowed. John 18:25-27

Immediately, early in the morning, the chief priests held a council with the elders and Bible scholars and the whole High Council. They put Yeshua in chains, took him away and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You said it!” Yeshua answered. Mark 15:1-2

Luke 23:1-5 Then the whole assembly got up and took him off to Pilate. They started accusing him: “We have found that this person is misleading our nation. He opposes paying taxes to Caesar, and claims to be an Anointed King.” Luke 23:1-5

“Are you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked Yeshua. “You said it!” Yeshua answered. Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I can’t find any basis for a charge against this person.” But they insisted, “He stirs up all the people all through Judea with his teaching. He started off in Galilee and now he’s come all the way here!”

And dawn arrived, and all the chief priests and elders of the people formed a plan to have Yeshua put to death. Then they tied him up and took him off to Pilate the governor. When Judas his betrayer saw that Yeshua had been condemned, he had a change of heart. Matthew 27:1-4

He tried to return the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” he told them. “Could we care less?” they replied. “That’s your business!”

Then they took Yeshua from Caiaphas to the Roman Governor’s headquarters. By now it was early in the morning, so the Jews didn’t go into the Governor’s headquarters to avoid ceremonial uncleanness. This was so they could eat the Passover meal. John 18:28-32

Pilate went to see them outside and asked, “What is the charge that you have laid against this person?” They answered, “If he wasn’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you!”

So then Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and judge him by your own law!” But those Jews complained, “But we can’t legally have someone put to death!” This happened so that the Word of Yeshua would be fulfilled, when he spoke about the type of death by which he would die.

Judas threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and went away and hanged himself. The chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It isn’t legal to put this in the treasury – it’s blood money!” They consulted with each other, and bought the potter’s field as a burial ground for foreigners with the silver pieces. Matthew 27:5-10

This is the reason it was given the name “The Field of Blood” which it has to this very day. Thus the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet were fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price they set on him (the amount the Israelites had agreed to pay) and used the money for the potter’s field, as the Lord instructed me.”

The chief priests accused him of all sorts of things, but he didn’t answer at all. Pilate asked him again and said, “Aren’t you going to answer? Look at everything they’re accusing you of!” But Yeshua didn’t answer any more, and Pilate was amazed at this. Mark 15:3-5

When Pilate heard this, he asked if Yeshua was from Galilee When Pilate heard this, he asked if Yeshua was from Galilee. When he found out that Yeshua was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him up to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that time. When Herod saw Yeshua, he was extremely pleased, because he had wanted to see Yeshua for a long time. Luke 23:6-12

From what he’d heard about him, he was hoping he would perform some miraculous sign. Herod questioned Yeshua at some length, but Yeshua didn’t answer him at all. The chief priests and Bible scholars were standing by, vigorously accusing him.

Then Herod and his soldiers made fun of him and mocked him Then Herod and his soldiers made fun of him and mocked him. They dressed him in expensive clothes and sent him back to Pilate. On that very day Herod and Pilate became friends, although previously they had been at odds with one other.

Pilate summoned the chief priests, the rulers and the people, and said, “You’ve brought this person before me on the grounds that he was inciting the people to revolt. I’ve examined him in your presence and I can find no grounds for the charges against him. Luke 22:13-16

And neither can Herod, because he sent him back to us And neither can Herod, because he sent him back to us. You can see that he hasn’t done anything to deserve the death penalty. So I will release him after I’ve had him punished!”

Pilate went back inside the Roman Governor’s headquarters, and called out to Yeshua, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Yeshua answered, “Did you think of this all by yourself, or have others been speaking to you about me?” John 18:33-38

Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew! It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What was it that you did?” “My realm is not from this world,” Yeshua answered. “If my realm were from this world, then my officers would have been fighting to the last to prevent me from being handed over to certain Jews. But as a matter of fact my realm isn’t from here!”

“So then you are a king?” Pilate asked. “You’re the one who says I am a king!” Yeshua answered. “This is the reason I was born, this is the reason I have come into the world – to give evidence about the truth. Everyone who is not deaf to the truth hears my voice.” Pilate said, “What is truth!”

Now it was the custom at the Feast to release one prisoner to the people, whichever one they asked for. There was a particular one named Barabbas who was in prison with the other rebels who had committed murder in the revolt. The crowd went up to Pilate and asked him to do what he usually did. Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews?” Mark 15:6-15

He said this because he realized the chief priests had handed Yeshua over because they were jealous of him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas instead. So Pilate asked them again, “Well, what do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews?” “Crucify him!” they yelled. “Why? What’s he done wrong?” Pilate asked.

But that just made them shout even louder, “Crucify him But that just made them shout even louder, “Crucify him!” Pilate wanted to keep the crowd happy so he released Barabbas. He handed Yeshua over to be crucified after he had him beaten with the Roman whip of leather straps embedded with metal designed to rip of the flesh.

The crowd shouted in unison, “Away with him! Release Barabbas for us!” Barabbas had been thrown into prison for starting a riot in the city, and for murder. Pilate wanted to release Yeshua, so he addressed them again, but they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Luke 23:18-25

Then he spoke to them for the third time. “Why Then he spoke to them for the third time. “Why? What capital crime has he committed? I’ve found no grounds for the death penalty. So I will release him after I’ve had him punished!” But they absolutely insisted with loud shouts and demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts kept getting louder. And Pilate decided that their request should be granted.

He released the person they had asked for, the one who had been thrown in prison for starting a riot and for murder, and handed Yeshua over to them for them to do as they wished.

Yeshua stood in front of the governor Yeshua stood in front of the governor. The governor asked, “Are you the King of the Jews?” “You said it!” Yeshua answered. The whole time he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no reply. Matthew 27:11-18

Then Pilate said, “Aren’t you listening to all the evidence they’re bringing against you?” But Yeshua didn’t say a thing in response, and the governor was amazed. At the time of the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the crowd their choice of prisoner.

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. So when they’d assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you, Barabbas, or Yeshua who is called the Anointed One?” He realized that they had handed Yeshua over because they were jealous of him.

While Pilate was sitting in court, his wife sent this message to him: “Don’t have anything to do with that righteous person! I’ve experienced a lot in a dream today about him.” The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas as this would result in Yeshua being executed. Matthew 17:19-26

“Which of the two do you want me to release?” the governor asked. “Barabbas!” they exclaimed. Pilate asked, “Then what should I do with Yeshua who is called the Anointed One?” “Crucify him!” the crowd answered. “Why, what’s he done wrong?” Pilate asked.

They all called out again, even louder, “Crucify him!” When Pilate saw that it was no use and a riot was about to start, he got some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of the blood of this person!” he said. “That’s your business!”

All the people answered, “We’ll take the blame – so will our children Then he released Barabbas, and after he had Yeshua beaten with a Roman whip of leather straps embedded with metal designed to rip off the flesh, he sent him off to be crucified.

After Pilate said this he went back out to those Jews and said, “I can’t find any grounds for a charge against him. You have a custom that I should release someone for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?” So they all shouted, “No! Not him, but Barabbas! Release Barabbas!” Barabbas was a robber John 18:38-40

So then Pilate took Yeshua and had him beaten him with a Roman whip of leather straps embedded with metal designed to rip off the flesh. The soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a purple coat on him and they kept going up to him, saying, “Greetings, King of the Jews!” And they slapped him across the face. John 19:1-3

Pilate went outside again and said to them, “I am bringing him out to you so that you will realize that I don’t find any grounds for a charge against him!” When Yeshua came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple coat, Pilate said, “Here he is!” John 19:4-7

So then when the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” But Pilate said to them, “You take him and crucify him! As for me, I can’t find any fault with him!” Certain Jews answered, “We have a law and according to our law he must die, because he claimed to be the God’s Son!”

So when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid, and he went back into the Roman governor’s headquarters and asked Yeshua, “Where do you come from?” Yeshua wouldn’t answer him. Pilate said, “Are you refusing to speak to me? Don’t you know that I have the authority either to free you or to crucify you?” John 19:8-12

Yeshua answered him, “You would have no authority over me if it wasn’t given to you from above: for this reason the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” From this time on Pilate kept trying to find a way to free Yeshua, but certain Jews kept shouting, “If you let this person go, you’re no ‘Friend of Caesar’s’! Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!”

So when Pilate heard this serious threat he brought Yeshua outside and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place called the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is “Gabbatha”). It was about midday on the Preparation Day of the Passover. Pilate said to those Jews, “Here is your king!” So they shouted, “Get rid of him! Get rid of him! Crucify him!” John 19:13-16

“Am I to crucify your king?” Pilate asked. The chief priests answered, “Caesar’s our only king!” Then Pilate handed Yeshua over to be crucified. So they took Yeshua away.

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