Thenthey ledJesusfrom Caiaphasinto the Praetorium,and it was early;and they themselvesdid not enterinto the Praetoriumsothat they would not be defiled,but might eatthe Passover.
Like godlessjestersat a feast,They gnashedat me with their teeth.
For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
"In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the month,you shall havethe Passover,a feastof sevendays;unleavenedbreadshall be eaten.
Woeto those who schemeiniquity,Who workout evilon their beds!When morningcomes, they doit, For it is in the powerof their hands.
Thenthe soldiersof the governortookJesusinto the Praetoriumand gatheredthe whole[Roman] cohortaroundHim.
The soldierstook Him awayinto the palace(that is, the Praetorium),and they called togetherthe whole[Roman] cohort.
Whenit was day,the Council of eldersof the peopleassembled,bothchief priestsand scribes,and they led Him awayto their council[chamber], saying,
Nowthe Passoverof the Jewswas near,and manywentup to Jerusalemout of the countrybeforethe Passoverto purifythemselves.
and ledHim to Annasfirst;for he was father-in-lawof Caiaphas,whowas high priestthat year.
SimonPeterwas followingJesus,and [so] [was] anotherdisciple.Nowthat disciplewas knownto the highpriest,and enteredwith Jesusinto the courtof the high priest,
ThereforePilateenteredagaininto the Praetorium,and summonedJesusand saidto Him, "Are You the Kingof the Jews?"
"But you have a customthat I releasesomeonefor you at the Passover;do you wishthenthat I releasefor you the Kingof the Jews?"
Jesusanswered,"You would havenoauthorityoverMe, unlessit had beengivenyou from above;for thisreasonhe who deliveredMe to you has[the] greatersin."
Nowit was the day of preparationfor the Passover;it was aboutthe sixthhour.And he saidto the Jews,"Behold,your King!"
and he enteredinto the Praetoriumagainand saidto Jesus,"Whereare You from?" But Jesusgavehim noanswer.
And he saidto them, "You yourselvesknowhowunlawfulit is for a manwho is a Jewto associatewith a foreignerorto visithim; and [yet] Godhas shownme that I should not callanymanunholyorunclean.
Thereforesendto Joppaand inviteSimon,whois also calledPeter,to come to you; he is stayingat the houseof Simon[the] tannerby the sea.'
saying,"You wentto uncircumcisedmenand atewith them."
"The Godof Abraham,Isaacand Jacob,the Godof our fathers,has glorifiedHis servantJesus,[the one] whomyou deliveredand disownedin the presenceof Pilate,when he had decidedto releaseHim.
"For trulyin thiscitythere were gathered togetheragainstYour holyservantJesus,whomYou anointed,bothHerodand PontiusPilate,alongwith the Gentilesand the peoplesof Israel,
"You shall sacrificethe Passoverto the LORDyour Godfrom the flockand the herd,in the placewherethe LORDchoosesto establishHis name.
