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Chapter 16

Jesus tells them that they will be kicked out of the synagogue and that people will try and kill them. Then Jesus again tells them about the Holy Spirit. He calls him the Helper. He than once again predicts his death and predicts that he will be raised from the dead. He then tells them that he told them this stuff so that they will be at peace. He says that even though they struggle in the world, they will have peace in him.

Chapter 17

Jesus prays before his death. He asks that God would glorify him and glorify himself through him. Then he prays for the disciples, asking God to give them Jesus’ joy. He asks that God would keep them from Satan and not only his twelve disciples, but everyone who believe in him through what his twelve disciples say. He also says that he has given the disciples glory and that they will one day be one in the same way that Jesus and God are one. He then asks that they may be in the same place as him so that they can see the glory that God has given Jesus.

Chapter 18

Judas betrays Jesus. Judas comes with a group of men carrying weapons. Jesus asks who they are looking for and they tell him they are looking for him. Jesus says that he is here. Peter takes out his sword and cuts one of their ears off. Jesus tells him to put it away and heals the man’s ear. Jesus goes with them. They take Jesus before the priests to be tried and he questions him. Jesus answers by saying question those I spoke too. It is at this time that Peter denies he knows Jesus. They then take Jesus before Pilate. Pilate sees no fault in him and offers to release him. But the crowd insists that he release Barabbas.

Chapter 19

Jesus is taken, beaten, and made to wear a crown of thorns. They mock him by calling him the King of the Jews and continue to hit him and beat him. Then the priests begin to yell “crucify him!” And they convince Pilate to crucify him because Jesus claimed to be their king. They make him carry his own cross to a hill where they do crucifixions and they write a sign that says “Jesus the Nazarene, The King of the Jews”. He was crucified between to others. The soldiers took his clothes and divided them up. Jesus dies on the cross. To make sure that he was dead, one of the soldiers stabs his side with a spear, blood and water come out and this means that he is dead. Then one of the disciples, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus come and prepare his body for burial and then they bury him.