gospel · 30 · Gethsemane
Judas came with a crowd from the chief priests carrying swords and clubs, and gave them a sign: 'the one I kiss is the man.' Peter struck the high priest's servant with a sword and was told to put it away. 'Have you come out as against a robber?' Then all the disciples left him and fled — the scattering that the resurrection appearances will have to undo.
The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels. It occurred shortly after the Last Supper, and immediately after the kiss 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, to Jesus's crucifixion.
The disciples scatter; the passion moves out of his hands.