OUR FATHER WHO GAVE HIS SON TO DIE FOR A NATION AND INDEED THE WHOLE WORLD
The book of John chapter 18 verses 12 - 14
12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13 And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. 14 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
The high priest at that time was Caiaphas and it was he who had pronounced the determination that it was necessary to sacrifice the life of one man to save the whole nation. This triggered the plot to capture Jesus and it culminated in Jesusˋ arrest in the garden of Gethsemene.
Jesus was handcuffed and likely roughed up by the soldiers ( if the reading from Psalm 17 verse 11; They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground. could be ascribed to this point in time) and taken to Annasˋ house ( the father-in-law to Caiaphas ) where He was held in custody and questioned by Annas.
The mis-treatment of Jesus continued at Annasˋ house when He was struck by an officer during questioning which began the deterioration of Jesusˋ condition at the hands of the religious establishment and then the Romans.
As the early morning broke, Jesus was taken Ciaphasˋ house.
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