Omunye wabonogada ojame lapho uwahla uJesu ngepama ebusweni, uthi: “Yindlela ophendula ngayo umphristi omkhulu le?” UJesu azi ukuthi akanamlandu, uyamphendula uthi: “Nangabe kunento embi engiyikhulumileko, fakazela ubumbobo; kodwana nangabe lokho engikukhulumileko kuliqiniso, ungibethelani?” (Jwanisi 18:22, 23) Yeke, u-Anasi uthumela uJesu kumkhwenyanakhe uKhayafasi.

Kodwana nje, woke amalunga womkhandlu weSanhedrini—umphristi ophakemeko, amadoda amadala nabatloli sebahlangene. Bahlangene emzini kaKhayafasi. Umthetho awubavumeli bona bagwebe umlandu ngobusuku bePhasika, kodwana lokho akutjho litho kibo ngombana leli lithuba elihle lokuthi bafeze iinhloso zabo ezimbi.

Isiqhemesi besele sithethe ihlangothi. Ngemva kobana uJesu avuse uLazaru, iSanhedrini yaqunta bona uJesu kufuze abulawe. (Jwanisi 11:47-53) Emalangeni ambalwa adlulileko, abadosiphambili bezekolo baluke amano wokubamba uJesu bambulale. (Matewu 26:3, 4) Nangambala, nangaphambi kokufunyanwa anomlandu, uJesu sele agwetjelwe ukufa!

Ngemva kokubotjhwa kwakaJesu esimini yeGetsemani, abapostoli bayamlahla, bayabaleka ngebanga lokusaba. Nokho, ababili babo bayabuya. Ababuyako nguPitrosi “nomunye umfundi” okungenzeka ngumpostoli uJwanisi. (Jwanisi 18:15; 19:35; 21:24) Kungenzeka bahlangana noJesu nabamusa ku-Anasi. U-Anasi nakathumela uJesu emPhristini oPhakemeko uKhayafasi, uPitrosi noJwanisi bayabalandela, kodwana bakhambela kudanyana. Mhlamunye bayasaba ukuthi bangabulawa, ngakelinye ihlangothi batshwenyekile ngokuthi kuzokwenzekani eKosinabo.