Arrest of Jesus Arrest of Jesus The arrest of Jesus was a pivotal event in Christianity recorded in the canonical gospels. Jesus, a preacher whom Christians consider to be the Son of God, was arrested by the Temple guards of the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane. It occurred shortly after the Last Supper (during which Jesus gave his final sermon), 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' crucifixion. The
Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament indicates that Jesus will be with the faithful to the end of the age. The title Christ used in the English language is from the Greek ("Kristos"), via the Latin "Christus". It means "anointed one". The Greek is a loan translation of the Hebrew "mashiaħ" (מָשִׁיחַ) or Aramaic "mshiħa" (מְשִׁיחָא), from which we derive the English word Messiah. Christ has now become a name, one part of the name "Jesus Christ", but originally it was a title (the Messiah) and not a name; however its use in "Christ Jesus" is a title. In the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible