Ending of the four Gospels: Jesus' trial and crucifixion
| What? | Mark | Matthew | Luke | John |
| Arrest | Judas, and crowd who were from the chief priests, scribes, and elders | Judas, and crowd who were from the chief priests, scribes, and elders | Judas, chief priests, officers of temple police, Elders | Judas with a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees |
| Accusation | -False testimony: "I
will destroy the Temple
and build another"
-blasphemy: Son of the Blessed One |
-False testimony: I will
destroy the Temple and
build another
-blasphemy: Son of the Blessed One |
-blasphemy
-misleading our nation, forbidding to pay taxes, says he is Christ and King |
criminal,
(later: claims to be Son of God) |
| Accusation II | King of the Jews | King of the Jews | King of the Jews | King of the Jews |
| Pilate's role | Pilate knows of the envy of the chief priests, wishes to satisfy the crowd | Pilate knows of the envy of the chief priests and elders; Pilate fears riot, washes his hands: I am innocent | Pilate finds no guilt in him, wants to release him | Pilate finds no guilt in him,
philosophizes with Jesus, has Jesus
scourged, puts on crown of thorns, yet
finds still no guilt.
Pilate makes efforts to release Jesus, but the Jews cry out: everyone who claims to be king opposes Caesar. Chief priests: "We have no king but Caesar." |
| Agitators | Chief priests stir up crowd | Chief priests and Elders persuade the crowd to ask for Barabbas' release | --- | |
| Crowd | the crowd (indeterminate) | People: "His blood be on us and our children" | chief priests, the leaders, and the people | "The Jews" |