John 18
1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
Having said these things Jesus went out with His disciples across the Kidron ravine, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
2 Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Now Judas, the one betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples.
3 So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
So Judas, having received the detachment of soldiers and operatives from the chief priests and Pharisees, he arrives there with lanterns, torches and weapons.
4 Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to Him, went forward and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.
They answered Him, “Jesus the Natsorean.” Jesus says to them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, His betrayer, was also standing with them.)
6 When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
So when He said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground!
7 So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
Then He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Natsorean.”
8 “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
Jesus answered: “I told you that I am he. So if it is me you are looking for, allow these men to go”
9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
(so that the word that He spoke might be fulfilled, “Of those you have given me I did not lose even one”).
10 Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)
11 “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
So Jesus said to Peter: “Sheathe the sword! The cup that the Father has given me, must I not drink it?”
12 Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
Then the detachment, the commander and the operatives of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
13 They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
They took Him to Annas first, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
(Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.)
15 Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
Now Simon Peter kept following Jesus, as also the other disciple. Well that disciple was known to the high priest, so he went into the high priest's courtyard with Jesus.
16 But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper (f), and brought Peter in.
17 At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
So the servant girl, the doorkeeper, says to Peter, “You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you?” He says, “I am not!”
18 Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
Now the servants and operatives had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing there warming themselves. So Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.
20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
Jesus answered him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogue and temple, where the Jews always congregate, and I have spoken nothing in secret.
21 Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
Why do you question me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them. Sure, they know what I said.”
22 When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
But upon His saying these things one of the operatives standing by slapped Jesus saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
23 Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”
Jesus answered him, “If I spoke wrongly, identify the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit me?”
24 Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
(Annas had sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.)
25 Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
Well Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You aren't one of His disciples too, are you?” So he denied it and said, “I am not!”
26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”
One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had sliced, says, “Didn't I see you with Him in the garden?”
27 Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
So Peter denied again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
28 Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled but could eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
30 “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
In reply they said to him, “If he were not an evil-doer we would not have handed him over to you.”
31 “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
So Pilate said to them, “You take him and judge him according to your law.” So the Jews said to him, “We are not permitted to execute anyone.”
32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
(This was to fulfill the statement that Jesus made, indicating what sort of death He was about to die.)
33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium, called Jesus and said to Him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 “Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”
Jesus answered him, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others inform you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
Pilate answered Him: “I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation, that is, the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
Jesus answered: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my subjects would fight so that I not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from here.”
37 “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
So Pilate said to Him, “You are a king then?” Jesus answered: “As you say, I am a king; for this I was born. And for this I came into the world, to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears my voice.”
38 “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.
Pilate says to Him, “What is truth?” Upon saying this he went out to the Jews again and says to them: “I find no crime in him at all.
39 But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
Now we have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover; so do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you?”
40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
Then they all cried out saying, “Not this fellow, but Barabbas!” Well, Barabbas was a bandit!
