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 forth with His disciples beyond the Brook of Kidron, where [there] was a garden, into which He entered, Himself and His disciples,
2 Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
and Judas also, who delivered Him up, had known the place, because Jesus assembled there with His disciples many times.
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.
Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with torches and lamps, and weapons;
4 Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming on Him, having gone forth, said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
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 Nazarene”; Jesus says to them, “I AM”; and Judas who delivered Him up was standing with them.
6 When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
When, therefore, He said to them, “I AM,” they went away backward, and fell to the ground.
7 So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
Again, therefore, He questioned them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene”;
8 “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
Jesus answered, “I said to you that I AM; if, then, you seek Me, permit these to go away”;
9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
that the word might be fulfilled that He said, “Those whom You have given to Me, I did not lose even one of them.”
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.
Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear—and the name of the servant 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?”
Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father has given to Me, may I not drink it?”
12 Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound Him,
13 They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
and they led Him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,
14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.
and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews that it is good for one man to perish 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.
And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus into the hall of the chief priest,
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.
and Peter was standing at the door outside, therefore the other disciple who was known to the chief priest went forth, and he spoke to the doorkeeper, and he brought in Peter.
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.
Then the maid, the doorkeeper, says to Peter, “Are you also of the disciples of this Man?” 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.
and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.
19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning His disciples, and concerning 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 spoke freely to the world, I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always come together; and I spoke 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 having heard what I spoke to them; behold, these have known 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?”
And He having said these things, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a slap, saying, “Thus do You answer the chief 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 ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why do you strike Me?”
24 Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Annas then sent Him bound to Caiaphas the chief 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.”
And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, then they said to him, “Are you also of His disciples?” He denied 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 chief priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
27 Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Again, therefore, Peter denied, 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.
They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover;
29 So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
Pilate, therefore, went forth 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.”
They answered and said to him, “If He were not doing evil, we had not delivered Him 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.
Pilate, therefore, said to them, “Take Him—you—and judge Him according to your law”; the Jews, therefore, said to him, “It is not lawful to us to put anyone to death”;
32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which He said, signifying by what 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?”
Pilate, therefore, entered into the Praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to Him, “You are 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, “Do you say this from yourself? Or did others say it to 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, “Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests delivered You up to me; what did You do?”
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 officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to 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.”
Pilate, therefore, said to Him, “Are You then a king?” Jesus answered, “You say [it], because I am a king; I have been born for this, and I have come into the world for this, that I may 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?” And having said this, again he went forth to the Jews and says to them, “I find no fault in Him;
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?”
and you have a custom that I will release to you one in the Passover; do you determine, therefore, [that] I will release to you the King of the Jews?”
40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
Therefore they all cried out again, saying, “Not this One—but Barabbas”; and Barabbas was a robber.
