John 18
1 After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
After he had spoken these words Jesus went forth with his disciples to a place across the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden into which he and his disciples went.
2 Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Judas the Traitor also knew this place; for Jesus and his disciples often met there.
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 after getting troops and some Temple police from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Then Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forth to meet them, and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.
"For Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. He said to them, "I am he." (Now Judas also, the betrayer, was standing with them.)
6 When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
When Jesus said "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground;
7 So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
so he asked them once more, "Whom are you looking for?" and they replied, "Jesus of Nazareth."
8 “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
"I have already told you that I am he," said Jesus. "If, then, you are looking for me, let these go their way."
9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
"(In order that the word which he had spoken might be fulfilled, "Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost 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, who had a sword, drew it, and striking at the high priest’s slave, cut off his right ear.
11 “Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
(The slave’s name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"
12 Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.
So the troops and their commandant and the Jewish police took 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 led him to Annas first. (For Annas was the Father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the 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.
the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their advantage 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.
Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple who was known to the high priest, and they went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest’s palace.
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 took his stand outside, near the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest came out and spoke to the doorkeeper 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.
The doorkeeper (a maid servant) then said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man’s disciples?" "No I am not," he answered.
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 slaves and the attendants were standing and warming themselves about a charcoal fire, which they had made because it was cold; and Peter also stood with them, and was warming 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 to all the world openly. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, places where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and in secret I have spoken nothing.
21 Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
"Why do you question me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them; these witnesses here 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?”
When he had spoken these words, one of the police standing by gave him a blow with his hand, saying as he did so, "Is that the way 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 replied "If I have said anything wrong, give evidence concerning the wrong; but if I said what was true, why do you strike me?"
24 Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Then Annas sent him in chains 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.”
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you not?" He denied it, saying "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 slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden."
27 Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Peter again denied it; and at that very moment a cock crew.
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.
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge 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, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over 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.
"Take him yourselves," answered Pilate, "and judge him according to your law."
32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
The Jews answered him, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death" (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled in which he predicted the kind of death he was to die).
33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said.
34 “Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”
Jesus answered, "Are you saying this of your own accord, 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?”
"I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have 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 him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."
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.”
"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to 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 said to him, "What is truth?" As he said this, he went outside again to the Jews and said to them.
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?”
"I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
