John 18
1 After Jesus had finished speaking, he and his disciples crossed over the Kidron brook and went into an olive grove.
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 Judas the betrayer knew the place, for Jesus had often gone 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 took with him a troop of soldiers together with guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They arrived there carrying torches, lanterns, 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 knew everything that was going to happen to him. He went to meet them, and asked, “Who are you looking for?”
Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to Him, went forward and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
5 “Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked. “I am,” Jesus told them. Judas the betrayer was standing 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,” they fell back and dropped 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, “Who are you looking for?” “Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked again.
Then He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Natsorean.”
8 “I already told you I am,” Jesus replied. “So if I'm the one you're looking for, let these others 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 These words fulfilled what he had previously said: “I have not lost any of those you gave 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 a sword and struck Malchus, the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear.
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 Jesus told Peter, “Put the sword away! Do you think I shouldn't 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 soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus and tied his hands.
Then the detachment, the commander and the operatives of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
13 First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the current high priest.
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 told the Jews, “It's better that one man die 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 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and another disciple did so too. This disciple was well-known to the high priest, and so he entered the high priest's courtyard with Jesus.
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 Peter had to remain outside by the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest went and spoke to the servant girl watching the door and brought Peter inside.
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 The girl asked Peter, “Aren't you one of that man's disciples?” “Me? No, I'm not,” he replied.
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 It was cold, and the servants and guards were standing by a fire they had made, warming themselves. Peter went and stood 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 Then the chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and what he had been teaching.
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.
20 “I've spoken openly to everyone,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in the synagogues and in the Temple where all the Jewish people meet. I haven't said anything 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 So why are you questioning me? Ask the people who heard me what I told them. 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 he said this, one of the guards standing nearby slapped Jesus, saying, “Is that any way to speak to 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, tell everyone what was wrong with it. But if what I said was right, why did you hit me?”
Jesus answered him, “If I spoke wrongly, identify the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit me?”
24 Annas sent him, his hands still tied, to Caiaphas the high priest.
(Annas had sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.)
25 As Simon Peter stood warming himself by the fire, the people there asked him, “Aren't you one of his disciples?” Peter denied it and said, “No, I'm 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 Peter, “Didn't I see you in the olive grove with him?”
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 again, and immediately a cock crowed.
So Peter denied again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
28 Early in the morning they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. The Jewish leaders didn't enter the palace because if they did they would be ceremonially defiled, and they wanted to be able to eat the Passover meal.
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 came out to meet them. “What charge are you bringing against this man?” he asked.
So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
30 “If he wasn't a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you,” they answered.
In reply they said to him, “If he were not an evil-doer we would not have handed him over to you.”
31 “Then you take him and judge him according to your law,” Pilate told them. “We're not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews answered.
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 fulfilled what Jesus had said about how he would 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 governor's palace. He 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 “Did you think of this question yourself, or did others talk to you about me?” Jesus responded.
Jesus answered him, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others inform you about me?”
35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate countered. “It was your own people and high priests who handed you over to me. What is it that you've 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 was of this world, my subjects would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from here.”
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 Pilate asked, “So you are a king, then?” “You say that I'm a king,” Jesus replied. “The reason why I was born and I came to the world was to give evidence for the truth. All those who accept the truth pay attention to what I say.”
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. Having said this Pilate went back out to the Jews and told them, “I find him not guilty of any crime.
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 However, it is customary for me to release a prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release 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 “No, not him! We want Barabbas instead!” they shouted back. Barabbas was a rebel.
Then they all cried out saying, “Not this fellow, but Barabbas!” Well, Barabbas was a bandit!
