Yochanan 18
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the wadi of the Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
After Jesus had finished speaking, he and his disciples crossed over the Kidron brook and went into an olive grove.
2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
Judas the betrayer knew the place, for Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.
3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
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.
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. He went to meet them, and asked, “Who are you looking for?”
5 They answered him, "Jesus the Nazorean." Jesus said to them, "I AM." Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
“Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked. “I am,” Jesus told them. Judas the betrayer was standing with them.
6 When therefore he said to them, "I AM," they went backward, and fell to the ground.
When Jesus said “I am,” they fell back and dropped to the ground.
7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus the Nazorean."
So he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” “Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked again.
8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
“I already told you I am,” Jesus replied. “So if I'm the one you're looking for, let these others go.”
9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
These words fulfilled what he had previously said: “I have not lost any of those you gave me.”
10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
Then Simon Peter drew a sword and struck Malchus, the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear.
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has given me?"
Jesus told Peter, “Put the sword away! Do you think I shouldn't drink the cup the Father has given me?”
12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jewish leaders, seized Jesus and bound him,
Then the soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus and tied his hands.
13 and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the current high priest.
14 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jewish leaders that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
Caiaphas was the one who had told the Jews, “It's better that one man die for the people.”
15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;
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.
16 but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
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.
17 Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
The girl asked Peter, “Aren't you one of that man's disciples?” “Me? No, I'm not,” he replied.
18 Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
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.
19 The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
Then the chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and what he had been teaching.
20 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jewish people come together. I said nothing in secret.
“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.
21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard what I spoke to them; surely they know what I said."
So why are you questioning me? Ask the people who heard me what I told them. They know what I said.”
22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
When he said this, one of the guards standing nearby slapped Jesus, saying, “Is that any way to speak to the high priest?”
23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"
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?”
24 Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
Annas sent him, his hands still tied, to Caiaphas the high priest.
25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
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.”
26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
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?”
27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
Peter denied it again, and immediately a cock crowed.
28 They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
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.
29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
So Pilate came out to meet them. “What charge are you bringing against this man?” he asked.
30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to you."
“If he wasn't a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you,” they answered.
31 Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jewish leaders said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"
“Then you take him and judge him according to your law,” Pilate told them. “We're not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews answered.
32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
This fulfilled what Jesus had said about how he would die.
33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
Pilate went back into the governor's palace. He summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"
“Did you think of this question yourself, or did others talk to you about me?” Jesus responded.
35 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"
“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?”
36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I would not be delivered to the Jewish leaders. But now my Kingdom is not from here."
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.”
37 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
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.”
38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jewish leaders, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
“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.
39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
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?”
40 Then they shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.
“No, not him! We want Barabbas instead!” they shouted back. Barabbas was a rebel.
