John 18
1 When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the Kidron ravine to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.
After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples.
2 The place was well known to Judas, the betrayer, for Jesus and his disciples had often met there.
Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.
3 So Judas, who had obtained the soldiers of the Roman garrison, and some guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons.
4 Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them, “For whom are you looking?”
Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them.
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” was their answer. “I am he,” said Jesus. (Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.)
"For Jesus the Nazarene," was the answer. "I am he," He replied. (Now Judas who was betraying Him was also standing with them.)
6 When Jesus said ‘I am he,’ they drew back and fell to the ground.
As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.
7 So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.
8 “I have already told you that I am he,” replied Jesus, “so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these people go.”
"I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."
9 This was in fulfillment of his words – ‘Of those whom you have given me I have not lost one.’
He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one."
10 At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword. Should I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?"
12 So the soldiers of the garrison, with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards, arrested Jesus and bound him,
So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him.
13 and took him first of all to Annas. Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year.
14 It was Caiaphas who had counseled the religious authorities, that it was best that one person should die for the people.
(It was this Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, saying, "It is to your interest that one man should die for the People.")
15 Meanwhile Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple, being well-known to the high priest, went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard,
Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so also was another disciple. The latter was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the High Priest's palace.
16 while Peter stood outside by the door. Presently the other disciple – the one well-known to the high priest – went out and spoke to the portress, and brought Peter in.
But Peter remained standing outside the door, till the disciple who was acquainted with the High Priest came out and induced the portress to let Peter in.
17 So the maidservant said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “No, I am not,” he said.
This led the girl, the portress, to ask Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he replied.
18 The servants and guards were standing around a charcoal fire (which they had made because it was cold), and were warming themselves. Peter, too, was with them, standing and warming himself.
Now because it was cold the servants and the police had lighted a charcoal fire, and were standing and warming themselves; and Peter too remained with them, standing and warming himself.
19 The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
20 “For my part,” answered Jesus, “I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where everyone assembles, and I never spoke of anything in secret.
"As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret.
21 Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said.”
Why do you question me? Question those who heard what it was I said to them: these witnesses here know what I said."
22 When Jesus said this, one of the guards, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. “Do you answer the high priest like that?” he exclaimed.
Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?"
23 “If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it,” replied Jesus, “but if not, why do you strike me?”
"If I have spoken wrongly," replied Jesus, "bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?"
24 Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest.
25 Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing there, warming himself; so they said to him, “Aren’t you also one of his disciples?” Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said.
But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."
26 One of the high priest’s servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed, “Didn’t I myself see you with him in the garden?”
One of the High Priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
27 Peter again denied it; and at that moment a cock crowed.
Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.
28 From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government house. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government house themselves, otherwise they might become defiled, and so be unable to eat the Passover.
So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.
29 Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. “What charge do you bring against this man?” he asked.
Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, "What accusation have you to bring against this man?"
30 “If he had not been a criminal, we should not have given him up to you,” they answered.
"If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
31 “Take him yourselves,” said Pilate, “and try him by your own Law.” “We have no power to put anyone to death,” the authorities replied –
"Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death."
32 in fulfillment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.
They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die.
33 After that, Pilate went into the Government house again, and calling Jesus up, asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
34 “Do you ask me that yourself?” replied Jesus, “or did others say it to you about me?”
"Do you say this of yourself, or have others told it you about me?" replied Jesus.
35 “Do you take me for a Jew?” was Pilate’s answer. “It is your own nation and the chief priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?”
"Am I a Jew?" exclaimed Pilate; "it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36 “My kingly power,” replied Jesus, “is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the authorities; but my kingly power is not from the world.”
"My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin."
37 “So you are a king after all!” exclaimed Pilate. “Yes, it is true I am a king,” answered Jesus. “I was born for this, I have come into the world for this – to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice.”
"So then you are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice."
38 “What is truth?” exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the crowd again, and said, “For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.
"What is truth?" said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no crime in him.
39 It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the king of the Jews?”
But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 “No, not this man,” they shouted again, “but Barabbas!” This Barabbas was a robber.
With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
