John 18
Jesus Arrested
When Jesus had spoken
these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where
was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also
knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. Judas then, having taken a
detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the
Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all the
things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
They answered him,
"Jesus of Nazareth."
Jesus said to them, "I AM."
Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When therefore he said to them,
"I AM," they went backward, and fell to
the ground.
Again therefore he
asked them, "Who are you looking for?"
They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these
go their way," that the word might be fulfilled
which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I
have lost none."
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. Jesus therefore said to Peter,
"Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the
Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
Jesus Taken to Annas
So the detachment,
the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and
bound him, and led him
to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest
that year. Now it was
Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should
perish for the people.
Peter's First Denial
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; 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. Then the maid who kept the door
said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?"
He said, "I am not."
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.
The High Priest Questions Jesus
The
high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his
teaching. Jesus answered
him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in
synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing
in secret. Why do you
ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these
know the things which I said."
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?"
Jesus answered him,
"If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if
well, why do you beat me?"
Annas sent him bound
to Caiaphas, the high priest.
Peter's Second and Third Denials
Now Simon Peter was standing and
warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You aren't also one of
his disciples, are you?"
He denied it, and said, "I am not."
One of the servants
of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off,
said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
Peter therefore
denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
Jesus Before Pilate
They led Jesus
therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they
themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be
defiled, but might eat the Passover. Pilate therefore went out to
them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
They answered him,
"If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up
to you."
Pilate therefore said
to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your
law."
Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put
anyone to death," that the word of Jesus might be
fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
Pilate therefore
entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him,
"Are you the King of the Jews?"
Jesus answered him,
"Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you
about me?"
Pilate answered,
"I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered
you to me. What have you done?"
Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of
this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to
the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."
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."
Pilate said to him,
"What is truth?"
When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them,
"I find no basis for a charge against him. 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?"
Then they all shouted
again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a
robber.
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