John 18 — Legacy Standard Bible

Jesus Betrayed and Arrested

18When Jesus had spoken these words, ^aHe went forth with His disciples to the other side of ^bthe Kidron Valley, where there was ^ca garden, into which He entered ¹with His disciples. ²Now Judas also, who was ¹betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had ^aoften gathered there with His disciples. ³^aJudas then, having received ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and ^cofficers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and ^dtorches and weapons. ⁴So Jesus, ^aknowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “^bWhom do you seek?” ⁵They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He *said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. ⁶So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷Therefore He again asked them, “^aWhom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” ⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,” ⁹in order that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled, “^aOf those whom You have given Me, I lost not one.” ¹⁰Simon Peter then, ^ahaving a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus. ¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; ^athe cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

Jesus Before the Priests; Peter Denies Jesus

¹²^aSo ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and the ²commander and the ^cofficers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him, ¹³and led Him to ^aAnnas first; for he was father-in-law of ^bCaiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ^ait was better for one man to die on behalf of the people.

¹⁵^aAnd Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ^bthe court of the high priest, ¹⁶^abut Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. ¹⁷^aThen the servant-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, “^bAre you not also one of this man’s disciples?” He *said, “I am not.” ¹⁸Now the slaves and the ^aofficers were standing there, having made ^ba charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ^cwarming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

¹⁹^aThe high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching. ²⁰Jesus answered him, “I ^ahave spoken openly to the world; I always ^btaught in ¹synagogues and ^cin the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret. ²¹“Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; behold, they know what I said.” ²²And when He had said this, one of the ^aofficers standing nearby ^bgave Jesus a slap, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?” ²³^aJesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?” ²⁴^aSo Annas sent Him bound to ^bCaiaphas the high priest.

²⁵^aNow ^bSimon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “^cYou are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.” ²⁶One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one ^awhose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in ^bthe garden with Him?” ²⁷Peter then denied it again, and immediately ^aa rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

²⁸^aThen they *led Jesus from ^bCaiaphas into ^cthe ¹Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into ^dthe ²Praetorium so that ^ethey would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. ²⁹^aTherefore Pilate went out to them and *said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ³⁰They answered and said to him, “If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.” ³¹So Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,” ³²in order that ^athe word of Jesus which He spoke would be fulfilled, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

³³Therefore Pilate ^aentered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “^bAre You the King of the Jews?” ³⁴Jesus answered, “Are you saying this from yourself, or did others tell you about Me?” ³⁵Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what did You do?” ³⁶Jesus answered, “^aMy kingdom ¹is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be delivered over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not ²from here.” ³⁷Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^aYou yourself said I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ^bto bear witness to the truth. ^cEveryone who is of the truth hears My voice.” ³⁸Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he ^awent out again to the Jews and *said to them, “^bI find no guilt in Him. ³⁹“^aBut you have a custom that I release someone ¹for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release ²for you the King of the Jews?” ⁴⁰So they cried out again, saying, “^aNot this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.