John 18 — GMV

18 Verse 1 After saying these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he entered along with his disciples. ^{Verse 2} Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. ^{Verse 3} So Judas took a cohort of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, and they went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ^{Verse 4} Then Jesus, knowing everything that would happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?” ^{Verse 5} They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” (Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.) ^{Verse 6} When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. ^{Verse 7} So again he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” ^{Verse 8} Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.” ^{Verse 9} He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken: “I have not lost a single one of those yoʋ have given me.” ^{Verse 10} Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) ^{Verse 11} But Jesus said to Peter, “Put yoʋr sword back in its sheath; shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” ^{Verse 12} Then the cohort of soldiers, along with its commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus, bound him, ^{Verse 13} and led him away first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ^{Verse 14} (It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better for one man to perish for the people.) ^{Verse 15} Now Simon Peter was following Jesus, as was the other disciple. That disciple was known to the high priest, so he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, ^{Verse 16} but Peter stood outside at the gate. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, spoke to the gatekeeper, and brought Peter in. ^{Verse 17} Then the servant girl who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, “Yoʋ are not also one of this man's disciples, are yoʋ?” He said, “I am not.” ^{Verse 18} (Now the servants and the officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing there warming themselves. Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.) ^{Verse 19} Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. ^{Verse 20} Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where the Jews always assemble together. I have said nothing in secret. ^{Verse 21} Why do yoʋ question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. Behold, they know what I said.” ^{Verse 22} When Jesus said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped him and said, “Is that how yoʋ answer the high priest?” ^{Verse 23} Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify as to what was wrong; but if I have spoken well, why are yoʋ hitting me?” ^{Verse 24} (Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.) ^{Verse 25} Meanwhile, Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “Yoʋ are not also one of his disciples, are yoʋ?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” ^{Verse 26} But one of the servants of the high priest, who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see yoʋ with him in the garden?” ^{Verse 27} Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed. ^{Verse 28} Then the Jews led Jesus away from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was now early in the morning. They themselves did not go into the governor's headquarters so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover. ^{Verse 29} So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ^{Verse 30} They answered him, “If he were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over to yoʋ.” ^{Verse 31} Pilate said to them, “You take him and judge him according to your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” ^{Verse 32} (This happened to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was going to die.) ^{Verse 33} Then Pilate went into his headquarters again, called Jesus over, and said to him, “Are yoʋ the king of the Jews?” ^{Verse 34} Jesus answered him, “Do yoʋ say this of yoʋr own accord, or have others spoken to yoʋ about me?” ^{Verse 35} Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Yoʋr own nation and the chief priests have handed yoʋ over to me. What have yoʋ done?” ^{Verse 36} Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being delivered up to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” ^{Verse 37} Pilate said to him, “So yoʋ are a king?” Jesus answered, “Yoʋ have said yoʋrself that I am a king. The reason I was born and the reason I came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” ^{Verse 38} Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” ^{Verse 39} But you have a custom that I release for you one man at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?” ^{Verse 40} They all cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)