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J O H N 18
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his
disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. 2 Judas, the betrayer, knew
this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. 3 The leading
priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and
Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and
weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.
4 Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped
forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
5 “Jesus the Nazarene,”* they replied.
“I Am he,”* Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)
6 As Jesus said “I Am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! 7 Once
more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
8 “I told you that I Am he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want,
let these others go.” 9 He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose
a single one of those you have given me.”*
10 Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus,
the high priest’s slave. 11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its
sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”
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Jesus at the High Priest’s House
12 So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested
Jesus and tied him up. 13 First they took him to Annas, since he was the father
inlaw of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time.* 14 Caiaphas was the one who
had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for
the people.”
Peter’s First Denial
15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other dis
ciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the
high priest’s courtyard with Jesus. 16 Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then
the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the
gate, and she let Peter in. 17 The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that
man’s disciples, are you?”
“No,” he said, “I am not.”
18 Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made
a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood
with them, warming himself.
The High Priest Questions Jesus
19 Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what
he had been teaching them. 20 Jesus replied, “Everyone knows what I teach.
I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the
people* gather. I have not spoken in secret. 21 Why are you asking me this
question? Ask those who heard me. They know what I said.”
22 Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the
face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.
18:5a Or Jesus of Nazareth; also in 18:7. 18:5b Or “The ‘I Am’ is here”; or “I am the Lord”; Greek
reads I am; also in 18:6, 8. See Exod 3:14. 18:9 See John 6:39 and 17:12. 18:13 Greek that
year. 18:20 Greek Jewish people; also in 18:38.
