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you sent me and that you love them as much
as you love me. 24Father, I want these whom
you have given me to be with me where I am.
Then they can see all the glory you gave me
because you loved me even before the world
began!
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“O righteous Father, the world doesn’t
know you, but I do; and these disciples know
you sent me. 26I have revealed you to them,
and I will continue to do so. Then your love for
me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
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JESUS IS BETRAYED AND ARRESTED
After saying these things, Jesus
crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples
and entered a grove of olive trees. 2Judas,
the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus
had often gone there with his disciples. 3The
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.) 6As Jesus said
“I Am he,” they all drew back and fell to the
ground! 7Once more he asked them, “Who are
you looking for?”
And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
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“I told you that I Am he,” Jesus said. “And
since I am the one you want, let these others
go.” 9He 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. 11But 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?”
JESUS AT THE HIGH PRIEST’S HOUSE 12So the
soldiers, their commanding officer, and the
Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.
13
First they took him to Annas, the father-in-law
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.”
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.
JOHN 18
PETER’S FIRST DENIAL 15Simon Peter followed
Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That
other disciple was acquainted with the high
priest, so he was allowed to enter the high
priest’s courtyard with Jesus. 16Peter 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. 17The
woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that
man’s disciples, are you?”
“No,” he said, “I am not.”
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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 19Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about
his followers and what he had been teaching
them. 20Jesus 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. 21Why 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.
23
Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you
must prove it. But if I’m speaking the truth, why
are you beating me?”
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Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to
Caiaphas, the high priest.
PETER’S SECOND AND THIRD DENIALS
Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing
by the fire warming himself, they asked him
again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are
you?”
He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.”
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But one of the household slaves of the high
priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter
had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there
in the olive grove with Jesus?” 27Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.
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GUILTY TOO
(18:22-27) We can easily get angry at the members of
the Jewish council for their injustice in condemning Jesus,
but Peter and the rest of the disciples also contributed
to Jesus’ pain by deserting and denying him (see Matt
26:56). While most of us are not like the religious leaders,
we all are like the disciples, for all of us have been guilty
of denying Christ as Lord in vital areas of our lives. Don’t
excuse yourself by pointing at others whose sins seem
worse than yours. Instead, come to Jesus for forgiveness
and healing.