John 18:1-14 ▼

1 Having said these things, Jesus went forth with His disciples beyond the Brook of Kidron, where [there] was a garden, into which He entered, Himself and His disciples,

2 and Judas also, who delivered Him up, had known the place, because Jesus assembled there with His disciples many times.

3 Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with torches and lamps, and weapons;

4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming on Him, having gone forth, said to them, “Whom do you seek?”

5 They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene”; Jesus says to them, “I AM”; and Judas who delivered Him up was standing with them.

6 When, therefore, He said to them, “I AM,” they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Again, therefore, He questioned them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene”;

8 Jesus answered, “I said to you that I AM; if, then, you seek Me, permit these to go away”;

9 that the word might be fulfilled that He said, “Those whom You have given to Me, I did not lose even one of them.”

10 Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear—and the name of the servant was Malchus—

11 Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father has given to Me, may I not drink it?”

12 The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound Him,

13 and they led Him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,

14 and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews that it is good for one man to perish for the people.