John 18:3-12 ▼

3 So Judas, having obtained the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, came out into the open and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”

5 They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

6 Now then, when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7 He then asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you are seeking Me, let these men go on their way.”

9 This took place so that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled: “Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

10 Then Simon Peter, since he had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

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

12 So the Roman cohort, the commander, and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him,