John 18:3-12 ▼

3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, |Who are you looking for?|

5 They replied, |Jesus the Nazarene.| He told them, |I am he.| (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)

6 So when Jesus said to them, |I am he,| they retreated and fell to the ground.

7 Then Jesus asked them again, |Who are you looking for?| And they said, |Jesus the Nazarene.|

8 Jesus replied, |I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.|

9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, |I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.|

10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.)

11 But Jesus said to Peter, |Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?|

12 Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.