John 18:3-12 ▼

3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers 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 happening to him, went forth, and said to them, |Who are you looking for?|

5 They answered him, |Jesus the Nazorean.| Jesus said to them, |I AM.| Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

6 When therefore he said to them, |I AM,| they went backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Again therefore he asked them, |Who are you looking for?| They said, |Jesus of Nazareth.|

8 Jesus answered, |I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,|

9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, |Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.|

10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, |Put the sword into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has given me?|

12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jewish leaders, seized Jesus and bound him,