John 18:3-12 ▼

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

4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, 'Whom do ye seek?'

5 they answered him, 'Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, 'I am he;' -- and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; --

6 when, therefore, he said to them -- 'I am he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'

8 Jesus answered, 'I said to you that I am he; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

9 that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

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 hath 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,