John 18:1–24

Jesus Betrayed

18After ⁱJesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it. ²Judas, ^jwho betrayed ^kHim, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples. ³So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees ^land came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

⁴Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him, ^mwent out and said to them, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

⁵“Jesus the Nazarene,” they answered.

“I am He,” ^noJesus told them.

Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them. ⁶When He told them, “I am He,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

⁷Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

⁸“I told you I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for Me, let these men go.” ⁹This was to fulfill ^pthe words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.” ^q

¹⁰Then Simon ^rPeter, ^swho had a sword, ^tdrew it, struck the high priest’s ^uslave, and cut off his right ear. (The slave’s name was Malchus.)

¹¹At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup ^vthe Father has given Me?”

Jesus Arrested and Taken to Annas

¹²Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish temple police arrested Jesus and tied Him up. ¹³First they led Him to Annas, ^wfor he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, ^xwho was high priest that year. ¹⁴Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was advantageous that one man should die for the people. ^y

Peter Denies Jesus

¹⁵Meanwhile, Simon Peter ^zwas following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard. ¹⁶But Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

¹⁷Then the slave girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?”

“I am not!” he said. ¹⁸Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

Jesus before Annas

¹⁹The high priest ^aquestioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.

²⁰“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him. “I have always taught in the ^•synagogue ^band in the ^•temple complex, ^cwhere all the Jews congregate, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret. ²¹Why do you question Me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”

²²When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

²³“If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence ^dabout the wrong; but if rightly, ^ewhy do you hit Me?”

²⁴Then ^fAnnas ^gsent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.