John 18:1–24

Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested

18When^* Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples to the other side of the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden into which he and his disciples entered. ²(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, also knew about the place, because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.) ³So Judas, taking the cohort and officers from the chief priests and from the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Then Jesus, because he^* knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?” ⁵They replied to him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am he.”^* (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.) ⁶So when he said to them, “I am he,”^* they drew back^a and fell to the ground. ⁷Then he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” ⁸Jesus replied, “I said to you that I am he!^* So if you are looking for me, let these men go,” ⁹in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: “Those whom you have given to me—I have not lost anyone of them.”^b

¹⁰Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.) ¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into its^* sheath! The cup that the Father has given me—shall I not drink it?”

Jesus Taken to Annas

¹²Then the cohort and the military tribune and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and tied him up, ¹³and brought him^* to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better that one man die for the people.)

Peter Denies Jesus the First Time

¹⁵So Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. (Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.) ¹⁶But Peter was standing by the door outside. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in. ¹⁷Then the female slave who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You are not also one of the disciples of this man, are you?”^* He said, “I am not!” ¹⁸(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

Jesus Before Annas

¹⁹So the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. ²⁰Jesus replied to him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple courts^* where all the Jews assemble, and I have said nothing in secret. ²¹Why are you asking me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them! Behold, these people know what I said.” ²²Now when^* he had said these things, one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, “Do you reply to the high priest in this way?” ²³Jesus replied to him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify about what is wrong! But if I have spoken^* correctly, why do you strike me?” ²⁴Then Annas sent him, tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.