John 18:2–12

²Now Judas also, who was ¹betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had ^aoften gathered there with His disciples.

^3aJudas then, having received ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and ^cofficers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, ^*came there with lanterns and ^dtorches and weapons.

⁴So Jesus, ^aknowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and ^*said to them, “^bWhom do you seek?”

⁵They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He ^*said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

⁶So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

⁷Therefore He again asked them, “^aWhom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”

⁹in order that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled, “^aOf those whom You have given Me, I lost not one.”

¹⁰Simon Peter then, ^ahaving a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; ^athe cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

Jesus Before the Priests; Peter Denies Jesus

^12aSo ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and the ²commander and the ^cofficers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,