Betrayal and Arrest

18:1 When he had said these things,1 Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley.2 There was an orchard3 there, and he and his disciples went into it. 18:2 (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times4 with his disciples.)5 18:3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers6 and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees.7 They came to the orchard8 with lanterns9 and torches and weapons.

18:4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him,10 came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”11 18:5 They replied,12 “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)13 18:6 So when Jesus14 said to them, “I am he,” they retreated15 and fell to the ground.16 18:7 Then Jesus17 asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” 18:8 Jesus replied,18 “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for19 me, let these men20 go.”21 18:9 He said this22 to fulfill the word he had spoken,23 “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”24

18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave,25 cutting off his right ear.26 (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.)27 18:11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”28