John 18:19-40

19 ¹The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

20 Jesus answered him, "I ²have spoken openly to the world; I always ³taught in synagogues and ⁴in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

21 "Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said."

22 When He had said this, one of the ⁵officers standing nearby ⁶struck * Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"

23 ⁷Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"

24 ⁸So Annas sent Him bound to ⁹Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter's Denial of Jesus

25 ¹⁰Now ¹¹Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "¹²You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."

26 One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one ¹³whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in ¹⁴the garden with Him?"

27 Peter then denied it again, and immediately ¹⁵a rooster crowed.

Jesus before Pilate

28 ¹⁶Then they led Jesus from ¹⁷Caiaphas into ¹⁸the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into ¹⁹the Praetorium so that ²⁰they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

29 ²¹Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"

30 They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."

31 So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"

32 to fulfill ²²the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

33 Therefore Pilate ²³entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "²⁴Are You the King of the Jews?"

34 Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"

35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"

36 Jesus answered, "²⁵My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm."

37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "²⁶You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ²⁷to testify to the truth. ²⁸Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he ²⁹ went out again to the Jews and said to them, "³⁰ I find no guilt in Him.

39 "³¹But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"

40 So they cried out again, saying, "³²Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.

Cross References

• 1. John 18:19-24: {Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71}
• 2. John 7:26; John 8:26
• 3. Matthew 4:23; John 6:59
• 4. Matthew 26:55
• 5. John 18:3
• 6. John 19:3
• 7. Matthew 5:39; Acts 23:2-5
• 8. John 18:13
• 9. John 18:13
• 10. John 18:25-27: {Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72; Luke 22:58-62}
• 11. John 18:18
• 12. John 18:17
• 13. John 18:10
• 14. John 18:1
• 15. John 13:38
• 16. Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1
• 17. John 18:13
• 18. Matthew 27:27; John 18:33; John 19:9
• 19. Matthew 27:27; John 18:33; John 19:9
• 20. John 11:55; Acts 11:3
• 21. John 18:29-38: {Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:2, 3}
• 22. Matthew 20:19; Matthew 26:2; Mark 10:33; Luke 18:32; John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:32
• 23. John 18:28, 29; John 19:9
• 24. Luke 23:3; John 19:12
• 25. Matthew 26:53; Luke 17:21; John 6:15
• 26. Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 22:70; Luke 23:3
• 27. John 1:14; John 3:32; John 8:14
• 28. John 8:47; 1 John 4:6
• 29. John 18:33; John 19:4
• 30. Luke 23:4; John 19:4, 6
• 31. John 18:39-19:16: {Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:18-25}
• 32. Acts 3:14

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "a synagogue"
• [b]. I.e. governor's official residence
• [c]. I.e. governor's official residence
• [d]. Lit "from yourself"
• [e]. Or "is not derived from"
• [f]. Lit "from here"
• [g]. Or "to you"
• [h]. Or "to you"