John 18:1-11

Arrest in the garden

1 After he said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples and crossed over to the other side of the Kidron Valley. He and his disciples entered a garden there.

2 Judas, his betrayer, also knew the place because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.

3 Judas brought a company of soldiers and some guards from the chief priests and Pharisees. They came there carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

4 Jesus knew everything that was to happen to him, so he went out and asked, " Who are you looking for?"

5 They answered, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, " I Am." (Judas, his betrayer, was standing with them.)

6 When he said, "I Am," they shrank back and fell to the ground.

7 He asked them again, " Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

8 Jesus answered, " I told you, ‘I Am.' If you are looking for me, then let these people go."

9 This was so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: " I didn't lose anyone of those whom you gave me."

10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)

11 Jesus told Peter, " Put your sword away! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?"

Footnotes

• [a]. Or cohort (approximately six hundred soldiers)
• [b]. Or It is I
• [c]. Or It is I