John 18:4-14

4 And so Jesus witting all things that were to come on him, went forth, and said to them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered to him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them, I am. And Judas that betrayed him, stood with them.
6 And when he said to them, I am, they went aback, and fell down on the earth.
7 And again he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 He answered to them, I said to you, that I am; therefore if ye seek me, suffer ye these to go away.
9 That the word which he said should be fulfilled, For I lost not any of them, which thou hast given to me.
10 Therefore Simon Peter had a sword, and drew it out [Therefore Simon Peter having a sword, drew it out], and smote the servant of the bishop, and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus.
11 Therefore Jesus said to Peter, Put thou thy sword into thy sheath [Send thou the sword into the sheath]; wilt thou not, that I drink the cup, that my Father gave to me?
12 Therefore the company of knights, and the tribune, and the ministers of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him,
13 and led him first to Annas [and led him to Annas first]; for he was [the] father of Caiaphas' wife, that was bishop of that year.
14 And it was Caiaphas, that gave counsel to the Jews, that it speedeth, that one man die for the people.
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