John 18:1-27

Judas Betrays Jesus

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, ¹He went forth with His disciples over ²the ravine of the Kidron, where there was ³a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.

2 Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had ⁴often met there with His disciples.

3 ⁵Judas then, having received ⁶the Roman cohort and ⁷officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and ⁸torches and weapons.

4 So Jesus, ⁹knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them, "¹⁰Whom do you seek?"

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

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

7 Therefore He again asked them, "¹¹Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

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

9 to fulfill the word which He spoke, "¹²Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."

10 Simon Peter then, ¹³having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.

11 So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; ¹⁴the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"

Jesus before the Priests

12 ¹⁵So ¹⁶the Roman cohort and the commander and the ¹⁷officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

13 and led Him to ¹⁸Annas first; for he was father-in-law of ¹⁹Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ²⁰it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.

15 ²¹Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ²²the court of the high priest,

16 ²³but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

17 ²⁴Then the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, "²⁵You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."

18 Now the slaves and the ²⁶officers were standing there, having made ²⁷a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ²⁸warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

19 ²⁹The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

20 Jesus answered him, "I ³⁰have spoken openly to the world; I always ³¹taught in synagogues and ³²in 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 ³³officers standing nearby ³⁴struck * Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"

23 ³⁵Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"

24 ³⁶So Annas sent Him bound to ³⁷Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter's Denial of Jesus

25 ³⁸Now ³⁹Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "⁴⁰You 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 ⁴¹whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in ⁴²the garden with Him?"

27 Peter then denied it again, and immediately ⁴³a rooster crowed.

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Cross References 43

1. Matthew 26:30, 36; Mark 14:26, 32; Luke 22:39
2. 2 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Kin 23:4, 6, 12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 29:16; 2 Chronicles 30:14; Jeremiah 31:40
3. Matthew 26:36; Mark 14:32; John 18:26
4. Luke 21:37; Luke 22:39
5. John 18:3-11: {Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53}
6. John 18:12; Acts 10:1
7. John 7:32; John 18:12, 18
8. Matthew 25:1
9. John 6:64; John 13:1, 11
10. John 18:7
11. John 18:4
12. John 17:12
13. Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47
14. Matthew 20:22; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42
15. John 18:12: {Matthew 26:57f}
16. John 18:3
17. John 18:3
18. Luke 3:2; John 18:24
19. Matthew 26:3; John 11:49, 51
20. John 11:50
21. Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54
22. Matthew 26:3; John 18:24, 28
23. John 18:16-18: {Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:66-68; Luke 22:55-57}
24. Acts 12:13
25. John 18:25
26. John 18:3
27. John 21:9
28. Mark 14:54, 67
29. John 18:19-24: {Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71}
30. John 7:26; John 8:26
31. Matthew 4:23; John 6:59
32. Matthew 26:55
33. John 18:3
34. John 19:3
35. Matthew 5:39; Acts 23:2-5
36. John 18:13
37. John 18:13
38. John 18:25-27: {Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72; Luke 22:58-62}
39. John 18:18
40. John 18:17
41. John 18:10
42. John 18:1
43. John 13:38

Footnotes 7

[a]. Lit "winter-torrent"
[b]. Lit "and"
[c]. Or "handing Him over"
[d]. Normally 600 men; "a battalion"
[e]. Or "battalion"
[f]. I.e. chiliarch, in command of a thousand troops
[g]. Lit "a synagogue"