John 18:21-31

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 ¹officers standing nearby ²struck * Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"

23 ³Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"

24 ⁴So Annas sent Him bound to ⁵Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter's Denial of Jesus

25 ⁶Now ⁷Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "⁸You 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 ⁹whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in ¹⁰the garden with Him?"

27 Peter then denied it again, and immediately ¹¹a rooster crowed.

Jesus before Pilate

28 ¹²Then they led Jesus from ¹³Caiaphas into ¹⁴the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into ¹⁵the Praetorium so that ¹⁶they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

29 ¹⁷Therefore 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,"

Cross References

• 1. John 18:3
• 2. John 19:3
• 3. Matthew 5:39; Acts 23:2-5
• 4. John 18:13
• 5. John 18:13
• 6. John 18:25-27: {Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72; Luke 22:58-62}
• 7. John 18:18
• 8. John 18:17
• 9. John 18:10
• 10. John 18:1
• 11. John 13:38
• 12. Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1
• 13. John 18:13
• 14. Matthew 27:27; John 18:33; John 19:9
• 15. Matthew 27:27; John 18:33; John 19:9
• 16. John 11:55; Acts 11:3
• 17. John 18:29-38: {Matthew 27:11-14; Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:2, 3}

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. governor's official residence
• [b] I.e. governor's official residence