John 18:5-15

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, "¹Whom 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, "²Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."

10 Simon Peter then, ³having 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; ⁴the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"

Jesus before the Priests

12 ⁵So ⁶the Roman cohort and the commander and the ⁷officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

13 and led Him to ⁸Annas first; for he was father-in-law of ⁹Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ¹⁰it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.

15 ¹¹Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ¹²the court of the high priest,

Cross References

• 1. John 18:4
• 2. John 17:12
• 3. Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47
• 4. Matthew 20:22; Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42
• 5. John 18:12: {Matthew 26:57f}
• 6. John 18:3
• 7. John 18:3
• 8. Luke 3:2; John 18:24
• 9. Matthew 26:3; John 11:49, 51
• 10. John 11:50
• 11. Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54
• 12. Matthew 26:3; John 18:24, 28

Footnotes

• [a] Or "battalion"
• [b] I.e. chiliarch, in command of a thousand troops