John 18:1-13 ▼

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the wadi of the Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.

3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, |Who are you looking for?|

5 They answered him, |Jesus the Nazorean.| Jesus said to them, |I AM.| Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

6 When therefore he said to them, |I AM,| they went backward, and fell to the ground.

7 Again therefore he asked them, |Who are you looking for?| They said, |Jesus of Nazareth.|

8 Jesus answered, |I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,|

9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, |Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.|

10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, |Put the sword into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has given me?|

12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jewish leaders, seized Jesus and bound him,

13 and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.