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

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

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

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

⁵They answered him , “Jesus of Nazareth .”

Jesus said to them , “ I am he .”

Judas also , who betrayed him , was standing with them .

⁶When therefore he said to them , “ I am he ,” they went backward and fell to the ground .

⁷Again therefore he asked them , “ Who are you looking for ?”

They said , “Jesus of Nazareth .”

⁸Jesus answered , “ I told you that I am he . If therefore you seek me , let these go their way ,”

⁹that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke , “ Of those whom you have given me , I have lost none .”[#John 6:39]

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

¹¹Jesus therefore said to Peter , “ Put the sword into its sheath . The cup which the Father has given me , shall I not surely drink it ?”

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

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

¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people .

¹⁵Simon Peter followed Jesus , as did another disciple . Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

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

¹⁷Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter , “Are you also one of this man ’s disciples ?”

He said , “I am not .”

¹⁸Now the servants and the officers were standing there , having made a fire of coals, for it was cold . They were warming themselves . Peter was with them , standing and warming himself .

¹⁹The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching .

²⁰Jesus answered him , “ I spoke openly to the world . I always taught in synagogues and in the temple , where the Jews always meet . I said nothing in secret .

²¹Why do you ask me ? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them . Behold , they know the things which I said .”

²²When he had said this , one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand , saying , “Do you answer the high priest like that ?”

²³Jesus answered him , “ If I have spoken evil , testify of the evil ; but if well , why do you beat me ?”

²⁴Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas , the high priest.

²⁵Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself . They said therefore to him , “You aren’t also one of his disciples , are you ?”

He denied it and said , “I am not .”

²⁶One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off , said , “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him ?”

²⁷Peter therefore denied it again , and immediately the rooster crowed .

²⁸They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium . It was early , and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium , that they might not be defiled , but might eat the Passover .

²⁹Pilate therefore went out to them and said , “What accusation do you bring against this man ?”

³⁰They answered him , “If this man weren’t an evildoer , we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you .”

³¹Pilate therefore said to them , “Take him yourselves , and judge him according to your law .”

Therefore the Jews said to him , “It is illegal for us to put anyone to death,”

³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled , which he spoke , signifying by what kind of death he should die .

³³Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium , called Jesus , and said to him , “Are you the King of the Jews ?”

³⁴Jesus answered him , “ Do you say this by yourself , or did others tell you about me ?”

³⁵Pilate answered, “I ’m not a Jew , am I ? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me . What have you done ?”

³⁶Jesus answered, “ My Kingdom is not of this world . If my Kingdom were of this world , then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’ t be delivered to the Jews . But now my Kingdom is not from here .”

³⁷Pilate therefore said to him , “Are you a king then ?”

Jesus answered , “ You say that I am a king . For this reason I have been born , and for this reason I have come into the world , that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice .”

³⁸Pilate said to him , “What is truth?”

When he had said this , he went out again to the Jews , and said to them , “I find no basis for a charge against him .

³⁹But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover . Therefore , do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews ?”

⁴⁰Then they all shouted again , saying , “Not this man , but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber .