1After saying these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron ravine, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
2Now Judas, the one betraying him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often gathered there with his disciples.
3So Judas, having taken the cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4Jesus, therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went out and says to them, “Whom are you seeking?”
5They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He says to them, “I am.” And Judas, the one betraying him, was also standing with them.
6So when he said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
7So he asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
8Jesus answered, “I told you that I am. So if you are seeking me, let these men go.”
9This was so that the word he had spoken might be fulfilled: “Of those whom you have given me, I have not lost a single one.”
10Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. Now the slave’s name was Malchus.
11So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup that the Father has given me—shall I not drink it?”
12So the cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him,
13and they led him to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
14Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.
15Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. That disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest,
16but Peter was standing outside at the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
17So the servant girl who was the doorkeeper says to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He says, “I am not.”
18Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
19So the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews gather, and I have said nothing in secret.
21Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard what I said to them. Look, these people know what I said.”
22When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a slap, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
23Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike me?”
24So Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
25Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
26One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
27So Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
28Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. Now it was early morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled but could eat the Passover.
29So Pilate went outside to them and says, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
30They answered and said to him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have handed him over to you.”
31Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.”
32This was so that the word Jesus had spoken might be fulfilled, signifying by what kind of death he was about to die.
33So Pilate entered the praetorium again, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”
35Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
37So Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.”
38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” And after saying this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no grounds for a charge against him.”
39But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
40So they cried out again, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a bandit.
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