John 18:1-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Jesus Betrayed

18 After^(A) Jesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it. ²Judas,^(B) who betrayed^(C) Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples. ³So Judas took a company of soldiers and some temple police from the chief priests and the Pharisees^(D) and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

⁴Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to Him,^(E) went out and said to them, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

⁵“Jesus the Nazarene,” they answered.

“I am He,”^[a]^(F) Jesus told them.

Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them. ⁶When He told them, “I am He,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

⁷Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

⁸“I told you I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for Me, let these men go.” ⁹This was to fulfill^(G) the words He had said: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”^(H)

¹⁰Then Simon^(I) Peter,^(J) who had a sword,^(K) drew it, struck the high priest’s^(L) slave, and cut off his right ear. (The slave’s name was Malchus.)

¹¹At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Sheathe your sword! Am I not to drink the cup^(M) the Father has given Me?”