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John 18

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Betrayed and Arrested
1When Yeshua had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered.
2Now Judah, who was betraying Him, also knew the place, because Yeshua had often met there with His disciples.
3So Judah, having taken a band of soldiers and some officers from the ruling kohanim and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4Then Yeshua, knowing all the things coming upon Him, went forward. He said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
5Yeshua ha-Natzrati,” they answered Him. Yeshua tells them, “I am.” Now Judah, the one betraying Him, was also standing with them.
6So when Yeshua said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
7So again He asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Yeshua ha-Natzrati.”
8Yeshua answered, “I told you, I am! If you’re looking for Me, let these men go their way.”
9This was so the word would be fulfilled that He spoke: “I did not lose one of those You have given Me.”
10Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the kohen gadol , and cut off his right ear. Now the servant’s name was Malchus.
11So Yeshua said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath! The cup the Father has given Me—shall I never drink it?”
Interrogated and Tried
12Then the band of soldiers, with the captain and the officers of the Judeans, seized Yeshua and tied Him up.
13They led Him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the kohen gadol that year.
14Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Judean leaders that it was better for one man to die on behalf of the people.
15Simon Peter was following Yeshua with another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the kohen gadol , so he went with Yeshua into the court of the kohen gadol .
16But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the kohen gadol , went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.
17The maidservant at the door says to Peter, “Aren’t you one of this Man’s disciples too?” He says, “No, I’m not.”
18The servants and officers were standing around a fire they had made, because it was cold and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
19The kohen gadol then questioned Yeshua about His disciples and His teaching.
20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Yeshua answered him. “I always taught in the synagogues and the Temple, where all the Jewish people come together. I spoke nothing in secret.
21Why question Me? Ask those who have heard what I spoke to them. Look, they know what I said.”
22When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby gave Yeshua a slap, saying, “Is that the way you answer the kohen gadol ?”
23Yeshua answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, give evidence of the wrong; but if rightly, why hit Me?”
24Then Annas sent Him, still tied up, to Caiaphas, the kohen gadol .
25Now Simon Peter was standing outside and warming himself. So they said to him, “Aren’t you one of His disciples too?” He denied it and said, “No, I’m not!”
26One of the servants of the kohen gadol , a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with Him?”
27Again Peter denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.
28Then they led Yeshua from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so they would not become unclean but might eat the Passover.
29Therefore Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man?”
30They answered, “If He weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”
31Then Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him by your Torah!” The Judean leaders responded, “We are not authorized to put anyone to death.”
32This happened so that the word Yeshua spoke would be fulfilled, signifying what kind of death He was about to die.
33So Pilate went back into the Praetorium, called for Yeshua, and asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34“Are you saying this on your own,” Yeshua answered, “or did others tell you about Me?”
35Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and ruling kohanim handed You over to me! What have You done?”
36Yeshua answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Judean leaders. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here.”
37So Pilate said to Him, “Are you a king, then?” Yeshua answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world, so that I might testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
38Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” After he said this, he went out again to the Judean leaders. He said to them, “I find no case against Him.
39But it’s your custom that I release someone for you at Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
40They shouted back, “Not this One, but Bar-Abba!” Now Bar-Abba was a revolutionary.

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