² Now by the time of supper, the Devil^(A) had already put it into the heart of Judas,^(B) Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray^(C) Him.

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. ² Judas,^(B) who betrayed^(C) Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples. ³ So 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.

⁴ Then 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. ⁶ When He told them, “I am He,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

⁷ Then 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.”