John 18
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The arrest of Jesus
18 With these words, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden. He and his disciples went in.
2 Judas, his betrayer, knew the place, because Jesus often used it as a meeting-place with his disciples. 3 So Judas took a band of soldiers, with some servants of the chief priests and the Pharisees, and came there with torches, lights and weapons.
4 Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. He went out to meet them.
“Who are you looking for?” he asked.
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
“I’m the one,” he said to them.
Judas, his betrayer, was standing there with them. 6 So when he said, “I’m the one,” they went back a few paces, and fell down on the ground.
7 Jesus repeated his question.
“Who are you looking for?” he asked.
“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.
8 “I told you, I’m the one!” said Jesus. “So, if you’re looking for me, let these people go.” 9 (He said this so as to fulfill the word he had spoken, when he said, “I haven’t lost any of the people you gave me.”)
10 Simon Peter had a sword. He drew it and hit the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 “Put your sword back in its sheath!” said Jesus to Peter. “Do you imagine I’m not going to drink the cup my father has given me?”
12 So the band of soldiers, with the officer and the Judaean attendants, arrested Jesus and tied him up. 13 They led him off first to Annas; he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had given advice to the Judaeans that the best thing would be for one man to die for the people.
Peter denies Jesus
15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was known to the high priest; he went in to the high priest’s courtyard along with Jesus, 16 while Peter stood outside by the gate. So the other disciple, being known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the woman on the gate. Then he brought Peter inside.
17 The woman on the gate spoke to Peter.
“You’re not one of that man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked.
“No, I’m not,” he replied.
18 It was cold. The slaves and the attendants had made a charcoal fire, and they were standing round it, warming themselves. Peter was standing there with them and warming himself.
19 The high priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
20 “I’ve spoken to the world quite openly,” replied Jesus. “I always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple, where all the Judaeans gather. I didn’t say anything in secret. 21 Why are you asking me? There were people who listened to me. Ask them what I said to them. Don’t you see? They know what I said.”
22 When Jesus said that, one of the attendants standing there gave him a slap on the face.
“Is that how you answer the high priest?” he said.
23 “If I’ve said something wrong,” replied Jesus, “give evidence about what was wrong with it. But if what I said was true, why are you hitting me?”
24 So Annas sent him off, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.
25 Simon Peter, meanwhile, was standing there and warming himself.
“You’re not one of his disciples, are you?” they asked him.
He denied it. “No, I’m not,” he said.
26 Then one of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up.
“Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?” he said.
27 Peter denied it once more. Instantly, the cock crowed.
Pilate and the Judaeans
28 So they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, the governor’s residence. It was early in the morning. They didn’t themselves go inside the Praetorium. They were anxious not to pollute themselves, so that they would still be able to eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate went outside and spoke to them.
“What’s the charge, then?” he asked. “What have you got against this fellow?”
30 “If he wasn’t doing wicked things,” they replied, “we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”
31 “Take him yourselves,” said Pilate to them, “and judge him by your own law.”
“We’re not allowed to put anyone to death,” replied the Judaeans. 32 (This was so that the word of Jesus might come true, when he had indicated what sort of death he was going to die.)
My kingdom is not from this world
33 So Pilate went back in to the Praetorium and spoke to Jesus.
“Are you the King of the Jews?” he asked.
34 “Was it your idea to ask that?” asked Jesus. “Or did other people tell you about me?”
35 “I’m not a Jew, am I?” retorted Pilate. “Your own people, and the chief priests, have handed you over to me! What have you done?”
36 “My kingdom isn’t the sort that grows in this world,” replied Jesus. “If my kingdom were from this world, my supporters would have fought, to stop me being handed over to the Judaeans. So then, my kingdom is not the sort that comes from here.”
37 “So!” said Pilate. “You are a king, are you?”
“You’re the one who’s calling me a king,” replied Jesus. “I was born for this; I’ve come into the world for this: to give evidence about the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
38 “Truth!” said Pilate. “What’s that?”
With those words, he went back out to the Judaeans.
“I find this man not guilty!” he said to them. 39 “But look here: you’ve got this custom that I should let someone free at Passover-time. So what about it? Would you like me to release ‘The King of the Jews’?”
40 “No!” they shouted. “We don’t want him! Give us Barabbas!”
Now Barabbas was a brigand.
ﻳﻮﺣﻨﺎ 18
Ketab El Hayat
القبض على يسوع
18 بَعْدَمَا انْتَهَى يَسُوعُ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ هذِهِ، خَرَجَ مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ وَعَبَرُوا وَادِي قِدْرُونَ. وَكَانَ هُنَالِكَ بُسْتَانٌ، فَدَخَلَهُ هُوَ وَتَلامِيذُهُ. 2 وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ يَعْرِفُ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانَ لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ كَانَ يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ كَثِيراً مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ. 3 فَذَهَبَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هُنَاكَ آخِذاً مَعَهُ فِرْقَةَ الْجُنُودِ وَحَرَسَ الْهَيْكَلِ، الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ الْمَشَاعِلَ وَالْمَصَابِيحَ وَالسِّلاحَ. 4 وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَعْرِفُ كُلَّ مَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَهُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟» 5 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ». وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ وَاقِفاً مَعَهُمْ. 6 فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ»، تَرَاجَعُوا وَسَقَطُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ! 7 فَعَادَ يَسُوعُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ». 8 فَقَالَ: «قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا هُوَ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَنِي أَنَا، فَدَعُوا هؤُلاءِ يَذْهَبُونَ». 9 وَذلِكَ لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ وَهَبْتَهُمْ لِي لَمْ يَهْلِكْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ!»
10 وَكَانَ مَعَ سِمْعَانَ بُطْرُسَ سَيْفٌ فَاسْتَلَّهُ وَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَبْدَ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَقَطَعَ أُذُنَهُ الْيُمْنَى. وَكَانَ اسْمُ الْعَبْدِ مَلْخُسَ. 11 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِبُطْرُسَ: «أَعِدِ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ! الْكَأْسُ الَّتِي أَعْطَانِي الآبُ، أَلا أَشْرَبُهَا؟»
يسوع أمام حنان
12 فَقَبَضَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ وَالْقَائِدُ وَحَرَسُ الْهَيْكَلِ عَلَى يَسُوعَ وَقَيَّدُوهُ. 13 وَسَاقُوهُ أَوَّلاً إِلَى حَنَّانَ وَهُوَ حَمُو قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ. 14 وَقَيَافَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَشَارَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ بِأَنَّهُ مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ.
بطرس ينكر المسيح أولاً
15 وَتَبِعَ يَسُوعَ سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ وَتِلْمِيذٌ آخَرُ كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ. فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ التِّلْمِيذُ مَعَ يَسُوعَ إِلَى دَارِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ. 16 أَمَّا بُطْرُسُ فَوَقَفَ بِالْبَابِ خَارِجاً. فَخَرَجَ التِّلْمِيذُ الآخَرُ الَّذِي كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ، وَكَلَّمَ الْبَوَّابَةَ فَأَدْخَلَ بُطْرُسَ. 17 فَسَأَلَتِ الْخَادِمَةُ الْبَوَّابَةُ بُطْرُسَ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَحَدَ تَلامِيذِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟» أَجَابَهَا: «لا، لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ!» 18 وَكَانَ الطَّقْسُ بَارِداً، وَقَدْ أَوْقَدَ الْعَبِيدُ وَالْحُرَّاسُ نَاراً وَوَقَفُوا يَسْتَدْفِئُونَ حَوْلَهَا، فَوَقَفَ بُطْرُسُ يَسْتَدْفِئُ مَعَهُمْ.
رئيس الكهنة يسأل يسوع
19 وَسَأَلَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَسُوعَ عَنْ تَلامِيذِهِ، وَعَنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ. 20 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «عَلَناً تَكَلَّمْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ، وَدَائِماً عَلَّمْتُ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الْيَهُودُ كُلُّهُمْ، وَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئاً فِي السِّرِّ. 21 فَلِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُنِي أَنَا؟ اسْأَلِ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ مَا قُلْتُهُ!» 22 فَلَمَّا قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا لَطَمَهُ أَحَدُ الْحُرَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَهكَذَا تُجِيبُ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ؟» 23 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَسَأْتُ الْكَلامَ فَاشْهَدْ عَلَى الإِسَاءَةِ، أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَنْتُ، فَلِمَاذَا تَضْرِبُنِي؟» 24 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ حَنَّانُ مُقَيَّداً إِلَى قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنةِ.
بطرس ينكر المسيح ثانياً
25 وَكَانَ بُطْرُسُ وَاقِفاً هُنَاكَ يَسْتَدْفِئُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ؟» فَأَنْكَرَ وَقَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَنَا». 26 فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَهُوَ نَسِيبُ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَ بُطْرُسُ أُذُنَهُ: «أَمَا رَأَيْتُكَ مَعَهُ فِي الْبُسْتَانِ؟» 27 فَأَنْكَرَ بُطْرُسُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَفِي الْحَالِ صَاحَ الدِّيكُ!
يسوع أمام بيلاطس
28 ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا يَسُوعَ مِنْ دَارِ قَيَافَا إِلَى قَصْرِ الْحَاكِمِ الرُّومَانِيِّ، وَكَانَ ذلِكَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ. وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ لِئَلّا يَتَنَجَّسُوا فَلا يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنَ الأَكْلِ مِنْ خَرُوفِ الْفِصْحِ. 29 فَخَرَجَ بِيلاطُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تَتَّهِمُونَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ؟» 30 أَجَابُوهُ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُذْنِباً، لَمَا سَلَّمْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ!» 31 فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «خُذُوهُ أَنْتُمْ وَحَاكِمُوهُ حَسَبَ شَرِيعَتِكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لا يَحِقُّ لَنَا أَنْ نَقْتُلَ أَحَداً!» 32 وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذَا لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا يَسُوعُ إِشَارَةً إِلَى الْمِيتَةِ الَّتِي سَيَمُوتُهَا.
33 فَدَخَلَ بِيلاطُسُ قَصْرَهُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يَسُوعَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟» 34 فَرَدَّ يَسُوعُ: «أَتَقُولُ لِي هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، أَمْ قَالَهُ لَكَ عَنِّي آخَرُونَ؟» 35 فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «وَهَلْ أَنَا يَهُودِيٌّ؟ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ سَلَّمُوكَ إِلَيَّ. مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟» 36 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «لَيْسَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، لَكَانَ حُرَّاسِي يُجَاهِدُونَ لِكَيْ لَا أُسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَمَمْلَكَتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هُنَا». 37 فَسَأَلَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مَلِكٌ إِذَنْ؟» أَجَابَهُ: «أَنْتَ قُلْتَ، إِنِّي مَلِكٌ. وَلِهَذَا وُلِدْتُ وَجِئْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ: لأَشْهَدَ لِلْحَقِّ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يُصْغِي لِصَوْتِي». 38 فَقَالَ لَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «مَا هُوَ الْحَقُّ!» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ فِيهِ ذَنْباً! 39 وَقَدْ جَرَتِ الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَكُمْ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ السُّجَنَاءِ فِي عِيدِ الْفِصْحِ. فَهَلْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ مَلِكَ الْيَهُودِ؟» 40 فَصَرَخُوا جَمِيعاً قَائِلِينَ: «لا تُطْلِقْ هَذَا، بَلْ بَارَابَاسَ». وَكَانَ بَارَابَاسُ لِصّاً!
John 18
New King James Version
Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane(A)
18 When Jesus had spoken these words, (B)He went out with His disciples over (C)the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; (D)for Jesus often met there with His disciples. 3 (E)Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus therefore, (F)knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”
5 They answered Him, (G)“Jesus [a]of Nazareth.”
Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas, who (H)betrayed Him, also stood with them. 6 Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”
And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,” 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, (I)“Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
10 (J)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink (K)the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Before the High Priest
12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13 And (L)they led Him away to (M)Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of (N)Caiaphas who was high priest that year. 14 (O)Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was [b]expedient that one man should die for the people.
Peter Denies Jesus(P)
15 (Q)And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did (R)another[c] disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 16 (S)But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought Peter in. 17 Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, “You are not also one of this Man’s disciples, are you?”
He said, “I am (T)not.”
18 Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
Jesus Questioned by the High Priest
19 The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, (U)“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught (V)in synagogues and (W)in the temple, where [d]the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing. 21 Why do you ask Me? Ask (X)those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.”
22 And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by (Y)struck[e] Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?”
24 (Z)Then Annas sent Him bound to (AA)Caiaphas the high priest.
Peter Denies Twice More
25 Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. (AB)Therefore they said to him, “You are not also one of His disciples, are you?”
He denied it and said, “I am not!”
26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” 27 Peter then denied again; and (AC)immediately a rooster crowed.
In Pilate’s Court(AD)
28 (AE)Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. (AF)But they themselves did not go into the [f]Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover. 29 (AG)Pilate then went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
30 They answered and said to him, “If He were not [g]an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”
31 Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.”
Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,” 32 (AH)that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, (AI)signifying by what death He would die.
33 (AJ)Then Pilate entered the [h]Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesus answered him, “Are you speaking for yourself about this, or did others tell you this concerning Me?”
35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?”
36 (AK)Jesus answered, (AL)“My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”
37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”
Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, (AM)that I should bear (AN)witness to the truth. Everyone who (AO)is of the truth (AP)hears My voice.”
38 Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, (AQ)“I find no fault in Him at all.
Taking the Place of Barabbas(AR)
39 (AS)“But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
40 (AT)Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” (AU)Now Barabbas was a robber.
Footnotes
- John 18:5 Lit. the Nazarene
- John 18:14 advantageous
- John 18:15 M the other
- John 18:20 NU all the Jews meet
- John 18:22 Lit. gave Jesus a slap,
- John 18:28 The governor’s headquarters
- John 18:30 a criminal
- John 18:33 The governor’s headquarters
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