Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested^(A)

18 After Jesus had said all of this, he went with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. ² Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³ So Judas took a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the high priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

⁴ Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen, went forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

⁵ They answered him, “Jesus from Nazareth.”^[a]

Jesus told them, “I AM.” Judas, the man who betrayed him, was standing with them.

⁶ When Jesus^[b] told them, “I AM,” they backed away and fell to the ground.

⁷ So he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?”

They said, “Jesus from Nazareth.”^[c]

⁸ Jesus replied, “I told you that I am the one,^[d] so if you are looking for me, let these men go.” ⁹ This was to fulfill what he had said, “I did not lose a single one of those you gave me.”^[e]

¹⁰ Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. ¹¹ Jesus told Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shouldn’t I drink the cup that the Father has given me?”