Old/New Testament
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.
Scripture quotations from The New Testament for Everyone are copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011, 2018, 2019.