King James VersionJohn18

John

1 When Je­sus had spo­ken these words, he went forth with his dis­ci­ples over the brook Ce­dron, where was a gar­den, into the which he en­tered, and his dis­ci­ples. 2 And Ju­das al­so, which be­trayed him, knew the place: for Je­sus oft­times re­sort­ed thith­er with his dis­ci­ples. 3 Ju­das then, hav­ing re­ceived a band of men and of­fi­cers from the chief priests and Phar­isees, cometh thith­er with lanterns and torch­es and weapons. 4 Je­sus there­fore, know­ing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? 5 They an­swered him, Je­sus of Nazareth. Je­sus saith unto them, I am he. And Ju­das al­so, which be­trayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went back­ward, and fell to the ground. 7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Je­sus of Nazareth. 8 Je­sus an­swered, I have told you that I am he: if there­fore ye seek me, let these go their way: 9 That the say­ing might be ful­filled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. 10 Then Si­mon Pe­ter hav­ing a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's ser­vant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then said Je­sus unto Pe­ter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Fa­ther hath giv­en me, shall I not drink it? 12 Then the band and the cap­tain and of­fi­cers of the Jews took Je­sus, and bound him, 13 And led him away to An­nas first; for he was fa­ther in law to Ca­iaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 14 Now Ca­iaphas was he, which gave coun­sel to the Jews, that it was ex­pe­di­ent that one man should die for the peo­ple. 15 And Si­mon Pe­ter fol­lowed Je­sus, and ­so did an­oth­er dis­ci­ple: that dis­ci­ple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Je­sus into the palace of the high priest. 16 But Pe­ter stood at the door with­out. Then went out that oth­er dis­ci­ple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Pe­ter. 17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Pe­ter, Art not thou also one of this man's dis­ci­ples? He saith, I am not. 18 And the ser­vants and of­fi­cers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed them­selves: and Pe­ter stood with them, and warmed him­self. 19 The high priest then asked Je­sus of his dis­ci­ples, and of his doc­trine. 20 Je­sus an­swered him, I spake open­ly to the world; I ever taught in the syn­a­gogue, and in the tem­ple, whith­er the Jews al­ways re­sort; and in se­cret have I said noth­ing. 21 Why ask­est thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: be­hold, they know what I said. 22 And when he had thus spo­ken, one of the of­fi­cers which stood by struck Je­sus with the palm of his hand, say­ing, An­swer­est thou the high priest so? 23 Je­sus an­swered him, If I have spo­ken evil, bear wit­ness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? 24 Now An­nas had sent him bound unto Ca­iaphas the high priest. 25 And Si­mon Pe­ter stood and warmed him­self. They said there­fore unto him, Art not thou also one of his dis­ci­ples? He de­nied it, and said, I am not. 26 One of the ser­vants of the high priest, be­ing his kins­man whose ear Pe­ter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the gar­den with him? 27 Pe­ter then de­nied again: and im­me­di­ate­ly the cock crew. 28 Then led they Je­sus from Ca­iaphas unto the hall of judg­ment: and it was ear­ly; and they them­selves went not into the judg­ment hall, lest they should be de­filed; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pi­late then went out unto them, and said, What ac­cu­sa­tion bring ye against this man? 30 They an­swered and said unto him, If he were not a male­fac­tor, we would not have de­liv­ered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pi­late unto them, Take ye him, and judge him ac­cord­ing to your law. The Jews there­fore said unto him, It is not law­ful for us to put any man to death: 32 That the say­ing of Je­sus might be ful­filled, which he spake, sig­ni­fy­ing what death he should die. 33 Then Pi­late en­tered into the judg­ment hall again, and called Je­sus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? 34 Je­sus an­swered him, Sayest thou this thing of thy­self, or did oth­ers tell it thee of me? 35 Pi­late an­swered, Am I a Jew? Thine own na­tion and the chief priests have de­liv­ered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 36 Je­sus an­swered, My king­dom is not of this world: if my king­dom were of this world, then would my ser­vants fight, that I should not be de­liv­ered to the Jews: but now is my king­dom not from hence. 37 Pi­late there­fore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Je­sus an­swered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear wit­ness unto the truth. Ev­ery one that is of the truth heareth my voice. 38 Pi­late saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. 39 But ye have a cus­tom, that I should re­lease unto you one at the passover: will ye there­fore that I re­lease unto you the King of the Jews? 40 Then cried they all again, say­ing, Not this man, but Barab­bas. Now Barab­bas was a rob­ber.