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| 18:1 |
When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, into which He Himself entered, and His disciples.
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| 18:2 |
Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place; for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
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| 18:3 |
Judas then, having received the [Roman] cohort, and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
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| 18:4 |
Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth, and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
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| 18:5 |
They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am [He]." And Judas also who was betraying Him, was standing with them.
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| 18:6 |
When therefore He said to them, "I am [He]," they drew back, and fell to the ground.
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| 18:7 |
Again therefore He asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
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| 18:8 |
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am [He]; if therefore you seek Me, let these go their way,"
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| 18:9 |
that the word might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom Thou hast given Me I lost not one."
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| 18:10 |
Simon Peter therefore having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.
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| 18:11 |
Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"
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| 18:12 |
So the [Roman] cohort and the commander, and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
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| 18:13 |
and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
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| 18:14 |
Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.
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| 18:15 |
And Simon Peter was following Jesus, and [so] [was] another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,
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| 18:16 |
but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought in Peter.
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| 18:17 |
The slave-girl therefore who kept the door said to Peter, "You are not also [one] of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."
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| 18:18 |
Now the slaves and the officers were standing [there], having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
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| 18:19 |
The high priest therefore questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
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| 18:20 |
Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.
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| 18:21 |
"Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; behold, these know what I said."
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| 18:22 |
And when He had said this, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a blow, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"
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| 18:23 |
Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"
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| 18:24 |
Annas therefore sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
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| 18:25 |
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You are not also [one] of His disciples, are you?" He denied [it], and said, "I am not."
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| 18:26 |
One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"
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| 18:27 |
Peter therefore denied [it] again; and immediately a cock crowed.
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| 18:28 |
They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium in order that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
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| 18:29 |
Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"
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| 18:30 |
They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you."
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| 18:31 |
Pilate therefore said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"
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| 18:32 |
that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
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| 18:33 |
Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus, and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"
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| 18:34 |
Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"
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| 18:35 |
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You up to me; what have You done?"
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| 18:36 |
Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm."
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| 18:37 |
Pilate therefore said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say [correctly] that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
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| 18:38 |
Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.
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| 18:39 |
"But you have a custom, that I should release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
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| 18:40 |
Therefore they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.
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