John 18

John 18:1

• When Jesus
• After Jesus
• When he

• had

• spoken these
• said these

• things,
• words,

• He
• he
• Jesus

• went out with
• left with
• went with

• his
• His

• disciples over the
• disciples across the

• brook
• Brook

• Kidron, where there

• was a
• was an

• garden into which
• garden, into which
• garden, and
• garden.
• garden, which

• he and
• He and
• Jesus and

• his
• His

• disciples
• followers

• entered.
• went into it.
• went in.

John 18:2

• Now Judas, who betrayed

• him,
• Him,

• also knew the

• place because
• place, because
• place, for
• place; for

• Jesus had
• Jesus

• often

• met there with
• gathered there with

• his
• His

• disciples.
• disciples.)

John 18:3

• So Judas,
• So Judas
• Judas
• Judas then,

• took a
• having procured a
• brought a
• led a

• detachment of
• band of
• company of
• group of

• soldiers and some
• soldiers and
• soldiers, and

• officers from the
• guards from the

• chief
• leading

• priests and the
• priests and

• Pharisees. They

• came
• were

• there with
• carrying

• lanterns,
• lanterns and
• torches,

• torches, and
• torches and
• lanterns and
• lanterns, and

• weapons.

John 18:4

• Jesus,
• Jesus
• Then Jesus, because he
• Jesus therefore,

• knew everything that was going to happen to

• him,
• Him,
• him. So
• him. He
• Him. He

• went
• he went
• stepped
• came

• out, and
• out and
• forward and

• said to
• asked

• them, ‘Who
• them, “Who
• them. “Who
• them, “Whom

• are
• is it
• do

• you

• looking for?
• looking for?’
• looking for?”
• want?”
• want?’
• are looking for?”
• seek?”

John 18:5

• They

• answered him, “
• answered Him, “
• answered Him,
• answered, “
• answered, ‘

• Jesus of
• Jesus the
• Jesus from

• Nazareth.”
• Nazareth.’
• Nazarene.”
• Nazarene.’
• Nazarene.

• Jesus
• He

• said to
• said, ’
• said, “
• told

• them, I
• them, ‘I
• them, “I
• I

• am

• he.”
• He.
• he.’
• he.” (
• He.” And
• Jesus.” (

• Judas, who
• Now Judas, the one who

• betrayed

• him,
• Him,
• him

• was

• standing there with
• standing with
• also standing with

• them.
• them.)

John 18:6

• When Jesus
• When he
• When He
• When therefore he
• when, therefore, he
• So when he
• So when He
• As Jesus

• said to
• said
• said “
• said ‘
• said, ’
• said, “
• told

• them, ‘I
• them, ’I
• them, “I
• I

• am he,’
• am he’,
• am he,
• am he,”
• am He,”
• am Jesus,” the

• they
• they all
• men

• drew
• moved
• went
• stepped

• back and
• backward, and

• fell to the

• ground.
• ground!

John 18:7

• He
• Jesus
• Then he
• Then He
• Again he
• Again Jesus
• Then Jesus

• asked them again, “Who is

• it
• it that

• you are

• looking for?’
• looking for?”
• looking for?” And
• looking for?’ And

• they
• They

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “
• answered, “
• answered: “

• Jesus the
• Jesus of
• Jesus from

• Nazareth.”
• Nazareth.’
• Nazarene.”
• Nazarene.’
• Nazarene;’
• Nazarene.

John 18:8

• Jesus
• Then Jesus

• answered, “
• answered,
• answered, ‘
• replied, “
• replied, ’
• said, ’
• said, “

• I

• told
• have told
• said to

• you that
• you, ‘
• you
• you,

• I am

• He;
• he;
• he!
• He.
• he.
• he; if
• he. If
• Jesus.
• Jesus. “

• so, if
• So if
• so if
• So, if
• therefore

• you

• are looking for
• seek
• ’re looking for

• Me,
• me,

• let these go their

• way,”
• way:

John 18:9

• This was to
• This happened

• fulfill the word that
• so that the words

• he had

• said, ‘
• said
• said: “
• said, “
• spoken, “

• I

• have
• did

• not

• lost one of those
• lost a single one of those whom

• you
• You
• you have
• You have

• gave
• given

• me. ”’
• Me.”
• me.”
• me.’
• me.”)

John 18:10

• Simon
• Then Simon

• Peter, who
• Peter,
• Peter

• had a
• having a

• sword,
• sword. He

• drew
• pulled

• it, and
• it and
• it,
• it out and

• struck the

• High
• high

• Priest
• priest

• ’s

• servant and
• servant, and
• servant,
• slave and
• slave, and
• slave,

• cut off
• cutting off

• his right

• ear. The
• ear. (The

• servant
• slave

• ’s name was

• Malchus.
• Malchus.)

John 18:11

• Jesus
• So Jesus
• But Jesus
• Jesus therefore

• said to
• told
• commanded

• Peter: “
• Peter, ‘
• Peter, “

• Put
• Sheathe

• your sword

• back in its
• away!
• away.

• Shouldn’t I

• drink the
• drink from the

• cup that the
• cup the
• cup which the

• Father

• has given
• gave

• Me?”
• me.”
• me?”
• me?’

John 18:12

• So the band of
• Then the company of
• Then the
• Then the detachment of

• soldiers, the

• commander, and the
• commander and the
• tribune and the
• tribune, and the

• Jewish guards
• officers of the Jews,
• Jewish police,
• Jewish police
• guards

• arrested
• seized

• Jesus and
• Jesus, and
• Jesus.
• Jesus,

• tied
• bound
• They bound

• Him.
• him,
• him.
• him
• Him,
• him up,
• him up.
• him up

John 18:13

• and brought
• They took
• and led
• and took

• him first to

• Annas.
• Annas;
• Annas; for
• Annas, for

• He
• he
• Annas
• Annas, who

• was the
• was

• father-in-law of

• Caiaphas who
• Caiaphas, who
• Caiaphas. Caiaphas

• was
• was the

• High
• high

• Priest that
• priest that

• year,
• year -
• year.

John 18:14

• Caiaphas
• It
• Now

• was
• was the
• had
• it was

• one who had advised the
• one who had told the
• Caiaphas who had advised the
• Caiaphas who had counseled the
• Caiaphas who advised the

• Jews that
• Jewish leaders that

• it would be

• better that one
• better for one
• better if one
• good if one
• better to

• man
• man to
• person

• die for the
• should die for the
• died for the
• died for all the

• people.
• people.”
• people.’
• people.)

John 18:15

• Simon
• Meanwhile, Simon
• Meanwhile Simon

• Peter

• followed
• was following

• Jesus, and so
• Jesus, as

• did another
• was another

• disciple. Now that

• disciple,
• disciple

• was

• known to the
• well-known to the
• acquainted with the

• high

• priest, and
• priest,

• went with
• entered with

• Jesus into the

• courtyard of the
• court of the

• high

• priest.
• priest,
• priest;

John 18:16

• But Peter
• but Peter
• while Peter
• Peter

• stood outside by the
• was standing at the
• stood outside at the

• door. So the
• door outside. So the
• gate. The
• door. The
• gate. So the

• other

• disciple, who
• disciple who
• disciple—the one
• disciple, the one
• follower, who
• follower who

• was known to the
• knew the
• known to the

• high

• priest—
• priest
• priest,

• went
• came

• out and
• out,

• spoke to the
• spoke to

• doorkeeper, and
• doorkeeper and
• door-keeper and
• her who kept the door, and
• maid who kept the door and
• maid who kept the door, and
• servant girl who kept watch at the door, and

• brought
• brought in

• Peter in.
• Peter inside.
• Peter.

John 18:17

• The woman said to

• Peter: “
• Peter, ‘
• Peter, “

• Aren’t you one of this man’s disciples

• too?’
• too?”

• Peter

• said,
• said, “
• answered, “No,
• said, ‘No,
• said, “No,
• answered, ’
• answered, “

• I

• am
• ’m

• not.”
• not.
• not.’
• not!’
• not!
• not!”

John 18:18

• It was

• cold, and the
• cold, so the
• cold. The

• servants and
• servants and the

• guards had

• made a
• built a

• fire.
• charcoal fire.

• They were standing around

• it,
• it and

• warming

• themselves.
• themselves. And
• themselves, and

• Peter
• Peter also

• was
• went over and

• standing with
• standing
• stood with

• them,
• them and

• warming
• warmed

• himself.
• himself.)

John 18:19

• The high
• The High
• Meanwhile the High
• Meanwhile, the high
• Meanwhile the high
• The chief
• Then the high

• priest
• Priest

• questioned
• asked
• then questioned
• then asked

• Jesus about

• his
• His

• disciples and about
• disciples, and about
• disciples and
• disciples, and
• followers and
• followers and what

• his
• His
• he

• teaching.
• teaching;
• doctrine.

John 18:20

• Jesus

• answered, ’
• answered, “
• answered
• replied, “
• replied, ’

• I
• him, I
• him, “I

• have
• ’ve

• spoken

• openly to the
• publicly to the

• world;
• world.

• Ihave always

• taught in
• taught in the

• synagogues, and in the
• synagogues and in the
• synagogue, and in the
• synagogue and in the
• synagogues or at the

• temple, where all the
• Temple, where all the
• Temple where all the
• temple where the
• Temple, where the
• temple, where the
• temple, where all

• Jews
• people
• Jewish people

• come together.
• come together;
• gather.

• I

• have
• never

• said
• not said

• nothing in
• anything in

• secret.

John 18:21

• Why do
• Why are
• So why do

• you

• question
• ask
• asking

• Me?
• me?

• Ask those who

• heard what
• heard
• have heard what

• I
• me what I

• said to
• told

• them. They
• them; they

• know what I

• said.’
• said.”

John 18:22

• When Jesus
• When he
• When He

• said this, one of the
• had said this, one of the
• said that, one of the

• officers
• guards
• officials
• guards standing

• standing there
• there
• nearby
• standing by

• struck
• slapped
• gave
• hit

• Jesus,
• Jesus with his
• him on the
• Jesus a slap in the

• face, saying, “
• face, saying, ‘
• hand, saying, “

• Is that how
• Do
• Is that the

• you
• You

• answer the
• speak to the
• talk to the

• High
• high
• chief
• Chief

• Priest?’
• priest?”
• priest?
• priest?’
• priest!”
• Priest!”
• Priest?”
• Priest like that!”
• priest like that?”
• priest like that!”
• priest?” he asked.
• priest?” he demanded.

John 18:23

• Jesus

• answered
• replied to

• him, “If
• him, ‘If

• I have spoken

• wrongly,
• evil,

• testify of the

• evil; but if
• wrong; but if

• well, why
• rightly, why

• do you

• strike
• hit

• me?
• Me?”
• me?”
• me?’

John 18:24

• Then Annas
• Annas
• So Annas

• sent

• Him
• him,
• him

• bound to
• bound, to
• still tied up, to

• Caiaphas the
• Caiaphas, the

• High
• high

• Priest.
• priest.

John 18:25

• Now
• Meanwhile,
• Meanwhile

• Simon Peter was standing and warming

• himself,
• himself.
• himself; so
• himself, so
• himself. So

• they
• They
• someone

• said to
• asked

• him, “You are

• n’t
• not

• also one of
• you another of

• his
• His

• disciples, are you?”

• He
• Peter

• denied

• it, and
• it and
• it
• it,

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “
• said, ‘No,
• said, “No,
• saying, “
• saying, ’
• saying, “No,

• I

• am
• ’m

• not.”
• not.
• not!’
• not.’
• not!”

John 18:26

• One of the servants of the
• One of the slaves of the

• high priest, a

• relative of the
• relative of

• man whose
• him whose

• ear Peter

• had cut off,
• cut off,

• said, ‘
• said,
• said, “
• asked, “

• Did I not see you in the

• garden with
• garden

• Him?”
• him?”
• Him?
• him? ‘
• him?’

John 18:27

• Again,
• Again
• And again
• Then

• Peter denied

• it
• it.
• it. And
• it, and
• it, and at that
• it; and at that
• it; and at
• it, and at
• again; and
• again: and

• again, and immediately a
• once a
• immediately a
• just then a
• Just then a
• moment a
• immediately the

• rooster
• cock

• crowed.
• crew.
• began to crow.

John 18:28

• Then
• Then the

• they
• Jews

• led
• took
• brought

• Jesus from
• Jesus from the

• Caiaphas to the
• Caiaphas into the
• house of Caiaphas to the

• praetorium, and
• Praetorium: and
• Praetorium, and
• praetorium.
• Praetorium.

• it
• It

• was

• early; and
• early, and
• early in the
• now early

• they themselves did

• not
• n’t

• go into the
• enter into the
• enter the

• praetorium, that
• Praetorium, that

• they

• would
• might

• not be defiled, but

• might
• could

• eat the

• Passover.
• passover.
• passover;
• Passover meal.

John 18:29

• So
• Therefore

• Pilate

• went
• came

• out to
• outside to

• them and
• them, and

• said, “What
• said, ‘What
• said, What
• asked, “What
• asked, ‘What

• accusation
• charge
• charges

• do
• are

• you

• bring against this
• bringing against this

• man?’
• Man?”
• Man?
• man?”
• man?

John 18:30

• ‘If he
• “If he
• They answered and said to him, “If He
• they answered and said to him, ‘If he
• They answered and said to him, “If he
• They answered him, “If this man
• They answered and said to him, “If this Man
• They answered and said to him, “If this man
• They answered, “If he

• were

• not a
• not an
• n’t a
• not

• criminal,
• criminal,’
• criminal,”
• evildoer,
• evil-doer,
• doing evil,

• we
• they replied, ‘we
• they replied, “we

• would
• should

• not
• n’t

• have

• handed
• brought

• him over to
• Him to
• him to

• you.
• you?”
• you.”
• you.’

John 18:31

• Pilate
• Then Pilate
• So Pilate

• said to
• told

• them, “Take

• Him
• him

• yourselves and
• yourselves, and
• away and

• judge
• try

• him by your own

• Law.’ The
• law.’ The
• law.” The

• Jews said to him, “

• We
• It

• are
• is

• not

• lawful for
• allow

• us to

• put
• put any

• anyone to
• man to

• death.”
• death,”
• death.’

John 18:32

• [Translation pending]

John 18:33

• Then Pilate
• So Pilate
• Pilate

• went
• entered
• entered the

• his headquarters
• back inside the palace.
• praetorium
• Praetorium

• again,
• again, and
• again and
• He

• called
• summoned
• called for

• Jesus and
• Jesus, and

• said to
• asked

• him. “
• Him, “
• him, “
• Him,
• him, ‘
• him: “

• Are

• you the
• you the ‘
• You the

• king of the
• King of the

• Jews?’
• Jews’?”
• Jews?”
• Jews?

John 18:34

• Jesus

• said, ‘
• said, “

• Is that your own question, or did

• others
• other people

• tell
• told
• spoken to
• talk to

• you about

• Me?
• Me?”
• me?”
• me?’

John 18:35

• Pilate

• answered, “
• replied, “

• I

• am
• ’m

• not a Jew, am I?

• Your own
• Your

• people and the
• people, and the
• people and
• nation and the

• chief
• your chief
• their leading

• priests,
• priests
• priests who

• handed
• brought
• have handed
• delivered
• have delivered
• have brought

• you over to
• You over to
• you to
• You to
• you before

• me, what
• me. What
• me: what
• me; what
• me! What

• have

• you
• You

• done?”
• done?
• done?’
• done wrong?”

John 18:36

• Jesus

• answered, “
• answered,
• answered, ‘
• said, “
• replied, “
• replied, ‘

• My

• kingdom
• Kingdom

• is
• does

• not of this
• not from this
• n’t

• world; if
• world. If
• world: if
• belong to this world. If

• my
• My

• kingdom
• Kingdom

• were of this
• were from this
• belonged to this

• world,

• my
• My

• servants
• followers

• would be fighting to

• keep
• prevent

• me from being handed over to the

• Jews; but as
• Jews. But as

• it

• is
• is,

• my

• kingdom
• Kingdom

• is

• not from
• not from the
• not of this

• here!”
• here.’
• here.”
• world.”
• world.’
• realm.
• realm.”
• hence.
• hence.’

John 18:37

• Pilate
• Then Pilate
• So Pilate
• Therefore Pilate

• said to
• asked

• Him, “
• him, “

• So

• you
• You

• are a

• king!”
• king.”
• king?’
• king?”
• King?”

• Jesus

• answered, “
• answered, ‘
• replied, “

• You

• say that
• say

• I

• am a
• am

• King.
• king.
• King,
• king. For this

• I

• was
• have been

• born, and for this
• born and for this
• born for this;
• born for this,

• I

• came into the
• have come into the

• world to
• world: to
• world, to
• world for this: to
• world for this—to
• world—to
• world for this reason: to

• testify to the

• truth.
• truth. And

• everyone who
• Everyone who

• belongs to the
• is of the

• truth

• listens to
• hears

• my
• My

• voice.’
• voice.”
• voice.

John 18:38

• Pilate

• said to
• asked

• him, “What
• Him, “What
• Jesus, “What

• is

• truth?” And when
• truth?” When
• truth?” After

• he had

• said this
• said this,

• he

• went out
• went

• again to the
• back outside to the

• Jews, and
• Jews and

• said to
• told

• them,
• them, ‘
• them, “

• I

• find no
• find

• basis for an accusation against
• case against
• guilt in
• basis for a charge against
• nothing against this
• fault in

• Him.
• him.
• man.

John 18:39

• But you
• “But you
• You

• have a

• custom, that
• custom that
• custom for

• I
• me to

• release one
• should release
• should release one
• free one
• release

• prisoner to
• someone for
• prisoner for
• someone to

• you at the
• you at
• you at the time of the

• Passover,
• Passover;
• Passover.
• Passover

• Do
• do
• So, do
• So do
• would
• Would
• will
• time. Do

• you
• you,

• want
• like

• me to

• release for
• release to

• you the

• king of the
• King of the

• Jews?’
• Jews’?”
• Jews?”
• Jews?

John 18:40

• They
• Then they
• Then they all

• shouted. “
• shouted
• cried out

• again, saying, “
• again, ‘
• again, “
• back, “
• back, “No,

• not this
• Not this

• man, but
• Man, but

• Barabbas.” Now
• Barabbas!” Now
• Barabbas. Now
• Barabbas!”
• Barabbas!” (
• Barabbas!” (Now

• Barabbas was a

• robber.
• revolutionary.)
• revolutionary.
• bandit.
• robber.)
• terrorist.