1When Jesus had said these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Cedron. There was a garden there, and he and his disciples went into it.
2Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples.
3So Judas took a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. So he went out and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
5They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." And Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
6So as soon as he said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground.
8Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go their way."
9This happened so that the words he had said would come true: "Of those you gave me, I have lost none."
10Then 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.
11Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"
12Then the band of soldiers and the captain and the officers of the Jews took Jesus and tied him up.
13They led him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.
14Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better for one man to die for the people.
15Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple was known to the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
16But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who kept the door, and brought Peter in.
17Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you not also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
18The servants and officers were standing there. They had made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
19Then the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret."
21"Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. Look, they know what I said."
22When he had said this, one of the officers standing there struck Jesus with the palm of his hand and said, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
23Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, show what was wrong. But if I spoke well, why do you hit me?"
24Now Annas had sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.
25Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "Are you not also one of his disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
26One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
27Peter denied it again, and at once the cock crowed.
28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgment hall. It was early. They themselves did not go into the judgment hall, so that they would not be made unclean, but could eat the passover.
29So Pilate went out to them and said, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
30They answered him, "If he were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
31Then Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him by your own law." So the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."
32This happened so that the words of Jesus would come true, which showed what kind of death he was going to die.
33Then Pilate went into the judgment hall again. He called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
34Jesus answered him, "Do you say this on your own, or did others tell you about me?"
35Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."
37So Pilate said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world: to tell the truth about the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."
38Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, "I find no fault in him at all."
39"But you have a custom that I should set one prisoner free for you at the passover. So do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?"
40Then they all cried out again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.