The Betrayal of Jesus
After speaking, Jesus goes with his disciples across the Kidron Valley into a garden known to Judas from earlier meetings.
A1fter Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden. 2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Judas arrives with soldiers and officers carrying weapons, and Jesus steps forward to ask whom they seek.
3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
They identify Jesus of Nazareth, and Jesus identifies himself so clearly that they draw back and fall to the ground.
5“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. 6And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them. When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
Jesus repeats the question, then asks that the others be allowed to go, fulfilling his earlier word that none given to him would be lost.
7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” 8“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.” 9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
Peter strikes the high priest's servant and cuts off his ear, but Jesus commands him to put away the sword and accept the cup from the Father.
10Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. 11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
The soldiers arrest and bind Jesus, lead him first to Annas, and move him under the earlier counsel of Caiaphas that one man should die for the people.
12Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him. 13They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. 14Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.