| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden. | 1After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. |
| 2Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples. | 2Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. |
| 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. | 3The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove. |
| 4Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?” | 4Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked. |
| 5“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them. | 5“Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied. “ I Am he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) |
| 6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. | 6As Jesus said “ I Am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! |
| 7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. | 7Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” |
| 8“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.” | 8 “I told you that I Am he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.” |
| 9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.” | 9He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.” |
| 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. | 10Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave. |
| 11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?” | 11But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?” Jesus at the High Priest’s House |
| 12Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him. | 12So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up. |
| 13They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. | 13First they took him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time. |
| 14Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people. | 14Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for the people.” Peter’s First Denial |
| 15Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. | 15Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest’s courtyard with Jesus. |
| 16But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. | 16Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in. |
| 17At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered. | 17The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” “No,” he said, “I am not.” |
| 18Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself. | 18Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself. The High Priest Questions Jesus |
| 19Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. | 19Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them. |
| 20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. | 20Jesus replied, “Everyone knows what I teach. I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the people gather. I have not spoken in secret. |
| 21Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.” | 21 Why are you asking me this question? Ask those who heard me. They know what I said.” |
| 22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?” | 22Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded. |
| 23Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?” | 23Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I’m speaking the truth, why are you beating me?” |
| 24Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest. | 24Then Annas bound Jesus and sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest. Peter’s Second and Third Denials |
| 25Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” | 25Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.” |
| 26One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?” | 26But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?” |
| 27Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed. | 27Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed. Jesus’ Trial before Pilate |
| 28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover. | 28Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn’t go inside because it would defile them, and they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate the Passover. |
| 29So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?” | 29So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, “What is your charge against this man?” |
| 30“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.” | 30“We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted. |
| 31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied. | 31“Then take him away and judge him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “Only the Romans are permitted to execute someone,” the Jewish leaders replied. |
| 32This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. | 32(This fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he would die. ) |
| 33Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” | 33Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. |
| 34“Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?” | 34Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?” |
| 35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?” | 35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?” |
| 36Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.” | 36Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.” |
| 37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.” | 37Pilate said, “So you are a king?” Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.” |
| 38“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him. | 38“What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime. |
| 39But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” | 39But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?” |
| 40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.) | 40But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.) |
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