John 18 (NET)

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John 18:1¹When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Sam 15:23 Mark 14:32 Matt 26:36 John 18:26 Luke 22:39-40 1 Kgs 15:13 2 Chr 15:16 2 Chr 30:14 2 Kgs 23:12 2 Kgs 23:6

John 18:2²(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:37 Luke 22:39 Mark 11:11-12

John 18:3³So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:12 Luke 22:47-53 Acts 1:16 Ps 22:12 Ps 3:1-2 John 13:2 John 13:27-30 Mark 14:43-50 Matt 26:47-56

John 18:4⁴Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:1 John 18:7 Acts 2:28 Acts 20:22-23 Ps 27:3 1 Kgs 18:10 1 Kgs 18:14-18 Acts 4:24-28 John 10:17-18 John 13:11

John 18:5⁵They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 3:9 Jer 8:12 John 1:46 John 19:19 Matt 2:23 Matt 21:11

John 18:6⁶So when Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 27:2 Ps 70:2-3 2 Kgs 1:9-15 Acts 4:29-30 Luke 9:54-56 Ps 129:5 Ps 40:14

John 18:7⁷Then Jesus asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:4

John 18:8⁸Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 10:28 2 Cor 12:9 John 13:1 1 Cor 10:13 1 Pet 5:7 Eph 5:25 Isa 53:6 John 13:36 John 16:32 Mark 14:50-52

John 18:9⁹He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 17:12

John 18:10¹⁰Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:47 Matt 26:51-54 Luke 22:49-51 John 18:26 Luke 22:33 Mark 14:30

John 18:11¹¹But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:22 Matt 26:39 John 20:17 John 12:27-28 Heb 12:2 John 15:10 2 Cor 10:4 2 Cor 6:7 Luke 22:42 Mark 10:38-39

John 18:12¹²Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:3 Matt 26:57 Acts 21:31 Acts 21:37 Acts 22:24-28 Gen 22:9 Judg 16:21 Luke 22:54 Mark 14:53 Mark 15:1

John 18:13¹³They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:24 John 11:51 Luke 3:2 Matt 26:3 Matt 26:57 Acts 4:6

John 18:14¹⁴(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 11:49-52

John 18:15¹⁵Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. (Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:54 Mark 14:54 Matt 26:58-68 Matt 26:3

John 18:16¹⁶But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:55-57 Mark 14:66-68 Matt 26:69

John 18:17¹⁷The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied, “I am not.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 26:69-70 John 18:16 John 18:25 John 21:15 Luke 22:54 Luke 22:56-57 Mark 14:66-68 Matt 26:33 Acts 12:13 John 18:5

John 18:18¹⁸(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 14:54 John 18:25 Luke 22:55-56 Mark 14:67 Eph 5:11-12 Gen 49:6 John 21:9 Prov 13:20 Ps 1:1 Ps 26:4-10

John 18:19¹⁹While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 11:53-54 Luke 20:20 Luke 22:63-71 Mark 14:55-65 Matt 26:59-68

John 18:20²⁰Jesus replied, “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 48:16 John 7:26 Matt 4:23 Luke 21:37 Isa 45:19 John 7:4 Luke 4:15 Matt 26:55 Matt 9:35 John 10:23-39

John 18:21²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 24:12-13 Luke 22:67 Mark 14:55-59 Matt 26:59-60 Acts 24:18-20

John 18:22²²When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, “Is that the way you answer the high priest?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 50:5-7 John 19:3 Luke 22:63-64 Mark 14:65 Matt 26:67-68 Acts 23:2-5 Job 16:10 Mic 5:1 Jer 20:2 Job 30:10-12

John 18:23²³Jesus replied, “If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:20-23 2 Cor 10:1 Matt 5:39 Acts 23:2-5

John 18:24²⁴Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:13 Matt 26:57

John 18:25²⁵Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it: “I am not!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:17-18 Mark 14:67-72 Gen 18:15 Luke 22:58-62 Mark 14:37-38 Matt 26:71-75 Prov 29:25 Luke 22:56 Matt 26:69 Gal 2:11-13

John 18:26²⁶One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:1 John 18:10 Luke 22:59-60 Mark 14:70-71 Matt 26:73 Prov 12:19

John 18:27²⁷Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 13:38 Luke 22:60-62 Mark 14:71-72 Mark 14:30 Mark 14:68 Matt 26:34 Matt 26:74-75 Luke 22:34

John 18:28²⁸Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 18:33 John 19:9 John 19:14 Mark 15:1-5 Matt 27:27 Acts 3:13 Isa 1:10-15 John 11:55 Luke 23:1-5 Matt 27:1-10

John 18:29²⁹So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 27:23 Mark 15:2-5 Luke 23:2-3 Matt 27:11-14 Acts 23:28-30 Acts 25:16

John 18:30³⁰They replied, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:13 John 19:12 Luke 20:19-26 Luke 23:2-5 Luke 24:7 Mark 10:33 Mark 15:3

John 18:31³¹Pilate told them, “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied, “We cannot legally put anyone to death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 19:15 John 19:6-7 Acts 25:18-20 Ezek 21:26-27 Gen 49:10 Hos 3:4-5

John 18:32³²(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die. )Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 3:14 Matt 20:19 Matt 26:2 John 12:32-33 Luke 18:32-33 Deut 21:23 John 8:28 Mark 10:33 Luke 24:7-8 Ps 22:16

John 18:33³³So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 23:3-4 Acts 2:34-36 John 12:13 John 18:37 John 19:12 John 19:3 Luke 19:38-40 Mark 15:2 Matt 27:11 Zech 9:9

John 18:34³⁴Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

John 18:35³⁵Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 18:14-16 Acts 21:38 Acts 22:22-24 Acts 23:29 Acts 25:19-20 Acts 3:13 Ezra 4:12 John 18:28 John 19:11 John 19:6

John 18:36³⁶Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 17:20-21 Col 1:12-14 John 6:15 Rom 14:17 Dan 2:44 Dan 7:14 1 Tim 6:13 Zech 9:9 Matt 26:53 Isa 9:6-7

John 18:37³⁷Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world—to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 4:6 John 8:47 John 8:14 John 10:26-27 1 John 3:19 John 14:6 Isa 55:4 John 7:17 Luke 23:3 Mark 15:2

John 18:38³⁸Pilate asked, “What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 19:4 John 19:6 Luke 23:4 Acts 17:32 1 Pet 1:19 1 Pet 2:22-23 Acts 17:19-20 Acts 24:25-26 John 19:21-22 Luke 23:14-16

John 18:39³⁹But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 27:15-18 Luke 23:16-23 Mark 15:6-14 Matt 27:20-23

John 18:40⁴⁰Then they shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. )Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 3:13-14 Luke 23:18-19 Luke 23:25 Mark 15:15 Mark 15:7 Matt 27:16 Matt 27:26

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