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Gospel of John, Chapter 18

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Chapter 18 of John—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ When Jesus had spoken these words, 1He went forth with His disciples over 2the [a]ravine of the Kidron, where there was 3a garden, in which He entered [b]with His disciples.
  2. Now Judas also, who was [c]betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had 4often met there with His disciples.
  3. 5Judas then, having received 6the Roman [d]cohort and 7officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and 8torches and weapons.
  4. So Jesus, 9knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “10Whom do you seek?”
  5. They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He *said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.
  6. So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
  7. Therefore He again asked them, “11Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
  8. Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”
  9. to fulfill the word which He spoke, “12Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”
  10. Simon Peter then, 13having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.
  11. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; 14the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”
  12. 15So 16the Roman [e]cohort and the [f]commander and the 17officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
  13. and led Him to 18Annas first; for he was father-in-law of 19Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
  14. Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that 20it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.
  15. 21Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into 22the court of the high priest,
  16. 23but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
  17. 24Then the slave-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, “25You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He *said, “I am not.”
  18. Now the slaves and the 26officers were standing there, having made 27a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were 28warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
  19. 29The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
  20. Jesus answered him, “I 30have spoken openly to the world; I always 31taught in [g]synagogues and 32in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.
  21. Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said.”
  22. When He had said this, one of the 33officers standing nearby 34struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”
  23. 35Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?”
  24. 36So Annas sent Him bound to 37Caiaphas the high priest.
  25. 38Now 39Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “40You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.”
  26. One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one 41whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in 42the garden with Him?”
  27. Peter then denied it again, and immediately 43a rooster crowed.
  28. 44Then they *led Jesus from 45Caiaphas into 46the [h]Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into 47the [i]Praetorium so that 48they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
  29. 49Therefore Pilate went out to them and *said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”
  30. They answered and said to him, “If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.”
  31. So Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “We are not permitted to put anyone to death,”
  32. to fulfill 50the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
  33. ¶ Therefore Pilate 51entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “52Are You the King of the Jews?”
  34. Jesus answered, “Are you saying this [j]on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?”
  35. Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?”
  36. Jesus answered, “53My kingdom [k]is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not [l]of this realm.”
  37. Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “54You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, 55to testify to the truth. 56Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
  38. Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?”
    ¶ And when he had said this, he 57went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “58I find no guilt in Him.
  39. 59But you have a custom that I release someone [m]for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release [n]for you the King of the Jews?”
  40. So they cried out again, saying, “60Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit winter-torrent
  2. ^ Lit and
  3. ^ Or handing Him over
  4. ^ Normally 600 men; a battalion
  5. ^ Or battalion
  6. ^ I.e. chiliarch, in command of a thousand troops
  7. ^ Lit a synagogue
  8. ^ I.e. governor’s official residence
  9. ^ I.e. governor’s official residence
  10. ^ Lit from yourself
  11. ^ Or is not derived from
  12. ^ Lit from here
  13. ^ Or to you
  14. ^ Or to you

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Mt 26:30, 36; Mr 14:26, 32; Lu 22:39
  2. ^ 2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 2:37; 15:13; 2Ki 23:4, 6, 12; 2Ch 15:16; 29:16; 30:14; Je 31:40
  3. ^ Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32; Jn 18:26
  4. ^ Lu 21:37; 22:39
  5. ^ Jn 18:3-11; Mt 26:47-56; Mr 14:43-50; Lu 22:47-53
  6. ^ Jn 18:12; Ac 10:1
  7. ^ Jn 7:32; 18:12, 18
  8. ^ Mt 25:1
  9. ^ Jn 6:64; 13:1, 11
  10. ^ Jn 18:7
  11. ^ Jn 18:4
  12. ^ Jn 17:12
  13. ^ Mt 26:51; Mr 14:47
  14. ^ Mt 20:22; 26:39; Mr 14:36; Lu 22:42
  15. ^ Jn 18:12f; Mt 26:57ff
  16. ^ Jn 18:3
  17. ^ Jn 18:3
  18. ^ Lu 3:2; Jn 18:24
  19. ^ Mt 26:3; Jn 11:49, 51
  20. ^ Jn 11:50
  21. ^ Mt 26:58; Mr 14:54; Lu 22:54
  22. ^ Mt 26:3; Jn 18:24, 28
  23. ^ Jn 18:16-18; Mt 26:69f; Mr 14:66-68; Lu 22:55-57
  24. ^ Ac 12:13
  25. ^ Jn 18:25
  26. ^ Jn 18:3
  27. ^ Jn 21:9
  28. ^ Mr 14:54, 67
  29. ^ Jn 18:19-24; Mt 26:59-68; Mr 14:55-65; Lu 22:63-71
  30. ^ Jn 7:26; 8:26
  31. ^ Mt 4:23; Jn 6:59
  32. ^ Mt 26:55
  33. ^ Jn 18:3
  34. ^ Jn 19:3
  35. ^ Mt 5:39; Ac 23:2-5
  36. ^ Jn 18:13
  37. ^ Jn 18:13
  38. ^ Jn 18:25-27; Mt 26:71-75; Mr 14:69-72; Lu 22:58-62
  39. ^ Jn 18:18
  40. ^ Jn 18:17
  41. ^ Jn 18:10
  42. ^ Jn 18:1
  43. ^ Jn 13:38
  44. ^ Mt 27:2; Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1
  45. ^ Jn 18:13
  46. ^ Mt 27:27; Jn 18:33; 19:9
  47. ^ Mt 27:27; Jn 18:33; 19:9
  48. ^ Jn 11:55; Ac 11:3
  49. ^ Jn 18:29-38; Mt 27:11-14; Mr 15:2-5; Lu 23:2, 3
  50. ^ Mt 20:19; 26:2; Mr 10:33f; Lu 18:32f; Jn 3:14; 8:28; 12:32f
  51. ^ Jn 18:28, 29; 19:9
  52. ^ Lu 23:3; Jn 19:12
  53. ^ Mt 26:53; Lu 17:21; Jn 6:15
  54. ^ Mt 27:11; Mr 15:2; Lu 22:70; 23:3
  55. ^ Jn 1:14; 3:32; 8:14
  56. ^ Jn 8:47; 1Jo 4:6
  57. ^ Jn 18:33; 19:4
  58. ^ Lu 23:4; Jn 19:4, 6
  59. ^ Jn 18:39-19:16; Mt 27:15-26; Mr 15:6-15; Lu 23:18-25
  60. ^ Ac 3:14

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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