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Gospel of John, Chapter 18

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Chapter 18 of John—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Having said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the winter torrent[a] of Kidʹron1 to where there was a garden, and he and his disciples entered into it.2
  2. Now Judas, his betrayer, also knew the place, because Jesus had many times met there with his disciples.3
  3. Therefore Judas took the soldier band and officers of the chief priests and of the Pharisees and came there with torches and lamps and weapons.4
  4. Jesus, therefore, knowing all the things coming upon him,5 went forth and said to them: “Whom are YOU looking for?”
  5. They answered him: “Jesus the Naz·a·reneʹ.”6 He said to them: “I am [he].” Now Judas, his betrayer,7 was also standing with them.
  6. ¶ However, when he said to them: “I am [he],” they drew back8 and fell to the ground.
  7. Therefore he asked them again: “Whom are YOU looking for?” They said: “Jesus the Naz·a·reneʹ.”
  8. Jesus answered: “I told YOU I am [he]. If, therefore, it is I YOU are looking for, let these go”;
  9. in order that the word might be fulfilled which he said: “Of those whom you have given me I have not lost a single one.”9
  10. ¶ Then Simon Peter, as he had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut his right ear off.10 The name of the slave was Malchus.
  11. Jesus, however, said to Peter: “Put the sword into [its] sheath.11 The cup that the Father has given me, should I not by all means drink12 it?”
  12. ¶ Then the soldier band and the military commander[b] and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
  13. and they led him first to Anʹnas; for he was father-in-law to Caʹia·phas, who was high priest that year.13
  14. Caʹia·phas was, in fact, the one that counseled the Jews that it was to their benefit for one man to die in behalf of the people.14
  15. ¶ Now Simon Peter as well as another disciple was following Jesus.15 That disciple was known to the high priest, and he went in with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest,
  16. but Peter was standing outside at the door.16 Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.
  17. The servant girl, the doorkeeper, then said to Peter: “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said: “I am not.”17
  18. Now the slaves and the officers were standing about, as they had built a charcoal18 fire, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself.
  19. ¶ And so the chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
  20. Jesus answered him: “I have spoken to the world publicly. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple,19 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. See! These know what I said.”
  22. After he said these things, one of the officers that was standing by gave Jesus a slap20 in the face and said: “Is that the way you answer the chief priest?”
  23. Jesus answered him: “If I spoke wrongly, bear witness concerning the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit me?”
  24. Then Anʹnas sent him away bound to Caʹia·phas the high priest.21
  25. ¶ Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him: “You are not also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said: “I am not.”22
  26. One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the man whose ear Peter cut off,23 said: “I saw you in the garden with him, did I not?”
  27. However, Peter denied it again; and immediately a cock crowed.24
  28. ¶ Then they led Jesus from Caʹia·phas to the governor’s palace.25 It was now early in the day. But they themselves did not enter into the governor’s palace, that they might not get defiled26 but might eat the passover.
  29. Therefore Pilate came outside to them and said: “What accusation do YOU bring against this man?”27
  30. In answer they said to him: “If this man were not a wrongdoer, we would not have delivered him up to you.”
  31. Hence Pilate said to them: “Take him yourselves and judge him according to YOUR law.”28 The Jews said to him: “It is not lawful for us to kill anyone.”29
  32. This, in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said to signify what sort of death he was destined to die.30
  33. ¶ So Pilate entered into the governor’s palace again and called Jesus and said to him: “Are you the king of the Jews?”[c]31
  34. Jesus answered: “Is it of your own originality that you say this, or did others tell you about me?”32
  35. Pilate answered: “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you up to me.33 What did you do?”
  36. Jesus answered:34 “My kingdom is no part of this world.35 If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought36 that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom is not from this source.”
  37. Therefore Pilate said to him: “Well, then, are you a king?” Jesus answered: “You yourself are saying that I am a king.37 For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness[d] to the truth.38 Everyone that is on the side of the truth39 listens to my voice.”40
  38. Pilate said to him: “What is truth?”[e]
    ¶ And after saying this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them: “I find no fault in him.41
  39. Moreover, YOU have a custom that I should release a man to YOU at the passover.42 Do YOU, therefore, wish me to release to YOU the king of the Jews?”
  40. Then they shouted again, saying: “Not this man, but Bar·abʹbas!” Now Bar·abʹbas was a robber.43

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the valley.”
  2. ^ Or, “the chiliarch.” Gr., ho khi·liʹar·khos; commander of 1,000 soldiers.
  3. ^ “King of the Jews.” Gr., ba·si·leusʹ ton I·ou·daiʹon; Lat., rex Iu·dae·oʹrum; J17,18,22(Heb.), meʹlekh hai·Yehu·dhimʹ.
  4. ^ “I should bear witness.” Gr., mar·ty·reʹso; Lat., te·sti·moʹni·um per·hiʹbe·am.
  5. ^ “What is truth?” Gr., Tiʹ e·stin a·leʹthei·a; Lat., Quid est veʹri·tas; J17,18(Heb.), Mah hiʼ ha·ʼemethʹ.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Sa 15:23
  2. ^ Mt 26:36; Mr 14:32
  3. ^ Lu 22:39
  4. ^ Mt 26:47; Mr 14:43; Ac 1:16
  5. ^ Jn 13:3
  6. ^ Mt 2:23; Mr 1:24; 10:47; 14:67
  7. ^ Lu 22:47
  8. ^ Jn 7:46
  9. ^ Jn 6:39; 17:12
  10. ^ Mt 26:51; Mr 14:47; Lu 22:50
  11. ^ Mt 26:52; Lu 22:51; Jn 18:36
  12. ^ Mt 20:22; 26:42
  13. ^ Mt 26:57; Lu 3:2; Jn 18:24; Ac 4:6
  14. ^ Jn 11:50
  15. ^ Mt 26:58; Mr 14:54; Lu 22:54
  16. ^ Mt 26:69; Mr 14:66
  17. ^ Mr 14:68; Jn 18:25
  18. ^ Je 36:22
  19. ^ Mt 26:55; Lu 4:15; 19:47; Jn 7:14
  20. ^ Is 50:6; Mt 5:39; Jn 19:3; Ac 23:2
  21. ^ Mt 26:57
  22. ^ Mt 26:69; Mr 14:69; Lu 22:58
  23. ^ Jn 18:10
  24. ^ Mt 26:74; Mr 14:72; Lu 22:60; Jn 13:38
  25. ^ Mt 27:2; Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1; Ac 3:13
  26. ^ Ac 10:28
  27. ^ Lu 23:2
  28. ^ Jn 19:6; Ac 18:15
  29. ^ Jn 19:10
  30. ^ Mt 20:19; Jn 3:14; 12:32
  31. ^ Mt 27:11; Jn 12:13
  32. ^ Jn 18:29
  33. ^ Jn 1:11
  34. ^ 1Ti 6:13
  35. ^ Is 9:6; Da 2:44; 7:14
  36. ^ Mt 26:53; Jn 18:11
  37. ^ Mt 26:64; 27:11
  38. ^ Jn 1:14, 17; 14:6
  39. ^ Jn 8:32; 1Jo 3:19; 4:6
  40. ^ Jn 8:46
  41. ^ Mt 27:24; Lu 23:4; Jn 15:25
  42. ^ Mt 27:15; Mr 15:6
  43. ^ Nu 35:31; Lu 23:19; Ac 3:14

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Comments

  1. 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

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

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

  3. 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.”

  4. 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

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. 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

  7. 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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