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The Book of John - Chapter 18:1-14 - (ESV)

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus - {Interlinear <Greek>}

18:1 - When → Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς <ho Iēsous>} had → spoken {εἰπὼν <legō>} these {Ταῦτα <houtos>} words, ← he went out {ἐξῆλθεν <exerchomai>} with {σὺν <syn>} his {αὐτοῦ <autos> disciples {τοῖς μαθηταῖς <ho mathētēs>} across {πέραν <peran>} the {τοῦ <ho>} brook {χειμάρρου <cheimarros>} Kidron, {τῶν Κέδρων <ho Kedrōn>} where {ὅπου <hopou>} there → was {ἦν <eimi>} a → garden, {κῆπος <kēpos>} • {εἰς <eis>} which {ὃν <hos>} he {αὐτὸς <autos>} and {καὶ <kai>} his {αὐτοῦ. <autos>} disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ <ho mathētēs>} entered. {εἰσῆλθεν <eiserchomai>}

18:2 - Now {δὲ <de>} Judas, {Ἰούδας <Ioudas>} who {ὁ <ho>} betrayed {παραδιδοὺς <paradidōmi>} him, {αὐτὸν <autos>} also {καὶ <kai>} knew {ᾔδει <oida>} the {τὸν <ho>} place, {τόπον, <topos>} for {ὅτι <hoti>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς <ho Iēsous>} often {πολλάκις <pollakis>} met {συνήχθη <synagō>} there {ἐκεῖ <ekei>} with {μετὰ <meta>} his {αὐτοῦ. <autos>} disciples. {τῶν <μαθητῶν <ho mathētēs>}

18:3 - So {οὖν <oun>} Judas, {Ὁ Ἰούδας <ho Ioudas>} having → procured {λαβὼν <lambanō>} a band of soldiers {τὴν σπεῖραν <ho speira>} and {καὶ <kai>} some → officers {ὑπηρέτας <hypēretēs>} from {ἐκ <ek>} the {τῶν <ho>} chief priests {ἀρχιερέων <archiereus>} and {καὶ <kai>} • {ἐκ <ek>} the {τῶν <ho>} Pharisees, {Φαρισαίων <Pharisaios>} went {ἔρχεται <erchomai>} there {ἐκεῖ <ekei>} with {μετὰ <meta>} lanterns {φανῶν <phanos>} and {καὶ <kai>} torches {λαμπάδων <lampas>} and {καὶ <kai>} weapons. {ὅπλων. <hoplon>}

18:4 - Then {οὖν <oun>} Jesus, {Ἰησοῦς <Iēsous>} knowing {εἰδὼς <oida>} all {πάντα <pas>} that {τὰ <ho>} would → happen {ἐρχόμενα <erchomai>} to {ἐπ᾽ <epi>} him, {αὐτὸν <autos>} came forward {ἐξῆλθεν <exerchomai>} and {καὶ <kai>} said {λέγει <legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς· <autos>} “Whom {τίνα <tis>} do → you → seek?” {ζητεῖτε; <zēteō>}

18:5 - They → answered {ἀπεκρίθησαν <apokrinomai>} him, {αὐτῷ· <autos>} “Jesus {Ἰησοῦν <Iēsous>} of → Nazareth.” {τὸν Ναζωραῖον. <ho Nazōraios>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς· <ho Iēsous>} said {λέγει <legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς <autos>} “I {ἐγώ <egō>} am {εἰμι. <eimi>} he.” • • {δὲ <de>} • {καὶ <kai>} Judas, {Ἰούδας <Ioudas>} who {ὁ <ho>} betrayed {παραδιδοὺς <paradidōmi>} him, {αὐτὸν <autos>} was → standing {ἱστήκει <histēmi>} with {μετ᾽ <meta>} them. {αὐτῶν. <autos>}

18:6 - When {ὡς <hōs>} • {οὖν <oun>} Jesus • said {εἶπεν <legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς· <autos>} “I {ἐγώ <egō>} am {εἰμι, <eimi>} he,” • they drew back {ἀπῆλθαν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω <aperchomai eis ho opisō>} and {καὶ <kai>} fell {ἔπεσαν <piptō>} to → the → ground. {χαμαί. <chamai>}

18:7 - So {οὖν <oun>} he → asked {ἐπηρώτησεν <eperōtaō>} them {αὐτούς· <autos>} again, {Πάλιν <palin>} “Whom {τίνα <tis>} do → you → seek?” {ζητεῖτε; <zēteō>} And {δὲ <de>} they {οἱ <ho>} said, {εἶπον· <legō>} “Jesus {Ἰησοῦν <Iēsous>} of → Nazareth.” {τὸν Ναζωραῖον. <ho Nazōraios>}

18:8 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς· <Iēsous>} answered, {ἀπεκρίθη <apokrinomai>} “I → told {εἶπον <legō>} you {ὑμῖν <sy>} that {ὅτι <hoti>} I {ἐγώ <egō>} am {εἰμι. <eimi>} he. • So,

{οὖν <oun>} if {εἰ <ei>} you → seek {ζητεῖτε, <zēteō>} me, {ἐμὲ <egō>} let {ἄφετε <aphiēmi>} these {τούτους <houtos>} men ← go.” {ὑπάγειν· <hypagō>}

18:9 - This • was • to {ἵνα <hina>} fulfill {πληρωθῇ <plēroō>} the {ὁ <ho>} word {λόγος <logos>} that {ὃν <hos>} he → had → spoken: {εἶπεν <legō>} “ {ὅτι <hoti>} Of {ἐξ <ek>} those {αὐτῶν <autos>} whom {οὓς <hos>} you → gave {δέδωκάς <didōmi>} me {μοι <egō>} I → have → lost {ἀπώλεσα <apollymi>} not one.” {οὐκ οὐδένα. <ou oudeis>}

18:10 - Then {οὖν <oun>} Simon {Σίμων <Simōn>} Peter, {Πέτρος <Petros>} having {ἔχων <echō>} a → sword, {μάχαιραν <machaira>} drew {εἵλκυσεν <helkō>} it {αὐτὴν <autos>} and {καὶ <kai>} struck {ἔπαισεν <paiō>} the {τοῦ <ho>} high priest’s {ἀρχιερέως <archiereus>} servant {τὸν δοῦλον <ho doulos>} and {καὶ <kai>} cut off {ἀπέκοψεν <apokoptō>} his {αὐτοῦ <autos>} right {τὸ δεξιόν· <ho dexios>} ear. {τὸ ὠτάριον <ho ōtarion>} • {δὲ <de>} (The {τῷ <ho>} servant’s {δούλῳ <doulos>} name {ὄνομα <onoma>} was {ἦν <eimi>} Malchus.) {Μάλχος. <Malchos>}

18:11 - So {οὖν <oun>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς <ho Iēsous>} said {Εἶπεν <legō>} to → Peter,

{τῷ Πέτρῳ· <ho Petros>} “Put {βάλε <ballō>} your • sword {τὴν μάχαιραν <ho machaira>} into {εἰς <eis>} its • sheath; {τὴν θήκην. <ho thēkē>} shall → I → not {οὐ μὴ <ou mē>} drink {πίω <pinō>} the {τὸ <ho>} cup {ποτήριον <potērion>} that {ὃ <hos>} the {ὁ <ho>} Father {πατὴρ <patēr>} has → given {δέδωκέν <didōmi>} me?” {μοι <egō>} • {αὐτό; <autos>}

Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas

18:12 - So {οὖν <oun>} the {Ἡ <ho>} band of soldiers {σπεῖρα <speira>} and {καὶ <kai>} their • captain {ὁ χιλίαρχος <ho chiliarchos>} and {καὶ <kai>} the {οἱ <ho>} officers {ὑπηρέται <hypēretēs>} of → the {τῶν <ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαίων <Ioudaios>} arrested {συνέλαβον <syllambanō>} Jesus {τὸν Ἰησοῦν <ho Iēsous>} and {καὶ <kai>} bound {ἔδησαν <deō>} him. {αὐτὸν <autos>}

18:13 - • {καὶ <kai>} First {πρῶτον· <prōtos>} they → led {ἤγαγον <agō>} him • to {πρὸς <pros>} Annas, {Ἄνναν <Annas>} for {γὰρ <gar>} he → was {ἦν <eimi>} the → father-in-law {πενθερὸς <pentheros>} of → Caiaphas, {τοῦ Καϊάφα <ho Kaiaphas>} who {ὃς <hos>} was {ἦν <eimi>} high priest {ἀρχιερεὺς <archiereus>} that {ἐκείνου. <ekeinos>} year. {τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ <ho eniautos>}

8:14 - It → was {ἦν <eimi>} • {δὲ <de>} Caiaphas {Καϊάφας <Kaiaphas>} who {ὁ <ho>} had → advised {συμβουλεύσας <symbouleuō>} the {τοῖς <ho>} Jews {Ἰουδαίοις <Ioudaios>} that {ὅτι <hoti>} it → would → be → expedient {συμφέρει <sympherō>} that • one {ἕνα <heis>} man {ἄνθρωπον <anthrōpos>} should • die {ἀποθανεῖν <apothnēskō>} for {ὑπὲρ <hyper>} the {τοῦ <ho>} people. {λαοῦ. <laos>}

John 18:1–14

Earlier in the history of redemption, another king crossed the Kidron Valley, reeling in the pain of betrayal. King David, barefoot and weeping, went away from Jerusalem because his son, Absalom, had conspired to replace his father by force—enlisting a small army to assist him. David’s dear friend and counselor, Ahithophel, was also a part of the conspiracy (2 Samuel 15–17). King David fled from their advances; but Jesus, the greater Shepherd-King promised in 2 Samuel 7, fled into the betrayal of those closest to him—Judas and Peter.

No one could take Jesus’ life from him; he freely laid it down for us (John 10:17–18). A large army of natural enemies, both Jews and Gentiles, tried; but Jesus spoke two words, “I am,” and they fell back to the ground (18:6)—an echo of divine encounters in the past (Ex. 3:14) and a preview of the day when every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord—many to their coronation; many others to their condemnation (Phil. 2:1–11).

Not only was the glory of the Son of God revealed in Jesus’ arrest, but also the compassion of a caring Savior. Peter’s misguided action of cutting off Malchus’s ear is superseded by Jesus’ merciful action of reattaching the severed ear (Luke 22:51). Oh, how low our God stoops to show mercy to the ill-deserving!

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John 18:1–14

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The Book of John - Chapter 18:1-14 - (ESV)

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