John 18 (NMV)
1 After Jesus had said these things, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and He and His disciples went into it.
2 Now Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples.
3 So Judas took a detachment of soldiers and officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4 Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to Him, went out and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?"
5 "Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. "I am He," Jesus told them. Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them.
6 When Jesus told them, "I am He," they stepped back and fell to the ground.
7 Then He asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said.
8 "I told you I am He," Jesus replied. "So if you are looking for Me, let these men go."
9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: "I have not lost one of those You have given Me."
10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11 At that, Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword away! Shouldn't I drink the cup the Father has given Me?"
12 Then the detachment of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish officials, arrested Jesus and tied Him up.
13 First they led Him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
14 Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better for one man to die for the people.
15 Simon Peter was following Jesus, along with another disciple. That disciple was known to the high priest, so he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,
16 but Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
17 Then the servant girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You're not one of this man's disciples too, are you?"
18 Now the servants and the officials were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, because it was cold. They were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.
19 The high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.
20 "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus answered him. "I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews gather, and I haven't spoken anything in secret.
21 Why do you question Me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said."
22 When He had said these things, one of the officials standing nearby slapped Jesus, saying, "Is this the way You answer the high priest?"
23 "If I have spoken wrongly," Jesus answered him, "give evidence about the wrongdoing. But if rightly, why do you hit Me?"
24 Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, "You're not one of His disciples too, are you?"
26 One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you with Him in the garden?"
27 Peter denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.
28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
29 So Pilate came out to them and said, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
30 They answered him, "If this man weren't a criminal, we wouldn't have handed Him over to you."
31 Pilate told them, "Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law." "It's not legal for us to put anyone to death," the Jews declared.
32 This happened so that Jesus's words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death He was going to die.
33 Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"
34 Jesus answered, "Are you asking this on your own, or have others told you about Me?"
35 "I'm not a Jew, am I?" Pilate replied. "Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?"
36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would be fighting so that I wouldn't be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here."
37 "You are a king then?" Pilate asked. "You say that I am a king," Jesus replied. "I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice."
38 "What is truth?" said Pilate. After he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no grounds for charging Him.
39 You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 They shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.