John 18-19 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

John 18-19

Jesus Betrayed and Arrested

When Jesus had spoken these words, ^aHe went forth with His disciples to the other side of ^bthe Kidron Valley, where there was ^ca garden, into which He entered ¹with His disciples. 2 Now Judas also, who was ¹betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had ^aoften gathered there with His disciples. 3 ^aJudas then, having received ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and ^cofficers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and ^dtorches and weapons. 4 So Jesus, ^aknowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “^bWhom 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, “^aWhom 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 in order that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled, “^aOf those whom You have given Me, I lost not one.” 10 Simon Peter then, ^ahaving 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; ^athe cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

Jesus Before the Priests; Peter Denies Jesus

12 ^aSo ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and the ²commander and the ^bofficers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him, 13 and led Him to ^aAnnas first; for he was father-in-law of ^bCaiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ^ait was better for one man to die on behalf of the people.
15 ^aAnd Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ^bthe court of the high priest, 16 ^abut 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 ^aThen the servant-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, “^bAre you not also one of this man’s disciples?” He *said, “I am not.” 18 Now the slaves and the ^aofficers were standing there, having made ^ba charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ^cwarming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
19 ^aThe high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, “I ^ahave spoken openly to the world; I always ^btaught in ¹synagogues and ^cin 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; behold, they know what I said.” 22 And when He had said this, one of the ^aofficers standing nearby ^bgave Jesus a slap, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?” 23 ^aJesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?” 24 ^aSo Annas sent Him bound to ^aCaiaphas the high priest.
25 ^aNow ^bSimon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “^cYou 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 ^awhose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in ^bthe garden with Him?” 27 Peter then denied it again, and immediately ^aa rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

28 ^aThen they *led Jesus from ^bCaiaphas into ^cthe ¹Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into ^cthe ¹Praetorium so that ^dthey would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. 29 ^aTherefore 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, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,” 32 in order that ^athe word of Jesus which He spoke would be fulfilled, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
33 Therefore Pilate ^aentered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “^bAre You the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Are you saying this from yourself, or did others tell you about Me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what did You do?” 36 Jesus answered, “^aMy kingdom ¹is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be delivered over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not ²from here.” 37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^aYou yourself said I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ^bto bear witness to the truth. ^cEveryone who is of the truth hears My voice.” 38 Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?”
And when he had said this, he ^awent out again to the Jews and *said to them, “^bI find no guilt in Him. 39 ^aBut you have a custom that I release someone ¹for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release ¹for you the King of the Jews?” 40 So they cried out again, saying, “^aNot this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Jesus Flogged and Rejected as King

Pilate then took Jesus and ¹^aflogged Him. 2 ^aAnd when the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a purple ¹robe on Him; 3 and they were coming to Him and saying, “^aHail, King of the Jews!” and were ^bgiving Him slaps in the face. 4 And Pilate ^acame out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^bI find no guilt in Him.” 5 Jesus then came out, ^awearing the crown of thorns and the purple ¹robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the man!” 6 So when the chief priests and the ^aofficers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^bI find no guilt in Him.” 7 The Jews answered him, “^aWe have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ^bmade Himself out to be the Son of God.”
8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he became more afraid; 9 and he ^aentered into the ¹Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^bJesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate *said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” 11 Jesus answered, “^aYou would have no authority ¹over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason ^bhe who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” 12 As a result of this Pilate kept seeking to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “^aIf you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself to be a king ¹opposes Caesar.”
13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ^asat down on the judgment seat at a place called ¹The Stone Pavement, but ^bin ²Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it was ^athe day of ¹Preparation for the Passover; it was about the ²^bsixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, ^cyour King!” 15 So they cried out, “^aAway with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

The Crucifixion

16 So he then ^adelivered Him over to them to be crucified.
17 ^aThey took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ¹^bbearing His own cross, to the place called ^cthe Place of a Skull, which is called ^din ²Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 There they crucified Him, and with Him ^atwo other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. 19 And Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, “^aJESUS THE NAZARENE, ^bTHE KING OF THE JEWS.” 20 Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written ^ain ¹Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek. 21 So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘^aThe King of the Jews;’ but that He said, ‘I am ^aKing of the Jews.’” 22 Pilate answered, “^aWhat I have written I have written.”
23 Then ^athe soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made ^bfour parts, a part to each soldier and also His ¹tunic; now that tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. 24 So they said to one another, “^aLet us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be;” ^bthis was in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “They ^cdivided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast ¹lots.” 25 Therefore the soldiers did these things.
^aBut standing by the cross of Jesus were ^bHis mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and ^cMary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus then saw His mother, and ^athe disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “^bWoman, behold, your son!” 27 Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into ^ahis home.

Scripture Fulfilled—It Is Finished

28 After this, Jesus, ^aknowing that all things had already been finished, ^bin order ¹to finish the Scripture, *said, “^cI am thirsty.” 29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so ^athey put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. 30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “^aIt is finished!” And bowing His head, He ^bgave up His spirit.
31 Then the Jews, because it was ^athe day of Preparation, so that ^bthe bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (¹for that Sabbath was a ^chigh day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was ^acrucified with Him; 33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately ^ablood and water came out. 35 And he who has seen has ^aborne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. 36 For these things came to pass ^ain order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, “^bNot a bone of Him shall be ¹broken.” 37 And again another Scripture says, “^aThey shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

Jesus Is Buried

38 ^aNow after these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but ^bsecretly because of his ^cfear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. 39 ^aAnd Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, ^bbringing a ¹mixture of ^cmyrrh and aloes, weighing about ²one ^dhundred litras. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and ^abound it in ^blinen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a ^anew tomb ^bin which no one had yet been laid. 42 Therefore because of the Jewish day of ^aPreparation, since the tomb was ^bnearby, they laid Jesus there.