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John 18:4-15 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

4. Then Jesus, because he knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

5. They replied to him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.)

6. So when he said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

7. Then he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8. Jesus replied, “I said to you that I am he! So if you are looking for me, let these men go,”

9. in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: “Those whom you have given to me—I have not lost anyone of them.”

10. Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

11. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath! The cup that the Father has given me—shall I not drink it?”

12. Then the cohort and the military tribune and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and tied him up,

13. and brought him to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

14. (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better that one man die for the people.)

15. So Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. (Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.)

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