John 18
John 18:1
When Yeshua had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
John 18:2
Now Judah, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Yeshua often met there with his disciples.
John 18:3
Judah then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
John 18:4
Yeshua therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, Who are you looking for?
John 18:5
They answered him, Yeshua of Nazareth. Yeshua said to them, I am he. Judah also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
John 18:6
When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
John 18:7
Again therefore he asked them, Who are you looking for? They said, Yeshua of Nazareth.
John 18:8
Yeshua answered, I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,
John 18:9
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.
John 18:10
Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priests servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
John 18:11
Yeshua therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?
John 18:12
So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Judeans, seized Yeshua and bound him,
John 18:13
and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
John 18:14
Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Judeans that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.
John 18:15
Simon Peter followed Yeshua, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Yeshua into the court of the high priest;
John 18:16
but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
John 18:17
Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, Are you also one of this mans disciples? He said, I am not.
John 18:18
Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
John 18:19
The high priest therefore asked Yeshua about his disciples, and about his teaching.
John 18:20
Yeshua answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
The phrase Yeshua speaks, “I said nothing in secret,” וְלֹא־דִבַּרְתִּי דָבָר בַּסָּתֶר, echoes the words of Isaiah 48,
“Come near to me and hear this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret (לֹ֤א מֵרֹאשׁ֙ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי); from the time that it was, there am I. Now the L-rd HaShem has sent me, with his Spirit.”
Isaiah 48:16
