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data-file-width="349" data-file-height="549" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:31–33&version=nkjv">John 18:31–33</a> on <a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">John Rylands Library Papyrus P52</a> (<i>recto</i>), written <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> AD 125</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John 18</b> is the eighteenth chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Bible">Christian Bible</a>. This chapter records the events on the day of the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a>, starting with the <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">arrest of Jesus</a> the evening before (in <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaic</a> calculation, this would be considered part of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar#Hours" title="Hebrew calendar">same day</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Halley_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halley-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">denials of Peter</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:15–25&version=nkjv">John 18:15–18;25–26</a>) are interwoven into the narrative concerning the <a href="/wiki/Trials_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Trials of Jesus">trials of Jesus</a>. </p><p>The book containing this chapter is <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_work" title="Anonymous work">anonymous</a>; however, early Christian tradition generally considers that <a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a> composed the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. This chapter is divided into 40 <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">verses</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some early <a href="/wiki/Biblical_manuscript" title="Biblical manuscript">manuscripts</a> containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">Rylands Library Papyrus P52</a> (AD ~125; extant verses 31–33, 37–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">Papyrus 90</a> (AD 150–175; extant verses 36–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">Papyrus 108</a> (2nd/3rd century; extant verses 1–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">Papyrus 66</a> (AD ~200; complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (AD 325–350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (AD 330–360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (AD ~400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (AD 400–440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (AD ~450; extant verses 1–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">Papyrus 60</a> (AD ~700; complete)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">Papyrus 59</a> (7th century; extant verses 1–2, 16–17, 22)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places">Places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The events recorded in this chapter took place in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jesus'_betrayal_and_arrest_in_Gethsemane_(18:1-11)"><span id="Jesus.27_betrayal_and_arrest_in_Gethsemane_.2818:1-11.29"></span>Jesus' betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane (18:1-11)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Jesus' betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane (18:1-11)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opening of chapter 18 is directly connected with the final words of <a href="/wiki/John_14" title="John 14">chapter 14</a>: </p> <dl><dd><i>Arise, let us go from here</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14:31&version=nkjv">John 14:31</a>).</dd></dl> <p>The intervening chapters record Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a>. Alfred Plummer, in the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bible_for_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> (1902), suggests that Jesus and His disciples have "rise[n] from table and prepare[d] to depart at John 14:31, but that the contents of chapters 15-17 are spoken before they leave the room".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The editors of the <a href="/wiki/New_American_Bible_Revised_Edition" title="New American Bible Revised Edition">New American Bible Revised Edition</a> note that this gospel does not mention Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden" title="Agony in the Garden">Agony in the Garden</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_Judas" title="Kiss of Judas">kiss of Judas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nabrea_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nabrea-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Verse 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciples</a> over the Brook (or winter stream) <a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron</a>, where there was a <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Gethsemane" class="mw-redirect" title="Garden of Gethsemane">garden</a>, which He and His disciples entered.</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Some <a href="/wiki/English_translations_of_the_bible" class="mw-redirect" title="English translations of the bible">translations</a> instead open with "When He had finished praying" or similar words.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#26:36" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 26:36</a> and <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#14:32" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">Mark 14:32</a> refer to "a place called <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a>", but the place is unnamed here,<sup id="cite_ref-nabrea_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nabrea-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> simply referred to as a garden. In <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Luke#22:39" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Luke">Luke 22:39</a>, the place is the mount of Olives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_2">Verse 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>And <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas</a>, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples.</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Judas is now called "Judas the betrayer" or "Judas, who is betraying" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ιουδας ο παραδιδους</span>, <i>ioudas ho paradidous</i>) (<a href="#Verse_2">John 18:2</a> and again in verse 5).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He comes to this familiar place with troops, a captain and officers and servants of the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">chief priests</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a>, carrying torches and lanterns and weapons (verse 6, cf. verse 12). H. W. Watkins surmises that Gethsemane might have been belonged to "a friend or disciple" of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellicott_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellicott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Where many modern translations say that Jesus "met" there with his disciples, or "gathered" there in the <a href="/wiki/Revised_Geneva_Translation" class="mw-redirect" title="Revised Geneva Translation">Revised Geneva Translation</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> older versions such as the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James</a> states that they "resorted" there.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/New_American_Standard_Bible" title="New American Standard Bible">New American Standard Bible</a> notes that the troops were the <i>Roman</i> <a href="/wiki/Cohort_(military_unit)" title="Cohort (military unit)">cohort</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">σπεῖρα</span>, <i>speira</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:3&version=nkjv">John 18:3</a> is the technical word for the Roman cohort) <sup id="cite_ref-Ellicott_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellicott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereas <a href="/wiki/Richard_Francis_Weymouth" title="Richard Francis Weymouth">Richard Francis Weymouth</a> identified them as a detachment of the Temple police.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the garrison band from <a href="/wiki/Antonia_Fortress" title="Antonia Fortress">Fort Antonia</a>, at the north-east corner of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Temple</a>. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> also came with a weapon (verses 10–11): </p> <dl><dd><i>Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was <a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_4">Verse 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verse 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Plummer notes from this verse that the evangelist's narrative confirms: </p> <ul><li>the voluntariness of Christ's <a href="/wiki/Suffering" title="Suffering">sufferings</a>, and</li> <li>the fulfilment of a divine plan in Christ's sufferings</li></ul> <p>and that the aim of the narrative is to endorse Jesus' earlier words, </p> <dl><dd><i>I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>and the evangelist's earlier commentary </p> <dl><dd><i>Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-plummer_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_5">Verse 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verse 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>"Jesus of Nazareth", they answered.</i></dd> <dd><i>"I am he", he said.</i></dd> <dd><i>Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them.</i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>A more literal translation of the guards' answer is "Jesus the Nazarene", which Plummer calls "a rather more <a href="/wiki/Contempt" title="Contempt">contemptuous</a> expression than 'Jesus of Nazareth'".<sup id="cite_ref-plummer_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus' response is Ἐγώ εἰμι (<i>ego eimi</i>, I am): the word 'he' is not expressed in the Greek text. This is a familiar expression throughout John's Gospel, seen in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4:26&version=nkjv">John 4:26</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+6:20&version=nkjv">6:20</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8:24&version=nkjv">8:24</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8:28&version=nkjv">8:28</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8:58&version=nkjv">8:58</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13:13&version=nkjv">13:13</a>. Plummer comments that "Judas, if not the chief priests, must have noticed the significant words".<sup id="cite_ref-plummer_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Verses 6 and 8 repeat the words Ἐγώ εἰμι (in English, "I am he"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_9">Verse 9</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verse 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>That the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none".</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/New_American_Bible_Revised_Edition" title="New American Bible Revised Edition">New American Bible Revised Edition</a>, the citation may refer to <a href="/wiki/John_6" title="John 6">John 6:39</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">10:28</a> or <a href="/wiki/John_17#Verse_12" title="John 17">17:12</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>John 6:39: <i>This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.</i><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John 10:28: <i>And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.</i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John 17:12: <i>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Alford_(theologian)" title="Henry Alford (theologian)">Henry Alford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-arnold_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arnold-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plummer,<sup id="cite_ref-plummer_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plummer-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Watkins <sup id="cite_ref-Ellicott_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellicott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> concur in associating this verse with John 17:12. Arnold uses this fulfillment to argue (as "an unquestionable proof") that John 17 is a historical account of the words of Jesus and not merely "a description of the mind of our Lord at the time".<sup id="cite_ref-arnold_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arnold-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_11">Verse 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Verse 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, am I not to drink it?"</i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> argues that "the sword" is the original wording, and that "your sword", which is widely used wording in modern English translations,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an import, "against decisive witnesses", from <a href="/wiki/Matthew_26:52" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew 26:52">Matthew 26:52</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_High_Priest's_courtyard_(18:12-27)"><span id="In_the_High_Priest.27s_courtyard_.2818:12-27.29"></span>In the High Priest's courtyard (18:12-27)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In the High Priest's courtyard (18:12-27)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jesus and "another disciple", or "the other disciple",<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was known to the <a href="/wiki/Kohen_ha-Gadol" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohen ha-Gadol">high priest</a>, are taken to the High Priest's courtyard, where initially Jesus meets with <a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a>. The other disciple then brings in Peter.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unusually, <a href="/wiki/John_Wycliffe" title="John Wycliffe">John Wycliffe</a>'s bible translates <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">τω αρχιερει</span>, <i>tō archierei</i> as "the <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_19">Verse 19</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verse 19"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.</i><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a> is here referred to as "the high priest", although <a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a> was the high priest that year (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#18:13" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 18:13</a>). Meyer notes that Jesus ignores the first part of the question and answers only the second part, "and that by putting it aside as something entirely aimless, appealing to the publicity of His life".<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Pilate's_court_(18:28-38)"><span id="In_Pilate.27s_court_.2818:28-38.29"></span>In Pilate's court (18:28-38)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In Pilate's court (18:28-38)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P52_verso.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/P52_verso.jpg/200px-P52_verso.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/P52_verso.jpg/300px-P52_verso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/P52_verso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:37–38&version=nkjv">John 18:37–38</a> on the <i>verso</i> side of John <a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">Rylands Library Papyrus P52</a> (~AD 125).</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Pilate's court</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_28">Verse 28</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Verse 28"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Then they [the Jewish leaders] led Jesus from Caiaphas to the <a href="/wiki/Praetorium" title="Praetorium">Praetorium</a>, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be <a href="/wiki/Tumah_and_taharah" title="Tumah and taharah">defiled</a>, but that they might eat the <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The Jewish leaders: words supplied by the <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a> to clarify "they".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reference is to the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrists</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/Free_Church_of_Scotland_(1843-1900)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)">Scottish Free Church</a> minister <a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_Nicoll" title="William Robertson Nicoll">William Nicoll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text here confirms that in John's <a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_Jesus" title="Chronology of Jesus">timeline</a>, the trial of Jesus took place <i>before</i> the Passover and therefore likewise the events of chapters 13-17 preceded the Passover: cf. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13:1&version=nkjv">John 13:1</a>: <i>before the Feast of the Passover ...</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_31">Verse 31</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verse 31"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Then Pilate said to them, "You take Him and judge Him according to your law."</i></dd> <dd><i>Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death."</i><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>John's gospel is alone in offering this reason for his accusers bringing Jesus before Pilate.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verses_33-34">Verses 33-34</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Verses 33-34"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i><sup>33</sup> So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" <sup>34</sup> Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"</i><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Verna Holyhead writes that here, Jesus who is on trial confronts Pilate, calling on him to decide whether his own personal commitment underlies the question, or his concern for what "others" have said: "the issue is no longer Jesus' guilt or innocence, but whether Pilate will respond to the truth of Jesus' kingship".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_37">Verse 37</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Verse 37"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?"</i></dd> <dd><i>Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king.</i> <dl><dd><i>For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world,</i></dd> <dd><i>that I should bear witness to the truth.</i></dd> <dd><i>Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”</i><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The question repeats Pilate's question in verse 33. Cross reference: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_27:11" title="Matthew 27:11">Matthew 27:11</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mark_15:2" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark 15:2">Mark 15:2</a>; <a href="/wiki/Luke_23:3" class="mw-redirect" title="Luke 23:3">Luke 23:3</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="What_is_truth?_(18:39-40)"><span id="What_is_truth.3F_.2818:39-40.29"></span>What is truth? (18:39-40)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: What is truth? (18:39-40)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_38">Verse 38</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Verse 38"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_18:38" title="John 18:38">John 18:38</a></div> <dl><dd><i>Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"</i></dd> <dd><i>And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews,</i> <dl><dd><i>and said to them, "I find no fault in Him at all".</i><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">Arrest of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabbas" title="Barabbas">Barabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Denial of Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pontius Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">Rylands Library Papyrus P52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus" title="Sanhedrin trial of Jesus">Sanhedrin trial of Jesus</a></li> <li>Other related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_26" title="Matthew 26">Matthew 26</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_27" title="Matthew 27">Matthew 27</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_14" title="Mark 14">Mark 14</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_15" title="Mark 15">Mark 15</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_22" title="Luke 22">Luke 22</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_23" title="Luke 23">Luke 23</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_13" title="John 13">John 13</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_19" title="John 19">John 19</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Halley-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Halley_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Halley, Henry H. <i>Halley's Bible Handbook</i>: an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Holman-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Holman_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plummer, A. (1902), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/14.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 14, accessed 5 July 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nabrea-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nabrea_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nabrea_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_of_Christian_Doctrine#Contemporary_Usage" title="Confraternity of Christian Doctrine">Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018&version=NABRE#fen-NABRE-31106a">Footnote a</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:1&version=nabre">John 18:1</a> in the New American Bible Revised Edition, accessed 9 February 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:1&version=nkjv">John 18:1</a> <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">NKJV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For examples, <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a>, International Children's Bible and <a href="/wiki/Weymouth_New_Testament" title="Weymouth New Testament">Weymouth New Testament</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:2&version=nkjv">John 18:2</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/vws/john/18.htm">Vincent's Word Studies</a> on John 18, accessed 12 July 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ellicott-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellicott_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellicott_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellicott_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Watkins, H. W. (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/john/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a> on John 18, accessed 16 July 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:2&version=rgt">John 18:2</a> RGT</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#18:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 18:2</a> KJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/wey/john/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a>, John 18:3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:10&version=nkjv">John 18:10</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:4&version=nkjv">John 18:4</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:17–18&version=nkjv">John 10:17–18</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+13:1&version=nkjv">John 13:1</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-plummer-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-plummer_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plummer_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plummer_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plummer_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Plummer, A. (1902), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/18.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 18, accessed 8 June 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:5&version=gnt">John 18:5</a>: <a href="/wiki/Good_News_Bible" title="Good News Bible">Good News Translation</a> (words and layout)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:9&version=nkjv">John 18:9</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Footnote e at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:9&version=nabre">John 18:9</a> in the New American Bible Revised Edition</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+6:39&version=nkjv">John 6:39</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:28&version=nkjv">John 10:28</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+17:12&version=nkjv">John 17:12</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-arnold-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-arnold_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-arnold_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alford, H., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/alford/john/18.htm">Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary - Alford</a> on John 18, accessed 3 September 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:11&version=nasb">John 18:11</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_American_Standard_Bible" title="New American Standard Bible">New American Standard Bible</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See John 18:11 in the <a href="/wiki/Revised_Standard_Version" title="Revised Standard Version">Revised Standard Version</a>, New King James Version, and New International Version</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meyer-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Meyer, H. A. W. (1880), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/john/18.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on John 18, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 3 December 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Verse 15: the <a href="/wiki/NKJV" class="mw-redirect" title="NKJV">NKJV</a> notes "the other" as an alternative; this is preferred by <a href="/wiki/Darby_translation" class="mw-redirect" title="Darby translation">Darby</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:13–16&version=nkjv">John 18:13–16</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Noble, T. P. (2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/wycliffe/john/18.htm">Wycliffe's Bible</a>: John 18, several verses</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:19&version=nkjv">John 18:19</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:28&version=nkjv">John 18:28</a> NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:John%2018:28">John 18:28</a>: NIV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicoll, W. R. (1897 ff), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/egt/john/18.htm">The Expositor's Greek Testament</a> on John 18, accessed 13 June 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:31&version=nkjv">John 18:31</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018&version=NABRE#fen-NABRE-31136n">Footnote n</a> at John 18:31 in NABRE, accessed 9 February 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.esv.org/John+18:33">John 18:33–34</a>: <a href="/wiki/English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">English Standard Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holyhead, V. (2018), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Welcoming-Word-Year-Sowing-Seed/dp/0814618332">Welcoming the Word in Year B: Sowing the Seed</a>, p. 185, Liturgical Press</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:37&version=nkjv">John 18:37</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18:38&version=nkjv">John 18:38</a> NKJV</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_18&action=edit&section=22" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_chapters" title="Category:Gospel of John chapters">Chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">John 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Signs" title="Book of Signs">Book of Signs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_2" title="John 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3" title="John 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_4" title="John 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_5" title="John 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_6" title="John 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">11</a></li> <li><a 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Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude" title="Feeding the multitude">Feeding the 5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">Healing a blind man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_paralytic_at_Bethesda" title="Healing the paralytic at Bethesda">Healing a paralytic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_royal_official%27s_son" title="Healing the royal official's son">Healing a sick son</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_and_the_woman_taken_in_adultery" title="Jesus and the woman taken in adultery">Jesus and the woman taken in adultery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">Walking on water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">Raising of Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">Foot washing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Restoration_of_Peter" title="Restoration of Peter">Restoration of Peter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/In_the_beginning_(phrase)" title="In the beginning (phrase)">In the beginning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Logos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubting_Thomas" title="Doubting Thomas">Doubting Thomas</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ecce_homo" title="Ecce homo">Ecce homo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Feast of Dedication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Commandment" title="New Commandment">"Love one another"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_wept" title="Jesus wept">Jesus wept</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noli_me_tangere" title="Noli me tangere">Noli me tangere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quod_scripsi,_scripsi" title="Quod scripsi, scripsi">Quod scripsi, scripsi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_they_all_may_be_one" title="That they all may be one">That they all may be one</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_truth_will_set_you_free" title="The truth will set you free">The truth will set you free</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Herod Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee" title="Zebedee">Zebedee</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Groups</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">Angels</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sadducees" title="Sadducees">Sadducees</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86non" class="mw-redirect" title="Ænon">Ænon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethabara" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethabara">Bethabara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethsaida" title="Bethsaida">Bethsaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cana" title="Cana">Cana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob%27s_Well" title="Jacob's Well">Jacob's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidron_Valley" title="Kidron Valley">Kidron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Sychar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"<a href="/wiki/Ego_eimi" title="Ego eimi">I AM</a>" sayings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_am_(biblical_term)" title="I am (biblical term)">I am (biblical term)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World" title="Light of the World">Light of the World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_10" title="John 10">Gate for the Sheep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd" title="Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">Resurrectio et Vita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Vine" title="True Vine">True Vine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Johannine_works" title="Authorship of the Johannine works">Authorship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_community" title="Johannine community">Johannine community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_literature" title="Johannine literature">Johannine literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Johannine_literature" title="Holy Spirit in Johannine literature">Holy Spirit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_John" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of John">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Apocalypse_of_John" title="Second Apocalypse of John">Second Apocalypse of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. Bach, 1724) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_structure" title="St John Passion structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_discography" title="St John Passion discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passio_(P%C3%A4rt)" title="Passio (Pärt)">Passio</a></i> (Pärt, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johannes-Passion_(Gubaidulina)" title="Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)">Johannes-Passion</a></i> (Gubaidulina, 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2003 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2003 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2014_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2014 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_22" title="Papyrus 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_28" title="Papyrus 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_36" title="Papyrus 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_39" title="Papyrus 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_63" title="Papyrus 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_76" title="Papyrus 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_80" title="Papyrus 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_84" title="Papyrus 84">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_93" title="Papyrus 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_95" title="Papyrus 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_107" title="Papyrus 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_121" title="Papyrus 121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohrid_Glagolitic_fragments" title="Ohrid Glagolitic fragments">Ohrid Glagolitic fragments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Κατά Ιωάννην">Greek Text</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_(Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes" class="extiw" title="wikisource:la:Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes">Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/John">Wycliffe Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/John">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/John">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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