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Text -- John 18:1-14 (NET)
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Betrayal and Arrest
18:1 When he had said these things , Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley . There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it.
18:2 (Now Judas , the one who betrayed him , knew the place too , because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples .)
18:3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees . They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons .
18:4 Then Jesus , because he knew everything that was going to happen to him , came and asked them , “Who are you looking for ?”
18:5 They replied , “Jesus the Nazarene .” He told them , “I am he .” (Now Judas , the one who betrayed him , was standing there with them .)
18:6 So when Jesus said to them , “I am he ,” they retreated and fell to the ground .
18:7 Then Jesus asked them again , “Who are you looking for ?” And they said , “Jesus the Nazarene .”
18:8 Jesus replied , “I told you that I am he . If you are looking for me , let these men go .”
18:9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me .”
18:10 Then Simon Peter , who had a sword , pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave , cutting off his right ear . (Now the slave’s name was Malchus .)
18:11 But Jesus said to Peter , “Put your sword back into its sheath ! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me ?”
Jesus Before Annas
18:12 Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up .
18:13 They brought him first to Annas , for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas , who was high priest that year .
18:14 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people .)
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
COHORT |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E2 |
Prisoners |
JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF |
Prophecy |
Traitor |
Gethsemane |
Caiaphas |
Judas |
Malchus |
ANNAS |
JUDAS ISCARIOT |
PRIEST, HIGH |
Torches |
Lantern |
PETER, SIMON |
Court |
Kidron |
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NET Notes -> Joh 18:1; Joh 18:1; Joh 18:1; Joh 18:2; Joh 18:2; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:3; Joh 18:4; Joh 18:4; Joh 18:5; Joh 18:5; Joh 18:5; Joh 18:6; Joh 18:6; Joh 18:6; Joh 18:7; Joh 18:8; Joh 18:8; Joh 18:8; Joh 18:8; Joh 18:9; Joh 18:9; Joh 18:9; Joh 18:9; Joh 18:10; Joh 18:10; Joh 18:10; Joh 18:11; Joh 18:11; Joh 18:12; Joh 18:12; Joh 18:12; Joh 18:12; Joh 18:12; Joh 18:13; Joh 18:13; Joh 18:14; Joh 18:14; Joh 18:14
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NET Notes: Joh 18:3 Mention of the lanterns and torches suggests a detail remembered by one who was an eyewitness, but in connection with the light/darkness motif of John...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:5 This is a parenthetical note by the author. Before he states the response to Jesus’ identification of himself, the author inserts a parenthetica...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:6 When Jesus said to those who came to arrest him “I am,” they retreated and fell to the ground. L. Morris says that “it is possible t...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:7 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 18:8 A second time Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he,” identifying himself as the one they are seeking. Jesus also added, “If you a...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:9 This action of Jesus on behalf of his disciples is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of Jesus’ own words: “I have not lost a sing...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:11 Jesus continues with what most would take to be a rhetorical question expecting a positive reply: “Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has...
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NET Notes: Joh 18:13 Jesus was taken first to Annas. Only the Gospel of John mentions this pretrial hearing before Annas, and that Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas,...
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