John 18 Cross References - Williams

¹ On saying these things He went out with His disciples across the Ravine of Cedars to a place where there was a garden, and He went into it with His disciples. ² Now Judas, too, who betrayed Him, knew the spot, because Jesus had often met with His disciples there. ³ So Judas got together the Roman garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, as He knew everything that was going to befall Him, came forward and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?" ⁵ They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas who betrayed Him was standing among them. ⁶ So when He said to them, "I am He," they took a lurch backward and fell to the ground. ⁷ So once more He asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸ Jesus answered, "I have already told you that I am He; so if you are really looking for me, let these men go." ⁹ He said this that the statement He had just made might be fulfilled, "I have not lost one of those whom you have given me." ¹⁰ So Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus. ¹¹ Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into the sheath. Must I not drink the cup which the Father has handed me?" ¹² So the garrison and its commander and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and put handcuffs on Him, ¹³ and took Him first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. ¹⁴ Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their welfare that one should die for the people. ¹⁵ Simon Peter and another disciple followed on after Jesus. And that other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and so went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, ¹⁶ but Peter stood outside before the door. So this other disciple, who was acquainted with the high priest, stepped out and spoke to the woman doorkeeper and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ Then the servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You too are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He answered, "No, I am not." ¹⁸ Because it was cold, the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire and were standing about it warming themselves; so Peter too was standing among them warming himself. ¹⁹ Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. ²⁰ Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogues and in the temple where all the Jews are in the habit of meeting, and I have not spoken anything in secret. ²¹ So why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard what I told them. Of course, they know what I said." ²² After He had said this, one of the attendants standing by slapped Jesus in the face, and said, "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" ²³ Jesus answered him, "If I have said anything wrong, on oath tell what it is, but if what I have said is true, why do you slap me?" ²⁴ So Annas sent Him over, still in handcuffs, to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵ But Simon Peter still stood warming himself. So they said to him, "You too are not one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "No, I am not." ²⁶ One of the high priest's slaves, who was a kinsman of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?" ²⁷ Then Peter again denied it, and at that moment a cock crowed. ²⁸ Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper. ²⁹ So Pilate came outside and asked, "What is the charge you bring against this man?" ³⁰ They retorted, "If He were not a criminal, we would not have turned Him over to you." ³¹ Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and try Him in accordance with your own law." Then the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to execute the death penalty on anyone." ³² This made it possible for the word of Jesus to be fulfilled which He spoke to indicate what sort of death He was to die. ³³ So Pilate went back into the governor's palace and called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" ³⁴ Jesus answered him, "Do you ask me this on your own initiative, or have others suggested it to you about me?" ³⁵ Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their high priests have turned you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source." ³⁷ Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice." ³⁸ Pilate asked Him, "What is truth?" On saying this he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "As far as I can see, I can find no ground for a charge against Him. ³⁹ Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?" ⁴⁰ Then they all shouted back, "No! Not Him, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

²³ He went to a town called Nazareth and made his home there, so that the saying of the prophet was fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

²³ Then He went all over Galilee, as He continued teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or malady among the people.

³⁹ But I tell you not to resist the one who injures you, but if anyone slaps you on one cheek, turn him the other, too;

³⁵ Jesus kept visiting all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every sort of sickness and ailment.

²¹ It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.

²² While they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men, ²³ and they will kill Him, but on the third day He will be raised again." And they were crushed with grief.

¹⁸ "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will sentence Him to death, ¹⁹ and turn Him over to the heathen to mock and flog and crucify, but on the third day He will rise again."

¹⁹ and turn Him over to the heathen to mock and flog and crucify, but on the third day He will rise again."

²² But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

¹¹ And the crowds kept saying, "He is the prophet Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee."

²³ And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do. ²⁵ Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ²⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all consider John a prophet." ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

²³ "A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former. ²⁴ You blind leaders, who are straining out the gnat but gulping down the camel! ²⁵ A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of your greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisees! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too. ²⁷ "A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead people's bones and everything that is unclean! ²⁸ So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

²⁶ So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.

² "You know that in two days the Passover Feast will take place, and the Son of Man will be turned over to be crucified." ³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

²¹ And while they were eating, He said, "I solemnly say to you, one of you is going to betray me."

³⁰ After singing a hymn, they left the city, and went up the Mount of Olives. ³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

³³ Peter answered, "Though all the rest of them stumble over you, I will never do so." ³⁴ Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times."

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

³⁹ Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."

⁴² A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if it cannot pass by without my drinking it, your will be done."

⁴⁷ Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now His betrayer had given them a signal by saying, "The one I kiss is He. Seize Him!" ⁴⁹ And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately kissed Him. ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, "My friend, do what you came for." Then they came up, laid hands on Jesus, and arrested Him. ⁵¹ One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear.

⁵¹ One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear. ⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs, for all who wield the sword will die by the sword.

⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs, for all who wield the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³ Do you suppose that I am unable to appeal to my Father and have Him furnish me on the spot one hundred thousand angels?

⁵³ Do you suppose that I am unable to appeal to my Father and have Him furnish me on the spot one hundred thousand angels?

⁵³ Do you suppose that I am unable to appeal to my Father and have Him furnish me on the spot one hundred thousand angels? ⁵⁴ How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

⁵⁴ How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?" ⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me. ⁵⁶ But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

⁵⁶ But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape. ⁵⁷ The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met. ⁵⁸ And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end. ⁵⁹ Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, to have Him put to death;

⁵⁹ Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, to have Him put to death; ⁶⁰ but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward

⁶⁰ but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward ⁶¹ and said, "This man said, 'I can tear down the temple of God, and build it again in three days.'" ⁶² Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?" ⁶³ But Jesus kept silent. So the high priest said to Him, "I charge you, on your oath, in the name of the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." ⁶⁴ Jesus answered him, "Yes, I am. But I tell you, you will all soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

⁶⁴ Jesus answered him, "Yes, I am. But I tell you, you will all soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the sky." ⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy. ⁶⁶ What do you think now?" Then they answered, "He deserves to die." ⁶⁷ After that they spit in His face and hit Him with their fists, and others boxed His ears, ⁶⁸ saying, "Play the prophet, you Christ, and tell us who struck you." ⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a waiting girl came up to him, and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a waiting girl came up to him, and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean." ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, and said, "I do not understand what you mean." ⁷¹ Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene." ⁷² Again he denied it, and even swore, "I do not know the man!" ⁷³ A few minutes afterward the bystanders came up to Peter and said, "You are surely one of them, too, for your accent gives you away."

⁷³ A few minutes afterward the bystanders came up to Peter and said, "You are surely one of them, too, for your accent gives you away." ⁷⁴ Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man!" And at once a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Then Peter remembered Jesus' words, "Before a cock crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

¹ As soon as day broke, all the high priests and elders held a consultation against Jesus, to put Him to death. ² So they bound Him, led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate the governor.

² So they bound Him, led Him away, and turned Him over to Pilate the governor. ³ Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, as he felt condemned, in remorse brought back the thirty pieces to the high priests and elders, ⁴ and said, "I did wrong in turning an innocent man over to death." But they said, "What is that to us? You must see to that yourself." ⁵ Then he tossed the money into the temple and left, and went off and hanged himself. ⁶ The high priests picked up the money and said, "It is not legal to put it into the consecrated treasury, for it is blood money." ⁷ So after consultation they bought with it the Potter's Field as a burying-ground for strangers. ⁸ Now this piece of ground has ever since been called "The Field of Blood." ⁹ In that way the words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been fixed by some Israelites, ¹⁰ and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord directed me." ¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Yes."

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Yes." ¹² And while the charges were being made against Him by the high priests and elders, He made no answer. ¹³ Then Pilate said to Him, "Do you not hear how strong is the evidence they are bringing against you?" ¹⁴ But He did not answer him a single word, so that the governor was dumbfounded beyond expression. ¹⁵ Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted. ¹⁶ At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

¹⁶ At that time they had a notorious prisoner named Barabbas. ¹⁷ So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?" ¹⁸ For he knew that they had turned Him over to the court out of envy.

¹⁸ For he knew that they had turned Him over to the court out of envy. ¹⁹ Now while he was on the bench, his wife sent him this word, "Do not have anything to do with that righteous man, for I have this morning suffered excruciating pain in a dream caused by Him." ²⁰ But the high priests and the elders lined up the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death. ²¹ Still the governor answered, "Which of the two do you want me to set free for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." ²² Pilate asked them, "What then shall I do with Jesus. the so-called Christ?" They all answered, "Have Him crucified!" ²³ He asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they kept on shouting louder and louder, "Have Him crucified!"

²³ He asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they kept on shouting louder and louder, "Have Him crucified!" ²⁴ So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

²⁶ Then he set Barabbas free for them, but had Jesus flogged and turned over to be crucified. ²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and gathered about Him the whole battalion.

³³ "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and scribes, and they will sentence Him to death, and will turn Him over to the heathen,

³³ "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and scribes, and they will sentence Him to death, and will turn Him over to the heathen, ³⁴ and they will make sport of Him, and spit on Him, and flog Him, and kill Him, but three days after He will rise again."

³⁸ Jesus said to them, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am drinking, or endure the baptism of agony that I am to endure?" ³⁹ They answered Him, "We can." Jesus said to them, "Yes, the cup that I am drinking you will have to drink, and the baptism of agony that I am enduring you will have to endure,

¹¹ And so He went into Jerusalem and into the temple. After He had looked everything over, as it was already late, He went out with the Twelve to Bethany. ¹² Next day, while they were walking over from Bethany, He felt hungry.

²⁶ After singing a hymn they went out of the city and up the Mount of Olives.

³⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you, yes, you, will disown me three times."

³² Then they came to the place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

³⁵ Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon the ground and kept praying that if it were possible He might escape the hour of agony, ³⁶ and He was saying, "Abba [which means 'Father'], anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want!" ³⁷ And He went back and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch a single hour? ³⁸ You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

⁴³ At that very moment, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders. ⁴⁴ Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is He; seize Him and lead Him safely away." ⁴⁵ So when he came he went straight up to Jesus, and said, "Rabbi," and with much affection kissed Him. ⁴⁶ Then they laid hands on Him and arrested Him. ⁴⁷ But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck at the high priest's slave and cut his ear off.

⁴⁷ But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck at the high priest's slave and cut his ear off. ⁴⁸ And Jesus spoke and said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? ⁴⁹ Day after day I used to be with you teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me. But this is so to fulfill the Scriptures." ⁵⁰ Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

⁵⁰ Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape. ⁵¹ And a young man was following Him, with only a linen sheet thrown about his body; and they seized him, ⁵² but he left the linen sheet behind and fled away naked. ⁵³ They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes met there. ⁵⁴ And Peter followed Him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; he was sitting with the attendants and warming himself before the fire. ⁵⁵ The high priests and the whole council were trying to get evidence against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none,

⁵⁵ The high priests and the whole council were trying to get evidence against Jesus to put Him to death, but they could find none, ⁵⁶ for although many men gave false testimony against Him, their testimonies did not agree.

⁵⁶ for although many men gave false testimony against Him, their testimonies did not agree. ⁵⁷ Some took the witness stand and gave this false testimony against Him:

⁵⁷ Some took the witness stand and gave this false testimony against Him: ⁵⁸ "We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"

⁵⁸ "We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'" ⁵⁹ But even in this matter their testimony did not agree.

⁵⁹ But even in this matter their testimony did not agree. ⁶⁰ Then the high priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about this testimony they are giving against you?" ⁶¹ But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" ⁶² Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

⁶² Jesus said, "Yes, I am, and you will all see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!" ⁶³ Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "What more evidence do we need now? ⁶⁴ Did you hear His own blasphemy? What do you think now?" And they all condemned Him as deserving to die. ⁶⁵ And some of them started to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to hit Him with their fists, and say to Him, "Now play the prophet!" Even the attendants took charge of Him with slaps at Him.

⁶⁵ And some of them started to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to hit Him with their fists, and say to Him, "Now play the prophet!" Even the attendants took charge of Him with slaps at Him. ⁶⁶ While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's waiting girls came up, ⁶⁷ and when she saw that Peter was warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!"

⁶⁷ and when she saw that Peter was warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!"

⁶⁷ and when she saw that Peter was warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!" ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, "I do not know or understand what you mean." Then he went out of the courtyard and was in the gateway to it.

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, "I do not know or understand what you mean." Then he went out of the courtyard and was in the gateway to it.

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, "I do not know or understand what you mean." Then he went out of the courtyard and was in the gateway to it. ⁶⁹ And the waiting girl saw him there and began again to tell the bystanders, "This fellow is one of them!" ⁷⁰ But he denied it again. And again a few minutes later the bystanders began to say to Peter, "You are surely one of them, for you are a Galilean too."

⁷⁰ But he denied it again. And again a few minutes later the bystanders began to say to Peter, "You are surely one of them, for you are a Galilean too." ⁷¹ Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know this man that you are talking about."

⁷¹ Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know this man that you are talking about." ⁷² At that moment for the second time a Cock crowed. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And when he remembered that, he burst into tears.

¹ As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes; and the whole council, after binding Jesus, took Him away and turned Him over to Pilate.

¹ As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes; and the whole council, after binding Jesus, took Him away and turned Him over to Pilate. ² Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "Yes."

² Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "Yes." ³ And the high priests kept piling up accusations against Him.

³ And the high priests kept piling up accusations against Him. ⁴ Then again Pilate asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? Just see how many charges they are making against you!" ⁵ But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate was astonished. ⁶ Now at the time of the feast Pilate usually set a prisoner free whom the people requested. ⁷ There was in prison a man named Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their uprising had committed murder,

⁷ There was in prison a man named Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their uprising had committed murder, ⁸ So a crowd of people came up and started to request of the governor the usual favor. ⁹ Then Pilate answered them by asking, "Do you want me to set the king of the Jews free for you?" ¹⁰ For he knew that the high priests out of envy had turned Him over to him. ¹¹ But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to set Barabbas free for them instead. ¹² Then Pilate again said to them, "What then do you want me to do to the man whom you call king of the Jews?" ¹³ They shouted back, "Crucify Him!" ¹⁴ Then Pilate again asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they shouted at the top of their voices, "Crucify Him!"

¹⁴ Then Pilate again asked, "Why, what has He done that is wrong?" But they shouted at the top of their voices, "Crucify Him!" ¹⁵ So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, but after having Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified. ¹⁶ Then the soldiers led Him away to a place inside the court yard, that is, of the governor's palace, and they called the whole battalion together.

² in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.

¹⁵ Meanwhile He began to teach in their synagogues, and was continuously receiving praise from all.

⁵⁴ When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?" ⁵⁵ But He turned at once and reproved them. ⁵⁶ Then they went on to a different village.

⁵³ After He left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be violently enraged against Him and to try to draw Him out on many subjects, ⁵⁴ plotting, as if in ambush, to entrap Him in something that might fall from His lips.

¹⁴ But He said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or umpire in your affairs?"

³⁰ For all these are the very things the nations of the world are greedily trying to get, and surely your Father well knows that you need them.

²⁰ Now, when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with visible display, ²¹ and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

³¹ Now He took the Twelve aside and said to them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. ³² For He will be turned over to the heathen and sport made of Him, He will be insulted and spit upon, ³³ and then they will flog Him and kill Him, but on the third day He will rise again."

³⁸ and said: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and praise on high!" ³⁹ Then some Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, reprove your disciples." ⁴⁰ But He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!"

⁴⁵ Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things in it, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers." ⁴⁷ So He was teaching daily in the temple, and the high priests and the scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy Him,

¹ One day while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the good news, the high priests and the scribes, together with the elders, took a stand against Him, ² and said to Him, "Tell us what sort of authority you have for doing as you do, or who is it that gave you such authority?" ³ Then He answered them, "I will ask you a question too. Tell me, ⁴ was John's baptism from heaven or from men?" ⁵ And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' ⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." ⁷ So they answered and said that they did not know where it was from. ⁸ Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do."

¹⁹ Then the scribes and the high priests tried to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He meant this story for them. ²⁰ So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor.

²⁰ So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor. ²¹ They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and show no favors to anyone, but teach the way of God honestly. ²² Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" ²³ But He detected their cunning, and said to them, ²⁴ "Show me a twenty-cent coin. Whose picture and title does it bear?" They answered, "Caesar's." ²⁵ He said to them, "Then pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God!" ²⁶ So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

³⁷ Now during the days He continued to teach in the temple, but He would go out and spend the nights on the hill called the Mount of Olives;

³³ But Peter said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to death with you!" ³⁴ But He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

³⁹ Then He went out of the city and up the Mount of Olives, as He was in the habit of doing; and His disciples, too, followed Him there.

³⁹ Then He went out of the city and up the Mount of Olives, as He was in the habit of doing; and His disciples, too, followed Him there. ⁴⁰ Now when He reached the spot, He said to them, "Continue to pray that you may not be subjected to temptation."

⁴² "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!"

⁴⁴ Omitted Text.

⁴⁷ While He was still speaking, look! a crowd had come up, and Judas, one of the Twelve, was their guide; and he stepped up to Jesus to kiss Him. ⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?" ⁴⁹ Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"

⁴⁹ Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?" ⁵⁰ Then one of them struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear.

⁵⁰ Then one of them struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹ But Jesus said, "Permit me to go as far as this!" So He touched his ear and healed him.

⁵¹ But Jesus said, "Permit me to go as far as this!" So He touched his ear and healed him. ⁵² Then Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come to take Him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber? ⁵³ While I was among you day after day in the temple, you never laid a hand on me! But this is your opportunity, even the power which darkness gives you!" ⁵⁴ Then they arrested Him and led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance. ⁵⁵ And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats together, Peter, too, was sitting among them.

⁵⁵ And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats together, Peter, too, was sitting among them. ⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire and fixed her eyes on him and said, "This fellow was with Him too."

⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire and fixed her eyes on him and said, "This fellow was with Him too."

⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire and fixed her eyes on him and said, "This fellow was with Him too." ⁵⁷ But he denied it and said, "I do not know Him, woman." ⁵⁸ A little later a man looked at him and said, "You are one of them too." But Peter said, "Man, I am not." ⁵⁹ About an hour later another man emphatically asserted, "He certainly was with Him, for he is a Galilean!"

⁵⁹ About an hour later another man emphatically asserted, "He certainly was with Him, for he is a Galilean!" ⁶⁰ But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you mean." And all at once, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed.

⁶⁰ But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you mean." And all at once, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed. ⁶¹ Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter was reminded of the word that the Lord had spoken to him, "Before a cock crows today, you will disown me three times." ⁶² And he went outside and burst into bitter tears. ⁶³ Then the men who held Him in custody flogged Him and made sport of Him,

⁶³ Then the men who held Him in custody flogged Him and made sport of Him, ⁶⁴ and after blindfolding Him they asked Him, "Play the prophet and tell us who it is that struck you!"

⁶⁴ and after blindfolding Him they asked Him, "Play the prophet and tell us who it is that struck you!" ⁶⁵ And they continued to say many other abusive things to Him. ⁶⁶ As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled, and brought Him back before their council, and said,

⁶⁶ As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled, and brought Him back before their council, and said, ⁶⁷ "Tell us, if you are the Christ." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe me,

⁶⁷ "Tell us, if you are the Christ." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸ and if I ask you a question, you will not answer me. ⁶⁹ But from today the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." ⁷⁰ Then they all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" And He answered, "Yes, I am."

⁷⁰ Then they all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" And He answered, "Yes, I am." ⁷¹ Then they said, "What more evidence do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth!"

¹ Then the whole body of them arose and brought Him to Pilate. ² Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself."

² Here they began to make the following charges against Him: "We have found this fellow corrupting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar and claiming to be a king himself." ³ Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

³ Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

³ Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

³ Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am." ⁴ Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

⁴ Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

⁴ Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man." ⁵ But they continued emphatically insisting, "He is exciting the people by teaching all over Judea. He started in Galilee and now He is here."

¹⁴ and said to them, "You brought this man to me on a charge of turning the people from allegiance, and here in your presence I have examined Him and do not find Him guilty of the charges you make against Him. ¹⁵ No; nor does Herod, for he has sent Him back to us. Indeed, He has done nothing to deserve the death penalty. ¹⁶ So I will flog Him and let Him go."

¹⁶ So I will flog Him and let Him go." ¹⁷ Omitted Text. ¹⁸ But they all together began to shout, "Away with this fellow, but let us have Barabbas released!

¹⁸ But they all together began to shout, "Away with this fellow, but let us have Barabbas released! ¹⁹ (He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

¹⁹ (He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.) ²⁰ Then Pilate again appealed to them, for He wanted to let Jesus go. ²¹ But they continued to shout at him, "Crucify Him, crucify Him? ²² Then a third time he spoke to them, "Why, what wrong has He done? I have found nothing in Him deserving the death penalty. So I will flog Him and let Him go." ²³ But they continued to press him with loud voices in their ceaseless demands that He be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

²⁵ So he released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, whom they continued to demand, but turned Jesus over to their will.

⁶ [He is not here but has risen.] Remember what He told you while He was still in Galilee, when ⁷ He said that the Son of Man had to be turned over to wicked men and crucified, but was to rise again on the third day."

⁷ He said that the Son of Man had to be turned over to wicked men and crucified, but was to rise again on the third day."

⁷ He said that the Son of Man had to be turned over to wicked men and crucified, but was to rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they recalled His words

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled."

⁴⁶ Then Nathaniel said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

⁴⁹ Nathaniel answered Him, "Teacher, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

¹⁴ And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

³² He continues to bear testimony to what He has actually seen and heard, and yet no one accepts His testimony.

¹⁵ So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

⁴ for no one does anything in secret when he is trying to be known to the public. If you are going to do this, show yourself publicly to the world."

¹⁴ Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.

¹⁷ If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas.

²⁶ Just look! He is talking in public, and yet they do not say a word to Him! It cannot be that the authorities have really learned that He is the Christ, can it?

²⁸ So Jesus, as He was teaching in the temple, cried out, "Yes, you do know me and you do know where I come from, and I have not come on my own authority, but the One who has sent me exists as the Real One, whom you do not know.

² Early the next morning, He had come into the temple again, and all the people were gathering around Him. Having sat down, He began to teach them.

¹⁴ Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ¹⁵ You are judging in accordance with external standards, but I judge nobody.

²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to condemn in you, but He who sent me is truthful, and I am telling the world only what I have learned from Him."

²⁸ So Jesus said to them, "When you lift the Son of Man (on the cross), you will know that I am the Christ, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but that I say exactly what my Father has instructed me to say.

⁴⁷ Whoever is sprung from God listens to what God says. This is why you do not listen to me: you are not sprung from God."

¹⁷ This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my own life to take it back again. ¹⁸ No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."

²³ and Jesus was walking in Solomon's portico. ²⁴ So the Jews surrounded Him and kept asking Him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are really the Christ, tell us so plainly." ²⁵ Jesus answered them, "I have already told you so, but you do not believe me. The works which I am doing on my Father's authority are my credentials, ²⁶ but still you do not believe in me, for you do not belong to my sheep.

²⁶ but still you do not believe in me, for you do not belong to my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me,

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me, ²⁸ and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

²⁸ and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father who gave them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ The Father and I are one." ³¹ The Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

³¹ The Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?" ³³ The Jews retorted, "It is not for a good deed but for blasphemy we are going to stone you; namely, because you, although a mere man, claim to be God."

³³ The Jews retorted, "It is not for a good deed but for blasphemy we are going to stone you; namely, because you, although a mere man, claim to be God." ³⁴ Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods"'? ³⁵ If men to whom God's message came are called gods -- and the Scriptures cannot be made null and void -- ³⁶ do you now say to me whom my Father has set apart to it and sent into the world, 'You are a blasphemer,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the things that my Father is doing, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing so, even if you will not believe me, believe the deeds, that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in union with me and I am in union with the Father." ³⁹ Once more they were trying to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.

⁴¹ So they slipped the stone aside. And Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you for listening to me; ⁴² yes, I knew that you always listen to me. But I have said this for the sake of the crowd that is standing by, that they may come to believe that you have sent me."

⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing about this; ⁵⁰ you do not take into account that it is for your own welfare that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should be destroyed." ⁵¹ Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation,

⁵¹ Now he did not say this on his own authority, but because he was high priest that year he uttered this prophecy from God, that Jesus was to die for the nation, ⁵² and not only for the nation, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

⁵⁵ Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and many people from the country went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the Passover.

¹³ took palm branches and went out to meet Him, and kept on shouting: "Blessings on Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Blessings on the King of Israel!"

¹⁵ "Cease from fearing, Daughter of Zion; See, your King is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

²⁷ Now my soul is troubled; what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour of agony! And yet it was for this very purpose that I came to this hour of agony. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came out of heaven, "I have already glorified it and I will again glorify it."

³² And if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to me." ³³ He said this to show the kind of death He was going to die.

¹ Before the Passover feast started, Jesus knew that His time had come for Him to leave the world and go to the Father, and as He had loved His own in the world He loved them to the last. ² So Jesus, while supper was on -- although He knew that the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him --

¹¹ For He knew who was going to betray Him; this is why He said, "You are not all clean."

²⁷ As soon as he took the bread, Satan took possession of Judas. Then Jesus said to him, "Make quick work of what you are to do." ²⁸ But no one else at the table knew what He meant by this, ²⁹ for some of them were thinking, as Judas had the purse, that Jesus meant to say to him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or to give something to the poor. ³⁰ So as soon as he took the piece of bread, he left the room. It was then night. ³¹ When he had left, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him, ³² and God will through Himself glorify Him, and He will glorify Him at once. ³³ Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going. ³⁴ I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another. ³⁵ By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another." ³⁶ Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going where you cannot follow me just now, but you will later follow me."

³⁸ Jesus answered, "You will lay down your life for me! I most solemnly say to you, before a cock crows, you will three times disown me!"

¹ "Stop letting your hearts be troubled; keep on believing in God, and also in me. ² In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you. ³ And if I go and make it ready for you, I will come back and take you to be face to face with me, so that you may always be right where I am. ⁴ And you know the way to the place where I am going." ⁵ Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going, and so how can we know the way?" ⁶ Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

⁶ Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you knew me, you would know my Father too. From now on you do know Him and you have seen Him." ⁸ Philip said to Him, "Lord, let us see the Father, and that will satisfy us." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you disciples so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me? I am not saying these things on my own authority, but the Father who always remains in union with me is doing these things Himself. ¹¹ You must believe me, that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must do so because of the very things that I am doing. ¹² I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And anything you ask for as bearers of my name I will do for you, so that the Father may be glorified through the Son. ¹⁴ Yes, I repeat it, anything you ask for as bearers of my name I will do it for you. ¹⁵ "If you really love me, you will keep my commands. ¹⁶ And I will ask I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to remain with you to the end of the age; ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.

³¹ but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what the Father has ordered me to do. Get up and let us go away."

¹⁰ If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

³² Listen! A time is coming, yea, it is right here, when you will all be scattered to your homes and will leave me alone. And yet, I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

¹² As long as I was with them, I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the one who is now doomed to be lost, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

²⁴ Father, I want to have those whom you have given me right where I am, in order that they may see the glory which you have given me, because you loved me before the creation of the world.

¹ On saying these things He went out with His disciples across the Ravine of Cedars to a place where there was a garden, and He went into it with His disciples.

³ So Judas got together the Roman garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, as He knew everything that was going to befall Him, came forward and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?" ⁵ They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas who betrayed Him was standing among them.

⁷ So once more He asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸ Jesus answered, "I have already told you that I am He; so if you are really looking for me, let these men go."

¹⁰ So Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

¹² So the garrison and its commander and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and put handcuffs on Him, ¹³ and took Him first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

¹⁶ but Peter stood outside before the door. So this other disciple, who was acquainted with the high priest, stepped out and spoke to the woman doorkeeper and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ Then the servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You too are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He answered, "No, I am not." ¹⁸ Because it was cold, the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire and were standing about it warming themselves; so Peter too was standing among them warming himself.

²⁴ So Annas sent Him over, still in handcuffs, to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵ But Simon Peter still stood warming himself. So they said to him, "You too are not one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "No, I am not." ²⁶ One of the high priest's slaves, who was a kinsman of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"

²⁸ Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper.

²⁸ Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's palace. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's palace themselves, in order not to be defiled, so as to be unfit to eat the Passover supper. ²⁹ So Pilate came outside and asked, "What is the charge you bring against this man?"

³³ So Pilate went back into the governor's palace and called Jesus and asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

³⁶ Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source." ³⁷ Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."

³⁹ Now you have a custom to have me set one man free at your Passover time. So do you wish me to set the king of the Jews free?"

³ and kept marching up to Him and saying, "All hail, you king of the Jews!" each one slapping Him on the face. ⁴ And Pilate went outside again and said to the Jews, "Listen! I am going to bring Him out to you, for you to see that I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

⁶ When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him."

⁶ When the high priests and attendants saw Him, they shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I can find no ground for a charge against Him." ⁷ The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and in accordance with that law He deserves to die, for claiming to be God's Son."

⁹ and went back into the governor's palace and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus made no answer.

¹¹ Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it had not been given to you from above. So the man who betrayed me to you is more guilty than you." ¹² Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!"

¹⁴ It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!" ¹⁵ But they shouted, "Kill Him! Kill Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Must I crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

¹⁹ Pilate had a placard written and had it put over the cross: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

¹⁹ Pilate had a placard written and had it put over the cross: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS." ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this placard, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "You must not write, 'The king of the Jews,' but write, 'He said, I am the king of the Jews.'" ²² Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!"

²⁸ After this, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, "I am thirsty."

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

⁹ When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire all made and a fish lying on it; also some bread.

¹⁵ After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

¹⁶ "Brothers, that Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit uttered by the mouth of David in the former times about Judas who became the guide to those who arrested Jesus;

²⁸ You have made known to me the ways of life, and you will fill me with delight in your presence.'

³⁴ For David did not go up to heaven, but he himself says: 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."' ³⁶ "Therefore, let all the descendants of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you yourselves betrayed and disowned before Pilate, although he had decided to set Him free.

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you yourselves betrayed and disowned before Pilate, although he had decided to set Him free. ¹⁴ Yes, you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked a murderer to be pardoned as a favor to you,

⁶ met in Jerusalem, including Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all that were members of the high priest's family.

²³ When they were turned loose, the apostles went back to their companions and told them what the high priests and elders had said to them. ²⁴ When they heard this, with one united prayer to God they said: "O Lord, you are the Maker of heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, and the One ²⁵ who spoke thus through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your servant: 'Why did the heathen rage, and the peoples make vain designs? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took their stand. The rulers met against the Lord, and too, against His Christ.' ²⁷ "For in this city they actually met against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated -- Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do all that your hand and will had predetermined to take place. ²⁹ And now, Lord, give attention to their threats and help your slaves with perfect courage to continue to speak your message, ³⁰ by stretching out your hand to cure people and to perform signs and wonders by the authority of your holy Servant Jesus."

⁵⁹ They continued stoning Stephen as he continued praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

²⁸ and he said to him, "You know that it is against the law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one, but God has taught me not to call any man vulgar or ceremonially unclean;

³ for having visited and eaten with men who were not Jews.

¹³ When he knocked at the outer door, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it,

¹⁹ So they took him and brought him to the city auditorium and said, "May we know what this new teaching of yours is? ²⁰ For some of the things you bring sound startling to us; so we want to know just what they mean."

³² But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some sneered, but others said, "We will hear you again on this subject."

¹⁴ As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were some misdemeanor or underhanded rascality, O Jews, I would in reason listen to you; ¹⁵ but as it is questions about words and titles and your own law, you will have to see to it yourselves. I refuse to act as judge in these matters." ¹⁶ So he drove them away from the court.

²² And I am here now on my way to Jerusalem, because I am impelled by the Spirit to do so, though I am not aware what will befall me there, ²³ except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me.

³¹ Now while they were trying to kill him, news reached the colonel of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.

³⁷ As he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the colonel, "May I say something to you?" The colonel asked, "Do you know Greek? ³⁸ Are you not the Egyptian who sometime ago raised a mob of four thousand cut-throats and led them out into the desert?"

²² They listened to him until he said this, and then all at once they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is certainly not fit to live!" ²³ While they were shouting and tossing their clothes about and flinging dust into the air, ²⁴ the colonel ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks, and told them to examine him by flogging, in order that he might find out why they were crying out against him in such a way.

²⁴ the colonel ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks, and told them to examine him by flogging, in order that he might find out why they were crying out against him in such a way. ²⁵ But when they had tied him for the flogging, Paul asked the captain who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman, and one who is uncondemned at that?" ²⁶ When the captain heard that, he went to the colonel and reported it. Then he asked him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen." ²⁷ So the colonel came to Paul and asked, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" He answered, "Yes." ²⁸ Then the colonel said, "I paid a large sum for this citizenship of mine." Paul said, "But I was born a citizen."

² At this the high priest Ananias ordered the people standing near him to strike him on the mouth. ³ Then Paul said to him, "You white-washed wall, God will strike you! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the law and yet in violation of the law you order them to strike me?" ⁴ The people standing near him said, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?" ⁵ Paul answered, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You must not speak evil against any ruler of your people.'"

¹⁰ Since the dispute kept growing hotter and hotter, the colonel became alarmed that Paul might be torn in pieces by them, and so ordered the army to march down and take him out of their hands and bring him back to the barracks.

¹⁷ So Paul called one of the captains and said, "Take this young man to the colonel, for he has something to tell him." ¹⁸ So he took him and brought him to the colonel and said, "The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you." ¹⁹ So the colonel took him by the arm, stepped to one side so as to be alone, and asked him, "What is it you have to tell me?" ²⁰ He answered, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though you were going to examine his case more carefully. ²¹ But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him; they have taken an oath not to eat or drink till they have killed him. They are all ready now, just waiting for your promise." ²² So the colonel sent the young man away, with strict directions not to tell anybody that he had notified him of this plot.

²⁸ As I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, I brought him before their council, ²⁹ and found him to be charged with questions about their law, but having no charge against him involving death or imprisonment.

²⁹ and found him to be charged with questions about their law, but having no charge against him involving death or imprisonment. ³⁰ Because a plot against the man has been reported to me as brewing, I at once am sending him on to you and have directed his accusers to present their charge against him before you."

¹² and they have never found me debating with anybody in the temple nor making a disturbance in the synagogues or about the city, ¹³ and they cannot prove the charges they have just made against me.

¹⁸ While I was performing these duties they found me just as I had completed the rites of my purification in the temple; however, there was no crowd with me and no disturbance at all. ¹⁹ But there were some Jews from Asia who ought to be here before you and to present their charges, if they have any, against me. ²⁰ Or let these men themselves tell what wrong they found in me when I appeared before the council --

²⁵ But as he continued to talk about uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "For the present you may go, but when I find a good opportunity, I will send for you." ²⁶ At the same time he was hoping to get money from Paul, and so he kept on sending for him and talking with him.

¹⁶ I answered them that it was not the Roman custom to give up anyone for punishment until the accused met his accusers face to face and had an opportunity to defend himself against their accusations.

¹⁸ But when his accusers appeared before me, they did not charge him with the crimes of which I had been suspecting him. ¹⁹ They merely had a quarrel with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died, but who Paul kept saying was still alive. ²⁰ I was at a loss how to investigate such matters and so asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

²⁶ The king, indeed, knows about this and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that any of this escaped his notice, for it did not occur in a corner!

¹ What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or, what benefit does circumcision confer? ² They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.

¹⁵ For you do not have a sense of servitude to fill you with dread again, but the consciousness of adopted sons by which we cry, "Abba," that is, "Father." ¹⁶ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirits that we are God's children; ¹⁷ and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too. ¹⁸ For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God does not consist in what we eat and drink, but in doing right, in peace and joy through the Holy Spirit;

¹³ No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

³³ Do not be so misled: "Evil companionships corrupt good character."

⁷ my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;

¹⁵ What harmony exists between Christ and Belial, or what is common between a believer and an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people." ¹⁷ Therefore: "'Come out of company with them, and separate from them,' the Lord has said, 'And stop touching what is unclean; then I will welcome you,

¹ Now I appeal to you in person, by the gentleness and fairness of Christ, I, Paul, who am so "condescending when face to face with you, but so courageous toward you when far away!"

⁴ for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses.

⁹ but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."

¹¹ Now when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. ¹² For before the coming of certain people from James, he was in the habit of eating with heathen Christians, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof from them, because he was afraid of the circumcision party. ¹³ The rest of the Jewish Christians, too, joined him in this pretense so that even Barnabas was influenced to join them in their pretense.

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

¹¹ Stop having anything to do with the profitless doings of darkness; instead you must continue to expose them. ¹² For it is disgraceful even to mention the vices practiced in secret by them;

²⁵ You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,

¹¹ You must put on God's full armor, so as to be able to stand up against the devil's stratagems. ¹² For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest. ¹³ So you must take on God's full armor, so as to be able to take a stand in the day when evil attacks you, and, after having completely finished the contest, to hold your own. ¹⁴ Hold your position, then, with your waist encircled with the belt of truth, put on right-doing as a coat of mail, ¹⁵ and put on your feet the preparation the good news of peace supplies. ¹⁶ Besides all these, take on the shield which faith provides, for with it you will be able to put out all the fire-tipped arrows shot by the evil one, ¹⁷ take the helmet salvation provides, and take the sword the Spirit wields, which is the word of God.

¹² and you will always be thanking the Father who has qualified you to share the lot of His people in the realm of light. ¹³ It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of His dearly loved Son, ¹⁴ by whom we possess the ransom from captivity, which means the forgiveness of our sins.

¹³ Before God who preserves the life of all His creatures and before Christ Jesus who in testifying before Pontius Pilate made His good profession, I solemnly charge you

² keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁵ and you have forgotten the encouragement which is addressed to you as sons: "My son, refrain from thinking lightly of the discipline the Lord inflicts, and giving up when you are corrected by Him. ⁶ For He disciplines everyone He loves, and chastises every son whom He heartily receives." ⁷ You must submit to discipline. God is dealing with you as His sons. For who is the son that his father never disciplines? ⁸ Now if you are without any discipline, in which all true sons share, you are only illegitimate children and not true sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live! ¹⁰ For they disciplined us only a short time, as it seemed proper to them, but He does it for our good, in order that we may share His holy character.

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without a blemish or a blot,

²² Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth, in sincere love for the brotherhood you must love one another heartily and fervently,

²⁰ For what credit is it to bear it patiently, if you do wrong and are beaten for it? But if you do right and patiently suffer for it, it is pleasing in the sight of God. ²¹ Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps. ²² He never committed a sin, and deceit was never found on His lips. ²³ Although He was abused, He never retorted; although He continued to suffer, He never threatened, but committed His case to Him who judges justly.

¹ So then, since Christ has suffered in our physical form, you too must arm yourselves with the same determination. For whoever suffers in his physical form has done with sin,

⁷ Cast every worry you have upon Him, because He cares for you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not continue to love continues still in death.

¹⁹ In this way we shall know by experience that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight,

⁶ We are children of God. Whoever knows God by experience listens to us; whoever is not a child of God does not listen to us. This is the way to distinguish a true spiritual utterance from one that is false.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to recognize the True One; and we are in union with the True One through His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

⁴ John to the seven churches in Asia: spiritual blessing and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits that are before His throne,

¹⁴ "To the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks as follows: