6:1 After this 1 Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias). 2
16:1 “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. 3 16:2 They will put you out of 4 the synagogue, 5 yet a time 6 is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. 7 16:3 They 8 will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. 9 16:4 But I have told you these things 10 so that when their time 11 comes, you will remember that I told you about them. 12
“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. 13 16:5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, 14 and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ 15 16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness 16 because I have said these things to you. 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate 17 will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 16:8 And when he 18 comes, he will prove the world wrong 19 concerning sin and 20 righteousness and 21 judgment – 16:9 concerning sin, because 22 they do not believe in me; 23 16:10 concerning righteousness, 24 because 25 I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 16:11 and concerning judgment, 26 because 27 the ruler of this world 28 has been condemned. 29
16:12 “I have many more things to say to you, 30 but you cannot bear 31 them now. 16:13 But when he, 32 the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide 33 you into all truth. 34 For he will not speak on his own authority, 35 but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you 36 what is to come. 37 16:14 He 38 will glorify me, 39 because he will receive 40 from me what is mine 41 and will tell it to you. 42 16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit 43 will receive from me what is mine 44 and will tell it to you. 45 16:16 In a little while you 46 will see me no longer; again after a little while, you 47 will see me.” 48
16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, 49 ‘In a little while you 50 will not see me; again after a little while, you 51 will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” 52 16:18 So they kept on repeating, 53 “What is the meaning of what he says, 54 ‘In a little while’? 55 We do not understand 56 what he is talking about.” 57
16:19 Jesus could see 58 that they wanted to ask him about these things, 59 so 60 he said to them, “Are you asking 61 each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you 62 will not see me; again after a little while, you 63 will see me’? 16:20 I tell you the solemn truth, 64 you will weep 65 and wail, 66 but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, 67 but your sadness will turn into 68 joy. 16:21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress 69 because her time 70 has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being 71 has been born into the world. 72 16:22 So also you have sorrow 73 now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 74 16:23 At that time 75 you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, 76 whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 77 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, 78 so that your joy may be complete.
16:25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; 79 a time 80 is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you 81 plainly 82 about the Father. 16:26 At that time 83 you will ask in my name, and I do not say 84 that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 16:27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 85 16:28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, 86 I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” 87
16:29 His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly 88 and not in obscure figures of speech! 89 16:30 Now we know that you know everything 90 and do not need anyone 91 to ask you anything. 92 Because of this 93 we believe that you have come from God.”
16:31 Jesus replied, 94 “Do you now believe? 16:32 Look, a time 95 is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, 96 and I will be left alone. 97 Yet 98 I am not alone, because my Father 99 is with me. 16:33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, 100 but take courage 101 – I have conquered the world.” 102
18:1 When he had said these things, 103 Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. 104 There was an orchard 105 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 106 with his disciples.) 107 18:3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers 108 and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. 109 They came to the orchard 110 with lanterns 111 and torches and weapons.
18:4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, 112 came and asked them, “Who are you looking for?” 113 18:5 They replied, 114 “Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them, “I am he.” (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.) 115 18:6 So when Jesus 116 said to them, “I am he,” they retreated 117 and fell to the ground. 118 18:7 Then Jesus 119 asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” 18:8 Jesus replied, 120 “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for 121 me, let these men 122 go.” 123 18:9 He said this 124 to fulfill the word he had spoken, 125 “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” 126
18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave, 127 cutting off his right ear. 128 (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.) 129 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?” 130
18:12 Then the squad of soldiers 131 with their commanding officer 132 and the officers of the Jewish leaders 133 arrested 134 Jesus and tied him up. 135 18:13 They 136 brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 137 18:14 (Now it was Caiaphas who had advised 138 the Jewish leaders 139 that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.) 140
18:15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. 141 (Now the other disciple 142 was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.) 143 18:16 But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, 144 and brought Peter inside. 18:17 The girl 145 who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” 146 He replied, 147 “I am not.” 18:18 (Now the slaves 148 and the guards 149 were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. 150 Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) 151
18:19 While this was happening, 152 the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 153 18:20 Jesus replied, 154 “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues 155 and in the temple courts, 156 where all the Jewish people 157 assemble together. I 158 have said nothing in secret. 18:21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. 159 They 160 know what I said.” 18:22 When Jesus 161 had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, 162 “Is that the way you answer the high priest?” 18:23 Jesus replied, 163 “If I have said something wrong, 164 confirm 165 what is wrong. 166 But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?” 18:24 Then Annas sent him, still tied up, 167 to Caiaphas the high priest. 168
18:25 Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard 169 warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” 170 Peter 171 denied it: “I am not!” 18:26 One of the high priest’s slaves, 172 a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, 173 said, “Did I not see you in the orchard 174 with him?” 175 18:27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed. 176
18:28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. 177 (Now it was very early morning.) 178 They 179 did not go into the governor’s residence 180 so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal. 18:29 So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation 181 do you bring against this man?” 182 18:30 They replied, 183 “If this man 184 were not a criminal, 185 we would not have handed him over to you.” 186
18:31 Pilate told them, 187 “Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him 188 according to your own law!” 189 The Jewish leaders 190 replied, 191 “We cannot legally put anyone to death.” 192 18:32 (This happened 193 to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated 194 what kind of death he was going to die. 195 )
18:33 So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, 196 summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” 197 18:34 Jesus replied, 198 “Are you saying this on your own initiative, 199 or have others told you about me?” 18:35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? 200 Your own people 201 and your chief priests handed you over 202 to me. What have you done?”
18:36 Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being 203 handed over 204 to the Jewish authorities. 205 But as it is, 206 my kingdom is not from here.” 18:37 Then Pilate said, 207 “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to 208 my voice.” 18:38 Pilate asked, 209 “What is truth?” 210
When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders 211 and announced, 212 “I find no basis for an accusation 213 against him. 18:39 But it is your custom that I release one prisoner 214 for you at the Passover. 215 So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?” 18:40 Then they shouted back, 216 “Not this man, 217 but Barabbas!” 218 (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. 219 ) 220