John 18:1

Plain English Version

After Jesus talked to his father, he and his special workers left the house. They went across the creek called Kidron, and they went to a garden.

Cross References

Genesis 2:15

God put the man into the garden in Eden and gave him some work to do. He had to look after the garden and make sure all the plants grew strong and healthy.

Genesis 3:23

So God hunted them out of the garden. To get food, they had to dig the ground and grow plants. You know, God made that man out of the ground, and after they left the garden, that man had to dig that same ground.

Mark 14:26

After Jesus said that, they all sang a song to God, and then they went out of that house to go to the hill called Olive Trees Hill.

Mark 14:32

Jesus and his followers got to the place called Gethsemane. He said to them, “I want you to sit here and wait for me. I’m going to pray to God.”

Mark 14:42

So get up, we have to go now. See, here is the man that is helping them catch me.”

John 14:31

No, I do what my father tells me to do. I do that so that the people of this world can know that I love my father.” Then Jesus said to his followers, “Come on, get up, and let’s leave this place.”

John 18:26

One of the other people near the fire was a work-man for the big boss of the Jewish ceremonies, and he was a relative of the man whose ear Peter cut off. He looked at Peter and said, “Hey, you are one of Jesus’s followers. I saw you in the garden with him, right?”

Acts 21:11

He came to us, and he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands together with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says this, ‘See the man that owns this belt. The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie him up, just like this, and they will give him as a prisoner to the people that are not Jews.’ ”