John 18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Having said these words, יהושע  went out with His taught ones beyond the Qiḏ

² And Yehuḏ

³ Yehuḏ

⁴ יהושע, then, knowing all that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”

⁵ They answered Him, “ יהושע  of Natsareth.” יהושע  said to them, “I am.” And Yehuḏ

⁶ When, therefore, He said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

⁷ Once more He asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “ יהושע  of Natsareth.”

⁸ יהושע  answered, “I said to you that I am. If, then, you seek Me, allow these to go,”

⁹ in order that the word might be filled which He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me, I have lost none.”

¹⁰ Then Shimʽ

¹¹ Then יהושע  said to Kĕ

¹² Then the company of soldiers and the commander and the officers of the Yehuḏ

¹³ and they led Him away to Ḥ

¹⁴ Now Qayapha was the one who gave counsel to the Yehuḏ

¹⁵ And Shimʽ

¹⁶ But Kĕ

¹⁷ Then the servant girl who kept the door said to Kĕ

¹⁸ And the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, because it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Kĕ

¹⁹ Then the high priest asked יהושע  about His taught ones and His teaching.

²⁰ יהושע  answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the congregation and in the Set-apart Place, where the Yehuḏ

²¹ “Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. See, they know what I said.”

²² And when He had said this, one of the officers who stood by slapped יהושע  in the face, saying, “Do You answer the high priest this way?”

²³ יהושע  answered him, “If I have spoken evilly, bear witness of the evil, but if well, why do you strike Me?”

²⁴ Then Ḥ

²⁵ And Shimʽ

²⁶ One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Kĕ

²⁷ Then Kĕ

²⁸ Then they led יהושע  from Qayapha to the palace, and it was early. And they themselves did not go into the palace, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

²⁹ Pilate, therefore, came out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this Man?”

³⁰ They answered and said to him, “If He were not an evil-doer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

³¹ Then Pilate said to them, “You take Him and judge Him according to your law.” The Yehuḏ

³² in order that the word of יהושע  might be filled which He spoke, signifying by what death He was about to die.

³³ Then Pilate went back into the palace, and called יהושע, and said to Him, “Are You the Sovereign of the Yehuḏ

³⁴ יהושע  answered him, “Do you say this from yourself, or did others talk to you about Me?”

³⁵ Pilate answered, “Am I a Yehuḏ

³⁶ יהושע  answered, “My reign is not of this world. If My reign were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Yehuḏ

³⁷ Then Pilate said to Him, “You are a sovereign, then?” יהושע  answered, “You say it, because I am a sovereign. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

³⁸ Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Yehuḏ

³⁹ “But you have a habit that I shall release someone to you at the Passover. Do you wish, then, that I release to you the Sovereign of the Yehuḏ

⁴⁰ Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this One, but Barabba!” And Barabba was a robber.