John 18

1These thingsΤαῦταhaving saidεἰπὼνJesusἸησοῦςwent outἐξῆλθενwithσὺνtheτοῖςdisciplesμαθηταῖςof Himαὐτοῦbeyondπέρανtheτοῦwinter streamχειμάρρουtheτοῦof KidronΚεδρὼνwhereὅπουthere wasἦνa gardenκῆπος,intoεἰςwhichὃνenteredεἰσῆλθενHeαὐτὸςandκαὶtheοἱdisciplesμαθηταὶof Himαὐτοῦ.

2KnewᾔδειnowδὲalsoκαὶJudasἸούδαςwhoὁwas delivering upπαραδιδοὺςHimαὐτὸνtheτὸνplaceτόπον,becauseὅτιoftenπολλάκιςgathered togetherσυνήχθηJesusἸησοῦςthereἐκεῖwithμετὰtheτῶνdisciplesμαθητῶνof Himαὐτοῦ.

3ὁThereforeοὖνJudasἸούδαςhaving procuredλαβὼνtheτὴνcohortσπεῖρανandκαὶfromἐκtheτῶνchief priestsἀρχιερέωνandκαὶfromἐκtheτῶνPhariseesΦαρισαίωνofficersὑπηρέταςcomesἔρχεταιthereἐκεῖwithμετὰlanternsφανῶνandκαὶtorchesλαμπάδωνandκαὶweaponsὅπλων.

4JesusἸησοῦςthereforeοὖνknowingεἰδὼςall thingsπάνταthatτὰare comingἐρχόμεναuponἐπ’Himαὐτὸνhaving gone forthἐξῆλθεν,alsoκαὶsaidλέγειto themαὐτοῖς·WhomΤίναseek youζητεῖτε;

5They answeredἀπεκρίθησανHimαὐτῷ·JesusἸησοῦνofτὸνNazarethΝαζωραῖον.He saysλέγειto themαὐτοῖς·IἘγώam [He]εἰμι.Had been standingεἱστήκειnowδὲalsoκαὶJudasἸούδαςwhoὁis delivering upπαραδιδοὺςHimαὐτὸνwithμετ’themαὐτῶν.

6WhenὡςthereforeοὖνHe saidεἶπενto themαὐτοῖς·IἘγώam [He]εἰμι,they drewἀπῆλθονtowardεἰςtheτὰbackὀπίσωandκαὶfellἔπεσανto [the] groundχαμαί.

7AgainπάλινthereforeοὖνHe questionedἐπηρώτησενthemαὐτούς·WhomΤίναseek youζητεῖτε;οἱAndδὲthey saidεἶπαν·JesusἸησοῦνofτὸνNazarethΝαζωραῖον.

8AnsweredἀπεκρίθηJesusἸησοῦς·I have toldΕἶπονyouὑμῖνthatὅτιIἐγώam [He]εἰμι·IfεἰthereforeοὖνMeἐμὲyou seekζητεῖτε,Allowἄφετεtheseτούτουςto go awayὑπάγειν·

9so thatἵναmight be fulfilledπληρωθῇtheὁwordλόγοςthatὃνHe had spokenεἶπενὅτιThose whomΟὓςYou have givenδέδωκάςMeμοιnotοὐκI lostἀπώλεσαofἐξthemαὐτῶνnot oneοὐδένα.

10SimonΣίμωνthenοὖνPeterΠέτροςhavingἔχωνa swordμάχαιρανdrewεἵλκυσενitαὐτὴνandκαὶstruckἔπαισενtheτὸνof theτοῦhigh priestἀρχιερέωςservantδοῦλονandκαὶcut offἀπέκοψενof himαὐτοῦtheτὸearὠτάριοντὸrightδεξιόν.Wasἦνnowδὲnameὄνομαof theτῷservantδούλῳMalchusΜάλχος.

11SaidεἶπενthereforeοὖνὁJesusἸησοῦςτῷto PeterΠέτρῳ·PutΒάλεtheτὴνswordμάχαιρανintoεἰςtheτὴνsheathθήκην·Theτὸcupποτήριονwhichὃhas givenδέδωκένMeμοιtheὁFatherπατὴρnoοὐnotμὴshall I drinkπίωitαὐτό;

12ἩThenοὖνthe cohortσπεῖραandκαὶtheὁcommanderχιλίαρχοςandκαὶtheοἱofficersὑπηρέταιof theτῶνJewsἸουδαίωνtook hold ofσυνέλαβοντὸνJesusἸησοῦνandκαὶboundἔδησανHimαὐτὸν

13andκαὶthey led [Him] awayἤγαγονtoπρὸςAnnasἍννανfirstπρῶτον·he wasἦνforγὰρfather-in-lawπενθερὸςτοῦof CaiaphasΚαϊάφα,whoὃςwasἦνhigh priestἀρχιερεὺςtheτοῦyearἐνιαυτοῦsameἐκείνου·

14WasἦνnowδὲCaiaphasΚαϊάφαςthe [one]ὁhaving given counselσυμβουλεύσαςto theτοῖςJewsἸουδαίοιςthatὅτιit is profitableσυμφέρειfor oneἕναmanἄνθρωπονto perishἀποθανεῖνforὑπὲρtheτοῦpeopleλαοῦ.

15Were followingἨκολούθειnowδὲτῷJesusἸησοῦSimonΣίμωνPeterΠέτροςandκαὶthe otherἄλλοςdiscipleμαθητής.Sinceὁnowδὲdiscipleμαθητὴςthatἐκεῖνοςwasἦνknownγνωστὸςto theτῷhigh priestἀρχιερεῖalsoκαὶhe entered withσυνεισῆλθεντῷJesusἸησοῦintoεἰςtheτὴνcourtαὐλὴνof theτοῦhigh priestἀρχιερέως,

16ὁButδὲPeterΠέτροςstoodεἱστήκειatπρὸςtheτῇdoorθύρᾳoutsideἔξω.Went outἐξῆλθενthereforeοὖνtheὁdiscipleμαθητὴςὁotherἄλλοςwho wasὁknownγνωστὸςto theτοῦhigh priestἀρχιερέωςandκαὶspokeεἶπενto theτῇdoorkeeperθυρωρῷandκαὶbrought inεἰσήγαγεντὸνPeterΠέτρον.

17Saysλέγειthereforeοὖντῷto PeterΠέτρῳtheἡservant girlπαιδίσκηtheἡdoorkeeperθυρωρός·NotΜὴalsoκαὶyouσὺofἐκtheτῶνdisciplesμαθητῶνareεἶof theτοῦmanἀνθρώπουthisτούτου;Saysλέγειheἐκεῖνος·NotΟὐκI amεἰμί.

18Were standingεἱστήκεισανnowδὲtheοἱservantsδοῦλοιandκαὶtheοἱofficersὑπηρέταιa fire of coalsἀνθρακιὰνhaving madeπεποιηκότες,forὅτιcoldψῦχοςit wasἦν,andκαὶthey were warming themselvesἐθερμαίνοντο·WasἦνnowδὲalsoκαὶὁPeterΠέτροςwithμετ’themαὐτῶνstandingἑστὼςandκαὶwarming himselfθερμαινόμενος.

19ὉThenοὖνthe high priestἀρχιερεὺςquestionedἠρώτησεντὸνJesusἸησοῦνconcerningπερὶtheτῶνdisciplesμαθητῶνof Himαὐτοῦandκαὶconcerningπερὶtheτῆςteachingδιδαχῆςof Himαὐτοῦ.

20AnsweredἀπεκρίθηhimαὐτῷJesusἸησοῦς·IἘγὼopenlyπαρρησίᾳhave spokenλελάληκαto theτῷworldκόσμῳ·Iἐγὼalwaysπάντοτεtaughtἐδίδαξαinἐν[the] synagogueσυναγωγῇandκαὶinἐνtheτῷtempleἱερῷ,whereὅπουallπάντεςtheοἱJewsἸουδαῖοιcome togetherσυνέρχονται,andκαὶinἐνsecretκρυπτῷI spokeἐλάλησαnothingοὐδέν·

21WhyτίMeμεdo you questionἐρωτᾷς;Questionἐρώτησονthoseτοὺςhaving heardἀκηκοόταςwhatτίI spokeἐλάλησαto themαὐτοῖς·beholdἴδεtheyοὗτοιknowοἴδασινwhatἃsaidεἶπονIἐγώ.

22These thingsταῦταnowδὲof Himαὐτοῦhaving saidεἰπόντοςoneεἷςstanding byπαρεστηκὼςof theτῶνofficersὑπηρετῶνgaveἔδωκενa blow with the palmῥάπισματῷto JesusἸησοῦhaving saidεἰπών·ThusΟὕτωςanswer Youἀποκρίνῃtheτῷhigh priestἀρχιερεῖ;

23AnsweredἀπεκρίθηhimαὐτῷJesusἸησοῦς·IfΕἰevilκακῶςI spokeἐλάλησα,bear witnessμαρτύρησονconcerningπερὶtheτοῦevilκακοῦ·ifεἰhoweverδὲrightlyκαλῶς,whyτίMeμεstrike youδέρεις;

24SentἀπέστειλενthenοὖνHimαὐτὸνὁAnnasἍνναςboundδεδεμένονtoπρὸςCaiaphasΚαϊάφανtheτὸνhigh priestἀρχιερέα.

25WasἮνnowδὲSimonΣίμωνPeterΠέτροςstandingἑστὼςandκαὶwarming himselfθερμαινόμενος.They saidεἶπονthereforeοὖνto himαὐτῷ·NotΜὴalsoκαὶyouσὺofἐκtheτῶνdisciplesμαθητῶνof Himαὐτοῦareεἶ;Deniedἠρνήσατοheἐκεῖνοςandκαὶsaidεἶπεν·NotΟὐκI amεἰμί.

26Saysλέγειoneεἷςofἐκtheτῶνservantsδούλωνof theτοῦhigh priestἀρχιερέως,kinsmanσυγγενὴςbeing [of him]ὢνof whomοὗhad cut offἀπέκοψενPeterΠέτροςtheτὸearὠτίον·NotΟὐκIἐγώyouσεsawεἶδονinἐνtheτῷgardenκήπῳwithμετ’Himαὐτοῦ;

27AgainπάλινthenοὖνdeniedἠρνήσατοPeterΠέτρος·andκαὶimmediatelyεὐθέωςa roosterἀλέκτωρcrowedἐφώνησεν.

28They are leadingἌγουσινthenοὖντὸνJesusἸησοῦνfromἀπὸτοῦCaiaphasΚαϊάφαintoεἰςtheτὸPraetoriumπραιτώριον·It wasἦνnowδὲearlyπρωΐ·andκαὶtheyαὐτοὶnotοὐκenteredεἰσῆλθονintoεἰςtheτὸPraetoriumπραιτώριον,so thatἵναnotμὴthey should be defiledμιανθῶσινbutἀλλὰmight eatφάγωσινtheτὸPassoverπάσχα.

29WentἐξῆλθενthereforeοὖνὁPilateΠιλᾶτοςoutἔξωtoπρὸςthemαὐτοὺςandκαὶsaidφησίν·WhatΤίναaccusationκατηγορίανbring youφέρετεagainstκατὰtheτοῦmanἀνθρώπουthisτούτου;

30They answeredἀπεκρίθησανandκαὶsaidεἶπανto himαὐτῷ·IfΕἰnotμὴwereἦνHeοὗτοςevilκακὸνdoingποιῶν,notοὐκἄνto youσοιwe would have deliveredπαρεδώκαμενHimαὐτόν.

31Saidεἶπενthereforeοὖνto themαὐτοῖςὁPilateΠιλᾶτος·TakeΛάβετεHimαὐτὸνyourselvesὑμεῖς,andκαὶaccording toκατὰtheτὸνlawνόμονof youὑμῶνjudgeκρίνατεHimαὐτόν.Saidεἶπονto himαὐτῷtheοἱJewsἸουδαῖοι·To usἩμῖνnotοὐκit is permittedἔξεστινto put to deathἀποκτεῖναιno oneοὐδένα·

32thatἵναtheὁwordλόγοςτοῦof JesusἸησοῦmight be fulfilledπληρωθῇwhichὃνHe had spokenεἶπενsignifyingσημαίνωνwhatποίῳdeathθανάτῳHe was aboutἤμελλενto dieἀποθνῄσκειν.

33EnteredΕἰσῆλθενthereforeοὖνagainπάλινintoεἰςtheτὸPraetoriumπραιτώριονὁPilateΠιλᾶτοςandκαὶhe calledἐφώνησεντὸνJesusἸησοῦνandκαὶsaidεἶπενto Himαὐτῷ·YouΣὺareεἶtheὁKingβασιλεὺςof theτῶνJewsἸουδαίων;

34AnsweredἀπεκρίθηJesusἸησοῦς·OfἈπὸyour ownσεαυτοῦyouσὺthisτοῦτοsayλέγειςorἢothersἄλλοιdid say [it]εἶπόνto youσοιconcerningπερὶMeἐμοῦ;

35AnsweredἀπεκρίθηὁPilateΠιλᾶτος·NotΜήτιIἐγὼa JewἸουδαῖόςamεἰμι;Theτὸnationἔθνοςτὸof Youσὸνandκαὶtheοἱchief priestsἀρχιερεῖςdeliveredπαρέδωκάνYouσεto meἐμοί·Whatτίhave You doneἐποίησας;

36AnsweredἀπεκρίθηJesusἸησοῦς·TheἩkingdomβασιλείαἡMyἐμὴnotοὐκisἔστινofἐκtheτοῦworldκόσμουthisτούτου·ifεἰofἐκtheτοῦworldκόσμουthisτούτουwereἦνἡkingdomβασιλείαἡMyἐμή,οἱattendantsὑπηρέταιοἱMyἐμοὶwould fightἠγωνίζοντοἄν,thatἵναnotμὴI might be betrayedπαραδοθῶto theτοῖςJewsἸουδαίοις·NowνῦνhoweverδὲἡkingdomβασιλείαἡMyἐμὴnotοὐκisἔστινfrom hereἐντεῦθεν.

37Saidεἶπενthereforeοὖνto HimαὐτῷὁPilateΠιλᾶτος·ThenΟὐκοῦνa kingβασιλεὺςareεἶYouσύ;AnsweredἀπεκρίθηὁJesusἸησοῦς·YouΣὺsayλέγειςthatὅτιa kingβασιλεύςI amεἰμι.Iἐγὼforεἰςthisτοῦτοhave been bornγεγέννημαιandκαὶforεἰςthisτοῦτοI have comeἐλήλυθαintoεἰςtheτὸνworldκόσμονthatἵναI may bear witnessμαρτυρήσωto theτῇtruthἀληθείᾳ·Everyoneπᾶςὁbeingὢνofἐκtheτῆςtruthἀληθείαςhearsἀκούειof Meμουtheτῆςvoiceφωνῆς.

38Saysλέγειto HimαὐτῷὁPilateΠιλᾶτος·WhatΤίisἐστινtruthἀλήθεια;AndΚαὶthisτοῦτοhaving saidεἰπὼνagainπάλινhe went outἐξῆλθενtoπρὸςtheτοὺςJewsἸουδαίους,andκαὶsaysλέγειto themαὐτοῖς·IἘγὼnoοὐδεμίανfindεὑρίσκωinἐνHimαὐτῷguiltαἰτίαν·

39It isἔστινhoweverδὲa customσυνήθειαwith youὑμῖνthatἵναoneἕναI should releaseἀπολύσωto youὑμῖνatἐνtheτῷPassoverπάσχα·wish youβούλεσθεthereforeοὖνI should releaseἀπολύσωto youὑμῖνtheτὸνKingβασιλέαof theτῶνJewsἸουδαίων;

40They cried outἐκραύγασανthenοὖνagainπάλινsayingλέγοντες·NotΜὴthis oneτοῦτονbutἀλλὰτὸνBarabbasΒαραββᾶν.WasἦνnowδὲὁBarabbasΒαραββᾶςan insurrectionistλῃστής.