John 18:12-24 Reading
He was arrested-non-violence; bound; interrogated; struck for speaking the truth; chief priest-Caiaphas; Peter denies Jesus three times (vs 15-18).
John 18:12-24
[12]Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, bound him,
[13]and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year.
[14]It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.
[15]Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was well known to the High Priest, so he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the High Priest’s house,
[16]while Peter stayed outside by the gate. Then the other disciple went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Peter inside.
[17]The girl at the gate said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of the disciples of that man?”“No, I am not,” answered Peter.
[18]It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a charcoal fire and were standing round it, warming themselves. So Peter went over and stood with them, warming himself.
[19]The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
[20]Jesus answered, “I have always spoken publicly to everyone; all my teaching was done in the synagogues and in the Temple, where all the people come together. I have never said anything in secret.
[21]Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them — they know what I said.”
[22]When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!”
[23]Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell everyone here what it was. But if I am right in what I have said, why do you hit me?”
[24]Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the High Priest.