John 18:1–9

¹When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.↗

²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.↗

³Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.↗

⁴Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out and said to them,“Who are you looking for?”↗

⁵They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them,“I am he.” Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.↗

⁶When therefore he said to them,“I am he,”they went backward and fell to the ground.↗

⁷Again therefore he asked them,“Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”↗

⁸Jesus answered,“I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”↗

⁹that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke,“Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”↗