John 18

John 18
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John 18:31-33 on John Rylands Library Papyrus P52 (recto), written ca. AD 125.
Book	Gospel of John
Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Bible part	4
Category	Gospel

John 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the events on the day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, starting with His arrest.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.^[2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Rylands Library Papyrus P52 (ca. AD 125; extant: verses 31-33, 37-38)
  • Papyrus 90 (AD 150-175; extant: verses 36-40)
  • Papyrus 108 (2nd/3rd century; extant: verses 1-5)
  • Papyrus 66 (ca. AD 200; complete)
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 1-35)
  • Papyrus 60 (ca. AD 700; complete).
  • Papyrus 59 (7th century; extant: verses 1-2, 16-17, 22).
• This chapter is divided into 40 verses.

Places

Events recorded in this chapter took place in Jerusalem.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• John 18:1-11 = Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53)
• John 18:12-14 = Before the High Priest (Matthew 26:57)
• John 18:15-18 = Peter Denies Jesus (Matthew 26:69,70; Mark 14:66-68; Luke 22:55-57)
• John 18:19-24 = Jesus Questioned by the High Priest (Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71)
• John 18:25-27 = Peter Denies Twice More (Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72; Luke 22:58-62)
• John 18:28-38 = In Pilate’s Court (Matthew 27:1-2,11-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5)
• John 18:39-40 = Taking the Place of Barabbas (continued until chapter 19:16; Matthew 27:15-31; Mark 15:6-20; Luke 23:13-25)

Verse 10

New King James Version

Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.^[3]

Verse 38

King James Version

Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.^[4]

See also

• Arrest of Jesus
• Barabbas
• Denial of Peter
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Christ
• Kidron
• Malchus
• Pontius Pilate
• Rylands Library Papyrus P52
• Sanhedrin trial of Jesus
• Other related Bible parts: Matthew 26, Matthew 27, Mark 14, Mark 15, Luke 22, Luke 23, John 13, John 19

References

1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. John 18:10
4. John 18:38

External links

• John 18 NIV