18 After he’d said all this, Yeshua and his followers went out of Yerushalem proper and over the Kidron stream towards a garden that he and his followers entered. 2 And Yudas (the one who would hand him over) also knew the place because Yeshua and his followers often met there. 3 Meanwhile Yudas had met with the soldiers and servants of the chief priests and the Pharisee party, and they all started coming into the garden with lanterns and flaming torches and weapons. 4 Yeshua who already knew what was going to happen to him, came forward and asked them, “Who are you all looking for?”

5 And they answered, “Yeshua—the one from Nazareth.”

Yeshua responded, “I am the one.”

Yudas, the one handing him over, was standing there among them. 6 But when Yeshua had said that he is the one, they backed away and fell to the ground.[fn] 7 So he asked them again, “Who are you all looking for?”

And they answered, “Yeshua—the one from Nazareth.”

8 Yeshua responded, “I already told you all that I am the one. So if it’s me that you’re looking for, let these others leave.” 9 (In this way, the statement was fulfilled that Yeshua had said previously: ‘I didn’t lose any of the ones that you gave me.’)[fn]

10 Then Simon Peter drew the sword that he was carrying and swiped at the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. 11 [ref]But Yeshua said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its sheath. I need to proceed with the plan that the father has prepared for me—I can’t just avoid the suffering.”

47 While he was still speaking, Yudas, one of the twelve, came and he was accompanied by a large crowd from the chief priests and local elders, and they were carrying swords and clubs. 48 The one who was turning him in had prearranged a sign that he would kiss the one that they should arrest.

49 He walked straight up to Yeshua and said, “Greetings, my honoured teacher,” and he kissed him.

50 “Friend,” Yeshua asked, “why have you come?”

Then they came up to Yeshua, and grabbed and arrested him. 51 But wow, one of Yeshua’s group put out a hand to stop them, then drew his sword and struck at the chief priest’s slave, cutting off his ear. 52 “Put your sword back in its sheath,” Yeshua said, “because those who fight with the sword, die by the sword. 53 Don’t you realise that I could just ask my father and he would place over a dozen divisions of heavenly soldiers here in front of me, 54 however then the scriptures that tell what will happen wouldn’t get fulfilled.”

55 [ref]Then turning to the crowds, Yeshua said, “So you all came out with swords and clubs as if you were arresting a thief? 56 I was sitting, teaching every day in the temple but you didn’t arrest me there.”

43 Even while Yeshua was still speaking, Yudas reached him, followed by a crowd from the chief priests, and the religious teachers, and the elders—many armed with swords and clubs. 44 Yudas had prearranged a signal with them that anyone who he greeted with a kiss, they should grab that person and lead him away under guard.

45 So he walked right up to Yeshua and said, “My honoured teacher,” and greeted him with a kiss. 46 Then the others with him grabbed Yeshua and secured him. 47 But one of the ones with Yeshua that was beside him, drew his sword and struck a slave of the chief priest, cutting off the man’s ear. 48 Yeshua spoke to the crowd, “Did you all bring swords and clubs to try to capture me like you’d chase down a thief? 49 [ref]I was standing there teaching in the temple every day and you could have arrested me, but it’s happened this way to ensure that the what’s written in scriptures will be fulfilled.”

50 Meanwhile, the ones with Yeshua had taken off.

47 While he was still speaking, wow, a crowd turned up with Yudas Iscariot in the front, and he went up to Yeshua to kiss him. 48 But Yeshua asked him, “Yudas, are you turning in humanity’s child with a kiss?”

49 When the other apprentices around Yeshua saw what was about to happen, they asked, “Master, should we attack with our swords?” 50 Then one of them slashed at the chief priest’s slave and sliced off his right ear.

51 “That’s gone far enough!” countered Yeshua, and touching the side of the man’s head, he healed him.

52 Then Yeshua spoke to those who had come to capture him—the chief priests and temple officers and the local elders, “So you all came out here with swords and clubs as if I was a robber? 53 [ref]I was there in the temple with you all everyday and yet you didn’t arrest me there. Yes, because this is your time: with the power of the darkness.”