BEN ELOHIM'S PASSION AND DEATH (Chaps. 18, 19)
A. Yehudah Betrays the Master (18:1-11)
18:1 When Yeshua (ישוע) had spoken these words, he went forth with His Talmidim over the brook that is Kidron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and His Talmidim.
18:2 And Yehudah also, which betrayed Him, knew the place: for Yeshua (ישוע) often met there with His Talmidim.
18:3 Yehudah then, having received a band [of men] and officers from the Rashei Kohenim and Prushim, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4 Yeshua (ישוע) therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
18:5 They answered him, Yeshua (ישוע) of Natzeret. Yeshua (ישוע) saith unto them, ANI HU. And Yehudah also, which betrayed Him, stood with them.
18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, ANI HU, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Yeshua (ישוע) of Natzeret.
18:8 Yeshua (ישוע) answered, I have told you that ANI HU: if therefore ye seek Me, let these go their way:
18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest Me have I lost none.
18:10 Then Shimon Kefa having a sword drew it, and smote the Kohen Gadol's eved, and cut off his right ear. The name of the eved name was Malchus.
18:11 Then said Yeshua (ישוע) unto Kefa, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which My AVI hath given me, shall I not drink it?
18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Yehudim took Yeshua (ישוע), and bound him,
18:13 And led him away to Anan first; for he was avi in Torah to Kayafas, which was the Kohen Gadol that same year.
18:14 Now Kayafas was he, which gave counsel to the Yehudim, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
18:15 And Shimon Kefa followed Yeshua (ישוע), and [so did] another the taught one: that the taught one was known unto the Kohen Gadol, and went in with Yeshua (ישוע) into the palace of the Kohen Gadol.
18:16 But Kefa stood at the door without. Then went out that other the taught one, which was known unto the Kohen Gadol, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Kefa.
18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Kefa, Art not thou also [one] of this man's talmidim? He saith, I am not.
18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Kefa stood with them, and warmed himself.
18:19 The Kohen Gadol then asked Yeshua (ישוע) of His Talmidim, and of his teaching.
18:20 Yeshua (ישוע) answered him, I spake openly to Olam Hazeh; I ever taught in the shul, and in the temple, whither the Yehudim always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
18:21 Why askest thou Me? ask them which heard Me, what I have said unto them: Hinnei, they know what I said.
18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Yeshua (ישוע) with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the Kohen Gadol so?
18:23 Yeshua (ישוע) answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Kayafas the Kohen Gadol.
18:25 And Shimon Kefa stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of His Talmidim? He denied [it], and said, I am not.
18:26 One of the avadim of the Kohen Gadol, being [his] kinsman whose ear Kefa cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
18:27 Kefa then denied again: and immediately the rooster crew.
18:28 Then led they Yeshua (ישוע) from Kayafas unto the Praitorion (hall of judgment): and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be tema'im (unclean); but that they might eat the Pesach.
18:29 Pilatos then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
18:31 Then said Pilatos unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your Torah. The Yehudim therefore said unto him, It is not permitted for us to put any man to death:
18:32 That the saying of Yeshua (ישוע) might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
18:33 Then Pilatos entered into the judgment hall again, and called Yeshua (ישוע), and said unto him, Art thou the Melekh of the Yehudim?
18:34 Yeshua (ישוע) answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of Me?
18:35 Pilatos answered, Am I a Yehudi? Thine own nation and the Rashei Kohenim have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
18:36 Yeshua (ישוע) answered, My Malkut is not of this world: if my Malkut were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Yehudim: but now is my Malkut not from hence.
18:37 Pilatos therefore said unto him, Art thou a Melekh then? Yeshua (ישוע) answered, Thou sayest that I am a Melekh. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into Olam Hazeh, that I should bear witness unto the emet. Every one that is of the emet heareth My voice.
18:38 Pilatos saith unto him, What is Truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Yehudim, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [at all].
18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Pesach: will ye therefore that I release unto you the Melekh of the Yehudim?
18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Bar-Abba. Now Bar-Abba was a robber.