Good News Translation Anglicised 1994 (NT) Non Drama

© Good News Translation® with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.Anglicisation © The British and Foreign Bible Society 1976, 1994 ℗ 1995 Hosanna. All Rights Reserved

Good News Translation Anglicised 1994 (NT) Drama

<div class="version vid416 iso6393eng" data-vid="416" data-iso6393="eng">
 <div class="book bkJHN">
 <div class="chapter ch18" data-usfm="JHN.18">
 <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1">The Arrest of Jesus</div><div class="r">(Mt 26.47&#8211;56; Mk 14.43&#8211;50; Lk 22.47&#8211;53)</div><div class="p"> 1After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across the brook called Kidron. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in. 2Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples. 3So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches. 4Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, &#8220;Who is it you are looking for?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 5&#8220;Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they answered.</div><div class="p"> &#8220;I am he,&#8221; he said.</div><div class="p">Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them. 6When Jesus said to them, &#8220;I am he,&#8221; they moved back and fell to the ground. 7Again Jesus asked them, &#8220;Who is it you are looking for?&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;Jesus of Nazareth,&#8221; they said.</div><div class="p"> 8 &#8220;I have already told you that I am he,&#8221; Jesus said. &#8220;If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go.&#8221; 9(He said this so that what he had said might come true: &#8220;Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.&#8221;)</div><div class="p"> 10Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the High Priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. The name of the slave was Malchus. 11#Mt 26.39; Mk 14.36; Lk 22.42Jesus said to Peter, &#8220;Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?&#8221;</div><div class="s1">Jesus before Annas</div><div class="p"> 12Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, bound him, 13and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year. 14#Jn 11.49&#8211;50It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.</div><div class="s1">Peter Denies Jesus</div><div class="r">(Mt 26.69&#8211;70; Mk 14.66&#8211;68; Lk 22.55&#8211;57)</div><div class="p"> 15Simon 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, 16while Peter stayed outside by the gate. Then the other disciple went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Peter inside. 17The girl at the gate said to Peter, &#8220;Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;No, I am not,&#8221; answered Peter.</div><div class="p"> 18It 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.</div><div class="s1">The High Priest Questions Jesus</div><div class="r">(Mt 26.59&#8211;66; Mk 14.55&#8211;64; Lk 22.66&#8211;71)</div><div class="p"> 19The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 20Jesus answered, &#8220;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. 21Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them &#8212; they know what I said.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, &#8220;How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23Jesus answered him, &#8220;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?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 24Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the High Priest.</div><div class="s1">Peter Denies Jesus Again</div><div class="r">(Mt 26.71&#8211;75; Mk 14.69&#8211;72; Lk 22.58&#8211;62)</div><div class="p"> 25Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, &#8220;Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?&#8221;</div><div class="p">But Peter denied it. &#8220;No, I am not,&#8221; he said.</div><div class="p"> 26One of the High Priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up. &#8220;Didn't I see you with him in the garden?&#8221; he asked.</div><div class="p"> 27Again Peter said &#8220;No&#8221; &#8212; and at once a cock crowed.</div><div class="s1">Jesus is Brought before Pilate</div><div class="r">(Mt 27.1&#8211;2, 11&#8211;14; Mk 15.1&#8211;5; Lk 23.1&#8211;5)</div><div class="p"> 28Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal. 29So Pilate went outside to them and asked, &#8220;What do you accuse this man of?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 30Their answer was, &#8220;We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 31Pilate said to them, &#8220;Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.&#8221;</div><div class="p">They replied, &#8220;We are not allowed to put anyone to death.&#8221; 32#Jn 3.14; 12.32(This happened in order to make the words of Jesus come true, the words he used when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)</div><div class="p"> 33Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. &#8220;Are you the King of the Jews?&#8221; he asked him.</div><div class="p"> 34Jesus answered, &#8220;Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 35Pilate replied, &#8220;Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 36Jesus said, &#8220;My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 37So Pilate asked him, &#8220;Are you a king, then?&#8221;</div><div class="p">Jesus answered, &#8220;You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 38&#8220;And what is truth?&#8221; Pilate asked.</div><div class="s1">Jesus is Sentenced to Death</div><div class="r">(Mt 27.15&#8211;31; Mk 15.6&#8211;20; Lk 23.13&#8211;25)</div><div class="p">Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, &#8220;I cannot find any reason to condemn him. 39But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 40They answered him with a shout, &#8220;No, not him! We want Barabbas!&#8221; (Barabbas was a bandit.)</div>
 </div>
 </div>
</div>

After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across the brook called Kidron. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in. Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples. So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches. Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”
“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
“I am he,” he said.
Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them. When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground. Again Jesus asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”
“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.
“I have already told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go.” (He said this so that what he had said might come true: “Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.”)
Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the High Priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. The name of the slave was Malchus. Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”

Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, bound him, and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.


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, 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. 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.
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.


The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 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. Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them — they know what I said.”
When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!”
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?”
Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the High Priest.


Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, “Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?”
But Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said.
One of the High Priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up. “Didn't I see you with him in the garden?” he asked.
Again Peter said “No” — and at once a cock crowed.


Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas' house to the governor's palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal. So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of?”
Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”
Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.”
They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.” (This happened in order to make the words of Jesus come true, the words he used when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)
Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the King of the Jews?” he asked him.
Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”
Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?”
Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!”
So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?”
Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”
“And what is truth?” Pilate asked.


Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him. But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?”
They answered him with a shout, “No, not him! We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a bandit.)

နားေထာင္ပါ။ John 18