Lexham English Bible

John 18:7-11 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

7. Then he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8. Jesus replied, “I said to you that I am he! So if you are looking for me, let these men go,”

9. in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: “Those whom you have given to me—I have not lost anyone of them.”

10. Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

11. So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath! The cup that the Father has given me—shall I not drink it?”