John 18

John 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. This chapter records the events on the day of the Crucifixion of Jesus, starting with the arrest of Jesus the evening before (in Judaic calculation, this would be considered part of the same day). The three denials of Peter (John 18:15–18;25–26) are interwoven into the narrative concerning the trials of Jesus.

The book containing this chapter is anonymous; however, early Christian tradition generally considers that John the Evangelist composed the Gospel of John.

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 40 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

The events recorded in this chapter took place in Jerusalem.

The opening of chapter 18 is directly connected with the final words of chapter 14:

The intervening chapters record Jesus' Farewell Discourse. Alfred Plummer, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (1902), suggests that Jesus and His disciples have "rise[n] from table and prepare[d] to depart at John 14:31, but that the contents of chapters 15-17 are spoken before they leave the room". The editors of the New American Bible Revised Edition note that this gospel does not mention Jesus' Agony in the Garden or the kiss of Judas.

Some translations instead open with "When He had finished praying" or similar words. John Chrysostom observed that Jesus' words, "spoken for His disciples' sake" were at the same time "His prayer".