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 () are interwoven into the narrative concerning the trials of Jesus. The book containing this chapter is unattributed, however early Christian tradition generally considers that John the Evangelist composed the Gospel of John. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 40 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Rylands Library Papyrus P52 (~Anno Domini 125; extant verses 31–33, 37–38) Papyrus 90 (A.D. 150–175; extant verses 36–40) Papyrus 108 (2nd/3rd century; extant verses 1–5) Papyrus 66 (A.D. ~200; complete) Codex Vaticanus (A.D. 325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (A.D. 330–360) Codex Bezae (A.D. ~400) Codex Alexandrinus (A.D. 400–440) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (A.D. ~450; extant verses 1–35) Papyrus 60 (A.D. ~700; complete). Papyrus 59 (7th century; extant verses 1–2, 16–17, 22). Places The events recorded in this chapter took place in Jerusalem. Jesus' betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane (18:1-11) The opening of chapter 18 is directly connected with the final words of chapter 14: Arise, let us go from here (). 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". Verse 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook (or winter stream) Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. Some translations instead open with "When He had finished praying" or similar words. and refer to "a place called Gethsemane", but it is unnamed here, simply referred to as a garden. In the place is the mount of Olives. Verse 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples. Judas is now called "Judas the betrayer" or "Judas, who is betraying" (, ioudas ho paradidous) (John 18:2 and again in verse 5). He comes to this familiar place with troops, a captain and