JESUS ARRESTED, TRIED, AND SENTENCED TO DEATH

John 18:1-19:16a

Key Verse: 18:37

1. Read verse 1. Where did Jesus and his disciples go, and why? (See Mt 26:38,39) Read verses 2-11. Describe Jesus' arrest. What does this event reveal about Jesus? (4-6)

2. What was Jesus' first concern at this time of crisis? (8; 17:11; 18:9,11) How was Peter different from Jesus at a time of crisis? Why? What did Jesus mean by "the cup the Father has given me"? (2-11)

3. Read verses 15-18. What reveals Peter's unprepared heart? What did he do after denying Jesus the first time? Why? (How did Jesus help him later?--Jn 21:15)

4. Where was Jesus taken? (12-14) Who was Annas? Caiaphas? (11:49,50) Read verses 19-24. What did Annas question Jesus about? How did Jesus protect his disciples? Who struck Jesus? Why? How did Jesus defeat his inquisitors?

5. Describe Peter's second and third denials (25-27). What shows his lack of resurrection faith? Read verses 24, 28. Compare Mt 26:57,67; 27:2. What happened to Jesus before the Sanhedirn and Caiaphas?

6: Read about the trial before Pilate (28-40). How did the Jews show their hypocrisy? (28-32). What did Jesus reveal about himself in his conversation with Pilate? What was Pilate's dilemma? His weakness?(33-38)

7. How and why was Jesus flogged and his kingship mocked? Why is Pilate guilty of Jesus' death? Why are the chief priests guilty? Why are we guilty? (2Co 5:10; Isa 53:6; 1Pe 2:24; Jn 10:11)