I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me. I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.
22 I have honored my followers in the same way that you honored me, in order that they may be one with each other, just as we are one. 23 I am one with them, and you are one with me, so that they may become completely one. Then this world?s people will know that you sent me. They will know that you love my followers as much as you love me.
24 Father, I want everyone you have given me to be with me, wherever I am. Then they will see the glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the world was created. 25 Good Father, the people of this world don?t know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me. 26 I told them what you are like, and I will tell them even more. Then the love that you have for me will become part of them, and I will be one with them.
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
18 When Jesus had finished praying, he and his disciples crossed the Kidron Valley and went into a garden. 2 Jesus had often met there with his disciples, and Judas knew where the place was.
3-5 Judas had promised to betray Jesus. So he went to the garden with some Roman soldiers and temple police, who had been sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees. They carried torches, lanterns, and weapons. Jesus already knew everything that was going to happen, but he asked, "Who are you looking for?"
They answered, "We are looking for Jesus from Nazareth!" Jesus told them, "I am Jesus!" 6 At once they all backed away and fell to the ground.
7 Jesus again asked, "Who are you looking for?" "We are looking for Jesus from Nazareth," they answered. 8 This time Jesus replied, "I have already told you that I am Jesus. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go. 9 Then everything will happen, just as the I said, I did not lose anyone you gave me.?"
10 Simon Peter had brought along a sword. He now pulled it out and struck at the servant of the high priest. The servant?s name was Malchus, and Peter cut off his right ear. 11 Jesus told Peter, "Put your sword away. I must drink from the cup that the Father has given me."