John 18:29-30

²⁹So Pilate came out to them and spoke. "What charge do you bring against this man?"

³⁰They said, "If he hadn''t been doing something evil, do you think we''d be here bothering you?"

John 18 marks the pivot from Jesus’ public ministry to his passion. The chapter opens with his arrest in the garden of Gethsemane, where he identifies himself with the divine name “I am he,” causing his captors to fall backward. Peter’s impulsive sword-stroke and subsequent denial f