John 18:36

³⁶Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”e

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