Week 18 of 21 · John 18 · Thursday March 18
The Cup, the Fire and the King
Jesus goes to His arrest as the sovereign I AM who lays down His life, protects His own, and drinks the cup His Father gives Him. While Peter warms himself at the enemy’s fire and denies Him, Jesus stands before the high priest and Pilate as the King whose kingdom is not of this world, and the crowd chooses a robber instead.
“So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”John 18:11
MondayRead John 18 twice and mark itMon Mar 15
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Mar 16
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Mar 17
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Mar 18
Season 5, Episode 8 · “The Upper Room Part II”Gethsemane and the betrayal; Season 5 ends as Judas arrives.
Read it against John 18
- The agony in the garden comes from Matthew, Mark and Luke. John does not record it.
- Season 5 ends with Judas’s kiss, which John does not mention. In John, Jesus steps forward and asks, “Whom do you seek?” When He says “I am He,” they draw back and fall to the ground (18:4–6).
- Peter cutting off Malchus’s ear (18:10–11), the trials, Peter’s denials and Pilate (18:12–40) come after Season 5.
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.