They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”[a] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. (A)When Jesus[b] said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. So he asked them again, (B)“Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:5 Greek I am; also verses 6, 8
  2. John 18:6 Greek he

“Jesus of Nazareth,”(A) they replied.

“I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.) When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

Again he asked them, “Who is it you want?”(B)

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

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