“Jesus the Nazarene,” they answered.

“I am He,”[a](A) Jesus told them.

Judas, who betrayed Him, was also standing with them. When He told them, “I am He,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:5 Lit I am; see note at Jn 8:58.

“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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