They replied to him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am he.”[a] (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.) So when he said to them, “I am he,”[b] they drew back[c] and fell to the ground. Then he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:5 *Here the predicate nominative is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. John 18:6 *Here the predicate nominative is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. John 18:6 Literally “they went to the back”

“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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