^3 (A)So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, ^(B)knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, ^(C)“Whom do you seek?” ⁵ They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”^[a] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

^6 (A)When Jesus^[a] said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷ So he asked them again, ^(B)“Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁸ Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.”