(A)Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus therefore, (B)knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”

They answered Him, (C)“Jesus [a]of Nazareth.”

Jesus said to them, “I am He. And Judas, who (D)betrayed Him, also stood with them. Now when He said to them, “I am He, they drew back and fell to the ground.

Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”

And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:5 Lit. the Nazarene

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