John 18:4

And so Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to him, advanced and said to them, “Who are you seeking?”

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In The King James Version

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

In Context

3Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons.

5They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:14And now you say: ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here,’ so that he may kill me!”

Psalms 3:6I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

Proverbs 28:1The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.

Matthew 17:22And they will kill him, but he will rise again on the third day.” And they were extremely saddened.

Matthew 26:2“You know that after two days the Passover will begin, and the Son of man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them: “You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Matthew Henry on John 18:2-13

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and… Read the whole commentary →

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