John 18:8

Jesus responded: “I told you that I am he. Therefore, if you are seeking me, permit these others to go away.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

In Context

7Then again he questioned them: “Who are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

9This was so that the word might be fulfilled, which he said, “Of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any of them.”

Read all of John 18

Cross References

Matthew 26:56But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning him.

John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.

John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus responded: “Where I am going, you are not able to follow me now. But you shall follow afterward.”

1 Corinthians 10:13Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 18:8