John 18:6
As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he; they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
In Context
7Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Cross References
Psalms 27:2Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.
Psalms 70:2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.
Luke 9:54And when his disciples James and John had seen this, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?
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 →