John 18:5
They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus said to them, “I AM.” And Judas, the one betraying Him, was standing with them.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
4Jesus therefore, knowing all things coming upon Him, went out and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
6Therefore when He said to them, “I AM,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.
Cross References
Matthew 21:11And the crowds were saying, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.” 1 Jesus Cleanses the Temple
John 19:19Now Pilate wrote a title and he put it on the cross. And it was written: 1 JESUS THE NAZARENE, 1 THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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 →