John 18:5

“Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked. “I am,” Jesus told them. Judas the betrayer was standing with them.

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In The King James Version

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

In Context

4Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. He went to meet them, and asked, “Who are you looking for?”

6When Jesus said “I am,” they fell back and dropped to the ground.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the disgusting things they did? No, they're not ashamed at all, they can't even blush. So they will fall just like the others, when I punish them; they will drop down dead, says the Lord.

Matthew 21:11“This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee,” the crowds replied.

John 19:19Pilate had a notice made and placed on the cross which said, “Jesus of Nazareth, 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 →

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