John 18:6

When, therefore, He said to them, “I AM,” they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

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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

5They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene”; Jesus says to them, “I AM”; and Judas who delivered Him up was standing with them.

7Again, therefore, He questioned them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene”;

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Cross References

Psalms 27:2When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, || My adversaries and my enemies to me, || They have stumbled and fallen.

Psalms 70:2Let them be ashamed and confounded || Who are seeking my soul, || Let them be turned backward and blush || Who are desiring my evil.

Luke 9:54And His disciples James and John having seen, said, “Lord, will You [that] we may command fire to come down from Heaven, and to consume them, as Elijah also did?”

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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