John 18:8

Jesus answered, “I said to you that I AM; if, then, you seek Me, permit these to go away”;

Literal Standard 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

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

9that the word might be fulfilled that He said, “Those whom You have given to Me, I did not lose even one of them.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:56but all this has come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled”; then all the disciples, having left Him, fled.

John 10:28and I give continuous life to them, and they will not perish—throughout the age, and no one will snatch them out of My hand;

John 13:36Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, to where do You go away?” Jesus answered him, “To where I go away, you are not able now to follow Me, but afterward you will follow Me.”

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you—except that of man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above what you are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear [it].

Ephesians 5:25The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,

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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