John 18:7

He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

In Context

6When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground because of his power.

8Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these disciples of mine to go.”

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Cross References

John 18:4Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So as they approached, he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

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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