John 18:5

They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” (Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.)

Text-Critical English NT

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

4Then Jesus, knowing everything that would happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

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

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Cross References

Matthew 21:11So the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.”

John 19:19Pilate also wrote a notice and put it on the cross. It read, “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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