John 18:6

So when he said to them, “I am,” they went 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 of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am.” Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with the soldiers.

7Then again he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” Again they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

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Cross References

Psalms 27:2When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh, 1 my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell. 1

Psalms 70:2Let those who try to take my life 1 be ashamed and humiliated; 1 let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, 1 those who take pleasure in my pain. 1

Luke 9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them?”

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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