John 18:6

And when Jeshu had said to them, I am, they went backward and fell upon the ground.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 say to him, Jeshu Natsroia. Jeshu saith to them, I am. And Jihuda the traitor was also standing with them.

7And Jeshu again asked them, Whom seek you? Then they said, Jeshu Natsroia.

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Cross References

Luke 9:54And when Jacub and Juchanon his disciples saw it, they say to him, Maran, art thou willing that we call fire to descend from heaven to consume them, as Elia 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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