John 18:6

As he then spake to them, I am he, they retreated backward, and fell flat on the ground.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 the Nazarean. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. Then stood also Judas, who betrayed him, with these men.

7Again therefore he demanded of them, Whom seek ye? Then they said, Jesus the Nazarean.

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Cross References

Luke 9:54And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just as Elias 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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