John 18:6

As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

5"For Jesus the Nazarene," was the answer. "I am he," He replied. (Now Judas who was betraying Him was also standing with them.)

7Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.

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Cross References

Luke 9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume 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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