John 18:6

when, therefore, he said to them — 'I am [he],' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation

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 Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, 'I am [he];' — and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; —

7Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'

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Cross References

Psalms 27:2When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

Psalms 70:2Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

Luke 9:54And his disciples James and John having seen, said, 'Sir, wilt thou [that] we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah 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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