John 18:8

Jesus answered, 'I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

In Context

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

9that the word might be fulfilled that he said — 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

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Cross References

Matthew 26:56but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

John 10:28and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

John 13:36Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, whither dost thou go away?' Jesus answered him, 'Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.'

1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation hath taken you — except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear [it].

Ephesians 5:25The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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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