John 18:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ So Judas came there with a group of soldiers [^CRoman] and some guards [^CJewish temple police] from the ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

⁴ Knowing everything that would happen to him, Jesus went out and asked, “Who is it you are looking for?”

⁵ They answered him, “Jesus ·from Nazareth [^Lthe Nazarene].”

“·I am he [^LI am; ^Cthis may be an allusion to God’s (Yahweh’s) self identification as “I AM” in Ex. 3:14 or to God’s repeated claim that “I am he” throughout Is. 40—55; see John 8:24, 28, 58],” Jesus said. (Judas, the one who ·turned against [betrayed] Jesus, was standing there with them.)