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When Jesus[a] told them, “I AM,” they backed away and fell to the ground.

So he asked them again, “Who are you looking for?”

They said, “Jesus from Nazareth.”[b]

Jesus replied, “I told you that I am the one,[c] so if you are looking for me, let these men go.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:6 Lit. he
  2. John 18:7 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name Nazareth.
  3. John 18:8 The Gk. lacks the one