John 18:8

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Modern

“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

Traditional

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

Literal

Jesus answered, “I said to you that I am He. Therefore if you seek Me, allow these to go away,”

Latin

Respondit Jesus: Dixi vobis, quia ego sum: si ergo me quæritis, sinite hos abire.

Original

Greek

English

“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

Notes

John 18:8

I am He: Jesus used God's divine name for the second time (see study note on 18:5).

John 18:1–40

Jesus finished speaking his final words to his disciples in the upper room (13:31–17:26). Jesus then left the city and went to a garden east of Jerusalem to pray. There, authorities arrested him and took him back into the city for questioning by the Jewish religious leaders. The important "hour" Jesus often mentioned throughout the Gospel had arrived (see 2:4; see also study note on 12:23).

Theme notes and profiles

Jesus’ Final Night

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Parallels

Matthew 26:47–56 Mark 14:43–52 Luke 22:47–53

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) John, Gospel of Passion Procurator

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Compassion of Jesus, the Christ: Death of, Voluntary Jesus, the Christ: Is Betrayed and Apprehended (In the Garden of Gethsemane) Jesus, the Christ: Love of Prisoners: Jesus Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Betrayal of Jesus by Judas Fulfilled Traitor: Judas

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