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John 18:8
Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;
John 18:8 · Darby Bible
John 18:8 in other translations
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”
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In context
5 They answered him, Jesus the Nazaraean. Jesus says to them, I am [he]. And Judas also, who delivered him up, stood with them.
6 When therefore he said to them, I am [he], they went away backward and fell to the ground.
7 He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.
8 Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;
9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, [As to] those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.
10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and smote the bondman of the high priest and cut off his right ear; and the bondman's name was Malchus.
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
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