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John 18:8
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”
John 18:8 · World English 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. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
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In context
5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
6 When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.
7 Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”
9 that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
10 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
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