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Jesus knew everything that would soon happen to him. He went towards them and he asked them, ‘Who are you looking for?’ They answered, ‘Jesus, who comes from Nazareth.’ Jesus said, ‘That is who I am.’

Judas, who sold Jesus to his enemies, was standing there with the soldiers. When Jesus said the words, ‘I am,’ the soldiers quickly moved away from him.[a] They fell down to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:6 The Jews used ‘I am’ as the name of God. When Jesus said, ‘I am,’ they would have recognized this name. He was saying that he is God.