John 18:7-9

Living Bible

⁷ Once more he asked them, “Whom are you searching for?”

And again they replied, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁸ “I told you I am he,” Jesus said; “and since I am the one you are after, let these others go.” ⁹ He did this to carry out the prophecy he had just made, “I have not lost a single one of those you gave me. . . . ”