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“Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied. “I AM he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)
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As Jesus said “ he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground!
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Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
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“I told you that I AM he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.”
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He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”
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Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave.
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But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”
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So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.
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First they took him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time.
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Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for the people.”
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Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest’s courtyard with Jesus.