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Their answer was, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said, I am he. And Judas, who was false to him, was there at their side.
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And when he said to them, I am he, they went back, falling to the earth.
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So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.
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Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.
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(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)
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Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
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Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?
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Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.
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They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was the high priest that year.
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It was Caiaphas who had said to the Jews that it was in their interest for one man to be put to death for the people.
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And Simon Peter went after Jesus with another disciple. Now that disciple was a friend of the high priest and he went in with Jesus into the house of the high priest;