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John 18:4-14
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Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
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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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[a].
Or Jesus of Nazareth; also in 18:7 .
[b].
Or “The ‘ ’ is here”; or “I am the ”; Greek reads I am; also in 18:6, 8 . See Exod 3:14 .
[c].
See John 6:39 and 17:12 .
[d].
Greek that year.
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