Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 18:7 in context
John 18:4–10
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Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
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They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jesus said to them, “I am he.”
Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
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When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.
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Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
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Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”
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that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
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Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
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