Key Verse Spotlight
John 18:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Jesus answered, I have told you that I am {he}: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:”
John 18:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am {he}, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am {he}: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
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