King James Version (KJV)
John 18:5
“They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, ‹I am› [he]. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.”
Verse in context — John 18
3
Judas then, having received a band [of men] and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, ‹Whom seek ye?›
5
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, ‹I am› [he]. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
6
As soon then as he had said unto them, ‹I am› [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7
Then asked he them again, ‹Whom seek ye?› And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
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