John 18:8
“Iesus answered, I haue tolde you that I am he: If therefore ye seeke me, let these goe their way:”
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John 18:8 Context
6Assoone then as he had said vnto them, I am he, they went backeward, and fell to the ground. 7Then asked hee them againe, Whom seeke ye? And they said, Iesus of Nazareth. 8Iesus answered, I haue tolde you that I am he: If therefore ye seeke me, let these goe their way: 9That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none. 10Then Simon Peter hauing a sword, drewe it, and smote the high Priests seruant, & cut off his right eare: The seruants name was Malchus.
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Jesus answered, I have told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
- King James Version
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am {He;} so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Jesus answered, I told you that I am `he'; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.
- Basic English Bible
Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;
- Darby Bible
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: If therefore ye seek me, let these go away:
- Webster's Bible
I have told you, replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."
- Weymouth Bible
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
- World English Bible
He answeride to hem, Y seide to you, that Y am; therfor if ye seken me, suffre ye these to go awei.
- Wycliffe Bible
Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am {He;} so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Jesus answered, I told you that I am `he'; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.
- Basic English Bible
Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;
- Darby Bible
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: If therefore ye seek me, let these go away:
- Webster's Bible
I have told you, replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."
- Weymouth Bible
Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
- World English Bible
He answeride to hem, Y seide to you, that Y am; therfor if ye seken me, suffre ye these to go awei.
- Wycliffe Bible
Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for John 18:8
18:8 If ye seek me, let these (my disciples) go - It was an eminent instance of his power over the spirits of men, that they so far obeyed this word, as not to seize even Peter, when he had cut off the ear of Malchus.