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NASB | John 18:5 They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He *said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 18:5 They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." Jesus said, "I am He." And Judas, who was betraying Him, was also standing with them. |
Bible Question: When the men came to take Jesus to Crucify him and they asked if He was Jesus and He said I am He why did they fall down? |
Bible Answer: John 18:5-6 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Remember that Jesus had previously made these statments... John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. and ...John 10:17-18 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. And also in this same context of the soldiers coming to arrest him.. is when Jesus said this in another place... Matthew 26:52-53 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? So when he says I AM HE, it is a declaration that He is the I AM that spoke to Moses from the Buring bush, the I AM that was before Abraham, and the that these soldiers had no power to arrest him. He was willing letting them take him. But so that no man could ever say that his words about being able to call down angels if he wanted to were empty words, he says I AM HE and they all fall to the ground. He had the power to do more than that if He wanted to. Prais God he laid doen His life for us, so that he might take it up again. We are saved today because of this and thankfuly serve Him every moment. |
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