John 18:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 18:5

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

KJV

They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 11 (444)

But perhaps some may reply: The Roman soldier perhaps knew not Jesus, and the servants of the Jews shared their ignorance. We answer that any such suggestion is groundless. For how could they who were selected to the priesthood fail to know Him, Who was in their power continually when He was teaching daily in the temple, as our Saviour Himself says?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

I am he, Ego eimi -- I am he, is the glorious name of the blessed God ( Exod. iii. 14 ), and the honour of that name is justly challenged by the blessed Jesus. [4.] Particular notice is taken, in a parenthesis, that Judas stood with them. He that used to stand with those that followed Christ now stood with those that fought against him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Jesus of Nazareth - They did not say this till after Judas kissed Christ, which was the sign which he had agreed with the soldiers, etc., to give them, that they might know whom they were to seize: see Mat 26:48. Though some harmonists place the kiss after what is spoken in the ninth verse.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀπεκρίθησαν	apekrithēsan	They answered	G611 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ναζωραῖον.	Nazōraion	of Nazareth.	G3480 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι.	eimi	am [He].	G1510 →
εἱστήκει	heistēkei	Had been standing	G2476 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
Ἰούδας	Ioudas	Judas	G2455 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
παραδιδοὺς	paradidous	is delivering up	G3860 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:46
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
leads to
- John 7:52
  “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- John 7:41–42
  Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
- John 4:29
  “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
Through
Matthew 2:23
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
leads to
- Judges 13:5
  For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will…
Through
Matthew 21:11
The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
leads to
- John 6:14
  When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
- Luke 7:16
  A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”
- John 7:40
  On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
Through
Jeremiah 8:12
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish…
leads to
- Jeremiah 3:3
  Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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