John 18:8 ““I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for M…”

John 18:8

“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

World English Bible

Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”

American Standard Version

Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

Geneva Bible 1599

Iesus answered, I said vnto you, that I am he: therefore if ye seeke me, let these go their way.

Darby Translation

Jesus answered, I told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go away;

Young's Literal Translation

Jesus answered, 'I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

Bible in Basic English

Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

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Cross references

“if”

Isaiah 53:6 Ephesians 5:25

Isaiah 53:6 · BSB

We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

Ephesians 5:25 · BSB

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

“let”

John 10:28 John 13:1 2 Corinthians 12:9 John 13:36 John 16:32 Matthew 26:56

John 10:28 · BSB

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

John 13:1 · BSB

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

John 13:36 · BSB

“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

John 16:32 · BSB

“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

Matthew 26:56 · BSB

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

9This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”

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