John 18:8

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Jesus answered, 'I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.'

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  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
  • Mark 14:50-52 : 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled. 51 A certain young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.
  • John 10:28 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now, before the Passover festival, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, loved them to the very end.
  • John 13:36 : 36 Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, where are You going?' Jesus answered, 'Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.'
  • John 16:32 : 32 'Look, the hour is coming—in fact, it has already arrived—when you will be scattered, each to your own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.'
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But with the temptation, He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.

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  • John 18:4-7
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    4Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Whom are you looking for?'

    5They answered him, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' Jesus said to them, 'I am he.' Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing with them.

    6When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they stepped back and fell to the ground.

    7Jesus asked them again, 'Whom are you looking for?' And they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'

  • John 18:20-21
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    20Jesus answered him, 'I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.'

    21'Why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard me speak about what I said to them. They know what I said.'

  • John 8:18-26
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    18I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.

    19Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

    20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

    22So the Jews said, "Surely he won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?

    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

    25So they asked him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

    26I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

  • John 18:9
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    9This was to fulfill the words he had spoken: 'I have not lost one of those you gave me.'

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • John 8:28
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    28So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus answered, 'Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?'

  • Luke 22:67-68
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    67They said, 'If you are the Messiah, tell us.' Jesus answered, 'If I tell you, you will not believe me.

    68And if I ask you, you will not answer, and you will not release me.

  • John 4:26
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    26Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he."

  • Mark 14:48
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    48Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to capture me as if I were a robber?

  • John 8:58-59
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    58Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.

    59So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple, passing through the midst of them, and went on his way.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

  • John 16:5
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    5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

  • John 9:9
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    9Some said, 'This is he.' Others said, 'No, he just looks like him.' But he kept saying, 'I am the one.'

  • John 14:31
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    31But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • John 8:54-55
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    54Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God.

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, 'You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him.

    29I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.'

  • John 14:28
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    28You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

  • John 7:33-34
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    33Then Jesus said, 'I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.'

    34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.'

  • John 18:37
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    37'So you are a king, then?' said Pilate. Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this reason I came into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.'

  • John 7:36
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    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

  • Acts 22:8
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    8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

  • John 14:7
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    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.

  • John 10:39
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    39Once again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

  • John 9:37
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    37Jesus said to him, 'You have seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.'

  • John 13:19
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    19I am telling you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.

  • John 13:33
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    33'Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you: Where I am going, you cannot come.'

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify about me,

  • 1 Kgs 18:8
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    8Elijah replied, "It is I. Go and tell your master, 'Elijah is here.'"

  • John 16:28
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    28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

  • John 17:8
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    8For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

  • John 8:46
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    46Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 18:39
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    39'But it is your custom that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover. Do you want me to release the King of the Jews?'