John 18:5
They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)
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- Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
- Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.
- Matt 2:23 : 23 He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.
- Matt 21:11 : 11 And the crowds were saying,“This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
- John 1:46 : 46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”
- John 19:19 : 19 Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read:“Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews.”
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