John 18:6

World English Bible (2000)

When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground.

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  • Ps 70:2-3 : 2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. 3 Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, "Aha! Aha!"
  • Ps 129:5 : 5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
  • Luke 9:54-56 : 54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?" 55 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are. 56 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.
  • Acts 4:29-30 : 29 Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
  • 2 Kgs 1:9-9 : 9 Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'" 10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down quickly!'" 12 Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty. 13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight. 14 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties. But now let my life be precious in your sight." 15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." He arose, and went down with him to the king.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

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    7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

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    6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

    7 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."

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  • 26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."

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    23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"

  • 20 But he said to them, "It is I. Don't be afraid."

  • 46 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.

  • 37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

  • 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

  • 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

  • John 8:23-25
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    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

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    25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

  • 8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."

  • 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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  • 48 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

  • 8 Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

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  • 18 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

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    36 He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"

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  • 57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.

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