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18:1-9 After Jesus had said these things he went out with his
disciples and crossed the torrent of Kedron to
where there was a garden. He
and his disciples went into it.
Now Judas, the one who was betraying him, knew the place because
Jesus and his disciples often gathered there. Therefore Judas on taking the band (of soldiers) from the chief priests and
the attendants from the Pharisees comes there with lanterns and lamps
and weapons. Jesus who knew all
the things that were going to happen to him went forth and says to them
"Who are you looking for?"
They answered him "Jesus the Nazarene." He tells
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them
"I am (he)." Now Judas
the one betraying him stood there with them. When he (Jesus) told them "I am (he)" they drew back
and fell onto the ground. Again
therefore he (Jesus) questioned them "Who are you looking for?"
They said "Jesus the
Nazarene." Jesus
answered "I told you that I am (he) if you are therefore looking for
me, allow these others to go.” He said that, so that the word (in
the Scriptures) may be fulfilled, "(As for) those whom you
have given to me. I did not
lose any one of them."
(Text
is mainly a paraphrase of the Literal translation in the RSV Interlinear
Greek-English New Testament, 1988)
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