#  Arresting the Great I AM

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#  Scripture

John 18:1-11

English Standard Version

### Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”\[[a](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018%3A1-11&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26779a "See footnote a")\] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus\[[b](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018%3A1-11&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26780b "See footnote b")\] said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” 10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant\[[c](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018%3A1-11&version=ESV#fen-ESV-26784c "See footnote c")\] and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

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