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John 18:4
4Jesus therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them, Whom seek ye?
John 18:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who is it you want?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Context of John 18:4
2And Judas also, who delivered him up, knew the place, because Jesus was often there, in company with his disciples. 3Judas therefore, having got the band, and officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them, Whom seek ye? 5They answered him, Jesus the Nazaraean. Jesus says to them, I am [he]. And Judas also, who delivered him up, stood with them. 6When therefore he said to them, I am [he], they went away backward and fell to the ground.
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Ἰησοῦς οὖν εἰδὼς πάντα τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθεν καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· τίνα ζητεῖτε;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 18:4
- John 10:17On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
- John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.
- John 19:28After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.
- Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised.
- Matthew 17:22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into [the] hands of men,
- Matthew 20:18Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;
- Matthew 26:2Ye know that after two days the passover takes place, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
- Mark 10:33Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:
- Luke 18:31And he took the twelve to [him] and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;
- Luke 24:6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,
- Acts 2:28Thou hast made known to me [the] paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
- Acts 4:24And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 20:22And now, behold, bound in my spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;
- 1 Kings 18:10As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.
- Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
- Psalms 3:6I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.
Commentaries on John 18:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Jesus knowing all things, etc. - He had gone through all his preaching, working of miracles, and passion, and had nothing to do now but to offer up himself on the cross; he therefore went forth to meet them, to deliver himself up to death.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Jesus finished speaking his final words to his disciples in the upper room (13:31–17:26). Jesus then left the city and went to a garden east of Jerusalem to pray. There, authorities arrested him and took him back into the city for questioning by the Jewish religious leaders. The important "hour" Jesus often mentioned throughout the Gospel had arrived (see 2:4; see also study note on 12:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-94-9. Jesus ... knowing all things that should come--were coming. upon him, went forth--from the shade of the trees, probably, into open view, indicating His sublime preparedness to meet His captors. Whom seek ye?--partly to prevent a rush of the soldiery upon the disciples [Bengel]; and see Mr 14:51, 52, as showing a tendency to this: but still more as part of that courage and majesty which so overawed them. He would not wait to be taken.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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