John Chapter 18 verse 7 Holy Bible
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
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So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.
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He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.
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Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
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Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
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Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7, 8. - Again then (οϋν, regarding all the conditions, the cup, the cross, the blood-baptism, the supreme will, all are at stake) he asked them, Whom seek ye? Then, restored from their fright and spasm of conscience, produced by the presence of One whom no fetters, not even those of death itself, could bind, and reassured now by the same voice (cf. Daniel 10:10; Revelation 1:17), they reply, Jesus the Nazarene. He thus compels them to limit their design, and to single himself out for the malice and devilish plot of their masters. I told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, suffer these to depart. There is much in this that lies beneath the surface. (1) There is an explanation of the miraculous blast which had a few moments before rolled them at his feet. They will not dare to disobey him. What may he not do, if they proceed to arrest the disciples? (2) The disciples are discharged from the immediate function of suffering and death. They were in imminent danger, as is conspicuous from the fleeing youth, and from the language of the bystanders subsequently to Peter; but their hour was not yet come. (3) He would tread the winepress alone. They were none who could go with him into this terrible conflict (cf. "Ye shall leave me alone; yet not alone").
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Then asked he them again.--Their fear has passed away, so that we are not to think, as men sometimes do, that they were struck to the ground helpless. His thought is still of saving those who are with Him. The question brings the same formal answer. They have no warrant to take any of those who are with Him. They seek only Jesus of Nazareth.
