They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
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Gill's Exposition
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth,.... Their answer is not, "thee"; for they knew him not, their eyes were holden, or struck with dimness, or blindness, as the men of Sodom were; or they that…
Adam Clarke
Jesus of Nazareth - They did not say this till after Judas kissed Christ, which was the sign which he had agreed with the soldiers, etc., to give them, that they might know whom they were to seize:…
The hour was now come that the captain of our salvation, who was to be made perfect by sufferings, should engage the enemy. We have here his entrance upon the encounter. The day of recompence is in…
Cambridge Bible
Jesus of Nazareth Or, Jesus the Nazarene (Mat 2:23), a rather more contemptuous expression than -Jesus of Nazareth" (Joh 1:46; Act 10:38; comp. Mat 21:11). -The Nazarene" in a contemptuous sense…
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