2 Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples.
3 The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.
4 Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.
5 “Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied.“i am he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)
6 As Jesus said “i am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground!
7 Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
8 “I told you that i am he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.”