John 18:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This time Jesus replied, “I have already told you that I am Jesus. If I am the one you are looking for, let these others go.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the LORD gave him the punishment we deserved.

Matthew 26:56

But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

John 10:28

and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand.

John 13:1

It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.

John 13:36

Simon Peter asked, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “You can't go with me now, but later on you will.”

John 16:32

The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone.

John 18:7

Jesus again asked, “Who are you looking for?” “We are looking for Jesus from Nazareth,” they answered.

John 18:9

Then everything will happen, just as I said, ‘I did not lose anyone you gave me.’ ”

1 Corinthians 10:13

You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he replied, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So if Christ keeps giving me his power, I will gladly boast about how weak I am.

Ephesians 5:25

A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

1 Peter 5:7

God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to him.