Once more He asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “ יהושע of Natsareth.”
יהושע, then, knowing all that would come upon Him, went forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?”
and came and dwelt in a city called Natsareth – thus to fill what was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Natsarene.”
When, therefore, He said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
יהושע answered, “I said to you that I am. If, then, you seek Me, allow these to go,”