John 18:4

Knowing all that would happen, Jesus steps forward and asks whom they seek. He takes the initiative in his own arrest.

Cross-references · 26

• John 13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
• John 18:7Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
• Ps 27:3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
• Acts 2:28You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
• Acts 20:22–23Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
• Acts 4:24–28When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, “O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
• Matt 26:2“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
• Mark 10:33–34“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
• Matt 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
• Matt 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
• Neh 6:11I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
• John 13:11For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
• 1 Kgs 18:14–18Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
• John 19:28After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
• Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
• Ps 3:6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
• Matt 17:22–23While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
• John 10:17–18Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
• 1 Kgs 18:10As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn’t find you.
• Matt 20:18–19“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
• Matt 26:21As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
• Prov 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• Luke 24:6–7He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
• John 6:64But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him.
• Luke 18:31–33He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
• 1 Pet 4:1Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

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