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New Life Version

John 18:7

He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said again, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Prisoners;   Prophecy;   Traitor;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gethsemane;   Judas;   Messiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jesus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gethsemane;   John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Nazarene;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arrest ;   Gethsemane ;   Mount of Olives ;   Nazareth ;   Questions and Answers;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Officer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you’re seeking?”
King James Version (1611)
Then asked hee them againe, Whom seeke ye? And they said, Iesus of Nazareth.
King James Version
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
English Standard Version
So he asked them again, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
New American Standard Bible
He then asked them again, "Whom are you seeking?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
New Century Version
Jesus asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
Amplified Bible
Again He asked them, "Whom do you want?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Berean Standard Bible
So He asked them again, "Whom are you seeking?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they answered.
Contemporary English Version
Jesus again asked, "Who are you looking for?" "We are looking for Jesus from Nazareth," they answered.
Complete Jewish Bible
So he inquired of them once more, "Whom do you want?" and they said, "Yeshua from Natzeret."
Darby Translation
He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.
Easy-to-Read Version
He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he asked them againe, Whome seeke yee? And they sayd, Iesus of Nazareth.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus again asked them, Whom do you want? They said, Jesus the Nazarene.
Good News Translation
Again Jesus asked them, "Who is it you are looking for?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said.
Lexham English Bible
Then he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Literal Translation
Then again He asked, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.
American Standard Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Bible in Basic English
So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.
Hebrew Names Version
Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Yeshua of Natzeret."
International Standard Version
So he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isaiah 11:1), and the name">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu again asked them, Whom seek you ? Then they said, Jeshu Natsroia.
Murdock Translation
And again Jesus asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus the Nazarean.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then asked he them agayne, whom seke ye? They said: Iesus of Nazareth.
English Revised Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
World English Bible
Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He asked them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Weymouth's New Testament
Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft he axide hem, Whom seken ye? And thei seiden, Jhesu of Nazareth.
Update Bible Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then he asked them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
New English Translation
Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
New King James Version
Then He asked them again, "Whom are you seeking?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
New Living Translation
Once more he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" And again they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene."
New Revised Standard
Again he asked them, "Whom are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Again, therefore, he questioned them - Whom, seek ye? And, they, said - Jesus, the Nazarene.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus of Nazareth.
Revised Standard Version
Again he asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he axed the agayne: whome seke ye? They sayde:Iesus of Nazareth.
Young's Literal Translation
Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then axed he the agayne: Whom seke ye? They sayde: Iesus of Nazareth.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then he asked them again, who do you look for? and they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
THE MESSAGE
Jesus asked again, "Who are you after?" They answered, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Simplified Cowboy Version
He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?""Jesus of Nazareth," they said again.

Contextual Overview

1 When Jesus had said these things, He went with His followers across the small river Kidron. He and His followers went to a garden there. 2 Judas, who was handing Him over to the leaders, knew the place also. Jesus and His followers had met there many times. 3 Judas led some soldiers and some men who had been sent by the head religious leaders of the Jews and the proud religious law-keepers to the garden. They carried lamps and sticks that were burning and swords. 4 Jesus knew what was going to happen to Him. He went out and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" 5 The soldiers answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said, "I am Jesus." Judas, who was handing Him over, was with them also. 6 When He said to them, "I am Jesus," they stepped back and fell to the ground. 7 He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said again, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8 He said, "I have told you that I am Jesus. If you are looking for Me, let these men go their way." 9 He said this so the words He spoke might happen, "I have not lost one of those You gave Me." 10 Simon Peter had a sword. He took it and hit a servant who was owned by the head religious leader and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:15 - What Matthew 2:23 - Nazareth Luke 4:30 - General John 1:38 - What John 1:45 - Jesus John 20:15 - whom

Cross-References

Genesis 18:15
But Sarah said, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."
Genesis 18:16
Then the men got up from there and looked down toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to send them on their way.
Genesis 19:3
But he begged them, so they turned aside with him and went into his house. And he made a supper for them. He made bread without yeast, and they ate.
Amos 6:4
How bad it will be for you who lie on beds of ivory and spread out upon your long seats! You eat lambs from the flock and calves from the cattle-house.
Malachi 1:14
"A curse will come upon the sinful man who promises to give a male from his flock, but gives an animal that is not perfect to the Lord. For I am a great King," says the Lord of All. "And My name is feared among the nations.
Matthew 22:4
"He sent other servants, saying to them, ‘Tell those who have been asked to come, "See! My supper is ready. My cows and fat calves are killed. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding supper!"'
Luke 15:23
Bring the calf that is fat and kill it. Let us eat and be glad.
Luke 15:27
The servant answered, ‘Your brother has come back and your father has killed the fat calf. Your brother is in the house and is well.'
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this son of yours came back, you killed the fat calf. And yet he wasted your money with bad women.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then asked he them again, whom seek ye?.... This supposes them to be risen up again and on their feet; no hurt being done to them; for Christ always did good, and not hurt, to the bodies of men; he never disabled any, or took away life, or limb: he only did this to show his power, and not to do them any real damage; and the same divine person that struck them down, suffered them to rise, and gave them power and strength to get up; which showed his great clemency and goodness: but they, on the contrary, persisted in their wicked intentions, and were still seeking after him; a plain proof of that judicial hardness of heart, under which they were; and that even miracles wrought will not bring hardened sinners to repentance without powerful and efficacious grace. When Christ, as fearless of them, and to show that this action he had no design to make his escape them, though he could easily have done it, and that he was willing to be apprehended by them, puts the question a second time, and asks them who they were seeking for. Something like this Josephus b reports concerning Elisha the prophet, though not repeated as here, nor attended with the like effect: he relates that Elisha having requested of God that he would smite his enemies with blindness, and that being granted he went into the midst of them, and asked them, τινα επιζητουντες ηλθον, "whom do ye come to seek?" they say Elisha the prophet: he promised them to deliver him to them, if they would follow him into the city, where he was; and so they being blinded by God, both in their sight and in their mind, followed the prophet.

They said Jesus of Nazareth; having recovered their spirits, and being hardened in desperate malice and wickedness, impudently make this reply to him; nor would they, notwithstanding this instance of his power, own him to be the Messiah; but still contemptuously style him Jesus of Nazareth.

b Antiqu. l. 9. c. 4. sect. 3.


 
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