John 18:7

Weymouth New Testament

Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said.

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.

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

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 After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples. ² Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples. ³ So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons. ⁴ Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them. ⁵ "For Jesus the Nazarene," was the answer. "I am he," He replied. (Now Judas who was betraying Him was also standing with them.) ⁶ As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground. ⁷ Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said. ⁸ "I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way." ⁹ He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one." ¹⁰ Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

Bible Verse Review
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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

Matthew 22:4
"Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited. "`My breakfast is now ready," he said, `my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'

Luke 15:23
Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;

Luke 15:27
"`Your brother has come,' he replied; `and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.'

Luke 15:30
but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

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.