NEW TESTAMENT

John 18:6

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When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.

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Verse 6. Jesus again shews the Jews his power, and works another miracle before them, to give them another opportunity of being converted; but they would not: they still persevere in their hardness of heart; he therefore now delivers himself up to them, as now they can have no excuse for their incredulity. Saint John Chrysostom

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