John 18:6
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As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he; they went backward and fell to the ground.

they went.

2 Kings 1:9-15 And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, he said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down. . . .

Psalm 27:2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen.

Psalm 40:14 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.

Psalm 70:2,3 Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul: . . .

Psalm 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

Luke 9:54-56 And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them? . . .

Acts 4:29,30 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants that with all confidence they may speak thy word, . . .

Context
The Betrayal of Jesus
5They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them: I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them. 6As soon therefore as he had said to them: I am he; they went backward and fell to the ground. 7Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus of Nazareth.…
Cross References
John 18:5
They answered him: Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith to them: I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, stood with them.

John 18:7
Again therefore he asked them: Whom seek ye? And they said: Jesus of Nazareth.

Lexicon
When
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

[Jesus] said,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“I
Ἐγώ (Egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

am [He],”
εἰμι (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

they drew
ἀπῆλθον (apēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.

back
ὀπίσω (opisō)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3694: Behind, after; back, backwards. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. Aback.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

fell
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

to [the] ground.
χαμαί (chamai)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5476: Adverb perhaps from the base of chasma through the idea of a fissure in the soil; earthward, i.e. Prostrate.


Additional Translations
When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

Therefore when He said to them, "I am He," they drew toward the back and fell to the ground.

As soon then as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

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

When therefore he said to them, I am [he], they went away backward and fell to the ground.

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

As soon then as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground.

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

when, therefore, he said to them -- 'I am he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.
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