"I
Am He"
After
Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he
and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place,
because Jesus often met there with his disciples. So Judas brought a detachment
of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and
they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. Then Jesus, knowing all
that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Whom are you looking for?" They answered, "Jesus
of Nazareth." Jesus replied, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him,
was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they
stepped back and fell to the ground. Again he asked them, "Whom are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus
of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. So if you are
looking for me, let these men go." This was to fulfill the word that he
had spoken, "I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me."
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's slave, and
cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.
Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to
drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
John 18:1-11
There
are two gardens mentioned prominently in the Bible: the garden
of Eden and the
The
first Adam sinned in the garden; the last Adam took this sin upon himself. The garden of Eden had the tree of life, which man could have
enjoyed forever had he not broken fellowship with God. The
The
garden where Adam fell is gone from the earth, but there is a glad day coming
when He who suffered alone in
God formed us;
sin
deformed us;
Christ transforms us.
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