Verse Lens · Context pointer
John 18:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
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Role in This Section
John 18:7 serves as the seventh turn in Jesus Meets the Arresting Force and Protects His Disciples, where it poses or answers the exchange's active question: “Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth”.
Read It With
- John 18:1-11
Read John 18:7 with 18:1-11. In isolation, this contribution—serves as the seventh turn in Jesus Meets the Arresting Force and Protects His Disciples, where it poses or answers the exchange's active question: “Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth”—can be detached from its speaker, question, sign, festival, conflict, or outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus enters a garden, Judas arrives with officers and Roman soldiers, Jesus steps forward with repeated I AM identification, the force falls back, he secures the disciples' release, and stops Peter's sword before accepting the Father's cup.
Why It Needs Context
John 18:7 serves as the seventh turn in Jesus Meets the Arresting Force and Protects His Disciples, where it poses or answers the exchange's active question: “Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth”. Read as the seventh turn in Jesus Meets the Arresting Force and Protects His Disciples, its subject, reply, connective, or narrated force depends on John 18:1-11: Jesus enters a garden, Judas arrives with officers and Roman soldiers, Jesus steps forward with repeated I AM identification, the force falls back, he secures the disciples' release, and stops Peter's sword before accepting the Father's cup.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read John 18:1-11 — Jesus Meets the Arresting Force and Protects His DisciplesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: John 18:1-11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and critical-text reading checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/John.txt, 18:1-11
Open the John Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — John with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level syntax, older-English clarification, material variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible John PDF, John 18:1-11 and attached translator, study, and textual notes
Open the official NET John PDF ↗