John 18:7

Christian Standard Bible ®

Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you’re seeking?”

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he axed the agayne: whome seke ye? They sayde:Iesus of Nazareth.

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]

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."

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.

English Standard Version
So he asked them again, "Whom do you seek?" 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.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft he axide hem, Whom seken ye? And thei seiden, Jhesu of Nazareth.

English Revised Version
Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

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.

Amplified Bible
Again He asked them, "Whom do you want?" 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.

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.

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.

King James Version (1611)
Then asked hee them againe, Whom seeke ye? And they said, Iesus 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."

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.

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."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then asked he them agayne, whom seke ye? They said: Iesus of Nazareth.

Good News Translation
Again Jesus asked them, "Who is it you are looking for?" "Jesus of Nazareth," they said.

King James Version
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

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.

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."

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."

Simplified Cowboy Version
He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?""Jesus of Nazareth," they said again.

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."

Contextual Overview

¹After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. ²Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³So Judas took a company of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ⁴Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who is it that you’re seeking?” ⁵“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. ⁶When Jesus told them, “I am he,” ⁷Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you’re seeking?”⁸“I told you I am he,” ⁹This was to fulfill the words he had said: “I have not lost one of those you have given me.” ¹⁰Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and 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

Genesis 18:15
Sarah denied it. “I did not laugh,” she said, because she was afraid.

Genesis 18:16
The men got up from there and looked out over Sodom, and Abraham was walking with them to see them off.

Genesis 19:3
But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.

Amos 6:4
They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,sprawled out on their couches,and dine on lambs from the flockand calves from the stall.

Malachi 1:14
“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the Lord of Armies, “and my name will be feared among the nations.

Matthew 22:4
Again, he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Luke 15:23
Then bring the fattened calf

Luke 15:27
‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets

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.