A MATTER OF IDENTITY Scripture Reading: John 18:1-9 Jesus … asked them, “Who is it you want?” Jesus knows which questions to ask. When two of John the Baptist’s disciples followed after him, he asked, “What do you want?” (John 1:38). That’s a question every person must hear and answer. In John 18:4 Jesus asks a similarly important question. Armed soldiers, led by Judas, come to arrest Jesus. He goes out to meet them and asks, “Who is it you want?” “Jesus of Nazareth.” they reply. The person standing before them is Jesus of Nazareth, of course. But he has another name too. “I am he,” he says, identifying himself with the God who spoke to Moses from the burning bush (“I AM WHO I AM”—Exodus 3:14).
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