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===In the Garden=== | |||
:''Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, '''“I am he.”''' Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, '''“I am he,”''' they drew back and '''fell to the ground'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 18:4–6.</ref> | :''Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, '''“I am he.”''' Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, '''“I am he,”''' they drew back and '''fell to the ground'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 18:4–6.</ref> | ||
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What he actually said, in the Greek, were just 2 words - "I am" (ἐγώ εἰμί) | What he actually said, in the Greek, were just 2 words - "I am" (ἐγώ εἰμί) | ||
When Jesus Christ left the Garden of Gethsemane, he was still | '''Why did they fall to the ground?''' Because the "I AM" (God himself) was standing in front of them. When he revealed to them who He really was, just for even a moment, the force of the power that lay in Him knocked them to the ground. | ||
===Before the High Priest=== | |||
:''Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes.'' (Mark 14:61b-63a) | |||
When Jesus Christ left the Garden of Gethsemane, he was still the "I AM". When he was before the Priests, he was still the "I AM", the Son of the Blessed, and the Christ. And when He went to the cross, he was still God in flesh. | |||
William Branham was wrong. | William Branham was wrong. | ||