Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
John 18:4-6 KJV
Further to Truth and Jesus …
Thought 3: The reaction (fell to the ground) is unexpected. Why? When Jesus says “I am”, He connects Himself to revelation of the Divine Name (Exodus 3:15). He is the Divine Truth revealed to Moses in the burning bush. He is Truth Incarnate.
Thought 4:
Ascetical theology makes the bold and exciting assumption that every truth flowing from the Incarnation, from the entrance of God into the human world as man, must have its practical lesson. If theology is incarnational, then it must be pastoral.
English Spirituality, 21
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