John 18:5

5. Jesus of Nazareth They have not the spirit to rush forward and seize him without a word of parley. The drill serjeant, however, mechanically answers, according to the warrant, “Jesus of Nazareth.” The Lord has compelled them to utter that memorable name, the memento of their own guilt, the emblem of divine power.

I am he Let it be well identified, to even those ignorant of his person, who it is they seek, and by whose power they are prostrated. At the responsive word, I am he, they recoil and fall. John 18:6.

Stood with them Probably the first clear glance that John had caught of the traitor disclosed Judas standing in the crowd. He too, doubtless, feels the overthrow from the mighty name of “Jesus of Nazareth.”