Throughout John’s Gospel we see the divinity of Jesus brought to light through miraculous signs and the seven “I Am” statements. Even John’s prologue in chapter one sets us up to see Jesus as the Word who was with God in the beginning, and who was God; the same Word who took on our flesh. The fact that those who sought to apprehend Jesus fell back when He identified Himself, demonstrates, as Fr. Ward points out, the power of His presence and that He was no ordinary man. The mob may have come out in force to arrest Jesus, but the only way they would be able to leave with Him was under His own power.