he went his way We infer -from the combined accounts that he met the priests on two occasions, on one of which the bargain was proposed, and on the other concluded.

communed Spoke with.

captains Literally, "generals"The Leviticcaptains of the Temple who kept order during the Feasts. There was strictly only one who bore the title of "the general of the Temple" "man of the mountain of the House" (see Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 7:2; Jeremiah 20:1; 2MMalachi 3:4); but he had guards under him (Jos. B. J.vi. 5, § 3), and the name might be applied to the whole body. One of the bitter complaints against the High Priests of the day was that they made their own sons "generals of the Temple." St Luke was aware that the specialtitle applied only to one person, as appears from Acts 4:1.

how he might betray him Rather, give Him up. The word used is not prodo,but the milder parado.

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