A band - See the notes at Matthew 26:47; Matthew 27:27. John passes over the agony of Jesus in the garden, probably because it was so fully described by the other evangelists.
Lanterns ... - This was the time of the full moon, but it might have been cloudy, and their taking lights with them shows their determination to find him.
Verse John 18:3. _A BAND_] την σπειραν, _The band_ or _troop_. Some think that the _spira_ was the same as the Roman _cohort_, and was the _tenth_ part of a _legion_, which consisted sometimes of 420...
III. “I LAY DOWN MY LIFE, THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT AGAIN.” Chapter s 18-21 CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Arrest in the Garden. (John 18:1 .)_ 2. Before Annas and Caiaphas; Peter's Denial. (John 18:12 .) 3. Befo...
JOHN 18 F. THE ARREST, THE TRIAL, AND THE PASSION. John 18:1. The Arrest. Jesus leaves the room, or the city, and crosses the Kedron (_cf._ 2 Samuel 15:23) to a garden where He often went, so that the...
JUDAS, THEN, HAVING RECEIVED. BAND OF MEN. The multitude, guided by Judas, is described by Mark as "great." It consisted (1) of _the band_ (John 18:3; John 18:12), or Roman cohort, which, consisting o...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
When Jesus had said these things he went out with his disciples across the Kedron Valley to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered; and Judas, his betrayer, knew the...
A BAND. the cohort; the word means the tenth part of. legion, therefore 600 men; but the term was probably used with some latitude. OFFICERS. The Temple guard. Compare John 7:32; John 7:45; John 7:46...
_Judas then_ Better, _Judas_ THEREFORE; S. John's favourite particle, as in John 18:4; John 18:6; John 18:10; John 18:16;...
THE BETRAYAL...
Ὁ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Ἰ. _Judas_ THEREFORE. It was because he knew that Jesus often went thither that he came hither to take Him. The details which follow are minute and accurate as of an eyewitness. ΤῊΝ ΣΠΕΙ͂ΡΑΝ....
Ver 3. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that shoul...
_JESUS BETRAYED AND ARRESTED IN A GARDEN -- JOHN 18:1-11:_ When Jesus ended that amazing prayer that is recorded in John 17:1-26 He and His disciples crossed the Kidron Valley and went into a garden....
ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать. _Aor. part._ указывает на предшествующее действие, необходимое для выполнения действия основного гл. О том, что говорят внебиблейские источники на эту...
A BAND OF MEN— This _band_ consisted of Roman soldiers; for both its name, σπειρα, a _cohort,_ and the title of its commander, χιλιαρχος, (John 18:12.) _Chiliarch,_ answering to our _colonel,_ are Rom...
BETRAYAL AND ARREST _Text: John 18:1-11_ 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disc...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: — "As the last section (13 to 17) involved His death, it must take place. He has given in...
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. JUDAS THEN - "He that was called Judas, one of th...
Darkness is the day, for evildoers. The Lord worked in the day. Satan fears the light. Even in the night they need a squad of soldiers and armed deputies to take a gentle, unarmed Man and His timid di...
CHRIST BEFORE ANNAS, CAIAPHAS, AND PILATE 1-14. Christ's arrest and trial before Annas (cp. Matthew 26:30 = Mark 14:26 = Luke 22:39). The narrative is now parallel with the synoptic account, with whic...
A BAND _of men_] RV 'the band of soldiers,' viz. the Roman garrison which was always stationed in the fortress Antonia, near the Temple. A 'band' or 'cohort' numbered about 600 men. AND OFFICERS] Thes...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 18 JUDAS *BETRAYS JESUS 18:1-11 V1 After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his *disciples. They crossed the vall...
A BAND OF MEN AND OFFICERS FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES. — Better, _the band, and officers from the chief priests and Pharieess._ The other Gospels tell us of a “great multitude” (Matt.), or a...
XVII. _ THE ARREST._ "When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into the which He entered, Himself and His disciples. Now Judas als...
ὁ οὖν Ἰούδας λαβών τὴν σπεῖραν καὶ … ὑπηρέτας. σπεῖρα (Spira, anything rolled up or folded together), a Roman cohort (Polyb., xi. 23, 1) or tenth part of a legion, and therefore containing about 600 m...
_The arrest of Jesus_....
JESUS ACCEPTS HIS SUFFERING John 18:1-11 Our Lord went forth from the city and across the brook Cedron to Gethsemane, but not for the purpose of concealment, as John 18:2 clearly shows. How character...
From the sacred hours of teaching and prayer our Lord passed to the final acts in His mighty work. This brought Him to Gethsemane, where we have a revelation of His majesty and His meekness. He suffer...
(2) Judas then, having received a band [of men] and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. (2) Christ who was innocent was taken as a wic...
THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him
FIRST SECTION: 18:1-11. THE ARREST OF JESUS. John omits here the account of the agony of Jesus in Gethsemane; but he clearly assigns to this fact its place by these words of John 18:1: _where there_ _...
FOURTH PART: THE PASSION. 18:1-19:42. The intention of the evangelist, in the following narrative, is certainly not to give a narration as complete as possible of the Passion, as if no narrative of th...
The arrival of the band. “ _After having said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples beyond the brook Cedron_, _where there was a garden, into which he entered as well as his disciples._ 2. _...
And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus oft-times resorted thither with his disciples. (3) Judas then, having received a hand of men and officers from the chief priests and Phari...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
3._Judeas, therefore, having received a band of soldiers. _That _Judeas _came accompanied by soldiers and by so large a retinue, is a sign of a bad conscience, which always trembles without any cause....
The history of our Lord's last moments begins after the words that He addressed to His Father. We shall find even in this part of it, the general character of that which is related in this Gospel (acc...
JUDAS THEN HAVING RECEIVED A BAND OF MEN,.... From the captain of this band, who in John 18:12; is called a "Chiliarch", that is, a commander of a thousand men, one might conclude there were so many i...
Judas then, having received a band _of men_ and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Ver. 3. _Judas having then received a band_] These...
_When Jesus had spoken these words_ Had delivered the discourse recorded above, and concluded his intercessory prayer; _he went with his disciples over the brook Cedron_ On the other side of which _wa...
Jesus is betrayed. Matthew 26:47-56....
THE ARREST OF JESUS. Across the Kidron to Gethsemane:...
JUDAS, THEN, HAVING RECEIVED A BAND OF MEN AND OFFICERS FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES, COMETH THITHER WITH LANTERNS AND TORCHES AND WEAPONS. Whether Jesus addressed His last discourses to His d...
BETRAYED AND ARRESTED (vs.1-12) The Son of God goes calmly, steadily on to the great conquest of Calvary, each step of the way perfectly measured by divine wisdom. The fact of His going into the gard...
1-12 Sin began in the garden of Eden, there the curse was pronounced, there the Redeemer was promised; and in a garden that promised Seed entered into conflict with the old serpent. Christ was buried...
The evangelist here passeth over all mentioned by the other evangelists about Judas's going to the high priests, and contracting with them, and cometh to relate his coming to apprehend him with a band...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Or when the definition of the rule is established by Christ Himself, and it is said: "And this is life eternal, that they should know Thee, the only and...
John 18:3 Then G3767 Judas G2455 received G2983 (G5631) detachment G4686 and G2532 officers G5257 from G1537 priests...
‘Judas then, having received a cohort, and officers from the Chief Priests and the Pharisees, come there with lanterns and torches and weapons.' The word ‘cohort' indicates a group of ‘Roman' soldiers...
THE ARREST (JOHN 18:1). Leaving the Upper Room Jesus led His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. The fact that Judas knew where to find Him suggests either that this was pre-...
John 18:3. JUDAS THEREFORE HAVING RECEIVED THE BAND OF SOLDIERS, AND OFFICERS FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES, COMETH THITHER WITH LANTERNS AND TORCHES AND WEAPONS. The circumstances here men...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon a new section of the Gospel, extending to the close of chap. 19. The section contains the final assault of the devil and the world upon Jesus. But the...
THE BAND OF SOLDIERS (την σπειραν). No word for "of soldiers" in the Greek, but the Latin _spira_ (roll or ball) was used for a military cohort (Polybius 11, 23, 1) as in Matthew 27:27; Acts 10:1, e...
John 18:1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron,_ A dark, foul brook, through which flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. King David cross...
John 18:1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed...
John 18:1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples._ Our Lord could not cross that...
John 18:1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples._ From our Lord's example, we s...
CONTENTS: Jesus' betrayal and arrest. Peter's denial. Jesus condemned and Barabbas released. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Judas, priests, officers, Pharisees, Peter, Malchus, Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, Barabbas,...
John 18:1. _He went over the brook Cedron._ Cedron, or Kidron, was the name of the deep valley, as well as of the brook which ran through it, on the east between Jerusalem and the mount of Olives. It...
1-16. THEN PILATE TOOK JESUS. For notes on these verses, see Matthew 27:19-31. John gives a few more details. 5. LOOK! HERE IS THE MAN. Jesus had been lacerated in the whipping, and wore the crown of...
JUDAS, THE TRAITOR, KNEW WHERE IT WAS. For notes on the Arrest, see Matthew 26:47-58. 6. THEY MOVED BACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND. Only John tells us this. This might fulfill Psalms 27:2. It shows us th...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:3 The BAND OF SOLDIERS was sent to prevent a riot during the festival. The OFFICERS FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES (that is, the temple police) were the primary arrestin...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 18:1 These chapters tell of Jesus’ betrayal by Judas (John 18:1), his informal hearing before Annas (John 18:12)
Jesus is betrayed and arrested Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11;...
CHAPTER 18 I have commented on the Passion (Matthew 27 and 28.), I shall therefore only briefly touch on those points which are related by S. John only. Ver. 1. _When Jesus had spoken these words, He...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 18:1. WENT FORTH.—From the part of the suburbs where the discourse from John 14:31 had been spoken, and the intercessory prayer offered. THE BROOK CEDRON (τοῦ Κεδ...
EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME. JOHN 18:1 John 19:42.—1. _The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion_....
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 18. Jesus has finished His prayer, which we mentioned last week should properly be entitled the Lord's Prayer. And now, from wherever this prayer was offered, m...
Acts 1:16; John 13:2; John 13:27; John 18:12; Luke 22:47;...
A band (thn speiran). Properly, the band. See on Mark 14:16; also on centurion, Luke 7:2; and Acts 21:31. The band, or cohort, was from the Roman garrison in the tower of Antonia. Officers [υ π η ρ ε...
A troop of soldiers — A cohort of Roman foot....