captain. Greek. chiliarchos = commander of. thousand. One of the six tribunes attached to. legion. His presence shows the importance attached by the Romans to the arrest, the Jews having represented it as. case of dangerous sedition.
took: i.e. surrounded and seized. Compare Acts 26:21.
Verse John 18:12. _THE CAPTAIN_] χιλιαρχος, The _chiliarch_, or _chief_ _over one thousand men_-answering nearly to a _colonel_ with us. Luke 22:4, Luke 22:4. He was probably the prefect or capta...
See Matthew 26:50....
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...
THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. PETER'S DENIAL. Jesus is brought to Annas, the father-in-law of the actual High Priest of that year (John 11:51). This preliminary stage, known only to our author, is not...
THEN THE BAND, AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE JEWS, TOOK JESUS AND BOUND HIM. The disciples "all forsook him and fled" (Mark 14:50), probably at this moment, and the soldiers of the Roman band, a...
THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN (John 18:1-11)...
,19-24 The company of soldiers and their commander and the officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, and led him first of all to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest i...
The Jewish or Ecclesiastical Trial 12. _Then the band, and the captain_ THEREFORE (John 18:3) _the band_&c., because of this violent attempt at resistance. The captain or _chiliarch_is the tribune or...
THE JEWISH OR ECCLESIASTICAL TRIALS 12–27. Much space is given in all four Gospels to the Jewish and Roman trials, space apparently disproportionate to the brief account of the Crucifixion. But the tw...
Ἡ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ΣΠ. THEREFORE _the band;_ because of S. Peter’s violent attempt at rescue. The ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΣ is the tribune of the Roman cohort. His presence with the detachment shews that the hierarchy had prepa...
VER 12. THEN THE BAND AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE JEWS TOOK JESUS, AND BOUND HIM, 13. AND LED HIM AWAY TO ANNAS FIRST; FOR HE WAS FATHER IN LAW TO CAIAPHAS, WHICH WAS THE HIGH PRIEST THAT SAME...
_JESUS IS BROUGHT TO ANNAS -- JOHN 18:12-18:_ In the peaceful garden Jesus was arrested and bound. Jesus faced several illegal, mock trials. He was first brought to Annas. Later Jesus was sent to Caia...
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THEN THE BAND, &C. _TOOK JESUS_— See on John 18:3. There was a Roman guard and commanding officer, who attended near the temple during the great festivals, to prevent any sedition of the Jews; and the...
TRIAL BY THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES _Text:_ .John 18:12-27 12 So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, 13 and led him to Annas first; for he was fa...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 18:12-27 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 18: — The structure of our present passage is quite complex. From Christ being led away to Annas, th...
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, THEN THE BAND AND THE CAPTAIN AND ('THE') OFFICERS OF THE JEWS TOOK JESUS, AND BOUND HIM - but not until He had ma...
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...
18:12 chiliarch, (a-6) Strictly, 'the commander of a thousand men' (a military tribune)....
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...
THE BAND] i.e. the Roman cohort. THE CAPTAIN] i.e. the military tribune (Gk. _chiliarch_), was the officer in chief command of the Roman garrison: see Acts 21:31. His presence in person marks the impo...
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...
THEN THE BAND AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE JEWS. — A stop should be placed after “captain.” The “band and the captain” were the Roman cohort (comp. Note on John 18:3) and their tribune (_Chilia...
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...
XVIII. _ PETER'S DENIAL AND REPENTANCE._ "So the band and the chief captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound Him, and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas,...
_The arrest of Jesus_....
Ἡ οὖν σπεῖρα … αὐτόν. The Roman soldiers, ἡ σπεῖρα, under the orders of their Chiliarch (Tribune, Colonel), abetted the officers of the Sanhedrim, ὑπηρέται τῶν Ἰουδαίων, in the apprehension of Jesus....
FEAR UNDERMINES LOYALTY John 18:12-18 Apparently a preliminary and private examination was held while the Sanhedrin was being hastily summoned. The other disciple was evidently John. It was a mistake...
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...
THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him
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 cohort and the tribune and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus, therefore, and bound him_, 13, _and they led him first to Annas; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high-priest of t...
I. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM: 18:12-27. The following section contains the account of an appearance of Jesus in the house of Annas, the ex-high-priest, an account with which that of the denial of...
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? (5) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also,...
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...
12._Then the band of soldiers and the captain. _It might be thought strange that Christ, who laid the soldiers prostrate on the ground by a single word, now allows himself to be _taken; _for if he int...
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...
Ver. 12 THEN THE BAND, AND THE CAPTAIN, AND THE OFFICERS OF THE JEWS,.... Which Judas received, and which came along with him, John 18:3. When Jesus had rebuked Peter, and healed the servant's ear, an...
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, Ver. 12. _Took Jesus and bound him_] This was done του λογου ησυχαζοντος, as Irenaeus hath it, while the Deity rested...
_Then the band_, &c. To whom Jesus, without any opposition, surrendered himself; _took and bound him_ Foolishly supposing, that he might attempt to make his escape. _And led him away to Annas_ Annas h...
THEN THE BAND AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE JEWS TOOK JESUS, AND BOUND HIM,...
The arrest:...
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...
As is usual for officers to do with ordinary malefactors which are great criminals; they put no difference between Christ and the most villanous thieves and murderers. There are many conjectures why C...
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‘So the cohort and the Chiliarch and the officers of the Judaisers seized Jesus and bound him.' The Roman soldiers now immediately stepped in. They had watched the chaos among the Temple police at Je...
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-...
We have in this passage the appearance of Jesus before Annas and Caiaphas, together with the three denials of the Apostle peter. The difficulties of the passage, both in itself and in its relation to...
John 18:12. THE BAND OF SOLDIERS THEREFORE, AND THE CAPTAIN, AND THE OFFICERS OF THE JEWS, TOOK JESUS AND BOUND HIM. The words addressed by Jesus to Peter lend boldness to His cowardly foes. They see...
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN (ο χιλιαρχος). They actually had the Roman commander of the cohort along (cf. Acts 21:31), not mentioned before.SEIZED (συνελαβον). Second aorist active of συλλαμβανω, old verb t...
John 18:12. _Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same...
The passages, which we are about to read from three of the Evangelists, make up a continuous narrative of our Lord's trial before the high priest. First, John gives us an account of our Saviour's appe...
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...
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...
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 18:1 These chapters tell of Jesus’ betrayal by Judas (John 18:1), his informal hearing before Annas (John 18:12)
CAIAPHAS QUESTIONS JESUS MATTHEW 26:57-68; MARK 14:53-65; LUKE 22:54 Luke 22:67-71;...
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 21:31; Acts 21:37; Acts 22:24; Acts 23:10; Acts 23:17;...
The captain [χ ι λ ι α ρ χ ο ς]. See on Mark 6:21, and on centurion, Luke 7:2. Took [σ υ ν ε λ α β ο ν]. Rev., better, seized. It is the technical word for arresting. Literally, took with them, of whi...
Judas having made good his promise to the chief priests, and delivered Jesus. prisoner bound into their hands, those evening wolves no sooner seize the Lamb of God, but they thirst and long to suck hi...