John 18:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, ”

• John 18:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See Matthew 26:50 .

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• John 18:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 represen...

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• John 18:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, The captain - Χιλιαρχος, The chiliarch, or chief over one thousand men - answering nearly to a colonel with us. See t...

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• John 18:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 h...

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• John 18:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• John 18:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 ( C...

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• John 18:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 m...

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• John 18:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 suffe...

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• John 18:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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,...

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• John 18:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 ea...

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• John 18:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 res...

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• John 18:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 An...

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• John 18:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner.       1 When Jesus had sp...

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• John 18:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Arrest ( John 18:1-12 ). 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...

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• John 18:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• John 18:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 c...

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• John 18:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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....

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• John 18:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME . John 18:1 John 19:42 .— 1. The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion . John 18:1-43 (1) The betrayal , the majesty of his be...

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• John 18:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The arrest:

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• John 18:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 21:31 ; Acts 21:37 ; Acts 22:24-28 ; Acts 23:10 ; Acts 23:17 ; Genesis 22:9 ; Genesis 40:3 ; John 18:3 ; Judges 16:21 ; Luke 22:54 ; Mark 14:53 ; Mark 15:1 ; Matthew 26:57 ; Matthe...

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