Luke 22:53 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When I was daily with you in the temple,— This was a proof of our Saviour's innocence; for had he been conscious of any crime which could render him obnoxious to punishment, he would not have exposed himself in this public manner; and had the Jews either thought him guilty, or been able to bring any accusation against him, it is evident that they wanted neither willnor power to have apprehended him. But the reason why they continued so long inactive, is intimated in the close of the verse. They were kept under restraint, till the time predicted for his sufferings was accomplished; and that being now come, power was allowed to the prince of darkness to instigate them to this crime, and opportunity was permitted them to perpetrate it. See on Matthew 26:56.