Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
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Gill's Exposition
Which Judas received, and which came along with him, Joh 18:3. When Jesus had rebuked Peter, and healed the servant's ear, and showed such a willingness to surrender himself to them;
they took Jesus…
Adam Clarke
The captain - Χιλιαρχος, The chiliarch, or chief over one thousand men - answering nearly to a colonel with us. See the note on Luk 22:4. He was probably the prefect or captain of the temple guard.
The hour was now come that the captain of our salvation, who was to be made perfect by sufferings, should engage the enemy. We have here his entrance upon the encounter. The day of recompence is in…
Cambridge Bible
The Jewish or Ecclesiastical Trial
12. Then the band, and the captain Therefore (Joh 18:18) the band&c., because of this violent attempt at resistance. The captain or chiliarchis the tribune or chief…
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