Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
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Gill's Exposition
Judas then having received a band of men,.... From the captain of this band, who in Joh 18:12; is called a "Chiliarch", that is, a commander of a thousand men, one might conclude there were so many in…
Barnes' Notes
A band - See the notes at Mat 26:47; Mat 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…
Adam Clarke
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 4200, and sometimes of 5000 foot.…
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
Judas then Better, Judas therefore; S. John's favourite particle, as in Joh 18:18; Joh 18:6-7; Joh 18:10-12; Joh 18:16-17; Joh 18:18; Joh 18:18; Joh 18:27-29; Joh 18:18; Joh 18:18; Joh 18:18; Joh…
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