43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
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Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. …
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. …
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. …
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. …
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-52)We have here the seizing of our Lord Jesus by the officers of the chief priests. This was what his enemies had long aimed at, they had often sent to take him ; but he had escaped out of their hands, because his hour was not come , nor could they now have taken him, had he not freely surrendered himself. He began first to suffer in his soul , but afterward suffered in his body, that he might satisf…
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